It’s been 1 year in the making.

At our home in Hyderabad, India, this old rotary phone is still in service. It’s atleast 30 years old and has yet to see the lights of service center. This speaks volumes about the quality of engineering and manufacturing in those days. Today most of our electronics have an average life of 3-5 years. While life expectancy of humans goes up, that of technology goes down.

“If a panel of Muslim men, whose origins were in the Muslim world, were to choose Miss World, the title would likely never leave Scandinavia”. This is a quote for a nice article by Imam Zaid Shakir “New Islamic Directions”. In many way the article aptly narrates the state of affairs about a lot of our Muslims male brethren. I suggest you make a cup of chai or brew your favorite coffee and sit down to read it and ponder.

http://www.newislamicdirections.com/nid/notes/The_Ethics_of_Chivalry_Between_Genders/

I like having simple and clean wallpapers on my desktop. The one below is my own creation and one that I have often as my wallpaper.

To download, right click and select ‘Save As’ or ‘Save Linked File As…’ on the resolution of your choice. If you want a different resolution then leave a comment below.

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When Apple launched the latest iPod nano, people all over the blogosphere said, ‘almost an iWatch’. The design firm Mnml has come up with an awesome concept. It’s almost ready for production and I believe its going to be a huge success. Like their other designs this concept kit seems like a thing of beauty to match Apple’s own new design of the nano.