Good Bye IOL..

Dear IOL* members,

It has been nearly 4 years now in IOL in different positions and departments. I believe it is time for me now to move, I should have done this at least a year ago, but I didn't in three different occasions because of many factors, most importantly 20at's** benefit. These years meant a lot to me, I learned many things really, but I believe I have now reached a saturation point, where my stay will not be of acceptable benefits for both IOL and me, in fact it even may do nothing but hold me still instead of going forward. Thus I decided a while ago considering opportunities that come along.

  Today at nearly 4:00 pm i received an offer, that I accepted, from a software company named "Citex Software" to work there as a software engineer. The offer satisfies many needs at this phase of my career basically and my life as well. On top of them is the need of new and fresh career blood, working with a young team that understands each other and can really think of things differently and effectively, a place where I can learn a lot of new things and a better financial level. All these factors exist in this opportunity along with others, so I am accepting the offer. I should start there right after The Eid, that means 2 weeks and a half from now.

  Despite the fact that there were some issues inside the company that could be dealt with better, I really find it hard to take such a decision and will always remember IOL was like home to me. It is the nature of things anyway; people leave their homes when they are grown up and choose their own way. Thank you all for everything, and yes I think this is a Goodbye. Hope you all the best from all my heart.

Best wishes ever,
Mosab Ahmad.

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* IOL = islamonline.net, and media international company
** 20at = 20at.com, may main project i am was working on, i built it from scratch.

i bought "me" a present!

in the last period i was very very overloaded..
my load in work reached 800% and after trying to get it down it became 600% according to our project managers calculations!!

i didn't have time to take care of me, and i suddenly found nothing is worth leaving me alone! i suddenly discovered that i forgot to live.

today i bought me a gift.

i bought me the "mos3abof.com" domain

and within a month i will make me an online "geeky garage"..

What famous leader am i ?

i went into an e-test about "What Famous Leader Are you? "and the result came up with this famous photo and this sentence :

"You are the leader pot smokers emulate. You are Che Guevara. You have your own revolutionary arty style. Dying tragically on a mountain appeals to you."

written on the image.

and you, What Famous Leader Are You?

switched to Debian

after a long time using SUSE, i switched to Debian, and till now i am satisfied with the decision.
many Arabic issues were solved in open office and the synpatic and apt-get are awesome..
just one thing is left, installing KDE, coz i like it more than GNOME, and the problem is i don't have enough time to do so..

but anyway, i am really satisfied with the decision and the results are so far great :)

update (15-7-2007) : installed KDE yester-night :)
i love the debian DVDs, i now know for sure it was worth the time downloading them

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other distros i used : mandrake, redhat, slackware, fedora, centos, ubuntu and SUSE.

i should be an engineer!

i went through an e-test under the topic : "What College Major Are You/Should You Be?",

and the result came :

"Your major should be Engineering. Logic is your friend. With enough work, you can find a solution to anything... Unless it involves dating or parties."

thanks brainfall!!

this community!

"this community has a lot of BUGS, it needs PEER TO PEER DEBUGGING!!!"

-- a quote by Mosab Ahmad (me :) )


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note: this is the first time in my life i find any error message from any microsoft product of any use at all!

freelativity...(3)

"If a free society cannot help the many who are poor it cannot save the few who are rich."

--John F. Kennedy

another brick in the wall

these days i am having exams, the educational system here sucks!!
bilieve me...

all i can remember now is the Pink Floyd's song Another Brick in the Wall :

lyrics:

We don't need no education
We dont need no thought control
No dark sarcasm in the classroom
Teachers leave them kids alone
Hey! Teachers! Leave them kids alone!
All in all it's just another brick in the wall.
All in all you're just another brick in the wall.

We don't need no education
We dont need no thought control
No dark sarcasm in the classroom
Teachers leave them kids alone
Hey! Teachers! Leave them kids alone!
All in all it's just another brick in the wall.
All in all you're just another brick in the wall.

"Wrong, Do it again!"
"If you don't eat yer meat, you can't have any pudding. How can you
have any pudding if you don't eat yer meat?"
"You! Yes, you behind the bikesheds, stand still laddy!"

This part of my life...

this part of my life i call "finding answers"...

(inspired by "The Pursuit of Happyness")..

Freelativity...(2)!

"The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself."

a quote I don't remember where I found, but I love it.

Freelativity...(1)!

- I adore Open Source Culture
- But it is hard to learn, use, understand ... etc!
- I believe this is a very cheap price for FREEDOM!!

translation to Arabic:

- أنا بأعشق المفهوم اللي اتبنى عليه المصادر المفتوحة
- أيوة بس المصادر المفتوحة صعب جدا تتعلمها، وتشتغل بيهاو الألعاب و الـ.... و.... و .... الخ
- أنا شايف ده ثمن بسيط جدا مقابل "حريتي"!!!