Emad Ibrahim

Blackjack Simulator

What’s a better way to get ready for a gambling trip other than write a blackjack simulator?  I am no blackjack expert but one of the strategies I heard off is to double your bet every time you lose.  So, if I start with a $100 bankroll and play $10 hands then I lost the [...]

Posting from my iPhone

This is a test post using the wordpress application on my iPhone. It was a breeze to setup. I basically entered the Url, username and password for my blog and that was it. I was able to see my previous posts as well as edit and preview them. Here is a screenshot I took of [...]

Creative, Innovative and Completely Useless

I don’t remember owning many pop-up books as a child, but they are so cool and the best part is that they don’t require much (if any) reading.  Here is one that is just plain cool.  I wish I was that creative to design something like that.  Yes, it is useless but simply put, it [...]

My Elevator Pitch

I found this cool site that has a free wizard which helps you build your elevator (15 second) pitch. Here are some of my pitches: Consultant My name is Emad Ibrahim and I am a consultant specializing in .net development. I architect, design and create software. I can do it faster and better than the [...]

Hacker News

I am not really a fan of talking on the phone or chatting on IM or texting or being active in a social network or a forum. I check my Facebook account once a month and adamantly refuse to accept any application requests. “JoeBlah sent you a vampire bite” seriously?!? I would rather have a [...]