Google servers in shipment containers

April 8th, 2009

Today I came across this video from Google Blogoscoped and it was really cool to see how Google have their server in shipment containers. They have 45 containers and it holds 45,000 servers.

So I can understand if Google wants to relocate their data centers it will be really easy for them as their servers are already packed in containers ;-)

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Got iPod shuffle from iStyle

March 29th, 2009

After 3 weeks of wait from the release of new iPod shuffle today I finally bought it from iStyle in Ibn Battuta Mall for AED 299 /-

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Dubai Desert Safari with Flippers

March 28th, 2009

For past three weeks Sheeban was bugging everyone that we should be going out somewhere on a weekend. Last week we decided that we go for Desert Safari. The next issue which travel agency was cheap and good. After the hunt we found Oasis Palm Tourism was a good option. After discount they charged 160 AED per head, which included whole lot of options. It was a real good deal. We started today afternoon around 3:00 PM from Al Ghurair City. They took us somewhere near Hatta – Oman highway around 40 km drive from Dubai.

On the way we visited the entrance of Sheikh’s palace. The whole place was flooded with peacocks and it was an amazing scene.

We halted for sometime before the ride in the sand dunes and took some nice pictures. To be honest it was little scary when the car was sliding on the dune slopes. I managed to take few shots even though it was impossible to hold the camera as the whole car was shaking a lot.

Next halt was for dune surfing and almost everyone tried except me :-( as I have very bad experience with skiing. After that we went for some more rounds and saw camel farm on the way to the camp.

The final stop was at the camp where we had snacks, shisha, dinner and the most awaited “Belly Dancing;-)

I should thank the whole team for making to this trip. It was a very good experience.

P.S: I have more nice pictures at very high resolution and if anyone wants can contact me personally ;-)

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Internet Explorer 8 RC 1 Fails Acid test 3 :-(

March 19th, 2009

With lot of curiosity I download the Internet Explorer RC 1 and tested it for Acid test 3.

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It failed horribly :-( and thanks to Microsoft for following standards. In the same time Safari 4 public beta is by far the only browser I know which has passed acid test 3 100%

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I thinks it is high time for Microsoft to use Webkit for their browser :-)

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Completed three years as a flipper

March 19th, 2009

fliplogo Wow!! This week I completed three year working in Flip Media Dubai. I joined Flip in 16th March 2006 and I can still remember my first day in office. I enjoyed working @ flip and it is always challenging, full of excitement and we work on the latest trend and technology for the web.

During the past three year I was playing a part in developing Chameleon CMS. I would like to thank my buddy Shuja Shabandri ( he will be updating his blog soon ;-) ) for giving me this wonderful opportunity to work in Flip and in Chameleon team. I would like to thank Dinesh Lalavni and Martin Diessner for their constant support and constant thirst for latest technology in web. Without them we are bullet shot without a target. I would like to thank each and everyone working @ flip and giving me full support throughout these years.

Awaiting more fun and challenges in the years to come and I am sure I will be blogging about it all.

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Twouble with Twitters

March 18th, 2009