Android localhost/127.0.0.1 alias

If your android application accesses localhost while being run in the emulator use the alias "10.0.2.2" instead of "localhost" or "127.0.0.1".

Pakistan Broadband Price/Speed Comaprison

		Lowest Price
		Price/month (Rs)	Speed (kbps)	Limit (GB)	Activation	Activation (per Month)	Security	Website
	PTCL	1199	1024	Unlimited				Link
	Wateen	499	256	5		100		Link
	Wi-Tribe	650	256	6	500		650	Link
	Qubee	750	512	6			1000	Link
	Micronet	749	128	Unlimited	2750			Link
		Best Speed
		Price/month (Rs)	Speed (kbps)	Limit (GB)	Activation	Activation (per Month)	Security	Website
	PTCL	6999	8192	Unlimited				Link
	Wateen	1399	1024	Unlimited		100		Link
	Wi-Tribe	2400	1536	Unlimited	1500		2400	Link
	Qubee	1500	1024	Unlimited			2000	Link
	Micronet	1499	1024	Unlimited	5050			Link

R.drawable *R cannot be resolved* Android

If you get this error out of many other reasons one can be that some of your images in the "res" folder have a "-" in their name. Android doesn't like that :)

Twitter, Facebook, Chat Abbreviations

Abbreviation	Meaning
<3	heart
404	I haven't a clue
A3	Anyplace, anywhere, anytime
ADN	Any day now
AFAIK	As far as I know
AFK	Away from keyboard
ARE	Acronym-rich environment
ASAP	As soon as possible
A/S/L?	Age/sex/location?
B4N	Bye for now
BAK	Back at the keyboard
BAS	Big a** smile
BBIAB	Be back in a bit
BBL	Be back later
BBN	Bye bye now
BBS	Be back soon
BEG	Big evil grin
BF	Boy friend
BFD	Big f***ing deal
BFN	Bye for now
BG	Big grin
BIBO	Beer in, beer out
BIOYIOP	Blow it out your I/O port
BL	Belly laughing

BMGWL	Busting my gut with laughter
BOTEC	Back-of-the-envelope calculation
BRB	Be right back
BTA	But then again...
BTDT	Been there, done that
BTW	By the way
BWL	Bursting with laughter
BWTHDIK	But what the heck do I know...?
CICO	Coffee in, coffee out
C&G	Chuckle and grin
CNP	Continued in next post
CRB	Come right back
CRBT	Crying real big tears
CU	See you
CUL	See you later
CUL8ER	See you later
CYA	See ya
CYA	Cover your ass
CYO	See you online
DBA	Doing business as
DFLA	Disenhanced four-letter acronym (that is, a TLA)
DL	Dead link
DLTBBB	Don't let the bed bugs bite
DIKU	Do I know you?
DITYID	Did I tell you I'm distressed?
DOM	Dirty old man
DOS	Dozing off soon
DQMOT	Don't quote me on this
DTRT	Do the right thing
DWB	Don't write back
E2E	exchange to exchange
E2E	e-business to e-business
E2E	employee to employee
E2E	end to end
EG	Evil grin
EMFBI	Excuse me for butting in
EMSG	E-mail message
EOM	End of message
EOT	End of thread (meaning: end of discussion)
ESAD	Eat s**t and die
ETLA	Extended three-letter acronym (that is, an FLA)
EWG	evil wicked grin
F2F	Face to face
FAQ	Frequently-ask question(s)
FC	Fingers crossed
FISH	First in, still here
FLA	Four-letter acronym
FMTYEWTK	Far more than you ever wanted to know
FOMCL	Falling off my chair laughing
FTBOMH	From the bottom of my heart
FUBAR	F***ed up beyond all repair or recognition
FUD	Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt
FWIW	For what it's worth
FYI	For your information
G	Grin
GA	Go ahead
GAL	Get a life
GIGO	Garbage in, garbage out
GD&R	Grinning, ducking, and running
GF	Girlfriend
GFN	Gone for now
GGP	Gotta go pee
GIWIST	Gee, I wish I'd said that
GL	Good luck
GMAB	Give me a break
GMTA	Great minds think alike
GOL	Giggling out loud
GTRM	Going to read mail
GTSY	Glad to see you
H&K	Hug and kiss
HAGN	Have a good night
HAND	Have a nice day
HHIS	Hanging head in shame
HIG	How's it going
HT	Hi there
HTH	Hope this helps
HUB	Head up butt
IAC	In any case
IAE	In any event
IANAL	I am not a lawyer (but)
IAW	I agree with or In accordance with
IC	I see
IGP	I gotta pee
IHA	I hate acronyms
IHU	I hear you
IIRC	If I recall/remember/recollect correctly
ILU or ILY	I love you
IM	Immediate message
IMCO	In my considered opinion
IMHO	In my humble opinion
IMing	Chatting with someone online usually while doing other things such as playing trivia or other interactive game
IMNSHO	In my not so humble opinion
IMO	In my opinion
IMS	I am sorry
IOW	In other words
IPN	I'm posting naked
IRL	In real life (that is, when not chatting)
ITA	I totally agree
ITIGBS	I think I'm going to be sick
IWALU	I will always love you
IYSWIM	If you see what I mean
J4G	Just for grins
JBOD	Just a bunch of disks (like redundant array of independent disks, etc.)
JIC	Just in case
JK or j/k	Just kidding
JMO	Just my opinion
JTLYK	Just to let you know
k	ok
KISS	Keep it simple stupid
KIT	Keep in touch
KOTC	Kiss on the cheek
KOTL	Kiss on the lips
KWIM?	Know what I mean?
L8R	Later
L8R G8R	Later gator
LD	Later, dude
LDR	Long-distance relationship
LHO	Laughing head off
LLTA	Lots and lots of thunderous applause
LMAFO	Laughing my f**king a** off
LMAO	Laughing my a** off
LMSO	Laughing my socks off
LOL	Laughing out loud
LRF	Little Rubber Feet (the little pads on the bottom of displays and other equipment)
LSHMBH	Laughing so hard my belly hurts
LTM	Laugh to myself
LTNS	Long time no see
LTR	Long-term relationship
LULAB	Love you like a brother
LULAS	Love you like a sister
LUWAMH	Love you with all my heart
LY	Love ya
LY4E	Love ya forever
MorF	Male or female
MOSS	Member of the same sex
MOTOS	Member of the opposite sex
MTF	More to follow
MUSM	Miss you so much
NADT	Not a darn thing
NFG	No f*****g good
NFW	No feasible way or no f*****g way
NIFOC	Naked in front of computer
NP or N/P	No problem
NRN	No response necessary
OIC	Oh, I see
OLL	Online love
OMG	Oh my God
OTF	Off the floor
OTOH	On the other hand
OTTOMH	Off the top of my head
PANS	Pretty awesome new stuff (as opposed to "POTS")
PAW	Parents are watching
PCMCIA	People can't master computer industry acronyms
PDA	Public display of affection
PEBCAK	Problem exists between chair and keyboard
PIBKAC	Problem is between keyboard and chair
PITA	Pain in the ass
PM	Private message
PMFJIB	Pardon me for jumping in but...
POAHF	Put on a happy face
::POOF::	Goodbye (leaving the room)
POTS	Plain old telephone service
PU	That stinks!
QT	Cutie
RL	Real life (that is, when not chatting)
ROR	Raffing out roud (Engrish for "laughing out loud")
ROTFL	Rolling on the floor laughing
ROTFLMAO	Rolling on the floor laughing my a** off
ROTFLMAOWPIMP	Rolling on the floor laughing my a** off while peeing in my pants
ROTFLMBO	Rolling on the floor laughing my butt off
RPG	Role-playing games
RSN	Real soon now
RT	Real time
RTFM	Read the f***ing manual
RYO	Roll your own (write your own program; derived from cigarettes rolled yourself with tobacco and paper)
S^	S'up - what's up
S4L	Spam for life (what you may get when you become someone's customer or client)
SHCOON	Shoot hot coffee out of nose
SEG	S***-eating grin
SETE	Smiling ear to ear
SF	Surfer-friendly (low-graphics Web site)
SHID	Slaps head in disgust
SNAFU	Situation normal, all f***ed up
SO	Significant other
SOL	Smilling out loud or sh*t out of luck
SOMY	Sick of me yet?
SOT	Short on time
SOTMG	Short on time must go
STFU	Shut the f**k up
STFW	Search the f*****g Web
STW	Search the Web
SU	Shut up
SUAKM	Shut up and kiss me
SUP	What's up
SWAG	Stupid wild-a** guess
SWAK	Sealed with a kiss
SWL	Screaming with laughter
SYS	See you soon
TA	Thanks again
TAFN	That's all for now
TANSTAAFL	There ain't no such thing as a free lunch
TCOY	Take care of yourself
TFH	Thread from hell (a discussion that just won't die and is often irrelevant to the purpose of the forum or group)
TGIF	Thank God it's Friday
THX	Thanks
TIA	Thanks in advance (used if you post a question and are expecting a helpful reply)
TILII	Tell it like it is
TLA	Three-letter acronym
TLK2UL8R	Talk to you later
TB4U	Too bad for you
TMI	Too much information
TNT	Till next time
TOPCA	Til our paths cross again (early Celtic chat term)
TOY	Thinking of you
TPTB	The powers that be
TTFN	Ta-Ta for now
TTT	Thought that, too (when someone types in what you were about to type)
TTYL	Talk to you later
TU	Thank you
TY	Thank you
TYVM	Thank you very much
UAPITA	You're a pain in the ass
UAF	Until further notice
UW	You're welcome
VBG	Very big grin
VBSEG	Very big s***-eating grin
WAG	Wild a** guess
WAYD	What are you doing
WB	Welcome back
WBS	Write back soon
WDALYIC	Who died and left you in charge?
WEG	Wicked evil grin
WFM	Works for me
WIBNI	Wouldn't it be nice if
WT?	What/who the ?
WTF	What the F***!
WTFO	What the F***! Over!
WTG	Way to go!
WTGP?	Want to go private?
WU?	What's up?
WYSITWIRL	What you see is TOTALLY WORTHLESS IN REAL LIFE!
WUF?	Where are you from?
WYSIWYG	What you see is what you get
YBS	You'll be sorry
YGBSM	You gotta be s***tin' me!
YMMV	Your mileage may vary.
YW	You're welcome

Add Free Push Windows Live Hotmail to iPhone Mail

• Open Settings on the iPhone Home screen.
• Select Mail, Contacts, Calendars.
• Choose Add Account… under Accounts.
• Tap Microsoft® Exchange.
• Enter your full Windows Live Hotmail address ("example@live.com", for example) underEmail.
• Enter the full address (including "@live.com" or "@hotmail.com", for instance) again underUsername.
• You can copy and paste the address from Email to save typing, of course.
• Tap your Windows Live Hotmail password under Password.
• Type "Windows Live Hotmail" under Description.
• You can also use any other name that will help you recognize the account, of course, such as "Work" — or the email address.
• Tap Next.
• Wait for the Server field to appear (after Verifying is done).
• Enter "m.hotmail.com" (not including the quotation marks) under Server.
• Tap Next again.
• Make sure Mail is ON.
• Turn Contacts and Calendars ON as well to synchronize your iPhone contacts with Windows Live Hotmail and get your calendar pushed to the iPhone, respectively, as well.
• Tap Save.

Reference: email.com

Find All Unread Messages in Gmail

Reference: [About.com]

To view all (and only) unread messages in your Gmail account:

• Type "is:unread" (not including the quotation marks) in the Gmail search field.
• Click Search Mail.

If you do this search repeatedly or generally appreciate brevity, you can use "l:unread" or even "l:^u" instead of "is:unread" (or "label:unread").

Of course, you can combine the quest for unread messages with others:

• "l:^u from:tim" finds all unread messages from "tim",
• "l:^u l:^t" finds all unread starred mail, and
• "l:^u l:^k subject:hi" finds all unread messages with "hi" in the subject that are in the Trash.

• 
  

The PRK Laser Eye Surgery Monolog

There is a lot of literature on the net for PRK surgery, so if you are looking for technicalities of the surgery this text is not the right reference. However, when I opted for the surgery I was looking for personal experiences which if is what you are hunting for you may find it useful.

I had myopic vision since birth and wanted to get rid of the glasses all along. However, right or wrong, I was always told by my optician that I have to wait till my body passes through growth age. It doesn't has to be true that's only what I was told and could have easily been an avoidance plan by my dad and doctor as they were friends :).

Surgery setup  and Cost:
I had PRK surgery done on my eyes at 12 hours notice in a private clinic in Rawalpindi, Pakistan (Amanat Eye Hospital) and it costed me 26,300 (approx. 310 USD). There was no pre-surgery treatment although I was asked if had wore contact lenses in past 6 months, which I hadn't. There were a series of 4 different tests on different apparatus to judge suitability of eyes for operation and I was told "all is well".

Surgery:
Surgery was a 4-6 min process in which the doctor kept chatting with me. He was a real nice gentleman and was competent at what he did. During or after surgery I did not feel anything but only the smell of burnt skin (I must clarify nothing was burnt :P there are different explanations to the source of the smell as  I don't know which one is correct I will skip all). I was asked to focus at a beam and do nothing else. Eye lids were fixated with something so I couldn't blink, however, not moving the eyeball was still my responsibility. I walked out on my own, was told to go home with special care of avoiding sunlight and rest. Pretty much did that.

Post Surgery:
Post surgery I had bandage lenses on the corneas and I was told

- not to rub eyes or put any water for 4 days after which lenses would be removed.
- I may feel uncomfortable and level of discomfort can vary from minor itch to major pain (I felt a minor itch similar to a misplaced contact lense feeling and it faded away every passing day)
- a combination of 2 eye drops were given to use for first 12 days with decreasing frequency, don't remember their names.

After 4 days, the lenses were removed and I couldn't even see as much as I used to without glasses prior to surgery. It ran shivers through my soul as I was never told it was expected. To add to my misery the guy who had the surgery the same day as me told me, after his lense removal, that his vision is 6/6 now (which was most probably a placibo affect as it is not even possible with PRK to recover in 4 days).

The journey then onwards demands patience, I had to put drops in the eyes (a different one) 4 times a day for 4 months with 1x dropping each month i.e. in 4th month its only 1 time per day.

As for the vision it kept improving. I was told the more I rest the faster it will get better, which I couldn't due to work nature. However, I felt that improvement continued till about 12 weeks, after which it has stayed the same so far (which is a year since surgery).

Result
The final improved vision is quite good, to a personal perception level I feel its the same as it was with glasses if not better. Although, I must admit that due to the fear of getting disappointed I have never got it checked by an optician.

I can play sports, read road signs at distances I couldn't before. So it is going good so far but my personal research says the surgery effect remains for about 6-8 years which if true is still pretty good I would say.

In short, it is more than I expected. So I feel content.

Side Effects
You can google and find a whole lot, I will only mention the ones I felt

1. Dry Eyes: At times I would wake up and my eye lid would be stuck to eye ball forcing to open eye would cause pain and watering. Rose water or moisturizer drops before sleeping helped. It used to occur on average twice a week for first 5 months and then disappeared.

2. Sun Sensitivity: Eyes remain sensitive to sunlight, sadly, I enjoyed this side effect as it forced me to wear sunglasses one of my childhood wishes :). The sensitivity has faded however a little is still there one year after the surgery, although it doesn't bother at all.

3. Halos: At times the vision gets blurry and you need to blink once to recover from it. This has also faded, however, occasionally it still happens.

Alternatives:


PRK is perhaps the oldest method of vision repair surgery. Newer ones are LASIK, LASEK and another recent one, a variant of PRK.

All the alternatives are more accurate than PRK
All the alternatives are riskier than PRK for whatever little risk is there

All alternatives offer quicker recovery than PRK, in fact INSTANT.
One of the two LASIK or LASEK, don't know which one, is more painful than PRK

All alternatives are also much more expensive than PRK

I hope any of this helps your decision and I wish you all the best if you decide to go ahead and get a surgery and if you don't, don't worry you will still do good :)

==============
February 10, 2012
==============

It has been 2 years and 6 months since my PRK eye surgery. The feelings are still good about the procedure, I haven't had the guts to go to an optician and see how correct they are but there is no problem in doing daily life activities without glasses.

The dry eyes side effect has completely vanished, no more dry eyes since the first 6 months. The halos and occasional blurring that goes away after blinking has persisted and I think it will if it hasn't disappeared till now. It happens most often in mornings but it can happen anytime, however, a mere blink get rids of it so it doesn't bother much at all.

On the feeling note, I have played two cricket seasons with PRK eyes and I have a feeling that my reflexes have slightly slowed due to the surgery. I am not sure if the two have any relation but I feel this slightly.

Bottom line, given another chance I will do it again as it is much nicer without glasses even with some side effects.