Shahryar Rizvi’s blog
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HTC Eris review
I recently bought the HTC DROID Eris, an fairly old Android OS phone. I am currently shuffling through available software and organizing my dashboard. here are some interesting applications I found so far. WordPress: I can update Mindqila from my phone. Though it will be difficult without a keyboard, so it won't happen often. Music […]
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links for 2010-06-05
Bletchley Park texts to go online (tags: history technology)
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links for 2010-06-04
Dark Roasted Blend: Battleship Island & Other Ruined Urban High-Density Sites (tags: images sustainability technology history) Hidden histories: Afghanistan We all know about Afghanistan – a poor and predominantly Muslim nation that's never really made it out of the Middle Ages, right? Well, it turns out that's simply not the case: retconning Afghanistan as a […]
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Who Fears Death by Nnendi Okorafor: African post-apocalypse literature
Amazon.com: Who Fears Death Post apocalypse fiction from an African perspective, fascinating.
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links for 2010-06-01
Hirsi Ali, Berman, and Ramadan on Islam : The New Yorker Hirsi Ali is convinced that “lingering between the two value systems,” as her half sister does, “stunts the process of becoming one’s own person.” But those privileged enough to find refuge in the West rarely find it easy or desirable to abandon their ancestral […]
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The Problem With… “Can’t Be Tamed” by Miley Cyrus – Dallas Music – DC9 At Night
The Problem With… “Can’t Be Tamed” by Miley Cyrus – Dallas Music – DC9 At Night. I was thinking back to Merchants of Cool and the Britney Spears South Park Episode when I heard this song. A lot of comments up till now make me think that the commentators only appreciate success instead of the craft. Not all […]
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links for 2010-05-27
Glenn Greenwald: Those irrational, misled, conspiratorial Muslims There's little doubt that many Pakistanis believe all sorts of things that are false and that some extremist sectors peddle paranoid conspiracies. Propaganda is a standard tactic used by political and religious leaders of all types to manipulate their followers, as is casting blame on external enemies for […]
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links for 2010-05-26
Is Rand Paul Just Another Neocon Republicrat Masquerading As A Libertarian Rebel? – By Kelley B. Vlahos – The eXiled “Foreign terrorists do not deserve the protections of our Constitution,” Paul said in a Nov. 19 release. “These thugs should stand before military tribunals and be kept off American soil. I will always fight to […]
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links for 2010-05-25
Allegory of Terror: MIA’s Born Free and the Arizona Anti-Immigration Law It’s a self-righteous fury out there in the American Heartland, a wild red, white and blue tornado that rips families apart, flings undocumented parents across the border and scatters the poor. And it has professional apologists. On the Sunday talk show This Week, George […]
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The Problem With… “Not Afraid” by Eminem – Dallas Music – DC9 At Night
The Problem With… “Not Afraid” by Eminem – Dallas Music – DC9 At Night There was a time where — like most haters– I would have scoffed at Eminem’s “angry” shtick as just a tough-guy pose. However,
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