http://www.bassamislam.com A Personal Weblog Thu, 13 Aug 2009 22:16:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I've just discovered that Google Reader now has a "Send to" link under each item, for sending RSS items to Facebook, Twitter, etc. There's also a way of creating your own Send to destination, which is exciting to me, as I've been using Instapaper for a while to mark pages ... http://www.bassamislam.com/2009/08/13/sending-google-reader-items-to-instapaper/ So, I'm writing this post on the new Wordpress iPhone application on my upgraded iPod Touch. So far, it seems really easy to use. You just set up your blog login, click to write a new post, and just start tapping away. The one downside is the iPod Touch/iPhone keyboard. If ... http://www.bassamislam.com/2008/07/22/wordpress-iphone-app-review/ So, a friend and I are starting a new podcast, both audio and video, which should be going live in the next couple of weeks. We've decided to use Wordpress to host it, and it's been sort of a learning experience. We're still setting up the site. I'm trying out the ... http://www.bassamislam.com/2008/06/27/starting-a-new-podcast-using-wordpress/ Ok, so it's been two days less than a year since my last post. What's the point of having a blog if I don't post to it, right? I'll be trying to keep this blog a little more updated. Stay tuned for new content soon... http://www.bassamislam.com/2008/04/10/look-a-blog/ This is incredibly frustrating! I bought my XBox 360 on launch day in November of 2005. It was working fine for me... until December of 2006, when I saw the dreaded 3 red lights of death around the power button. After a bit of research, I found out that this ... http://www.bassamislam.com/2007/04/12/had-to-replace-my-second-xbox-360-after-only-4-months/ Just found out that Zoomr, a social photos site not-unlike Flickr, is offering free Pro accounts to bloggers. That 2.5 GB of photos for free if you have a blog... even one of those free blogger blogs. This sounds totally worth it, and I'm going to be trying Zoomr out. I've ... http://www.bassamislam.com/2006/11/01/free-zoomr-pro-accounts-for-bloggers/ Years ago, there was this little cable network called TechTV. If you had cable or satellite TV, and were just a little bit geeky, then you probably heard about it, and perhaps even watched a bit. It was technical programming that served both geeks and non-geeks, with shows that tailored to ... http://www.bassamislam.com/2006/08/15/undotv-the-next-generation-of-techtv/ This story out of Orlandy is of a mad squirrel that went on a 7-day rampage, boldly attacking many people, including children, and biting the heck out of their legs. It even seemed to launch itself at its victims! During my time at UCLA, when squirrels were all over the place ... http://www.bassamislam.com/2006/08/10/mad-squirrel-on-a-7-day-rampage/ I just came across this, and it was too funny to pass up... The Flying Spaghetti Monster (or FSM to his followers) is a made-up deity created by Bobby Henderson last year to protest the Kansas Board of Education ruling to teach intelligent design in classrooms alongside of evolution. The picture speaks ... http://www.bassamislam.com/2006/04/27/the-flying-spaghetti-monster/ Since switching from Windows a few weeks ago, I came across a site called macZOT! (the crazy CAPS seems to be endimic here). Every now and then, they offer a free bit of software for the Mac. The catch is that for the software to be free, we in the ... http://www.bassamislam.com/2006/04/25/subethaedit-free-collaborative-writing-application-for-the-mac/