April 2006

Mystery Building

What a strange building! It seemingly has some rooms at the ground floor, but, those stairs lead to …. nothing. I’m thinking of starting a competition for the sake of identifying its purpose. I pass by the mystery twice a day and every time my curiosity rise. Is it a statue? Does it have an industrial or functional purpose?...

EGJUG First Meeting

I have attended the First EGJUG meeting and it was a good kickstart. EGJUG is an attempt to bring together Egyptian Java enthusiasts, help promote Java in Egypt, and raise the skills of Java developers. With 290+ members and only around 10 attending the first meeting, the group needs a hell lot of marketing. There’s also a good chance...

Me… Cartoonized

I was finally able to cartoonize my photo, not bad (I think). Karl’s tutorial (Family Portrait Artist) is real fun, extremely easy to follow and is making rounds (via SVN via Photojojo). Will be doing more photos of family and friends. As for the photo making itself, I used Inkscape, didn’t bother to spend time on hair for obvious...