In Pursuit of Wisdom

A few days back one of my ex-Colleague from Bangladesh Nazrul contacted me to have a meetup session with Java User Group Bangladesh to share some of my experience with Bangladeshi Programmers and Technologists. I was very happy to see that as I started the first Java Users Group in Bangladesh in 2002 and was very actively involved there until I came back to USA in 2005. So yesterday I presented my topic through GoToWebinar. The full session was recorded and today was uploaded in YouTube. Here is the one. I plan to engage few of my fellow technologists here in Sillicon Valley for sessions on different topics in similar style in future.

I came back 15th October from Las Vegas after playing in Millionaire Chess Open Tournament that was held during 9th to 13th October at Planet Hollywood. My son Ahyan Zaman also played the tournament while my wife, daughter and mother-in-law accompanied us. We thoroughly enjoyed participating in this high stake chess tournament which exceeded our expectations in all angles. MC partners GM Maurice Ashley and Amy Lee went extra miles to make sure everything about this tournament is classy and beyond comparison with other traditional or regular chess tournaments in terms of playing experience or following the event as a spectator. We flew from San Francisco at 8th night and after checking in at Planet Hollywood, we saw Amy Lee and Maurice Ashley well after midnight still receiving the guests and players at conference center reception desk. Each player received a gift pack that includes a nice leather chess bag, 6 months free ICC membership, MC branded chocolate, wrist band, v...

The election for CalChess Board of Directors will be held at 30th August 7 PM at Berkeley Chess School located at 1581 Le Roy Ave, Berkeley, California. You can find the announcement in  CalChess website  or in  this link  or simply read it below which I copied.  If you are current member of CalChess and over 14 years of old, you are eligible for giving a vote. You have to make sure your membership didn't expire before August 30th 2014. You can check the  membership list here . To give the vote you have to be physically present in that location that day. If you are interested to run for the election yourself as one of the candidates, you will need to send an email to CalChess President Tom Langland. You should go through the updated  CalChess ByLaws . And of course you have ask the voters to vote for you. I have decided to run for the board this year. So I ask your vote. Now let me tell you what value I can add to the board. In fact when ...

It took me almost 3 days of work but finally I am done. We circulated BABA Newsletter August 2014 issue last night. Most of the time went on figuring out the format and then some time went on writing the small articles. I was initially using MS Word but found that at least the background color doesn't stay when I export it to a PDF. Hence I moved to Google Docs and it was quite convenient then. The central piece of the newsletter was Shafieen being on the cover page of Chess Life. I also added Shahriar's Kachchi Biriyani recipe and BABA's upcoming concert news of SI Tutul. Please  Click here  or the image above to download the issue.

BABA  (Bay Area Bangladesh Association: a non-profit, non-political and secular organization) Dear Community Member, It is our pleasure to invite you and your family to “ BABA  Eid Reunion Celebration ”, with a cultural program featuring the famous Bangladeshi singer  SI Tutul - live in concert , first time in the Bay Area!  We would also like to introduce the famous director  Khalid Mahmood Mithu , who will be with us on that day. His Movie “ Jonakir Alo  – Glow of The Firefly” was nominated for the World Premier this year.  You Tube Link: SI Tutul https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=NExB6fjM75M https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=tq5q4e4cVCg https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=rCttTUvsRjw Jonakir Alo – Khalid Mahmood Mithu https://www.facebook.com/ JonakirAloGlowOfFirefly Date & Time: September 20  ( Saturday ), 2014;  4:30 PM to 9:00 PM 4:30 PM to 5:30 PM  – Social gathering and  5:30 PM to 9:00 ...

It has been a while since I last posted an entry in this blog. This is primarily because I got too much involved in chess activities for me and my son recently. But today I will take some time will update a few things that were in my mind for a while to do. I bought Honda Pilot Touring 2014 at April 9th from Kastner Honda at Napa Valley . My wife was looking for the blue color which we couldn't find earlier in bay area. I went through true.com to get internet rates and finally got the color and price matching fine in Napa. Shahriar drive me in a weekday and we bought and drive back the car! In the meantime, I got involved a bit with Bay Area Bangladesh Association (BABA) and we delivered our first cultural program of the year in March 29th bring Mila from Bangladesh for a Live Concert. We got well responses from the community and are planning on our next event. In the meantime, I registered myself and Ahyan for the high stake chess tournament Millionaire Chess that will...