The Laidback Show » NRO 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 » NRO http://laidbackshow.com/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/Laidbackshow144.jpg http://laidbackshow.com 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 10 – @NaveeNaqvi http://laidbackshow.com/episode-10/ http://laidbackshow.com/episode-10/#comments Fri, 18 Dec 2009 14:58:15 +0000 Awab Alvi http://laidbackshow.com/?p=127

Show notes after the Jump

  • Laidback Show welcomes back Naveen Naqvi
  • The hot topic of NRO being declared Null and Void by the Supreme Court of Pakistan
  • Swiss Cases, Musharraf’s High Treason issue, Mike Mullen having closed door discussion inside the presidency while the Supreme Court decides the fate of the NRO?
  • Whats going to happen to the Missing Persons cases
  • Naveen Naqvi going into prime time at Dawn
  • Naveen Naqvi attends the Women in Media the way forwards conference by AKS
  • Faisal Kapadia believes most women do fluffy TV shows and they should move away from the stereotype women shows
  • Back to back tweet / blogger meetup Dell Dine-up art Royale Rodale courtesy CIO Pakistan and then HP bounces back with emagine group launching the HP Mini, the green guy gets the rough treatment. Laidbackshow interviews a few particpants about the HP Mini event
  • Awab takes a trip to Hingol and eye a US/NATO APC along the route traveling towards Quetta, where they tour the Hindu Temple Nani Mander, Kund Malir Beach and Mud Volcanoes with offroadpakistan.com
  • Naveen heads to Delhi for 5 days meets Arundhati Roy and has dinner with her
  • T2F relauches itself at a new location off Sunset Blvd, Sabeen worked hard for over a year to finally open the doors on Monday 21st December 2009
  • Dubai debacle, Abu Dhabi bailing it out, but the question is for how long. Faisal Kapadia shares his fascination with China, while Awab feels that third world countries like Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka will stand to benefit from the business moving out of Chine in the future
  • Zaid Hamid, leading the youth in a very weird direction, Awab’s description of Zaid Hamid’s tarkaydar chai.
  • Awab talks to a reporter from Chirstian Science Monitor about the mystery surrounding the presence of Blackwater in Pakistan
  • Poppy Agha joins us from behind the camera
]]> http://laidbackshow.com/episode-10/feed/ 5 Adventure,Arundhati Roy,Awab Alvi,Blackwater,Dell,Dubai,Fasial Kapadia,Hingol,HP,Judiciary,media,Missing Persons Show notes after the Jump - Laidback Show welcomes back Naveen Naqvi The hot topic of NRO being declared Null and Void by the Supreme Court of Pakistan Swiss Cases, Musharraf's High Treason issue, Mike Mullen having closed door discussion inside ... Show notes after the Jump * Laidback Show welcomes back Naveen Naqvi (http://naveenaqvi.com) * The hot topic of NRO being declared Null (http://teeth.com.pk/blog/2009/12/17/nro-declared-null-and-void-what-now)and Void (http://deadpanthoughts.com/2009/12/legal-coup/)by the Supreme Court of Pakistan * Swiss Cases, Musharraf's High Treason issue, Mike Mullen having closed door discussion inside the presidency while the Supreme Court decides the fate of the NRO? * Whats going to happen to the Missing Persons (http://teeth.com.pk/blog/2007/11/25/missing-in-pakistan-documentary) cases * Naveen Naqvi going into prime time at Dawn * Naveen Naqvi attends the Women in Media the way forwards conference by AKS * Faisal Kapadia believes most women do fluffy TV shows and they should move away from the stereotype women shows * Back to back tweet / blogger meetup Dell Dine-up (http://karachi.metblogs.com/2009/12/15/the-dine-up-2009/comment-page-1/)art Royale Rodale courtesy CIO Pakistan and then HP bounces back (http://deadpanthoughts.com/2009/12/hp-bloggers-meetup/)with emagine group launching the HP Mini (http://senseapplied.com/index.php/the-hp-blogger-meet-karachi/), the green guy gets the rough treatment. Laidbackshow interviews (http://deadpanthoughts.com/2009/12/hp-bloggers-meetup/) a few particpants about the HP Mini event * Awab takes a trip to Hingol (http://teeth.com.pk/blog/2009/12/15/offroad-trip-to-hingol)and eye a US/NATO APC (http://teeth.com.pk/blog/2009/12/18/apcs-making-their-way-to-quetta-waziristan-usnato) along the route traveling towards Quetta, where they tour the Hindu Temple Nani Mander, Kund Malir Beach and Mud Volcanoes with offroadpakistan.com (offroadpakistan.com) * Naveen heads to Delhi for 5 days meets Arundhati Roy (http://www.weroy.org/arundhati.shtml)and has dinner with her * T2F relauches itself (http://t2f.biz/)at a new location off Sunset Blvd, Sabeen (http://twitter.com/sabeen)worked hard for over a year to finally open the doors on Monday 21st December 2009 * Dubai debacle, Abu Dhabi bailing it out, but the question is for how long. Faisal Kapadia shares his fascination with China, while Awab feels that third world countries like Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka will stand to benefit from the business moving out of Chine in the future * Zaid Hamid (http://teeth.com.pk/blog/2008/10/07/who-is-zaid-zaman-hamid), leading the youth in a very weird direction, Awab's description of Zaid Hamid's tarkaydar chai. * Awab talks to a reporter from Chirstian Science Monitor about the mystery surrounding the presence of Blackwater in Pakistan (http://teeth.com.pk/blog/2009/11/28/jermey-scahill-blackwater) * Poppy Agha (http://twitter.com/poppyagha) joins us from behind the camera 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