
Anything I can find I'll try to blog about it, be it GIS, mapping, programming, graphics, CAD, networking, gadgets, music, both in English and Arabic. Technically everything tech-related and tech-unrelated.
2009-10-17
إلهي ربنا يفضحكوا كمان و كمان أكتر ما أنتوا مفضوحين كده

2009-10-15
Disable Autorun.inf

2009-10-07
A Brief History of ERDAS IMAGINE

If you ever wonders how an application you use evolves through the years and it happens that you are an ERDAS Imagine user, you'll greatly enjoy this article about the history of the ERDAS Remote Sensing platform.
2009-09-24
The history of Apple OS (between Copland and Mac OS X)
An article about the origins of the Mac OS X Cocoa framework and the history of the architecture of the modern attempts of Apple to design a modern and high quality operating system, and the dismissal of the Java-like technology that Apple acquired from NeXT when it bought back Jobs to the heart of Apple.2009-09-18
Vectorworks 2010 Released
The latest release of VectorWorks has been released earlier this week, it contains many productivity enhancements, most notably:- The fantastic new 3D snapping environment, adding the the world class 2D snapping that was introduced in 2009 (which was a good addition into an originally very good snapping system in earlier versions), it gives VectorWorks more 3D drafting capacity.
- The enhanced utilization of the Parasolid engine to enable many new features like the unified 2D/3D, wall sculpting,improved wall holes and the new powerful stair tool.
- The inclusion of the D-Cubed 2D Dimensional Constraint Manager for parametric modeling and improved management of the walls network in the building model.
- Improvements in the Hardcape tool, the DTM object, the Grade calculator, and the new symbols content and plants imagery.
- The inclusion of VBvisual plants in RenderWorks.
- Various minor changes in the drafting, editing, dimensions management and importing/exporting experience.
- Various additions to the Machine Design and Spotlight editions of VectorWorks.
2009-09-08
طب و النبي دي مش قلة أدب !!!

2009-09-06
Greatest Business Cards

I just came across 2 galleries of some of the most creative business cards that I've ever seen in my life, here they are:
32 great creative business cards
After some time I recognized some of these cards in the Taste of Ink website, a great design studio, you have to check it out too.
2009-09-02
A great article about JSF 2

I found a great article on the JSF 2 Spec (the View technology of choice for the Java EE 6 stack) and what's new/updated from JSF 1.2.
It serves as an overview to the new features in the JSF 2 and not as a comprehensive review of a single feature, it covers:
- The inclusion of the Facelets technology in the JSF standard and the View Declaration Language
- The composite components (or construct-your-own-component-without-major-hassle)
- New standardized Ajax support and the Ajax request lifecycle management
- The (inspired by Apache MyFaces Trinidad) partial state saving
- New system events
- Improved navigation system
- GET requests improved support and the view parameters
- The (Seam-inspired) additional scopes (View/Flash/Custom Scopes)
- The new (and much awaited) Managed Beans annotations
- New project stage declaration (for separation between production and development stages)
- The new client behaviors
- New bean validation system and the new validators
- Improved error handling
- Resource Loading
The article is available here What’s New in JSF 2 by andyschwartz
2009-08-26
تخاريف واحد مبسوط حبتين

2009-08-18
Geomtry Kernels in AEC/BIM field
A geometry kernel is the core of any modeling software, it is simply the part of the program that understands geometry and the relationships of the various entities the program allows you to draw (let it be a 2D line, rectangle, polygon, or a 3D cube, 3D polygon, face, mesh or that cool NURBS object you had been creating for 3 days).
The geometry kernel is an indicator of the robustness of the modeling software.
Some of the kernels used by key players in the CAD/AEC/BIM and MCAD field:
- Autodesk AutoCAD: Autodesk Shape Manager (ACIS based)
- Autodesk Revit: Proprietary kernel from earlier versions of Revit
- NNA Vectorworks 2009: Siemen’s Parasolid
- NNA VectorWorks 2008 (and earlier): IntegrityWare Solids++
- Graphisoft ArchiCAD: Spatial’s ACIS
- Bentley Microstation: Siemen’s Parasolid
- PTC Pro/ENGINEER: Proprietary kernel (with Parasolid for compatability)
- CATIA: Proprietary kernel (with Parasolid for compatability)
- Dassault SolidWorks: Siemen’s Parasolid (despite owning the ACIS maker)
Articles About the usage of geometry kernels:
http://architosh.com/2008/09/architosh-talks-to-dr-biplap-sarkar-about-parasolid/http://www10.aeccafe.com/nbc/articles/view_weekly.php?articleid=594268
http://discussion.autodesk.com/forums/message.jspa?messageID=5236836