This morning, I went to the dryer to get some socks, and I found that all of the clothes had been sucked into a balled-up blanket. I began to shake the blanket, but there was a towel that was stuck to it. As I pulled the towel from the blanket, blue sparks flew […]

It’s only fair that MotherBrain (my desktop computer) gets her fair share of screenshots as well. This is a 19″ monitor, so notice that there is a lot more desktop real estate than the 14″ iBook.
My standard KDE 3.5.1 desktop
Mozilla Firefox on my desktop. Notice the composite shadows. Unlike the iBook, which […]

It just got interesting. In this corner, weighing in at…OK, it’s not really a competition, as this article, entitled Accelerated Flame Wars, explains. Not only does it explain these two new technologies, Novell’s XGL and Redhat’s AIGLX, but it also outlines how an X-Server works and why these two new technologies are set […]

I figured it is about time that I let you see some more personal aspects of my life. So, here are some screen shots of my KDE desktop on my Apple iBook G4, running Kubuntu Linux 6.04 “Dapper Drake.”

The eye candy is rendered using EXA (an X.org 7.0 feature).
Here is a picture of it […]

It is 2AM, but I thought I would try to get some writing done. My intention is to have my book finished by the end of this summer and then have it in the stores by next year, inshaAllah. Yes, Lantern Torch also does editing and publishing. We are quite a […]

I’m planning to start podcasting, inshaAllah. This is a podcast test.
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Since the United States illegally invaded Iraq, their military and politicians have made one blunder after another. Amazingly, there has been one common factor that has consistently saved Iraq from spiraling into oblivion and, indirectly, saved the U.S. from utter failure. That factor is an old man, probably not unlike your sweetest grandfather, […]

I was going to write a lengthy response to the attack on the grave site of Imam Ali al-Naqi (peace be upon him) and Imam Hasan al-’Askari (peace be upon him), but Sunni Sister did a really good job, and you should just read hers.
I will say, however, that no Muslim has the right to […]

One of my best assistants and a good friend left today. There’s not really much else to say.

From IndyMedia:
“The following interview of Professor Tony Van Der Meer was conducted by Bryan G. Pfeifer over the course of December 2005 and January 2006.
“In April 2003 Mr. Tony Van Der Meer, a Black adjunct professor of Africana studies at the University of Massachusetts Boston was assaulted and arrested by campus police after challenging an […]