The results of the Brass Crescent Awards are out. I didn’t win but got honorable mentions in 3 of the 5 categories I was nominated. These categories were: Best writing (I am surprised), best series, and best non-English blog (surprised again as I do not write enough in Urdu.) The winners in these categories were… Continue reading Brass Crescent Honorable Mention
Category: Internet
Brass Crescent Awards Voting
The nomination stage is over and it’s voting time. And it seems you like me, really like me since I have been nominated in so many categories: Best Writing Best Single Post: Two nominations for Do They Look Like Me? and Slavery, Women and Islam Best Series: My series on marriage includes posts on Cousin… Continue reading Brass Crescent Awards Voting
New Look, XHTML 1.1 and MathML
You might have noticed the new look of this weblog. It all started due to Asif and Jacques Distler. Asif just started using LaTeX formulae on his weblog and Jacques has been doing so for quite a while. Asif is using a WordPress plugin to convert LaTeX equations into images while Jacques converts them (or… Continue reading New Look, XHTML 1.1 and MathML
Award Season
The holiday season has brought the weblog award season upon us as well. First came the 2004 Weblog Awards by Wizbang. I somehow got nominated for the Best Asian Blog contest there and ended up with 0.9% of the vote. The voting for the Asia Blog Awards 2004 is taking place nowadays. This blog was… Continue reading Award Season
Ads and Donations
I had three donation links on the sidebar of the main weblog page. Amazon Honor was never used and hence has been removed. The Paypal button fared a little better but with the last donation 8 months ago, I have decided to remove the Paypal button as well. The only donation link now is for… Continue reading Ads and Donations
Segregated Blogging
Via Sister Soljah, I found a post on a blog titled Blogging: an Islamic perspective. I was intrigued. The blogger divides all blogs into 3 categories: personal, topical, and a mix of the two. His criticism is directed at personal blogs. For starters, all bloggers know that since their blogs are public, their entries are… Continue reading Segregated Blogging
URL Alphabet
Via PhotoDude who got it from Reecie, here is an interesting meme. Type each single letter of the alphabet in the address bar of your browser and list what the auto-complete function pulls up first. Here are my results: A is for Amygdala. B is for Brian’s Study Breaks. C is for Crooked Timber. D… Continue reading URL Alphabet
Milestones and Visitor Data
Some time during my move, this weblog crossed the 200,000 visit mark. It took about 23 months since I made the blog public. The second 100,000 mark took only 6 months compared to 17 months for the first. My traffic is up after being down a bit during the summer. I also seem to have… Continue reading Milestones and Visitor Data
Google Mail
I have 6 Gmail invites. If you want a Gmail account, leave a comment with a valid email address or email me. UPDATE: The original 6 are gone, but I got some more invites. So if you want an account, let me know. UPDATE II (Nov 9, 2004): All the invites are gone!
Where Have I Been?
I have been busy with my daughter. She’s now 23 days old and a much more interesting baby than she was earlier. She smiles, rolls over from her back to her side and recognizes both Amber and me. She’s more attached to Amber than to me, but that’s due to breastfeeding (at least that’s my… Continue reading Where Have I Been?