Archive for April 2008

How to Win Any PC Game

I have just discovered a quick way to beat any game that involves virtual currency - thanks to a request to me by a certain “leetkiss” on a freelancing website. I am very impressed by leetkiss’ understanding of reusable software patterns and C++ Interop and the clean code that he writes. He has written most [...]

Children Riding Buses Alone

I leave my car at home and travel on a bus at least a couple of times a week so that I can stay in touch with the real world around me and observe the actual people that make up our country. Their discussions (and cursing) on current affairs is probably more informative than your [...]

Do you know Dust Puppy?

I remember it very clearly - it was 2001 when I discovered an easter egg in Quake III Arena (a game that has claimed many hours of my life) featuring Dust Puppy - a character from the geeky comic strip at UserFriendly.org. I was curious and visited the website, and was hooked for life.
The strip [...]

Two Great Stress-Relieving Flash Games

So I installed Gears of War last week, but it turned out that my laptop (Dell Inspiron 9400/2GB RAM/Go 7800 etc.), like its owner, is almost obsolete. So if you are like me, here are two excellent games to get rid of your gamer’s itch (and get back to work so that you can buy [...]

OLPC (One Laptop Per Child) Was Launched in Pakistan Last Month

The OLPC Pilot Project hit Pakistan last month without much fanfare. Infact, I don’t know of any tech blog that covered the event, and was told about the launch only by my brother. This came as a surprise considering that the whole world was uber-excited when the project was announced.
The OLPC guys have a wiki [...]