It seems keeping a blog takes a lot of time, so I will probably be NOT posting any more stuff here, unless I find some proper alternative to have the posts on my site SYNCed to here….
Zaid Pirwani is the blog of an engineering student who is more enthusiastic about electronics than most of his teachers. Part-time freelancer as a web developer, I am interested in computers, electronics and web development only PERIOD. This blog
Leaving Pakistan for Umrah
Salam [Hi],
I leaving Pakistan for Umrah (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umrah) and will be returning back in 22 days Insha Allah [God Willing].
Please pray that I have a safe trip.
Zaid Pirwani
Microsoft .NET Gadgeteer is an open-source toolkit for building small electronic devices using the .NET Micro Framework and Visual Studio/Visual C# Express.
Build all manner of electronic gadgets quickly and easily with .NET Gadgeteer.
Normal LEGO and NxT Lego is so old now, so MS introduces its own line of LEGO….
Seems pretty cool and even the price is not too high when compared with other LEGO offerings… the Base Kit at the moment costs 250USD [PreOrder, sales start in Sep-11] http://www.ghielectronics.com/catalog/category/265/
Oh and did I mention that MS will be releasing all source code for it in an open source non MS manner for the geeks and engineers to drool and ponder and tinker and hack… Code is at CodePlex: http://gadgeteer.codeplex.com/
The New WRAN’s or Regional Wireless Area Networks look too good to be true but it will soon be seeing the light of day…
Do Something….
…..Get out there and do stuff because you fundamentally enjoy it and because it makes you better. As a writer, as an analyst, as a techie, whatever. Learn to love practicing the fundamentals and do it better each time. Over time, quality does lead to success, but you have to be patient. Really patient. Turns out, “overnight” success takes years. Maybe even decades. This is not a sprint, it’s a marathon. Plan accordingly……
—Coding Horror
Another post about Password Safety
This Time: How People Choose Passwords
A huge 25% of passwords are derived directly from dictionary words. In reality, it’s probably somewhat higher than this as my dictionary had less than a couple of hundred thousand words. And they’re all only English language.
Top among the dictionary favourites are:
- password (oh dear)
- monkey
- dragon
