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 great adventurous [...]

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 at [...]

Yesterday I was lucky enough to attend a lecture by Andrew Tridgell at the ANU. He talked about some of the techniques used to analyze undocumented network protocols. It was a very interesting talk and talk was well presented. I first found it a bit odd that he would just show up at the ANU [...]

I did about 12.5 km today. I went to see an apartment and after that visited the Australian Taxation office which I found to be a pleasant experience. I am now back at collage and I am planning to take the bus home to Fenner Hall . Yes, I am that sore.

A very good introduction by Samy Bengio. Access the videos here

I have been asked to fill in for one of the tutors for a computer networking course. It seems that he was not able to finish the semester (only half of the semester left now). I have two, 2 hour sessions on Wednesday and today was my first try. I had only about 10 students [...]

On Friday I bought a new bike. Today I cycled to Uni. I now hurt in various areas. I mean the bike seat is HARD. I am not sure but I think I am going to need a padded seat or something. And as I am posting this from collage, I admit that I dread [...]