How I Met Your Mother December 30, 2006
Posted by Fadil in : Entertainment , 6 comments
Nothing cynical. How I Met Your Mother is a new comedy TV show currently airing on CBS. I have had the chance to watch every episode up to now, and I’m really liking it.
The show is principally about Ted, an architect who’s looking for love as his two best friends, Marshall and Lily, get engaged. He meets Robin, with whom he (literally) falls in love after their first date. After many twists and turns, they eventually end up having a serious relationship (spoiler 
). During his time being single, Barney is Ted’s wingman in his quest, helping him out in very unorthodox ways.
Barney is the most hilarious character of the lot. He simply cracks you up with a very particular slang full of outrageous metaphorical expressions and similes. No one knows what his job is, he’s always wearing a nice suit (and asking everyone to suit up) and he has a liking for one night stands.
Every episode is twenty minutes of sheer glee. F.R.I.E.N.D.S. (my personal favourite) has set a very high standard for comedy shows, but, in my opinion, HIMYM has all that it takes to become one of the best. Mind you, the show has only got a season and a half under its belt, but it’s already very good!
Comodo Personal Firewall December 20, 2006
Posted by Fadil in : Technology , 3 comments
For some time now, I have been looking for all kinds of freeware and opensource software running on the Windows platform as alternatives to widely used commercial programs. In this quest, I recently stumbled upon Comodo Firewall, a FREE firewall program intended for personal use.
I have been using it for a couple of weeks only, but I have to say that it is up to the task. Prior to this, I was a fervent admirer of ZoneAlarm Pro (no, I didn’t buy it). Being one of the most acclaimed security programs available, it was hard to think that a relatively unknown application would stack up against ZoneAlarm. But it does, brilliantly.
Comodo Personal Firewall gives you all the inbound and outbound protection you need. It allows a very detailed configuration of the protection rules and program access rights for the experts, while providing novices with a wizard for a simple setup. After an initial learning mode when you are bombarded with pop-up warnings about programs trying to access the internet, Comodo runs quietly and consumes a fairly low amount of resources.
Until now, the only downsides of the program I have found out about are its lack of privacy protection (pop-up ads, cookies, cache, etc.) and the fact that defining rules for applications and networks is not that intuitive.
The bottom line is Comodo Personal Firewall is as good as any firewall can be. Plus, it doesn’t cost a dime! You get all the features you would expect from such a piece of security software FREE OF CHARGE. Get it now, and (maybe) take one step away from software piracy.
Fadil’s Brand New Weblog December 18, 2006
Posted by Fadil in : General , 9 comments
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Welcome to fadil.blog.mu, my very first online journal. You can read about the blog’s envisaged content and about myself in the ‘About’ section (where else? ). Everyone’s invited to comment the posts whenever something tickles your attention. Remember to subscribe to the feeds (entries and comments) to be up-to-date with what’s happening here.
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