Telework

In our agency, employees are required to come to office only once in a week, so that their computer can get updates from the agency network. Rest of the days they are allowed to work from remote locations (home, hotel, etc.) which is called telework. I think 1/2 days...

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Amazing

Recently, I had an opportunity to work with a vision impaired employee of our agency. I was amazed by his ability to work almost at the same speed and accuracy of a sighted person. Of course he uses a special software in his computer but he mastered the skills of...

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My Ordinary Life

In my personal life there is everything present for me to be happy. I am happy somewhat but I don’t feel satisfied. My existence doesn’t mean much outside of my family. If I die today I will be forgotten very fast. This world will not miss anything because of my...

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Hosting Company Changed

Just changed my web hosting company. It was a time consuming task. Export from old hosting company and import to the new one using Word Press menu doesn’t really export/import everything. I had to add some widgets and change the default Settings of Permalinks. Also,...

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মানুষের মন

বাবার আমেরিকাতে থাকার সুবাদে জানতাম একদিন আমিও আমেরিকাতে আসব। আর আসার কিছুদিন পূর্ব থেকেই স্বপ্ন দেখতে শুরু করি। স্বপ্নগুলো ছিল এমন যে – আমি লিফটে করে অনেক উঁচু বিল্ডিংএ উঠে যাচ্ছি। ইউএসএ আসার পরে অমন অনেক উঁচু বিল্ডিংএ উঠেছি। এমনকি চাকরির সুবাদে ট্রেনিয়ের জন্য যখন...

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প্রতারণা

ফেসবুকে আরিফ ভাইয়ের স্ট্যাটাস দেখে আমারও কিছু প্রতারণার অভিজ্ঞতা মনে পড়ে গেল… আমার গুলো অবশ্য আমেরিকাতে। বুঝতে পারছি না কারা আগে আবিষ্কার করেছে এই কৌশলগুলো? ১) ১৯৯৭ এর কথা বেশিদিন হয়নি আমেরিকাতে এসেছি। মানহাত্তানের সহ (SOHO @ Manhattan) তে একটা স্টোরে ক্যাশিয়ারের কাজ...

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Displaying Formatted Text

Dynamically displaying formatted text is a pain. A label control can’t keep the format. People suggest to use multiline texbox but that doesn’t look good in a web page for announcement. Some suggests to use RichTextBox but that requires a great deal of coding. I...

মাততে পারেনি

যদিও শব্দটার অর্থ জানাছিল তবুও সিলেটী ভাইয়েরা যখন নিজেদের ভাষায় কথা বলেন তখন দুর্বোধ্য শোনায়। তাই যখন আমি আমার ছেলেকে আরবি পড়ার শেষে মসজিদ থেকে আনার সময় অন্য একজন অবিভাবক জিজ্ঞেস করলেন 'মাততে পারেনি' আমি বুঝতে পারিনি। দ্বিতীয়বার যখন বললেন 'ছেলে বাংলায় মাততে পারেনি'।...

Just Business

Last Saturday, there was a community fair at Max Myers playground in northeast Philadelphia. In the fair, they were giving out free foods sponsored by local politicians since election is in the horizon. Also, some companies were giving hot dogs, red Bull, etc. in...

No Visa Required

All of a sudden my wife decided to visit her parents in Bangladesh. She would take our little one with her. This is his first visit to Bangladesh, so his passport needs Bangladeshi visa. Fortunately, Bangladesh government provides “No Visa Required” (NVR) stamp on the...

Analyze That

On the day of my baby boy’s birthday (last Sunday) we were eating pizzas. At one point my mother was telling me not to eat pepperoncinis that come with papa john’s pizzas because she thought it would give me gas. I ignored and ate two anyways since I never got problem...

Special Someone

Though I was never cruel to anyone other than using wrong words my softer side was seldom revealed for I never met someone who cared to look under my hard surface. In fact, I never got enough love to open my heart to someone. Most of the times, I was misunderstood, so...

The Whisperer

In college, I had a teacher, Douglas TheWhisperer (not giving the real last name intentionally), who would start talking in a normal voice or may be little louder and then his voice would gradually go down to whisper and around the end I wouldn't hear anything he was...