The Laidback Show » Faisal Kapadia http://laidbackshow.com Jihad on da suits starts NOW!! Fri, 03 Sep 2010 03:54:46 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://laidbackshow.com/feed/podcast/ The Laidback Show is a weekly podcast by Faisal Kapadia (deadpanthoughts.com) and Dr. Awab Alvi (teeth.com.pk/blog) talking about various topics within the Pakistani web-sphere, be it politics or technology in a very casual setting The Laidback Show clean The Laidback Show info@laidbackshow.com info@laidbackshow.com (The Laidback Show) 2009-2010 Hosts: Faisal Kapadia and Dr. Awab Alvi Technology, Politics, Pakistan, Geek, International, Urdu The Laidback Show » Faisal Kapadia http://laidbackshow.com/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/Laidbackshow144.jpg http://laidbackshow.com Laidback Show Tech #1 – Nokia Experience Bus http://laidbackshow.com/laidback-show-tech-1/ http://laidbackshow.com/laidback-show-tech-1/#comments Sun, 28 Mar 2010 20:35:33 +0000 Awab Alvi http://laidbackshow.com/?p=193

Laidback Show Tech segment evaluates the Nokia 5230 Experience Bus parked at the Forum Karachi. Farhan Chawla and Faisal Kapadia rendezvous with the Nokia team and get a run through the bus and a decent review of the phone itself.

]]> http://laidbackshow.com/laidback-show-tech-1/feed/ 2 Cell Phone,Faisal Kapadia,Farhan Chawla,Nokia,Review Laidback Show Tech segment evaluates the Nokia 5230 Experience Bus parked at the Forum Karachi. Farhan Chawla and Faisal Kapadia rendezvous with the Nokia team and get a run through the bus and a decent review of the phone itself. - Laidback Show Tech segment evaluates the Nokia 5230 Experience Bus parked at the Forum Karachi. Farhan Chawla and Faisal Kapadia rendezvous with the Nokia team and get a run through the bus and a decent review of the phone itself. The Laidback Show clean Laidback Show Episode 16 http://laidbackshow.com/episode-16/ http://laidbackshow.com/episode-16/#comments Wed, 10 Feb 2010 05:03:09 +0000 Awab Alvi http://laidbackshow.com/?p=177

Show notes after the jump

]]> http://laidbackshow.com/episode-16/feed/ 4 aafia siddiqui,Awab Alvi,Bomb Blast,Cricket,Faisal Kapadia,Shahid Afridi Show notes after the jump - Faisal Kapadia, Awab Alvi and Farhan Chawla discuss Dr. Aafia Siddiqui's court verdict in the USA where she is charged with 7 issues on assaulting an officer Farhan Chawla shows off his Carputer Discussion on Shahid... Show notes after the jump * Faisal Kapadia, Awab Alvi and Farhan Chawla discuss Dr. Aafia Siddiqui's court verdict (http://teeth.com.pk/blog/2010/02/05/aafia-siddiquis-indictment-court-order) in the USA where she is charged with 7 (http://teeth.com.pk/blog/2010/02/04/prisoner-650-dr-aafia-siddiqui-convicted) issues on assaulting an officer * Farhan Chawla shows off his Carputer * Discussion on Shahid Afridi's ball biting incident (http://deadpanthoughts.com/2010/01/shame-on-cricket-pakistan/) * Discussion on the bomb blasts (http://teeth.com.pk/blog/2010/02/06/terrorists-are-the-american-agents-shia-scholars) in Karachi * Balaatkar is to be substituted by Chamatkar ppl...just in case someone has not seen the 3 idiots. The Laidback Show clean Laidback Show Episode 15 http://laidbackshow.com/episode-15/ http://laidbackshow.com/episode-15/#comments Sun, 31 Jan 2010 22:01:59 +0000 Awab Alvi http://laidbackshow.com/?p=173

  • Faisal Kapadia and Awab Alvi meetup at The Second Floor’s new location in Karachi
  • Talk with Sabeen Mehmud about the new location and hats off to the anonymous donor who donated the space to develop this place in Karachi renting the space for Rs 1 only [50 paisas for one floor and 50 paisas for the other]
  • Sabeen talks about the upcoming speech of Steve Jobs
  • Discussion about the tragedy in Haiti
  • Farhan Chawla talks about Google Maps and PkMaps
  • discussion about privacy in location broadcasting
  • Faisal talks about how multinationals are ignoring the new media
]]> http://laidbackshow.com/episode-15/feed/ 0 Awab Alvi,Faisal Kapadia,Google Maps,Haiti,iPad,Karachi,PkMaps,Second Floor,Steve Jobs,T2F - Faisal Kapadia and Awab Alvi meetup at The Second Floor's new location in Karachi Talk with Sabeen Mehmud about the new location and hats off to the anonymous donor who donated the space to develop this place in Karachi renting the space for Rs... * Faisal Kapadia and Awab Alvi meetup at The Second Floor's new location in Karachi * Talk with Sabeen Mehmud about the new location and hats off to the anonymous donor who donated the space to develop this place in Karachi renting the space for Rs 1 only [50 paisas for one floor and 50 paisas for the other] * Sabeen talks about the upcoming speech of Steve Jobs * Discussion about the tragedy in Haiti * Farhan Chawla talks about Google Maps and PkMaps (http://pkmaps.freeforums.org) * discussion about privacy in location broadcasting * Faisal talks about how multinationals are ignoring the new media The Laidback Show clean Laidback Show Episode 12 http://laidbackshow.com/episode-12/ http://laidbackshow.com/episode-12/#comments Sun, 03 Jan 2010 22:18:24 +0000 Awab Alvi http://laidbackshow.com/?p=151

Show Notes after the jump

28th December Bomb Blast on MA Jinnah Road during the Ashura Procession
Awab’s video report of the next days tour of the area
Faisal Kapadia celebrates his Birthday
Aman Ittehad holds a Solidarity day on 1st Jan and had a Press Conference on 31st December to hype up the media
All Pakistan Youth pays hommage to Quaid Mazar on 25th December, Abid Beli and Sarfaraz Khan coordinates this effort
Awab’s video report on the 25th December Quaid Mazar visit
Awab goes to Ayesha Tammy Haq’s show for the Aman Ittehad
Sana Saleem outshines the old-bloc of Nadeem Farooq Piracha
Faisal plans to go to the Hingol Offroading trip on 8th Jan

]]> http://laidbackshow.com/episode-12/feed/ 2 Aman Ittehad,Bomb Blast,Dr. Awab Alvi,Faisal Kapadia,Karachi,MA Jinnah Road,Peace,Quaid-e-Azam,Riots,Video Show Notes after the jump - 28th December Bomb Blast on MA Jinnah Road during the Ashura Procession Awab's video report of the next days tour of the area Faisal Kapadia celebrates his Birthday Aman Ittehad holds a Solidarity day on 1st Jan and had a Pr... Show Notes after the jump 28th December Bomb Blast (http://teeth.com.pk/blog/2009/12/30/ma-jinnah-road-bomb-blast-video) on MA Jinnah Road (http://deadpanthoughts.com/2009/12/chaos-in-karachi/) during the Ashura Procession Awab's video report of the next days (http://blip.tv/file/3027058) tour of the area Faisal Kapadia (http://deadpanthoughts.com) celebrates his Birthday Aman Ittehad holds a Solidarity day on 1st Jan and had a Press Conference (http://teeth.com.pk/blog/2009/12/31/solidarity-day-press-conference-karachi) on 31st December to hype up the media All Pakistan Youth pays hommage to Quaid Mazar on 25th December, Abid Beli (http://twitter.com/AbidBeli) and Sarfaraz Khan (http://twitter.com/SMKhan) coordinates this effort Awab's video report on the 25th December Quaid Mazar visit Awab goes to Ayesha Tammy Haq's show for the Aman Ittehad Sana Saleem (http://sanasaleem.com) outshines the old-bloc of Nadeem Farooq Piracha Faisal plans to go to the Hingol Offroading trip (http://offroadpakistan.com) on 8th Jan The Laidback Show clean Laidback Show Episode 11 http://laidbackshow.com/episode-11/ http://laidbackshow.com/episode-11/#comments Sat, 26 Dec 2009 23:01:21 +0000 Awab Alvi http://laidbackshow.com/?p=146

Show notes after the Jump

  • New Laidback Show Tech segment to review technology products
  • Laidback Show Reps – opens doors for citizen journalists to submit content to be included in the Laidback Show
  • All Pakistan Youth holds a peace rally at Quaid Mazar on 25th December
  • Awab buys a Macbook Pro from Ebay
  • Rai Azlan‘s video report on the Green and White program
  • Solidarity Day by Aman Ittehad on 1st Jan 2010 all across Pakistan
  • Faisal Kapadia talks about the nude cyclists in New Zealand
  • NRO chucked away by the Supreme Court, is it biased towards PPP, or is that the start of the accountability process
  • Danish Kaneria back in the Pakistan cricket team, what are the future prospects of the upcoming matches
  • Shobz reviews Avatar 3D the movie
  • HP gives away a few T-Shirts – question is asked in the show send your answers to info@laidbackshow.com and win yourself an HP T-Shirt
  • Twitter went down for an hour by Pro Iran organization, warns US to stay out of Iranian affairs
  • Farhan Chawla joins the Laidback Show to review HP Mini 110, more or less a decent review agreed upon by the entire Laidback show team, seems like a great netbook.
]]> http://laidbackshow.com/episode-11/feed/ 3 Avatar,Dr. Awab Alvi,Faisal Kapadia,Farhan Chawla,HP,HP Mini,NRO,Quaid mazar,Rai Azlan,shobz,Technology Show notes after the Jump - New Laidback Show Tech segment to review technology products Laidback Show Reps - opens doors for citizen journalists to submit content to be included in the Laidback Show All Pakistan Youth holds a peace rally at Qu... Show notes after the Jump * New Laidback Show Tech segment to review technology products * Laidback Show Reps (http://laidbackshow.com/reps/) - opens doors for citizen journalists to submit content to be included in the Laidback Show * All Pakistan Youth (http://www.facebook.com/DrAwab?v=app_2344061033&ref=name#/event.php?eid=233330063135&index=1) holds a peace rally at Quaid Mazar on 25th December * Awab buys a Macbook Pro from Ebay * Rai Azlan (http://twitter.com/rai_azlan)'s video report on the Green and White program * Solidarity Day by Aman Ittehad (http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/event.php?eid=383520055226) on 1st Jan 2010 all across Pakistan * Faisal Kapadia talks about the nude cyclists in New Zealand * NRO chucked away by the Supreme Court, is it biased towards PPP, or is that the start of the accountability process * Danish Kaneria back in the Pakistan cricket team, what are the future prospects of the upcoming matches * Shobz (http://twitter.com/shobz) reviews Avatar 3D the movie * HP gives away a few T-Shirts - question is asked in the show send your answers to info@laidbackshow.com and win yourself an HP T-Shirt * Twitter went down for an hour by Pro Iran organization (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8420369.stm), warns US to stay out of Iranian affairs * Farhan Chawla (http://senseapplied.com) joins the Laidback Show to review HP Mini 110, more or less a decent review agreed upon by the entire Laidback show team, seems like a great netbook. The Laidback Show clean Laidback Show Episode 9 http://laidbackshow.com/laidback-show-episode-9/ http://laidbackshow.com/laidback-show-episode-9/#comments Sat, 12 Dec 2009 09:20:47 +0000 Faisal Kapadia http://laidbackshow.com/?p=114

Show notes after the jump

]]> http://laidbackshow.com/laidback-show-episode-9/feed/ 5 Awab Alvi,Baluchistan,blogging,ecological disaster,Faisal Kapadia,jihadi tourism,mainstream vs new media,nfc award,obama nobel peace prize,off road camping trip to hingol,sci fi review,tech and movies Show notes after the jump - Laid back show now present in itunes for subscription! Laid back show will be available in mp3 format also Obama accepts the Nobel peace prize, blech!!(by ayesha & alihammad) Review of the movie 2012 & avatar sneak... Show notes after the jump * Laid back show now present in itunes for subscription! (http://laidbackshow.com/feed/podcast/) * Laid back show will be available in mp3 format also * Obama accepts the Nobel peace prize (http://www.usnews.com/blogs/robert-schlesinger/2009/12/11/obamas-nobel-peace-prize-speech-echoes-fdr-jfk.html), blech!!(by ayesha (http://twitter.com/ayeshaesque/) & alihammad (http://twitter.com/alihammad/)) * Review of the movie 2012 (http://www.whowillsurvive2012.com/) & avatar (http://www.avatarmovie.com/) sneak peak * (by shobz (http://twitter.com/shobz)) * Comparisons between Avatar (http://www.avatarmovie.com/) of the future and Afpak now * Ecological disasters (http://ecological-problems.blogspot.com/)and Zaid hamid (http://www.brasstackspakistan.com/) * Off road adventure group heads to hingol/baluchistan for a day trip/camping today Dr Awab is a member. * NFC awards (http://pkpolitics.com/discuss/topic/plz-explain-me-nfc-award-is-it-fair), discussion on how to best distribute the nations resources between provinces * The plight of Baluchistan (http://news.google.com.pk/news?client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&channel=s&hl=en&source=hp&q=Baluchistan&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=BGAjS73AKtLGlAflydCLCg&sa=X&oi=news_group&ct=title&resnum=11&ved=0CEEQsQQwCg) * New world order (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_World_Order_(conspiracy_theory)), secret societies, Illuminati * Jihadi tourism, 5 Muslim Americans (http://topstories.foxnews.mobi/quickPage.html?page=17224&content=28005223&pageNum=-1)caught while trying to join jihad in Afpak. The Laidback Show clean Laidback Show Episode 8 – Imanae Malik http://laidbackshow.com/episode-8/ http://laidbackshow.com/episode-8/#comments Sat, 05 Dec 2009 21:04:04 +0000 Awab Alvi http://laidbackshow.com/?p=98

Show notes after the jump

]]> http://laidbackshow.com/episode-8/feed/ 8 Afghanistan,Awab Alvi,Baluchistan,Blackwater,Cooking,Faisal Kapadia,Imanae,Lahore,Obama,Swat,Zardari Show notes after the jump - Death of a 3-year old child Imanae at Doctors Hospital in Lahore Regulation of Doctors in Pakistan by PMDC, and the business of medical education and corruption Wasim Akram's wife could possibly had been exposed to la... Show notes after the jump * Death of a 3-year old child Imanae (http://imanae.co.uk/)at Doctors Hospital (http://www.doctorshospital.com.pk/) in Lahore (http://img154.yfrog.com/i/jyuk.jpg/) * Regulation of Doctors in Pakistan by PMDC (http://www.pmdc.org.pk), and the business of medical education and corruption * Wasim Akram's wife could possibly had been exposed to lack of sterilization at a dental office (http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=210654) * Tiger Woods and his week long extramarital affairs (http://sports.yahoo.com/golf/pga/news?slug=ap-tigerwoods&prov=ap&type=lgns) (topic suggested by @shobz (http://twitter.com/shobz)) * Friday prayers attack (http://naveenaqvi.com/2009/12/05/army-of-frankensteins/)in Islamabad - many military personnel killed along with their kids * Debate on the balance between war offensive and peace as a solution to Pakistan's problems in Baluchistan * AfPak strategy by Obama (topic suggested by @nabiluppal (http://twitter.com/nabiluppal)) * Obama's Noble Peace Prize (http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/2009/press.html) is an embarrassment to the notion of Peace * Cooking shows on TV - love 'em or hate 'em (topic by @alisaadk (http://twitter.com/alisaadk)) * Modernization of Islam - do we need to adapt towards a better softer religious strategy or approach * Was 9/11 a conspiracy? * Blackwater in Pakistan - Vanity Fair article and Eric Prince rebuttal * 12 cartons of Zardari's Swiss case (http://thecurrentaffairs.com/the-unfolding-drama-of-12-swiss-cartons.html) have disappeared courtesy Pakistan's UK High Commissioner (http://thecurrentaffairs.com/mysterious-shifting-of-swiss-case-documents.html) The Laidback Show clean Laidbackshow Episode 6 http://laidbackshow.com/episode-6/ http://laidbackshow.com/episode-6/#comments Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:47:27 +0000 Awab Alvi http://laidbackshow.com/?p=86

Show Notes After the jump

]]> http://laidbackshow.com/episode-6/feed/ 3 Awab Alvi,Corruption,facebook,Faisal Kapadia,Faisal Khan,Imran Khan,Michael Jackson,MQM,naveen naqvi,NRO,TED,TEDIndia Show Notes After the jump - Awab heads to Mysore, India for TEDIndia, meets many people including some top India bloggers like Amit Agarwal of Digital Inspiration fame and Amit Varma of India Uncut Naveen Naqvi [@NaveeNaqvi] leaves Breakfast at Da... Show Notes After the jump * Awab heads to Mysore, India for TEDIndia (http://conferences.ted.com/TEDIndia/), meets many people including some top India bloggers like Amit Agarwal (http://twitter.com/labnol) of Digital Inspiration (http://digitalinspiration.com/) fame and Amit Varma (http://twitter.com/amitvarma) of India Uncut (http://indiauncut.com/) * Naveen Naqvi (http://naveenaqvi.com/) [@NaveeNaqvi (http://twitter.com/naveenaqvi)] leaves Breakfast at Dawn show * Fasial Qureshi (http://twitter.com/fasialqureshi) believes that "the new media" is not engaging with prime time to become a credible voice to change * Shanaakht Festival (http://citizensarchive.org/?page_id=68) was held in Karachi, safely without any controversy (http://deadpanthoughts.com/2009/11/shanaakth-the-return/) * Fasial Kapadia switches to an IPhone 3G * Transparency International (http://www.transparency.org.pk/) report bumps Pakistan to #42nd most corrupt nation (http://www.transparency.org.pk/news/newsnov09.htm#169): debate on why TI chooses to label DHA as the most corrupt organization as compared to customs * NRO List appears (http://teeth.com.pk/blog/2009/11/21/the-nro-dishonor-roll) after two years? * MQM Rabta Committee representative goes to meet Imran Khan, possibility of an urban political force? Street power of MQM combines with the popular face of Imran Khan * Awab forced to leave the digital world for two weeks, he survived * Michael Jackson had some serious issues with child molestation charges - the media was hounding him - was he naive * Large Hadron Collider (http://public.web.cern.ch/public/) had its first collision - resolving the big bang thoery - watch it on twitter (http://twitter.com/cern) * Will twitter go into a paid-for service model - to monetize the huge server usage? * Hat-tip to Faisal Khan (http://www.nacspl.com/) / Babushka99 (http://twitter.com/babushka99) for suggesting the new HD camera Logitech Webcam c905 (http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/webcam_communications/webcams/devices/5868&cl=us,en) for Laidbackshow The Laidback Show clean