History: Kaba

Posted on Sun 18 June 2023 in history • Tagged with definition, dictionary

The Ka'ba is a shrine which contains a black meteorite known as "The Black Stone." This stone is located in the city of Mecca, and is worshiped by followers of Islam.


Iced Tea

Posted on Fri 16 June 2023 in food • Tagged with tea

500ml iced white tea = summertime


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History: Jihad

Posted on Sun 11 June 2023 in history • Tagged with definition, dictionary

A holy war. Muhammad and his followers perpetrated raids against their enemies, these raids were called Jihad in the Quran which meant "striving in the way of the Lord."


generate a random hex string in python

Posted on Thu 08 June 2023 in tech • Tagged with python, programming

Here is a simple gist that demonstrates how to generate a random hex string in Python. This is pseudo-random and designed only to be used for generating test data.


History: Koran

Posted on Sun 04 June 2023 in history • Tagged with history, writing

600 CE

See Quran. Koran|see Quran


getting started with command line navigation using emacs

Posted on Fri 02 June 2023 in tech

Even for non-emacs users it can be powerful to understand the basic emacs command editing paradigm. Both Mac OS and the Unix and Linux shell allow emacs style command editing in text contexts. This basic introduction goes over the basics of emacs "chords" and control of the command line. An …


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