Movable Type Upgrade

I have upgraded to Movable Type 3.32 and have made modifications to run it natively with Unicode. I like some of the new features (better Unicode support and tags). If there are any problems due to the upgrade, drop me a line.

Four Years

My weblog is 4 years old today. It has changed a lot as it has grown. It is now more a personal blog than a political one. I don’t know where it’s going but I do plan on continuing writing about the usual mix of topics.

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Blogspot Blocked in Pakistan

Pakistani bloggers are livid as blogspot has been blocked by the Pakistani government.

Urdu phpBB

We are making a public release of an Urdu translation of phpBB. It is more than a translation since we made some Unicode-related modifications to the core code and have included an on-screen keyboard for users.

Brass Crescent Awards 2005

The voting for the 2nd Brass Crescent Awards for the Islamic blogosphere has started. I am nominated for best blog. Go and vote.

Half A Million Visits

Yesterday, this weblog had its 500,000th visitor. This has happened in about 3 years and 2 months of this blog being public. I take stock by talking about the search queries getting people here, where the visitors are coming from, etc.

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Movable Type, MySQL, Perl, Unicode

Unicode is tough. Programs and languages still have issues with supporting Unicode properly. This is the story of my adventures with phpbb, PHP, Movable Type, MySQL, and Perl wrestling with their Unicode support.

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بلاگ کی سالگرہ

آج میرے بلاگ کو تین سال ہو گئے ہیں-

Treo Blogging

I forgot to mention that the previous entry was written on my new Treo 650. Typing on its small keyboard takes a little getting used to. I typed the previous post using the standard Movable Type interface in the Blazer web browser. That is not the best idea since the MT interface is not good… Continue reading Treo Blogging

Urdu Domain Poll

We are thinking of getting a separate domain for all the Urdu-related stuff we are doing. Help us decide on a domain name by voting for your choice.