Zein's place on the net

Sometimes I accidentally add a misspelled word to the dictionary in Firefox. While trying to undo this, I found that the only way to do it is manually as per this post.

OK folks, the sunray uses ESD and I have mplayer and vlc working. I have not yet discovered how to get the mic working. I know the mic is working because this works but I have to kill esd first. cat $AUDIODEV > /tmp/file #(speak into the mic and press ctrl-c when you finish) cat […]

It has been 3 Months since I have seen my daughter and I miss her terribly 🙁 ! My wife sends me photos so I can keep up with the rapid changes. Boy, do these kids grow 🙂 I am sharing one of the latest photos (and one on my favorites) where Mariam shows her […]

Tomorrow I will get the keys to my new apartment! Every time I think about this I give thanks to Allah. Finding a place to rent is one of the most difficult things you can do here in Canberra. The apartment is just a 20 minute walk from campus. It is also about 5 minutes […]

The first time I saw a sunray was when I was doing my undergrad (2001). It was love at first sight. And even though the AAST wasn’t using them (there were about 4 thrown in a box), there was no chance of me getting my hands on one 🙁 Fast forward to 2007! I am […]