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UC Berkeley VPN on Debian/Linux

Thu 23 July 2009

As a student at UC Berkeley who's active with web development and campus groups, I need to be able to connect to computers that only allow Berkeley IP addresses. This means I have to connect to the Berkeley VPN service if I wish to work from off-campus. Therefore, with the …continue

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K'naan - America (ft. Mos Def and Chali 2na)

Mon 20 April 2009

Several times I've looked for the lyrics to this song and been disappointed. Below I've combined the sources online with my (limited) knowledge of Arabic. I'll try to get my Somali friend to translate the Somali Chorus. UPDATE: I got Moha Egal to translate the Somali verse for me!

(ENGLISH …continue

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Google Talk Invisible

Tue 17 February 2009

There have been some questions regarding Google Talk and its Invisible status. XMPP/Jabber didn't support Invisible when Google Talk, which is based on XMPP/Jabber, added support for it. This was likely to create a uniform interface to the user who now had the ability to go invisible on …continue

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Mere Multiplication

Mon 29 December 2008

Since you all know what happened, what I say would likely be a repeat, so I won't say anything. I'll simply link to a music video, its lyrics, and a sample that can be used as a ringtone.

Music Video

Lyrics

Ringtone

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Wind, water and sun beat other energy alternatives, study finds

Fri 12 December 2008

Wind, water and sun beat other energy alternatives, study finds.

Looks like something the world should listen to. Well, at least the most polluting country in the world (the USA). If anyone knows the candidate of hope's number, please let him know about wind energy's superiority over everything he's proposing …continue

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The UN recommends: The Nahjul Balagha

Fri 12 December 2008

Today I was looking in the New World Encyclopedia and I noticed a small reference to the United Nations with a broken link. I decided to investigate and I found the 2002 Arab Human Development Report (alternative PDF, should be same content, but haven't checked). At first this seems quite …continue

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Forgive and forget? Maybe from your perspective

Thu 04 December 2008

"It is the offender that forgets easily, the offended seek justice."

Seeing the current "tensions on campus" and the rhetoric from all sides, this quote can show you who did the offending and who was offended. This quote is derived from someone else's saying, but sadly I don't know the …continue

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Prayer time trends

Fri 21 November 2008

I was thinking about prayer times (Muslims pray 5 times a day, within certain time intervals), and then about how Ramadan is slowly moving into the summer time.

Prayer
Trends

Note: The prayers are in reverse order of their appearance on the graph.

This shows the times for prayer throughout the year …continue

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Crash TV Show Rap

Sun 16 November 2008

I was watching Crash (the TV show spin-off of the original movie), and this is the lyrics of the song played at the middle and again at the end by "Panic" the rapper (actually the limo driver of the dead-beat producer).

Violent ain't what I wanna be, but this violence …continue

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Morning of 11/03

Sun 09 November 2008

The Nader-Gonzalez candidacy wrote a short letter regarding Obama's candidacy.

In it, he mentions the Palestine issue that has enraged so many Muslims, Jews, and general Justice-seekers. He mentions how Jimmy Carter was refused the assumed right to speak at the DNC, to be replaced by Bill Clinton, a man …continue

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