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Find me on Twitter

Find me on Twitter: @riyadpr. 😀

Format StatusPosted on 02.05.201302.05.2013Categories EnglishTags Contact, Internet, TwitterLeave a comment on Find me on Twitter

Make an ISO from a CD/DVD on OS X

I just needed to create an .iso file from a DVD and Disk Utility was no help. 🙁 So I turned to the internet and found my answer on SuperUser. 🙂

hdiutil makehybrid -iso -joliet -o Image.iso /input_path

There are other variants described on the linked page.

 

Format StatusPosted on 25.04.2013Categories EnglishTags Mac, OS X, Technology, TricksLeave a comment on Make an ISO from a CD/DVD on OS X

The Definition of Cloud

cloud, n.
mythical place where all the unloved data is brought

Update:
The Oxford English Dictionary has already been notified about this omission. 😉

Format QuotePosted on 08.04.201314.06.2014Categories EnglishTags English, Insights, Languages, Quote of the Week, tongue-in-cheek, Web, Word!Leave a comment on The Definition of Cloud

Hatebase

There is a new kid on the block: Hatebase.

It’s for hate speech what Urban Dictionary is for English slang. It’s still very early, but it’s going to be fun browsing through it. 😉

xkcd – Visited
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Dante, Islam and the Banking System

Dante, Islam and the banking system … interesting talk …

Format LinkPosted on 08.04.2013Categories EnglishTags Banking, Dante, Hamza Yusuf, Insights, Interest, Internet Finds, Islam, Money, Recordings, Talks, VideoLeave a comment on Dante, Islam and the Banking System

Drawing a “Zoo” With a Two-year-old

Drawing a "Zoo" With a Two-year-old
Drawing a “Zoo” With a Two-year-old

She did the telling I did the drawing. And yes, the one on the top-right is me. 😉

Format StatusPosted on 07.04.201307.04.2013Categories EnglishTags Animals, Children, Drawing, Playing, PortraitsLeave a comment on Drawing a “Zoo” With a Two-year-old

JetPack vs. Antispam Bee

Seems like Jetpack discussions and Antispam Bee don’t go well together: upon submitting a comment you get a “Invalid security token” error. Well … bye, bye Jetpack discussions.

Format StatusPosted on 07.04.201331.12.2013Categories EnglishTags Admin, Comments, Diskussion, Howto, Plugins, Spam, Web, WordPressLeave a comment on JetPack vs. Antispam Bee

Vowels

I just learned the difference between [ɯ] and [ɨ]. 😀

Yay for Wikipedia’s vowel chart with audio samples. 😀

Format StatusPosted on 04.03.201304.03.2013Categories EnglishTags Insights, Internet Finds, Korean, Languages, Turkish, WikipediaLeave a comment on Vowels

Many Tamagotchis Were Harmed in the Making of this Presentation

One of the less serious, but still very interesting (and insightful) talks from 29c3.

Posted on 27.02.2013Categories EnglishTags 29c3, Conference, Gadgets, Hardware Tinkering, Insights, Internet Finds, Programming, Recordings, Talks, VideoLeave a comment on Many Tamagotchis Were Harmed in the Making of this Presentation

Just turned my MacBook Pro into a MacBoat Pro

Just turned my MacBook Pro into a “MacBoat Pro” … 🙁

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