Well, I got asked that question by more than one person in the last week. One of them even asked if I am descended from the Pharaoh of Egypt and hence the dynasty!Well, no. I don't think I am descended from Pharaohs. My ancestry on my father's side is Syrio-Arab, and Circassian. On my mother's side it is Moorish. You can see more in the ancestry section.So, what was I thinking when I called this site the Baheyeldin Dynasty?

The University of Guelph developed a technique called DNA barcoding that can identify species. They intend to catalog the world's estimated 10 million species via this technique.This is cool stuff, given that when I was studying biology in high school and university, identifying a species and putting it in a place in the taxonomy involved morphology and anatomy, and nothing more. Very similar to what Linnaeus did in the 18th century.Now there is a more accurate way!

This is the e-Learning portal that Egypt's Ministry of Education has setup. Seems like a good cause, and would be useful inside Egypt as well as for other Arabic speakers abroad.E-Learning Portal for Egypt's Ministry of Education بوابة لتعليم الإلكتروني - وزارة التربية والتعليم

Well, the picture says it all: SQL covered chocolate raisins. Next time, read the ingredients carefully, they may even have PHP in them. Bad for allergies, specially if you use Python or Ruby.

Here are some notes on Drupal Camp Toronto 2007, held on 11 and 12 May.

Venue

The event was held at the Bahen Centre at the University of Toronto downtown campus. The rooms booked were the right size and accommodated all the attendees.

Attendees

Although 152 people registered, I am not sure if they all attended. I noticed that Angela Byron (from Montreal) and Boris Mann (Vancouver) did not attend.

People from as far away as Cleveland Ohio, New York/New Jersey and even Chicago.

Andrew Stevenson did a 5 minute Speed Talk at Drupal Camp Toronto.

Earlier, he was in one of the sessions I gave (Building communities using the Userpoints module and API).

Yes, indeed.Robert Douglass was in Drupal Camp Toronto 07, and here is the photo to prove it. He is even moonlighting with 2bits (Don't tell Lullabot!)

At Drupal Camp Toronto 07, I saw Emma Hogbin knitting Drupal socks for James Walker.Emma with the socks in progress. Closeup of the socks.

Below is a list of recent modules that duplicate/overlap other existing modules.Can you guess which module(s) each one of these duplicate/overlap?In order to make it easy I included links to the project page for each.

• Referral Links
• Abuse
• Click2Bookmark
• Person node

This is a funny ad. A teenage boy in jeans, baseball cap and teen attire is against the wall screaming, while four groomed men in formal tuxedos are playing the violins.Another ad shows a punkish looking youth with spiked hair put in a guillotine that is made of the pan flute. This is probably alludes to the Francisco de Goya's famous painting