70and2.org

I have yet again decided to migrate to wordpress. More importantly, I have decided to migrate to a server-side software base. I found that iWeb, while being a good program for working with a .mac account, is purposefully lousy at publishing to any other service. Perhaps I will endeavor to make a program to better handle that. Beyond designed limitations, there is fundamental inadequacy of any client based software.

Why limit you input method when you retrieval method is intrinsically ubiquitous? I use more than just m computer and i certainly don’t expect everyone who reads this babble i put in my blog to read it from my computer. So I ask, why should I ever have my computer be part of that equation? I shouldn’t. That’s the point. I want to be able to update and manage my site from anywhere with complete independence. So..

I am returning to something that is familiar to me, WordPress. Yet, I am actively seeking out which other more feature rich content manager will suit me better. That includes the notion of pay-subscription content delivery and a community portal.

I have two specific implementations of such tools in mind. Proxy-Trails.com is my effort to bring a new view into the homes of all those nordic-track skiers and freesylers who have grown tired of pretending to stride closer to the bedroom wall in front of them. Been there, done that; I have since grown fond of bicycling. I like the fresh views and fresh air. My million dollar idea is to record the trails i travel and be the proxy for all those who do not or cannot visit the trails for themselves.

The second implementation is to collect my experiences of losing said sum of weight and to fashion a web community for all those who have also accomplished this feat, or are in-progress of doing so. In the media you can find a whole showcase of hyper-reality examples of extreme weight loss. None of this entertainment is intended to really stimulate duplication. Having been there, i know that no one can approach you to offer assistance. You must seek it out and be wiling to change. Who better to help guide that change than a whole community of loving people who want to duplicate the life-change they themselves have partaken in?

To my knowledge, WordPress does not suit the technical needs of these ambitions properly. I plan to establish both these services and use my programming education as a means of suiting the tools to my specific needs.

And again, 70and2.org is dead. I will be retiring it once halftheman.us is established.

 

Javid Vossough

Today at 3:39am

 

Hi Nabil, you are looking great, keep up, but if you want to come back to BWC don’t tell them you are so fit else you end up in move crew again…!

 

Best wishes.

Javid

Nabil Ahmad

Today at 8:32am

 

Ha!!! There is no “again” remember??

 

Its good to hear from you. I couldn’t believe that you actually registered on facebook, as it seems to be geared to being designed for teenagers, but then again, it really is an excellent way to keep up with everyone all over the world.

 

I find myself constantly thinking of Haifa as home, yes i’m homesick for it. I am struggling to not fit back into the american mold. With food being such a large part of the american culture, i’m at a bit of an advantage. You see, after having a diet consisting of real food for a year and a half, the deep fat fried garbage that everyone around me seems to consider food is nothing short of repulsive. At one time, several years ago, I lived on the consumption of no less than four liters of Mountain Dew Soda, one of the most caffeine and sugar rich drinks available. Now I cannot drink more than a sip at a time without spraying it across the room. When i try enjoying a candy bar, my taste buds protest at the lack of quality and richness of flavour, my stomach rumbles at its lack of nutrition, and for hours stretching into the following day my entire body pickets the thought of ‘enjoying’ another one.

 

I prayed for Baha’u'llah to grant me the body that, though closer now than ever, i’m still working to attain. I asked not for my vanity’s sake, but for the sake of the Cause. I did not want my ill health to interfere with my ability to render service. There was no better womb to give me that new body than the BWC. When leaving, I prayed again that I be assisted to keep that gift and never be heedless of this gift.

 

Know thou, verily it is becoming in a weak one to supplicate to the Strong One, and it behooveth a seeker of 93 bounty to beseech the Glorious Bountiful One. When one supplicates to his Lord, turns to Him and seeks bounty from His Ocean, this supplication brings light to his heart, illumination to his sight, life to his soul and exaltation to his being.

 

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During thy supplications to God and thy reciting, “Thy Name is my healing,” consider how thine heart is cheered, thy soul delighted by the spirit of the love of God, and thy mind attracted to the Kingdom of God! By these attractions one’s ability and capacity increase. When the vessel is enlarged the water increases, and when the thirst grows the bounty of the cloud becomes agreeable to the taste of man. This is the mystery of supplication and the wisdom of stating one’s wants. (from a tablet to an American believer, translated by ‘Alí Kuli Khán, October 1908).

 

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Its funny how literal that is. I used to scoff at water - now I crave it. I used to be indifferent to foods with nutritional value - now I crave them. And alternatively, I used to love soda pop - now its an obvious poison.

 

Additionally, the human body is a literal lodestone of nutrition. It’s just that the american body is so overwhelmed by chemical imbalances and excess fat, that the clear guidance that their body is striving to give is completely concealed.

 

As much assurance as all this rambling may give you that I will ‘Stay tall,’ I do ask for an occasional prayer for assistance, if you would be so generous.

 

BTW, please feel free to share the photo and these comments with the friends whom I miss dearly.

Well, it has begun already…. I will update and elaborate later.