Demystifying Doobye
As I write this, I am sitting at the bottom of the Burj Khalifa in Dubai. The tallest building known to mankind looms over me like some sort of fantasy. In front of me is a dancing fountain and lights show the likes of which at least I have never seen. The building itself is…
LBS tech Episode 1
This is the first official episode of Laid back tech, an offshoot of the Laid back show created and produced by me and Dr Awab. Where the Laidback show focuses on current affairs and politics as well as sport, the tech side will do reviews and I/T geek related stuff in a separate podcast. The…
Lights…
Lights lights, sparkly lights in the night Some are green, some are white Some are shining very bright What a beautifull night it is shining lights in the night it is
Discussion on unity, with Farah Pandith
On Tuesday me and some other members of the new media were invited to a discussion with Ms. Farah A. Pandith, U.S. Special Representative to Muslim Communities at Kurshid Mahal in Avari towers here in Karachi. Karachi traffic being what it is due to V.I.P movement, the event started off at around 9 pm whereas…
How not to be hacked
Being the Uber geek that I am I never imagined this could happen to me, but it did and although I am still fuming at the person who did it, whom I will get sooner or later in this life I thought it was necessary that I tell you all my experience so that you…
Geek does nature
Imagine your normal day. You wake up, reach for your phone and it begins, the data stream, you plug in and suddenly you are surrounded by your friends and co workers virtually that is. Your work and fun intermingles as you plant crops in farmville and negotiate deals in the other window. Its all digital,…
Aman ki faktha roasted at Ipl
I have been living life in a vacuum for the past few days.. yes sir, my left eyes sudden inflammation prompted my doctor to proclaim all screen related activities such as TV, PC, Iphone completely off for a period till said inflammation gets better. Thus with no input other than word of mouth or music…
Offroading in Sorh, Baluchistan
I have often heard people talk of the “call of the wild”. A feeling so unique one has to actually be there to experience it. Till I took this off road adventure though these phrases seemed like hogwash to me. Still it troubles me that most of Pakistan cannot ever see what I have in…
Rally for peace
Five score and thirty years ago a boy was born to a middle class family who had just moved from their first lodging in a new Pakistan (kharadar) to a more leafier suburb of Karachi. It had taken this family about 27 years to get into the position of owning the house they were moving…