Imthiaz Blog

Yesterday my cousin wanted to goto a Tamil music show conducted by cool productions. It was happening in Sharjah cricket stadium. This program was supported by Shakthi FM. Main sponsors of the event being ETA star and Western Union money transfer. My brother managed to get a free pass

The crowd was so much even the police were unable to control them. There was no problems but traffic was little affected by it.

The total people count was more than 18,000. It was really a big one.

Lot of kids were enjoying it dancing big time while they were playing their favorite songs.

The crowd was amazing but the program was not up to the expectation. It was okay

Today I notice one small change in the search result and it was cool. Google has integrated videos from youtube to its search results.

I don’t know whether is an old news. But this is the first time I really noticed a video being included in search result. Way to go G00gle.

Today I had to goto NBD bank to request for a letter. The parking lot was full and I had to park my car in the side since there was no space to park my car. I parked the car by the side of the parking lot and went to the bank and came back I got a  gift voucher from Dubai Roads & Transport Authority for 200 dirhams. This not fair at all. The NBD main branch building has more than 20 floors and having a parking lot for visitor with around 50 parking slot is not fair at all.

The above is the gift voucher I got from RTA Dubai

Two days back I got a speeding ticket which is my fault for going at high speed on a empty road . So this week is really happening for me with 2 tickets.

my friend shuja has finally started his own blog by the name dollarthis.com.

the above picture taken when I went for his marriage in Bhatkal

he is a genius when comes to programming. he knows how to copy and paste in an efficient manner. after pulling his leg for a very long time he has has started this blog. his domain name is the way we code classes in php.

$this->dotcom = "dollarthis.com";

now you know why i have refer him as a nerd….

For past two weeks I am slowly cleaning up my blog. The information added to blog started to grow more and more. So I thought it was time to categories certain things.

• Moved blogroll into a new page instead of showing in the sidebar. There was too many links and it was taking lot of space
• Changed monthly archives to yearly. It will show monthly archive list in archive pages
• Cleaned up and added more styles to the content and comment section
• I was unable to style properly for internet explorer. So separated the styles for internet explorer and others
• Added Gravatar functionality to comments section. I wrote a small function to cache the images and clear the old ones every 6 hours
• Placed Google ad sense well between the content. Still experimenting things on the same

Still working on certain features on the theme. Lot more styling is left. Thanks to Avinash for super duper tips he is giving on designing my own theme. It feels great to have a working theme of my own

It was a crazy night. Me, Iyad and Iyad’s cousing Amer went for the Chevrolet drag race challenge in Umm Al Quwain motorplex. It was simply amazing the way they do this stuff. This is my first experience watching a drag race live.

Drag racing is a sport in which cars race down a track with a set distance as fast as possible.

Drag racing usually involves two cars racing each other over a set distance, usually 1/4 mile or 1/8mile. Although distances range from two hundred meters to one kilometer, the four-hundred meter (1/4mi) drag race is the most popular. Races of this nature test a vehicle in terms of acceleration and top speed, as well as the driver with regard to skill required and concentration. Although the driver does not have any turns to negotiate or opponents to defend against, apart from the competitor in the other lane, he or she must be very accurate with gear shifting to avoid over revving the motor and throttle modulation to avoid loss of traction during the race.

During drag racing events, vehicles are classified into different classes by various criteria that take into account the extent of modifications to the car. These criteria include engine capacity, configuration of cylinders, frame type, vehicle construction materials, wheelbase, horsepower to weight ratio, number of cylinders, whether or not power adding devices such as turbochargers, superchargers or nitrous oxide are employed, vehicle type (such as car, truck, et cetera), or even make and model for limited entry fields. The aforementioned divisions are in place to ensure that the cars are evenly matched during the race.

Drag racing vehicles are special in that they are modified to be lighter and more powerful than in their standard form. A lighter vehicle means that the power-to-weight ratio is increased and hence a greater acceleration will be achieved. Power increases vary depending on the extent of the modifications to the engine. The table below illustrates some common outputs for different induction configurations for a typical drag-racing vehicle. Please note that the numbers expressed are not by any means limits for power, but they’re rather accurate indications of typical levels of power produced by daily driven drag racing vehicles.

The above text is taken from wikipedia under drag racing . I took around 480 odd pictures and some have really come out well. Still learning how to take photos