pace.

props to all the Muslims before us who did this stuff:

Click here.

Let’s pick up the pace 21st century!

font conference

ok, ok, yea.  you have to be a type-nerd to understand this!  its great!

you’re insane!  nobody uses microsoft works!

Closed Zone

small steps to losing weight

i found an interesting article on CNN here that talked about small steps that can help you lose a lot of weight.

i read somewhere, i can’t remember, “if you have no time for exercise when you are young, then make sure you have time for sickness when you are older.”

1. Old: whole milk

New: 1 percent milk

Let’s say you have milk with your cereal and then a glass of milk some other time during the day. Drinking 1 percent milk instead of whole milk saves you 100 calories.

2. Old: whole bagel

New: half a bagel

Give the other half of your bagel to a friend, and you’ll save 100 calories. Depending on the size of the bagel, you could save even more.

3. Old: chocolate ice cream

New: chocolate yogurt or a Popsicle

Swap out the ice cream for the yogurt, and you’re consuming 100 fewer calories. You’ll save nearly that much if you have a Popsicle instead of the ice cream.

4. Old: latte made with whole milk

New: latte made with skim milk

Order a nonfat latte instead of a regular latte, and you’ll save 90 calories.

5. Old: be a couch potato

New: take a 20-minute walk

forced to eat garbage.

this: i make so much dua for the muslims.

and for myself: ثم لتسئلن يومئذ عن النعيم

inspirational history of my craft

check this out.

not everyone can be a designer

the first thing my graphic design 1 professor told us was:

you may think that the devil is in the details, but in fact it is design that is in the details.  the amount of attention you give to the details of your design defines your work.

i always remember that when i am moving an image back and forth a difference of 1/12th of an inch in my work.

find out more here.

5 dangerous things for kids

ever wanted to do something “dangerous” as a kid, but your parents stopped you?

Gever Tulley says that no matter what you do, kids will look for dangerous experiences, so why not expose them to danger that is under your control?

i don’t know how far the argument can be taken in either direction.  what do you think?

Find out more here.

condemning terrorism

i join my fellow muslims on the blogosphere who condemn the terrorist attacks that took place in Mumbai, India last week.

i am not accusing muslims of doing this, nor do i feel that muslims in america should rush to “apologize” for an act they did not take part in.

my condemnation stems from the islamic belief that all life is sacred, and i join the international community, muslim and non-muslim, in doing so.

MuslimMatters.org

Mujahideen Ryder

if you are a blogger who also condemns these attacks please place a link to your post in the comments.

4 ways we’re ruining our children

a very interesting article i found here

many times we blame our parents for how we “turned out.” but do we really think about how we are going to raise our own kids? a lot of youth at the local masjid claim that their parents don’t spoil them enough, and that they will spoil the mess out of their own kids….but is that really a good thing?

something to think about.