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27 Jun, 2008

Wardriving Lahore

Posted by: sharjeel In: Security

Ever wondered how many access points are there in your city? Last week I did an interesting thing: Wardriving in my city Lahore.
Wardriving is act of searching for WiFi wirless networks on the go using laptop or other mobile devices. It is legal in most parts of the world but ethically it comes under gray […]

24 Jun, 2008

Why we discontinued MapMyPakistan

Posted by: sharjeel In: mapping

Today is the day when I can better explain why we discontinued MapMyPakistan.
Three years ago, when I was about to graduate from FAST-NU, I started working on an idea for a startup: Maps for Pakistan. At that time there were no street level maps available and their demand was obvious: Car Navigation, Route Optimization, Courier […]

13 Jun, 2008

Lesson of the day

Posted by: sharjeel In: Uncategorized

Lesson of the day: Get your site up before you make a sales call
It not just a good idea but a must-have that your site should be up before you ask someone to open it … especially when you are making a sales call to a potential customer :D
Me: XYZ TV Channel?
Rep: Yes
Me: [Describes  See […]



  • sharjeel: @m: I'm not discouraging, I'm just making a distinction to make things clear. @Stas Shtin: Thanks for pointing out. I hastly wrote the code earli
  • ben: bm: I went and read section 1.2.1 of SICP as recommended in the reddit comments and the distinction between forms of functions and processes makes mor
  • Ned Batchelder: You might want to read Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs, section 1.2.1. There they make a clear distinction between recursive proces

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