New Website

Webfaction is no longer in business, hence I had two options: Migrate my wordpress site to another hosting provider. Red...

Forgiveness, Apologies and moving on.

As I live in this life, I learn a lot. One of the most important lessons I have learned is Forgiveness. I believe that f...

Good Deeds and Price Tags

People nowadays believe Good deeds always comes with a price. Ironically, I would have admit that everyone has a price t...

Leaving Home -- Movie Quote

Its been a while since I watched TV, tonight while I was relaxing on my Sofa, I watched the movie I am number four. I li...

Relationship Fights

Everyone fights. No relationship is without arguments or fights, if someone claims they never argue, they are either lyi...

Android Wear and iOS

Few days ago, I saw a Video showing the Developer Mohamed getting notifications from iOS on his Moto 360. I said to myse...

Samsung Galaxy S5 - Review

VIVA Bahrain Offered me to test the Samsung Galaxy S5 for few days and my first impression about the device was Wow! Und...

Mass DMCA Takedowns by WhatsApp

Couple of months back I read an article on OpenWhatsApp site about Mass DMCA Takedowns by WhatsApp. Tarik in his post me...

Telling the Truth or Lying -- "Unknown" Movie Quote

I don&amp#39;t watch movies much those days, but whenever I watch a movie, I write the quotes I like the most from every...

I migrated my blog to WebFaction

For the past few years, I&amp#39;ve been managing my dedicated server and a development VPS and sometimes couple of deve...

I almost died and I got a second life

Few days ago, I almost died due to my allergy. But I got a second chance to live in this life. A new life to be thankful...

Time Travel and my theory

When I was a kid, I was a very naughty kid. Years ago, I remember when I was using my dad and grandpa toolboxes to disas...

Photochromic lens - Worth the price or not?

A week ago, I went to buy myself glasses. I made my frame choice which happened to be GUCCI and I wanted a transition gl...

PHP mcrypt on RHEL6

Here at work, the system admins were required to install PHP and php-mcrypt on RHEL6.. The admins faced an issue saying ...

Operations Management - First Class

We got to meet our Professor Dr. Lori S Cook. My first impression about her is really good. I think she is a good teache...

HTC One X - Unboxing Video

So, today I got my new HTC One X.. Couldn&amp#39;t wait till we recorded the unboxing video and did the editing.. All do...

People walk in and out of our lives

Almost everyday, we meet new people, it doesn&amp#39;t matter how we meet, we could meet in the elevator, or while stuck...

Quote from 10 Things I hate about you movie

Don’t let anyone ever make you feel like you don’t deserve what you want. Go for it!

Our Memories

I once posted a quote about memories (http://www.almahdi.cc/quotes/quote-about-memories/), it says that: Memories are th...

Why do we get upset or feel upset?

Been thinking recently why do we get upset? I think its one or more of what I am listing below occur. 1. Expectation It&...

Galaxy Nexus - Review

Every few months, I buy a new gadget.. I rarely write reviews, but I found that writing reliefs me, and gives me the com...

I got myself a gift, Galaxy Note!

Few days ago, I purchased a Galaxy Note. Keeping in mind that I preowned a Dell Streak and I was completely in love with...

Extend LVM Partition online

I have been facing this recently at work. Luckily, we run a private cloud on VMWare Infrastructure with Storage on EMC S...

Prayers for Mohammed Albanna

Few days ago, Mohammed Albanna had a bike accident. Today, I went to see him, hearing that he have become better. I hear...

Bowling Night at Adhari Park

Last night, we went to Adhari park and had so much fun playing bowling. It doesn&amp#39;t matter who wins! Its the fun t...

Friendship and Love

Could friendship and Love coexist? This question that I have heard many many times. Today, I decided to write about this...

PHP Obfuscators and Encoders

A common problem with Interpreted Languages (eg. PHP, Javascript, Java, Python) is that its really hard to protect the s...

MBA Class - Leadership vs Management

In my MBA class, we are taking a course about leadership. I always thought that leaders are born with this talent. I sti...

What is beauty?

This question popped up to my mind and it is inspired by the previous post (What is Love?). Beauty is an interpretation ...

Disclaimer

Every blog needs this. I should have done it earlier, but I guess I never knew what other write. But now, I created a pa...

What is love?

What is love? It is a question that have been asked by Hussain Nasser (@hnasr). So, here is my answer. Keeping in mind t...

Viva Bahrain 3G network and Phone battery life!

If you haven&amp#39;t noticed, using Viva 3G network consumes more battery than any other network in bahrain, zain and b...

I bought myself a Dell Streak

Few days ago, I sold my iPad.. For few reasons.. 1st, I couldn&amp#39;t find a proper use for it. I used it for browsing...

Why I don't jailbreak my iOS device?

I just had a conversation with my friends. Why I don&amp#39;t jailbreak my iOS devices. A basic overview: Jailbreaking t...

Loading fixed width lines in MySQL

Today I required to load a file into a database, the file requires some parsing to be loaded. Normal developer would loa...

Mac OSX Defrag

On my daily life, I deal with VM Images and File processing.. Large files.. This causes my MacBook to slow down due to F...

I got my self an android Phone!

Hmm, I couldn&amp#39;t resist acually... So, I got my self an Android Phone... Its an Acer Liquid E Ferrari Special Edit...

Why did I get an iPhone and not any other android phone?

I am being asked this question a lot lately. Well, I cannot compare the iPhone to other android phones because android i...

Hacked using WP Lost Password?

A Saudi guy was trying to hack my website... Of-course, due to my knowledge of security, his attempts were not successfu...

Switched the Internet from Menatelecom to VIVA

I have been using Menatelecom for over a year now, it was good, however, I never had success with VOIP with them... I di...

Quote about Happiness

For every minute you are sad, you lose sixty seconds of happiness.

Quote About Forgiveness

What is Forgiveness? In English, To forgive is to renounce anger or to excuse. However, there is another definition: For...

Python Programming!

I have tried Python earlier, but its syntax didn&amp#39;t make sense to me. Several weeks later, I wanted write a small ...

Quote about Friendship

A true friend walks in when the whole world walks out.

Quote about Memories

Memories are the best souvenirs.

A Very Quick Update once again

Once again, I post a very quick update... I seem to be busier than I expected. I have been really active on twitter, you...

Quick Updates

It has been really a long time since I last wrote something on my blog, but here is a quick update.. I have been really ...

Since Viva BH doesn't provide manual settings...

Since Viva BH doesn&amp#39;t provide manual settings... I decided to extract their manual settings from the automatic se...

VIVA Bahrain - 1 day review

I am one of the people who gets really annoyed when I don&amp#39;t get what I have been promised with. I have people who...

Follow me on twitter

I have been a bit active on twitter.. I don&amp#39;t know when I stop twitting.. However for the time being, you may fol...

Replace text in many files using perl

Last night, I have several files containing the same text and I wanted that text to be replaced. I used perl one liner t...

ZenCrypt -- PHP Encoder

Last night, I was searching the internet for PHP Encoders, I always knew that ZendGuard and IONCUBE are the best. Howeve...

Few days ago, I purchased an iPhone 3GS 32GB

Few days ago, I purchased my White iPhone 3GS 32GB. My History with iPhone is long back when I the 2G. I love the change...

A new year arrives and new projects to come

A new year arrived, and new projects are arriving... My friend Marwan and myself started having several projects to be d...

You have Zero Privacy Anyway -- Get over it

I have read a very nice article in OSNews talking about that we have a zero privacy on the Internet. I recommend reading...

Rain and accidents

Today was a rainy day. Which we are not used to. So we&amp#39;d expect accidents. Here is an example taken by my N900 [g...

Story about Love

Story: ‏​وقع طائر في حب ورده بيضاء وقرر ان يصارحها ولكنها رفضت وقالت انها لا تحبه فظل يصارحها بشكل يومي حتى قالت له الور...

Nokia N900

On Saturday, I got my Nokia N900... Simply this phone rocks! I love this phone! Nokia N900 Maemo 5

Added a feature to my blog!!

I just installed the plug-in Add to Any on my blog. It allows visitors to be able to share my posts using it rather than...

Beautiful time in the past, I wish I can go back!

Once upon a time, there was the most beautiful part of my life, when: When my Dad was the only hero, When Love was my Mo...

What a messed up world? -- What the hell?

I never imagined that my country will end up like this, I always believed and knew that we were raised well. We where th...

Setup unixODBC on Linux for Oracle and Sybase

I have been working this week on configuring a Linux server to connect to Oracle and Sybase using unixODBC to be used by...

Post using my Storm with wordpress client

This is a post using my storm. Now I can blog at anytime.

Arabic Fonts for Blackberry OS >= 4.5

I finally have done it, I have been resisting to do an OTA package for arabic support for a long time, but now, when I s...

Attempt to fix the Storm screen click

I have tried to loosen the screws a bit, and it worked. However, I have to do some tweaking now.. Try to adjust until I ...

DynoStorm Results for my VW R32

I was really disappointed with my DynoStorm Restults. I will do another run with nothing inside the car, since I had lot...

I got my storm from repairs..

I got my storm from repairs.. Yet the screen doesn&amp#39;t click well!! I think I will try losing the screws as suggest...

Purchased DynoStorm

Today I purchased DynoStorm, I will post some graphs of my car hopefully tonight! DynoStorm: http://www.bunsentech.com/p...

Getting a new DSG Gearbox soon

My Gearbox had few issues lately, we have changed the Mechatronic, but yet it is not shifting correctly! I am having har...

Pictures of my Milltek Non-Res Exhaust

Two Pictures taken with my Blackberry Bold [gallery link=&ampquot;file&ampquot; columns=&ampquot;2&ampquot;]

Waiting for my storm to come back from repairs!

My Storm has been sent to repairs few weeks ago, and I am waiting for it to come back this weekend. Temporarily I am usi...

Yesterday I received my VF Engineering Air Intake

So, yesterday I received my VF Engineering Air Intake and I couldn&amp#39;t wait for another day to get it installed... ...

Yesterday was one of the best days in my life...

Yesterday was one of the best days in my life... Many good things happened yesterday!

Hassan Alasfoor -- My friends father, my uncles friend passed away

Few days ago Mr. Hassan Alasfoor passed away in Germany while having his treatment. On Friday, his body was brought to B...

Just ordered VF Engineering Air Intake

I have just ordered VF Engineering Air Intake for my car... I am waiting for it to arrive and have it installed..

Back to Bahrain

I am just back to Bahrain!! Home sweet home!!

First impressions with Blackberry Storm OS 5

The Startup of the device is slow, however, once it starts, the device is noticeably faster. I like the new animations w...

Going to Turkey tomorrow morning...

Well, I am leaving to Cyprus Turkey for one week!! Leaving tomorrow morning night.. I am so excited!

GoogleTalk doesn't work with OS 5.0

GoogleTalk doesn&amp#39;t work with OS 5, I will downgrade to 4.7 and then install a hybird firmware. Tonight is the tes...

I don't have time to upgrade to Hybird OS

I don&amp#39;t have enough time to upgrade to Hybird OS after I have downgraded my OS, I will probably upgrade once agai...

Upgrading my Storm Blackberry to OS 5

I am currently (while I am typing) upgrading my Blackberry Storm to a leaked OS version 5, I hope everything goes fine.....

Asterisk is not easy to trouble shoot

I have setup Asterisk PBX, everything works perfectly, with one SIP trunk, however, when I try to add the second trunk, ...

Re: Asterisk is not easy to trouble shoot

Aaah, Finally, I figured it out... It was a due to DHCP and DNS.. My setup is a server with two interfaces, this server ...

Simple Webserver in Python

Sometimes I need a simple webserver for serving files for my kickstart installations. I have found a simple solution: py...

CSS is not as easy as I thought...

CSS is not as easy as I thought it would be!!

Long time since I last blogged....

Hmm, Its has been a really long time since I have last blogged, I just have been really busy with tons of other stuff. I...

I have successfully integrated...

I have successfully integrated twitter with my blog.

Testing twitter, and trying to...

Testing twitter, and trying to integrate it with my blog

VW R32 vs BMW M3

Saturday Night, I raced my friend BMW E46 M3.. We had lots of fun! I was shocked with the results.. I never imagined tha...

I installed Milltek Exhaust System on my R32

On the 16th of June 09, I got my Milltek Exhaust System installed on my R32. It&amp#39;s a non resonated exhaust system,...

I ported Template Parser from CodeIgniter to Kohana

I have been using CodeIgniter for many of my php development projects. However, recently, I have knew about Kohanaphp fr...

Which Programming Language Are you? -- I am C++

A friend of Mine sent me a link to an online quiz &ampquot;Which programming language are you?&ampquot; So here is my re...

Time machine -- Sometimes I wish

Sometimes I wish if I could turn back the hands of time, I would have changed many things in my life. Actions and decisi...

Wonderful song by Pink -- Family Portrait

This song reminds me of some friends, this song is dedicated to all my friends who are having issues with their families...

Quotes from a Wonderful Movie -- 300

Last night, I was so tired, lying on the sofa, watching SuperMovies.. They played the movie 300.. Recently, I had this h...

Dealing with winmail.dat in Linux

Today, I have received an email from a Windows User using Outlook and he was using Rich Mode instead of plain text or ht...

I have a dream by Abba -- I really like this song

This morning, while I was stuck in the traffic near the Regency Traffic light, I was listening to Bahrain Radio 96.5, an...

My Nicknames -- Compiler and Ali the savior

I had two nick names that I always loved to be called with, I didn&amp#39;t invent them but they just got attached to me...

Romantic Love Story -- Computer Love!!

When I was browsing my old tar backups, I found this wonderful love story, I have downloaded it way back from the intern...

My new car VW R32

On Saturday 18th of April, I have decided to buy the R32. So, I went for a test drive and I immediately fell in love wit...

What a messed up world -- Bahrain version!!

I really hate to see this, specially in my own country! I know that this happens, but its not public! Democracy and Free...

I know it has been sometime since my last post but...

I know it has been sometime since my last post, I have been really busy trading my BMW 330i with VW R32 and F1 Event. I ...

Download RealMedia Files and Convert them to MP3 in Linux

This morning I woke up and one of Fayrooz songs was playing in my head! I thought of Downloading all of them. So, I foun...

Don't waste your time on Jealousy

Quote: Don&amp#39;t waste your time on jealousy. Sometimes you&amp#39;re ahead, sometimes you&amp#39;re behind. The race...

Live or die -- Quote

Last night, I was watching Rambo IV on ShowMovies, and I heard a good wise quote that I thought of blogging: Live for no...

Memories from Citibank Old Days!

Special Thanks to Abdulla Yateem (My friend) for sending me those pictures.. Those are more than a year old and they rem...

Don't -- Quote

Quote: Don&amp#39;t be reckless with other peoples hearts, don&amp#39;t put up with people who are reckless with yours.

Modification to the Chinese Proverb -- Give a man a fish

I told a friend of mine about the fish free version of the Chinese proverb, so he made another one, although not fish fr...

The nail that sticks up -- Quote

I was watching the movie Fast and Furious: Tokyo Drift on ShowTime Action.. and I heard this quote.. So I thought of blo...

Breach of Contract -- What a messed up world!

Hmm, What a messed up world we live in... breachofcontract Reference: http://www.global-report.com/perth/?l=en&ampamp;a=...

Don't mess with your hair!

Quote: Don’t mess too much with your hair, or by the time you&amp#39;re 40, it will look 85.

Quote about Beauty

I have been writing quotes and I can&amp#39;t really recall where I heard them or read them, but I can recall about this...

Chinese Proverb -- Give a man a fish

Although I hate fish and all types of sea food! But this proverb is true and I thought of blogging it! I wish it was abo...

Audi Q5 -- Test Drive and review

Few Weeks ago, Audi Center Bahrain called me to test drive the New Audi Q5. I had the Q5 since yesterday afternoon, and ...

Migrated to Word Press

I migrated from sNews CMS, which is the smallest Content Management System to WordPress for my Blog. I have updated the ...

2 Quotes about Hope

First Quote: Smile to life, and life will smile back to you. Second Quote: There is always hope!

Quote about Life!

There is a saying: When everything gets in your way, then you are in the wrong lane! I can&amp#39;t recall where I have ...

Quote about Revenge

I just thought of writing this quote about revenge, and I don&amp#39;t know why it poped up to my mind, but way back, I ...

Clone Disks using Linux dd

Yesterday, Mohammed my friend asked me on how to clone disks since he remembers me cloning disks using Linux over Networ...

Ubuntu DVD Release

The reason that made me look away from Ubuntu was due to the CD release targeting desktop users and leaving developers, ...

Quote - from Kung Fu Panda Movie

I arrived home late last night, I was a bit tired, but I couldn&amp#39;t sleep, so I turned on the TV and started seeing...

Load Delimited Data into MySQL

How to load Data from a CSV or any delimited file to MySQL: LOAD DATA LOCAL INFILE &amp#39;/path/to/file/name&amp#39; IN...

BOLT -- The Wonderful Blackberry Browser

BOLT is a web browser designed for Mobile Phones. It aims towards: Full PC-style browsing on all types of mobile phones ...

Choosing a Linux Distro -- Mandriva is a good choice

I formated my laptop after experimenting with Mac OSX, I wanted a good distro to be used on my laptop. Keeping in mind t...

Mac OSX Leopard -- Review

I have been playing around with Mac OS X on my laptop and my desktop for the past two days. Mac OS X is a really cool op...

Mac OSX -- On HP Pavilion dv5-1235ee

I have been using Linux and FreeBSD for really long time on my desktops and servers, however, I have never used Mac OS X...

Post Using Mac OSX Leopard on HP Pavilion DV5-1235ee

This is a post using MacOSX on my laptop... Now, sound works, USB works, however reboots sometimes doesn&amp#39;t work! ...

No More Python -- Back to Java

Well, I tried to use Python instead of Java... But I couldn&amp#39;t succeed. Although, I am a very fast learner, but Py...

PHP Framework -- CodeIgniter

Few days ago, I was searching for a PHP framework that I can use for my web development. I found many Frameworks availab...

New Laptop -- HP Pavilion dv5-1235ee

I bought a new laptop few days ago. I just installed Fedora 10 64-Bit... I am still customizing my setup!! However, This...

VMWare ESXi - Presentation in the LUG

Well, I presented VMware ESXi to Bahrain LUG The presentation convered the installation and value of the software when c...

Thinking of You -- Wonderful Song by ATC

I was listening to my MP3z and I came across this wonderful song... Youtube link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqffaAI...

Change file names case from upper case to lower case

A friend of mine asked me a good question, he copied files from a Windows Partition to his Linux partition, and some of ...

I just got my new Blackberry Bold 9000

I always wanted the Bold, but it took me so much time to get one. Anyway, I finally got one now!! The OTB firmware is so...

See you when you get there -- by Coolio

I started the car this morning, and my oldies CD started playing. While I was waiting for the car engine to warm up, thi...

Some of my wedding party pictures

I have uploaded some of the pictures of my friends who attended my wedding party. Thanks to all my friends. Here we go: ...

I hate Flu

I am having flu those days, it has been with me since last week, its really annoying!! I hope I recover soon, as I have ...

Improve Laptop Battery life in Linux

Since I bought my Laptop HP Pavilion DV6353, I couldn&amp#39;t get more than 2 hours using its battery. When I upgraded ...

Keep your Linux Workstation/Server time accurate using "rdate"

Last night, I was using my Laptop until I drained the battery. Today, I plugged in the power and started using it. I fou...

Blackberry Arabic fonts

Last night I was trying to upgrade my Blackberry Curve (8320) firmware. I downloaded a firmware from the internet and up...

My First post

This is my first post in my blog.