# naeemnur --- ## Pages - [WordPress Themes](https://naeemnur.com/themes/): Compilation Block theme for content curators Compendium Portfolio block theme with multiple colors - [Uses](https://naeemnur.com/uses/): This is a list of the things I use often. Some help me build stuff, others help me stay sane.... - [Side Projects](https://naeemnur.com/side-projects/): I’ve been building side projects since 2009. Some got sold, some are still online, and a few quietly disappeared. This... - [Bookshelf](https://naeemnur.com/bookshelf/): 📖 Now reading ¬ If Cats Disappeared from the World Genki Kawamura 📚 To Read ¬ The Outsider Colin Wilson... - [About me](https://naeemnur.com/about/): Hi 👋, my name is Naeem. I like building websites, taking photos, reading and working on side projects. Most of... - [Home](https://naeemnur.com/): Web designer and developer based in the Kingdom of Bahrain. - [CV](https://naeemnur.com/cv/): Naeem Noor Developer, designer, etc. 🧑🏻 💼 Linkedin → ✉️ naeemnur@gmail. com 📍 Al Seef, Bahrain I live and breathe... - [Photos](https://naeemnur.com/photos/): Like most people, I take a lot of photos. Here is a selection of some of the photos I shot... --- ## Posts - [18 Side Projects That Made It Big](https://naeemnur.com/18-side-projects-that-made-it-big/): Discover 18 inspiring big side projects that achieved incredible success, proving that hard work and dedication can lead to great accomplishments in life. - [Stack Your Project Has a New Home](https://naeemnur.com/stack-your-project-has-a-new-home/): I’ve moved Stack Your Project to its own domain: StackYourProject. com The reason is simple. I’m relaunching mildspring with a... - [Five. Seven. Five.](https://naeemnur.com/five-seven-five/): During the COVID-19 pandemic, I started writing haiku. Not for any reason in particular. Just to see if I could... - [Dear Internet, Let’s Bring Back Fun Websites](https://naeemnur.com/dear-internet-lets-bring-back-fun-websites/): I’ve been missing the old web lately. Back when people made websites just for the fun of it. No products... - [Teenage Engineering computer-1 Case Airflow](https://naeemnur.com/teenage-engineering-computer-1-case-airflow/): The Teenage Engineering computer-1 is like a Lego set for adults, and I had a blast putting it together when... - [My website’s design through the years](https://naeemnur.com/my-websites-design-through-the-years/): It’s been 14 years since I bought this domain, and it’s interesting to see how my website’s design has changed... - [Fire coming out of the monkey’s head](https://naeemnur.com/fire-coming-out-of-the-monkeys-head/): Once upon a time at the foot of a great mountainThere was a town where the people known as Happyfolk... - [For the children](https://naeemnur.com/for-the-children/): The rising hills, the slopes, of statistics lie before us. the steep climb of everything, going up, up, as we... - [Simple](https://naeemnur.com/simple/): I say hi; introductionShe say hey; seductionThe talking the discussionMight as well be in RussianCause I’m not paying no attentionShe... - [unbroken solitude](https://naeemnur.com/unbroken-solitude/): Lyric translation: In an unbroken solitude, thoughts appear from nowhere. They frighten me. And, lost in the night, my thirst,... - [Take those chances](https://naeemnur.com/take-those-chances/): I am inspired by this beautiful story by author Vineet Nayar in the Economics Times article i wanted to share.... - [5 Indie Games I Enjoyed Playing](https://naeemnur.com/5-indie-games-i-enjoyed-playing/): I love playing video games in my free time, specially indie games. Here is a list of 5 indie games... - [Acceptance](https://naeemnur.com/acceptance/): A poem by James James, a boy trapped inside, Autism barring the door to freedom. A trickle of light streams... - [I Carry Your Heart](https://naeemnur.com/i-carry-your-heart/): i carry your heart with me(i carry it in my heart) i am never without it (anywhere i go you... - [When I saw his light shining forth](https://naeemnur.com/when-i-saw-his-light-shining-forth/): When I saw his light shining forth, In fear I covered my eyes with my palms, Afraid for my sight... - [Some people turn sad awfully young](https://naeemnur.com/some-people-turn-sad-awfully-young/): Some people turn sad awfully young. No special reason, it seems, but they seem almost to be born that way.... - [The Forgotten History of Autism](https://naeemnur.com/the-forgotten-history-of-autism/): A very nice talk by Steve Silberman, who wrote a book on the history of autism, presented it this way:... - [When I see you](https://naeemnur.com/when-i-see-you/): when I see you thereout of reach but still close byexcitement fills me - [They had never met...](https://naeemnur.com/they-had-never-met/): They had never met, didn’t know each other’s nameYet their eyes were already making love - [Snooze](https://naeemnur.com/snooze/): I keep hitting snoozeBecause it’s the only wayI can be with you - [Please, please wait](https://naeemnur.com/please-please-wait/): Lyrics: She’ll come to me in a dreamAnd I don’t even know her nameA pretty mark upon her breastTo signify... - [To this day](https://naeemnur.com/to-this-day/): An incredibly powerful talk by Shane Koyczan. - [People, Turn Around](https://naeemnur.com/people-turn-around/): Eighteen and jaded with guns in their handsThey were fighting for freedom and just what is that? Bills to the... - [Stay](https://naeemnur.com/stay/): There are stories in your eyes. I never told you howsometimes I fell asleepwith the thought that youwere perhaps the... - [Never give up](https://naeemnur.com/never-give-up/): Cause sometimes you just feel tired, Feel weak, and when you feel weak, you feel like you wanna just give... - [An ode to a Beauty](https://naeemnur.com/an-ode-to-a-beauty/): Mesmerizing eyes; look how they gaze,Every time they send me,To an inescapable maze. Charming cheeks; look how they glow,Thou art... - [Turn Blue](https://naeemnur.com/turn-blue/): Lyrics: In the dead of the night I stop to lose controlBut I still carry the weight like I’ve always... - [Tired.](https://naeemnur.com/tired/): Recently I have been feeling very tired, don’t know why. I know life is the name of ups and downs... - [Inconsistencies of Love](https://naeemnur.com/inconsistencies-of-love/): I can’t concentrate on this book or this movie because the music I always play in the background and the... - [Thinking 'bout a girl](https://naeemnur.com/thinking-bout-a-girl/): If what’s became who’s And why’s became when,We’d get a little confused Every now and then. If his became her’s... - [Steve Jobs on Death](https://naeemnur.com/steve-jobs-on-death/): No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don't want to die to get there.... - [What it's like to have a Brother with Autism](https://naeemnur.com/what-its-like-to-have-a-brother-with-autism/): I have an autistic brother and I love him! - [Real Madrid Facebook Cover [2013]](https://naeemnur.com/real-madrid-facebook-cover-2013/): Here is a Real Madrid Facebook cover I made for all the Madristas. Hala Madrid! - [New Design + Blog](https://naeemnur.com/new-design-blog/): Finally I redesigned this site after 2 long years, and also I’m gonna blog here regularly. Peace! --- ## Projects - [Handheld Hunt](https://naeemnur.com/project/handheld-hunt/): A directory built to compare and explore handheld gaming devices. Discover specs, history, and rare finds in one place. Whether... - [Mild Themes](https://naeemnur.com/project/mild-themes/): A theme shop offering premium WordPress block themes for bloggers, creators, and small publishers. Supports full site editing and follows... - [Cats of the Web](https://naeemnur.com/project/cats-of-the-web/): Cats of the Web is a website that catalogs famous internet cats and user-submitted profiles. Includes cat memes, trivia, and... - [Stack Your Project](https://naeemnur.com/project/stack-your-project/): Inspired by the Million dollar homepage, Stack Your Project is a fun and simple way to promote your project, business,... - [Flag Palette](https://naeemnur.com/project/flag-palette/): I built FlagPalette. com with WordPress as a simple tool to pick colors from any country’s flag. It shows the... - [RCFlex](https://naeemnur.com/project/rcflex/): Inspired by PCPartPicker, RCFlex is a showcase site for RC car enthusiasts to post builds and logs. Features browsing by... - [mildspring](https://naeemnur.com/project/mildspring/): Relaunching soon as a marketplace where you can buy digital goodies. Stay tuned. - [Book of Naem](https://naeemnur.com/project/book-of-naem/): Book of Naem was a digital notebook, storing ideas, experiments and other thoughts in an unorganized fashion. Though the site... - [ZeroAcquire](https://naeemnur.com/project/zeroacquire/): Created this simple directory for discovering pre-revenue side projects and MVPs. Made for makers looking to buy or sell small... - [Tiny Resume](https://naeemnur.com/project/tiny-resume/): Made a no-fuss resume builder using Laravel to help people share clean online resumes. Focused on clarity, not design fluff.... - [PolicyTrail](https://naeemnur.com/project/policytrail/): My first project I built using Laravel. It was a fun project, I learnt alot. - [Symbol Hunt](https://naeemnur.com/project/symbol-hunt/): Collected symbols from around the world and explained what they mean. Great for researchers, designers, or the curious. Built on... - [InventedBy](https://naeemnur.com/project/inventedby/): A quick weekend project. InventedBy highlighted inventions from the modern era that changed how we live and work. Designed to... - [If You Bought XYZ](https://naeemnur.com/project/if-you-bought-xyz/): IfYouBought. XYZ helps you find how much money you would have made today if you invested in any stock or... - [TechRewind](https://naeemnur.com/project/techrewind/): TechRewind was a website where you could travel through time and get a glimpse of how products looked like when... - [Unicorn Republic](https://naeemnur.com/project/unicorn-republic/): Curated a list of startups that grew into billion-dollar companies. Designed to inspire and inform. Built using WordPress with a... - [Krypto Predict](https://naeemnur.com/project/krypto-predict/): Built during the Bahrain startup weekend hackathon 2018 - [Google Cemetery](https://naeemnur.com/project/google-cemetery/): Archived dead Google projects with their launch and shutdown dates. One of the most popular side projects I have built. - [AcquiredBy](https://naeemnur.com/project/acquiredby/): Acquiredby is a tool where you can browse a definitive list of tech mergers and acquisitions. It was built with... - [CSSReflex](https://naeemnur.com/project/cssreflex/): I started by turning Blogger templates into WordPress themes and posting them on my blog, naeemnur. blogspot. com. That experience... --- # # Detailed Content ## Pages - Published: 2025-06-26 - Modified: 2025-06-26 - URL: https://naeemnur.com/themes/ Compilation Block theme for content curators Compendium Portfolio block theme with multiple colors --- - Published: 2025-05-21 - Modified: 2025-06-26 - URL: https://naeemnur.com/uses/ This is a list of the things I use often. Some help me build stuff, others help me stay sane. Hardware MacBook Pro 13" (Late 2017) – main laptop, still kicking Gaming PC – See the specs here Bose NC 700 – for quiet focus Logitech G915 TKL Lightspeed – not clicky, not annoying Logitech G309 – Runs on a AA battery lol. Feels good, perfect size! Dell P2418D 23. 8" and LG UltraWide 29" Monitor – for split-screen work Fujifilm X100VI and XF10 – for photos Software Google Chrome – default for now Cursor – most of my work happens here VS Code – most of my work used to happen here SelfControl – to block distractions Transmit – old habit, still great for FTP/SFTP ImageOptim – compress and forget Keka – uncompressing Jiggler – it jiggles my mouse if I'm asleep Spectacle – windows like windows on mac, yep Web Stack WordPress – most of my projects are built with this Local – building wp sites locally ACF, RankMath – usual suspects Paddle, LemonSqueezy, Polar – to handle payments Namecheap, Cloudflare – domains and delivery Laravel Herd - PHP dev environment Productivity Notes – for taking notes Microsoft To Do – for to-doing Other ChatGPT – for fun and research --- - Published: 2025-05-15 - Modified: 2025-05-15 - URL: https://naeemnur.com/contact/ Note: All fields are required. Your name Your email Subject Your message (optional) --- - Published: 2025-05-14 - Modified: 2025-06-26 - URL: https://naeemnur.com/side-projects/ I’ve been building side projects since 2009. Some got sold, some are still online, and a few quietly disappeared. This page is where I keep track of everything I’ve built over the years. My approach to side projects is straightforward: I build what I like.  Most of my them have been created using WordPress, with a few exceptions where I used Laravel and React. My one tip is to use the tech stack you are most familiar with; don't get lost in the frameworks rabbit hole. People don't care what stack you've used to build it. Keep building! Active ¬ Sold ¬ Dead ¬ --- - Published: 2024-11-27 - Modified: 2025-05-15 - URL: https://naeemnur.com/bookshelf/ Now reading ¬ If Cats Disappeared from the World Genki Kawamura To Read ¬ The Outsider Colin Wilson Read ¬ Llama Llama Red Pajama Anna Dewdney The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Mark Haddon  Outliers Malcolm Gladwell The Tree of being Ibn'Arabi The secret of secrets aL jILANI Ask Iwata Hobonichi --- - Published: 2024-08-12 - Modified: 2025-06-26 - URL: https://naeemnur.com/about/ Say cheese. Hi , my name is Naeem. I like building websites, taking photos, reading and working on side projects. Most of what I do lives somewhere between design, code, and curiosity. Sometimes it’s a blog, sometimes a side project, sometimes just an idea that needed a place to land. I like tea, coffee, cats, old internet vibes, and making stuff that feels a little less serious. If you want to say hi, you probably should. Also, here is a list of the things I use. --- > Web designer and developer based in the Kingdom of Bahrain. - Published: 2024-08-11 - Modified: 2025-06-26 - URL: https://naeemnur.com/ Hi!  My name is Naeem. I’m a web developer who builds fast, functional websites with clean code and a focus on simplicity and usability. Check out my WordPress themes, side projects, or contact me. More about me → Featured Side Projects ¬ Stack Your Project Get stacked. Be seen. Forever. Only for $5. More info → 2024 Handheld Hunt Compare, discover, and play on the go More info → 2025 Cats of the Web Meet the Internet’s fluffiest overlords in all their glory More info → 2024 mildspring Premium Templates, Tools, and Assets More info → 2022 The Google Cemetery Dead Google products, when and why they died More info → 2018 View all projects → Skills ¬ CSS & HTML PHP / MySQL AngularJS / React WordPress Services ¬ Web Design & Development Web Apps Custom WordPress Themes And more, just ask! Recent Posts ¬ --- - Published: 2024-08-11 - Modified: 2025-06-25 - URL: https://naeemnur.com/cv/ Naeem Noor Developer, designer, etc. Linkedin → naeemnur@gmail. com Al Seef, Bahrain I live and breathe the web. If I'm not coding or blogging about web technologies, I'm reading and learning about what I could use on my next project. I want to be involved in making the web a better place by collaborating with other like-minded people. Experience Frontend Developer — Preminen MENA (Seef, Bahrain) Jan 2020 - Present Maintenance of the CMS (WordPress) and other web projects with AngularJS + conversion of design into code (XD to HTML). Web Developer — Paytabs (Juffair, Bahrain) Feb 2018 - Dec 2019 Worked as a Web Developer in the Marketing team making landing pages, emailers and helping the Product and Engineering team with front-end code. Managed the WordPress based PayTabs. com website. Web Developer — Cloud Media (Seef, Bahrain) Nov 2014 - Jan 2018 Worked with the Cloud Media team to create e-commerce websites. Optimized sites for usability and search engine optimization. Frontend Web Developer — Makabu Pvt. Ltd (Islamabad, Pakistan) Feb 2014 - Oct 2014 Created HTML emailers, wireframes and wrote code for the front-end side of the company's products and updated the website. Education BS. Computer Science — Virtual University of Pakistan in Progress Diploma in Graphics & Web Designing — ARENA Multimedia (Aptech) (Karachi, Pakistan) 2009 - 2010 Intermediate (Commerce) — Govt. Degree College of Commerce (Karachi, Pakistan) 2007 - 2009 Matriculation (Biology-Science) — Eden Academy School (Karachi, Pakistan) 2003 - 2005 Skills UX DesignUI DesignUser ResearchDesign ThinkingPrototyping... --- - Published: 2024-08-11 - Modified: 2025-06-26 - URL: https://naeemnur.com/photos/ Like most people, I take a lot of photos. Here is a selection of some of the photos I shot over the years. Check back later for more. Alternatively, you can follow me on Instagram. --- --- ## Posts > Discover 18 inspiring big side projects that achieved incredible success, proving that hard work and dedication can lead to great accomplishments in life. - Published: 2025-06-23 - Modified: 2025-06-22 - URL: https://naeemnur.com/18-side-projects-that-made-it-big/ - Categories: Internet Here is a curated list of 18 side projects that became BIG! No, it didn’t happen overnight; instead, their tremendous success was largely due to their hard work and commitment. From Gumroad and Product Hunt to Instagram and imgur, this list is jam-packed with ambitious founders who refused to give up. Read about their success stories and get inspired on how you can do amazing things, and why working on a side project is just as important as the profession that you are devoting your time into. Let’s get inspired, start small, keep working hard, and go BIG! ! ! ? ? ? ? Product HuntInstagramFacebookGumroadEtsycraigslistimgurHubSpotPinterestTwitterGitHubSlackUnsplashTrelloTwitchBufferUdemyGroupon Product Hunt A platform to discover and share tech products LaunchedNovember 6, 2013 An email list and a group of good techie developer friends are sometimes all you need to hit the jackpot. The same is true for Ryan Hoover, the founder, and CEO of Product Hunt, who started an email list of friends to share amazing new products, which subsequently inspired the development of the popular tech-discovery website, Product Hunt. “I wasn’t an engineer, so I wasn’t going to invest the time or money in building an entire site from the start, but I could build an email list easily. I started one and invited a few dozen investors, founders, and other friends of mine who I thought might like this, and who had an inside track of what kind of tech products were cool. ” In a couple of years since its inception, Product Hunt has evolved into a community of... --- - Published: 2025-06-22 - Modified: 2025-06-22 - URL: https://naeemnur.com/stack-your-project-has-a-new-home/ - Categories: Side Projects I've moved Stack Your Project to its own domain: StackYourProject. com The reason is simple. I’m relaunching mildspring with a renewed focus on digital goods, and Stack Your Project no longer aligns with that direction. Giving it a dedicated home felt like the right move. Thanks for being part of the journey! --- - Published: 2025-05-21 - Modified: 2025-05-21 - URL: https://naeemnur.com/five-seven-five/ - Categories: Poetry During the COVID-19 pandemic, I started writing haiku. Not for any reason in particular. Just to see if I could say something in less words. I come from a family of poets and tailors. Both teach you the same thing: how to work within limits. Haiku felt like a quiet mix of both. A few lines, no wasted words. Thread the needle, cut the excess. You’ve probably heard the rule: Five syllables. Seven. Five. That’s it. It doesn’t leave much room for fluff. You have to pick your words carefully. You learn to say less and mean more. It’s a small frame, but it holds a lot. A feeling. A moment. A joke you thought of while half-asleep. I kept writing more than I planned to. Here are a few I’ve written: girl in the windowas raindrops fall on her facelost in a daydream I can offer morerain check on a stormy nighttake it or leave it how to say “love you”in seventeen syllablescan someone teach me? I am drowning hereshe's a category fivecenter of the storm the rain in Bahrainfalls in another countryall we get is fog a girl at starbucks puts messy hair in a bun orders a latte What I like about haiku is that you can’t explain too much. You just place the scene and walk away. If you’ve never tried one, it’s simple:Pick a moment. Count the syllables. Say it plain. And if it feels too quiet or strange, good. You're doing it right. --- - Published: 2025-04-14 - Modified: 2025-04-14 - URL: https://naeemnur.com/dear-internet-lets-bring-back-fun-websites/ - Categories: Internet I’ve been missing the old web lately. Back when people made websites just for the fun of it. No products to sell, no email lists to grow, no personal brands to build. Just pure internet energy. You’d find sites about someone’s favorite Pokémon, their pet hamster, or a random obsession they felt like sharing. You’d find pages filled with dancing GIFs, pixel fonts, fan art, random collections of links. There was personality in every corner. And yeah, maybe some broken pages too, but that was part of the charm. These days, everything feels too clean. Too optimized. Every website has a goal. And that’s fine, but not everything needs to be a product. So maybe it’s time we brought some of that chaos back. Make something useless. Make something small. Make something fun. The internet doesn’t have to be serious all the time. --- - Published: 2024-12-22 - Modified: 2025-04-15 - URL: https://naeemnur.com/teenage-engineering-computer-1-case-airflow/ - Categories: Builds The Teenage Engineering computer-1 is like a Lego set for adults, and I had a blast putting it together when I built mine last year. Though I won’t lie, it was a bit of a pain to assemble. The flat-pack design and quirky aesthetic make it a fun and unique project, but the build process definitely tested my patience. Once it was done, though, it was totally worth it. But as cool as it looks, the airflow leaves a lot to be desired. After using it for a while, I decided to finally add some fans to improve cooling and keep things running smoothly. What I UsedInstallationResultsBuild Details What I Used To tackle the airflow problem, I added two new 80mm Noctua intake fans at the back and turned the Noctua NF-A8 which I originally had as an intake—into the exhaust fan after adding the new ones. I also included a fan filter (It looks cool! ). Here’s the full list: Intake fans: Two Noctua NF-R8 redux-1800 PWM (Amazon link) Exhaust fan: One Noctua NF-A8 PWM chromax. Black. swap (Amazon link) Fan filter: SilverStone FF81 80mm Standard Fan Filter (Amazon link) Fan splitter: Cable Matters 3 Way 4 Pin PWM Fan Splitter Cable (Amazon link) Screws: Kadrick M3 Screw and Nut Assortment Pack (Amazon link) Installation For the two intake fans, I used the back panel, which conveniently has plenty of holes for mounting. No drilling was needed (thankfully! ). I secured the Noctuas with screws from the M3 assortment... --- - Published: 2024-08-16 - Modified: 2024-08-17 - URL: https://naeemnur.com/my-websites-design-through-the-years/ - Categories: Web Design It’s been 14 years since I bought this domain, and it’s interesting to see how my website’s design has changed over the years. Thanks to the Internet Archive, I was able to find old screenshots from as far back as 2010. These images show how the design has evolved, reflecting my changing style and the trends in web design at the time (or the lack of). One thing that stands out is the return of the blue color in the current design, along with the original logo. After experimenting with different looks, I’ve brought back these elements as a nod to the past, while still keeping things fresh and minimal. I started with WordPress, but from 2019 to 2024, I switched to React to explore new tools and learn new technologies. You can check out the source code here. Now, I’m back to WordPress with my latest theme, Compendium, which comes in both free and pro versions. Also, please donate to the Internet Archive if you can. Their work helps preserve the history of the internet, allowing us to look back and see how far we’ve come. Jump back in time with me20102014201520162017201820192022 2010 2014 2015 This is where I became obsessed with single column layouts. 2016 2017 2018 2019 2022 --- - Published: 2023-10-04 - Modified: 2024-08-06 - URL: https://naeemnur.com/fire-coming-out-of-the-monkeys-head/ - Categories: Music Once upon a time at the foot of a great mountainThere was a town where the people known as Happyfolk livedTheir very existence a mystery to the rest of the worldObscured as it was by great cloudsHere, they played out their peaceful livesInnocent of the litany of excess and violenceThat was growing in the world belowTo live in harmony with the spirit of the mountain called Monkey was enoughThen one day, Strangefolk arrived in the townThey came in camouflage, hidden behind dark glassesBut no one noticed them, they only saw shadowsYou see, without the Truth of the Eyes, the Happyfolk were blind Falling out of aeroplanes and hiding out in holesWaiting for the sunset to come, people going homeJump out from behind them and shoot them in the headNow everybody dancing, the dance of the deadThe dance of the dead, the dance of the dead In time, the Strangefolk found their way into the higher reaches of the mountainAnd it was there that they found the caves of unimaginable sincerity and beautyBy chance, they stumbled upon the place where all good souls come to restThe Strangefolk, they coveted the jewels in these caves above all thingsAnd soon they began to mine the mountainIts rich seam, fueling the chaos of their own worldMeanwhile, down in the town, the Happyfolk slept restlesslyTheir dreams invaded by shadowy figures digging away at their soulsEvery day, people would wake and stare at the mountainWhy was it bringing darkness into their lives? And as the Strangefolk... --- - Published: 2023-02-19 - Modified: 2024-08-06 - URL: https://naeemnur.com/for-the-children/ - Categories: Uncategorized The rising hills, the slopes, of statistics lie before us. the steep climb of everything, going up, up, as we all go down. In the next century or the one beyond that, they say, are valleys, pastures, we can meet there in peace if we make it. To climb these coming crests one word to you, to you and your children: stay together learn the flowers go light ~ Gary Snyder in Turtle Island (1974) --- - Published: 2021-10-13 - Modified: 2024-08-12 - URL: https://naeemnur.com/simple/ - Categories: Music I say hi; introductionShe say hey; seductionThe talking the discussionMight as well be in RussianCause I'm not paying no attentionShe take me to a dimensionWhere the mind is on suspensionBut the body's on eruptionI used to be cold then she hold me closeAnd me fold like sheets so I love how she make it seem so simple Simple by KNAAN --- - Published: 2019-10-13 - Modified: 2024-08-06 - URL: https://naeemnur.com/unbroken-solitude/ - Categories: Uncategorized https://www. youtube. com/watch? v=TagBWRNdU28 Lyric translation: In an unbroken solitude, thoughts appear from nowhere. They frighten me. And, lost in the night, my thirst, my desire for water awakened me. Oh love, dreaming of your tale has exhausted me. I have no hate left for anyone; my soul is confused. I believe in no one now. I’ve become the son of gazelles, who grew up in the meanderings of the desert. --- - Published: 2017-05-19 - Modified: 2024-08-06 - URL: https://naeemnur.com/take-those-chances/ - Categories: Uncategorized I am inspired by this beautiful story by author Vineet Nayar in the Economics Times article i wanted to share. It was 3 am when the train stopped at Ratlam. A boy, just 8, stepped out of the train attracted by the fascinating scene outside. The train starts moving. Someone shouts. The boy is jolted out of his dreams and runs to catch the train. He catches the side bars but fails to pull himself up. He keeps running and tries again and again but fails each time. Fear and doubt creep into his mind. The train gathers speed. A critical choice faces him - give up or take a chance and keep running. He runs again, faster, taking one more chance to get on the train; feeling hopeless but not giving up, yet. Seeing the boy losing the battle, a vegetable vendor runs towards him and throws him into the last compartment of the train, to be reunited later with his family, sleeping unaware. I have always wondered why did I keep running? Why did I take that chance despite fear and doubt overpowering my mind? Did my taking the unlikely chance of running create the magic of someone helping me to get on the train? That lesson has stayed with me all my life - someone out there is waiting to throw you on a train you believe to have missed, if only you decide to take that chance. --- - Published: 2016-08-22 - Modified: 2024-08-06 - URL: https://naeemnur.com/5-indie-games-i-enjoyed-playing/ - Categories: Gaming I love playing video games in my free time, specially indie games. Here is a list of 5 indie games i enjoyed playing in no particular order. Firewatch Firewatch is developed by the guys who made the Coda editor for Mac. It is one of the stunningly beautiful game I've ever played, It has a very vast wilderness to explore and an interesting story. https://www. youtube. com/watch? v=HdUYYnfRdl8&pp=ygURZmlyZXdhdGNoIHRyYWlsZXI%3D Gameplay: 9/10 Story: 9/10 Soundtrack: 7/10 Kingdom: New Lands Hands down the most addictive game i have played in years. Best simulation game ever. Period. https://www. youtube. com/watch? v=x170xAiKF1s Gameplay: 10/10 Story: 10/10 Soundtrack: 10/10 Besiege Besiege is a physics based building and destruction game filled with epicness https://www. youtube. com/watch? v=n-aG7E9gTNI Gameplay: 8/10 Soundtrack: 7/10 Papers, Please Papers, Please is a 'dystopian document thriller'. If you ever wanted to be an immigration inspector, now is your chance :P https://www. youtube. com/watch? v=_QP5X6fcukM Gameplay: 8/10 Story: 7/10 Soundtrack: 6/10 Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number Blood. Gore. Massacre. It's like you are the protagonist of a Tarantino flick. https://www. youtube. com/watch? v=PAhRtGPjvnU Gameplay: 8/10 Story: 9/10 Soundtrack: 10/10 (80's music? , i'm sold. ) --- - Published: 2016-05-23 - Modified: 2024-08-06 - URL: https://naeemnur.com/acceptance/ - Categories: Poetry A poem by James James, a boy trapped inside, Autism barring the door to freedom. A trickle of light streams through the lock, Blinding against the darkness. One year. Eyes adjust, and crave more rays of hope. The lock becomes brittle, but still fastened. Then the brightest illumination strikes the still dull eyes. One year. Eyes adjust to the increasing demands. Still trapped, but the door ajar. Objects outside this prison come into focus. One year. The chains disintegrate under the force of the sun. The door springs open, The lock shatters as it meets the ground. Autism pales against the light of heaven. --- - Published: 2016-04-30 - Modified: 2024-08-06 - URL: https://naeemnur.com/i-carry-your-heart/ - Categories: Poetry i carry your heart with me(i carry it in my heart) i am never without it (anywhere i go you go, my dear;and whatever is done by only me is your doing, my darling) i fear no fate (for you are my fate,my sweet) i want no world (for beautiful you are my world, my true) and it's you are whatever a moon has always meant and whatever a sun will always sing is you here is the deepest secret nobody knows (here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud and the sky of the sky of a tree called life; which grows higher than soul can hope or mind can hide) and this is the wonder that's keeping the stars apart i carry your heart (i carry it in my heart) - E. E. CUMMINGS --- - Published: 2015-12-22 - Modified: 2024-08-06 - URL: https://naeemnur.com/when-i-saw-his-light-shining-forth/ - Categories: Poetry When I saw his light shining forth, In fear I covered my eyes with my palms, Afraid for my sight because of the beauty of his form. So I was scarcely able to look at him at all. The lights from his light are drowned in his light and his faces shines out like the sun and moon in one. A spirit of light lodged in a body like the moon, a mantle made up of brilliant shining stars. I bore it until I could bear it no longer. I found the taste of patience to be like bitter aloes. I could find no remedy to bring me relief other than delighting in the sight of the one I love. Even if he had not brought any clear signs with him, the sight of him would dispense with the need for them. Muhammad is a human being but not like other human beings. Rather he is a flawless diamond and the rest of mankind is just stones. Blessings be on him so that perhaps Allah may have mercy on us on that burning Day when the Fire is roaring forth its sparks. Hassan Bin Thaabit (r. a) --- - Published: 2015-12-15 - Modified: 2024-08-06 - URL: https://naeemnur.com/some-people-turn-sad-awfully-young/ - Categories: Quotes Some people turn sad awfully young. No special reason, it seems, but they seem almost to be born that way. They bruise easier, tire faster, cry quicker, remember longer and, as I say, get sadder younger than anyone else in the world. I know, for I'm one of them. Ray Bradbury --- - Published: 2015-07-30 - Modified: 2024-08-06 - URL: https://naeemnur.com/the-forgotten-history-of-autism/ - Categories: Uncategorized A very nice talk by Steve Silberman, who wrote a book on the history of autism, presented it this way: One way to understand neurodiversity is to think in terms of human operating systems: Just because a PC is not running Windows doesn't mean that it's broken. By autistic standards, the normal human brain is easily distractible, obsessively social, and suffers from a deficit of attention to detail. https://www. youtube. com/watch? v=_MBiP3G2Pzc --- - Published: 2015-04-01 - Modified: 2024-08-06 - URL: https://naeemnur.com/when-i-see-you/ - Categories: Haiku when I see you thereout of reach but still close byexcitement fills me --- - Published: 2014-12-17 - Modified: 2024-08-05 - URL: https://naeemnur.com/they-had-never-met/ - Categories: Poetry They had never met, didn't know each other's nameYet their eyes were already making love --- - Published: 2014-12-08 - Modified: 2024-08-05 - URL: https://naeemnur.com/snooze/ - Categories: Haiku I keep hitting snoozeBecause it's the only wayI can be with you --- - Published: 2014-11-10 - Modified: 2024-08-05 - URL: https://naeemnur.com/please-please-wait/ - Categories: Uncategorized https://www. youtube. com/watch? v=_bFylt67xGc Wait for my by Motopony Lyrics: She'll come to me in a dreamAnd I don't even know her nameA pretty mark upon her breastTo signify her from the restBut her and I are just the sameBuilding bridges outta faithShe stands upon a dinner plateAnd tells me that I'll have to wait(Oooh, Wait for me)I know it won't be easyWhat a thingTo believeIn a dreamPerhaps I knew her long agoI wrote her poems at nine years oldBut then I did become a manThe letter slipped right through my handsPracticed all my wit and charmHad many girls on every armI learned the depths of love and hateBut never did learn how to waitWait for youYou say it like it's easy to doWhat a thingTo believeIn a dreamI hope you know that all my lifeI have been searching for a wifeA partner and a confidantThe girl who wants the things I wantA girl who doesn't come alongCuz she's already where I'm goin'I stand upon a broken stageI beg ya darling, please, please waitWait for meI know it won't be easyWhat a thingTo believeIn a dream --- - Published: 2014-10-20 - Modified: 2024-08-05 - URL: https://naeemnur.com/to-this-day/ - Categories: Uncategorized An incredibly powerful talk by Shane Koyczan. https://www. youtube. com/watch? v=sa1iS1MqUy4 --- - Published: 2014-10-18 - Modified: 2024-08-05 - URL: https://naeemnur.com/people-turn-around/ - Categories: Uncategorized Eighteen and jaded with guns in their handsThey were fighting for freedom and just what is that? Bills to the banks and food for the kidsMoney for college but couldn't get inMade all the grades but got taken to taskBy a man in an alley wearing a maskScreamed and she begged as the people walked byThe man, he just laughed and the woman she criedWell, it's time all you people, turn aroundFor the life we've been living, messing aroundThe blood we've been spilling will bleed us dryThe life we've been killing is your life like mineThe needle is sweet and the snow it is pureThe pain I've been hiding from I'm finding a cureThe night it is warm, well the light it is coldThe family I'm loving, I'm calling them homeIt's time all you people, turn aroundFor the life we've been living, messing aroundThe blood we've been spilling will bleed us dryThe life we've been killing is your life like mineMy heart it is thumping, the veins they've been blueThe blood that's been pumping, it still hasn't met youThe beard that I'm growing, not fully grownThe years are not coming the way I thought they wouldI'm hoping and waiting for something to singLike the angels in heaven, the bones on the streetHoping for love to find a new voiceThe song that needs singing has already been sung beforeWell, it's time all you people, turn aroundFor the life we've been living, messing aroundThe blood we've been spilling will bleed us dryThe... --- - Published: 2014-10-14 - Modified: 2024-08-05 - URL: https://naeemnur.com/stay/ - Categories: Uncategorized There are stories in your eyes. I never told you howsometimes I fell asleepwith the thought that youwere perhaps the moon-always disappearingI would awake withnothingbut the shape of youon my bed and thegloom of you onmy skin. Source --- - Published: 2014-10-02 - Modified: 2024-08-05 - URL: https://naeemnur.com/never-give-up/ - Categories: Quotes Cause sometimes you just feel tired, Feel weak, and when you feel weak, you feel like you wanna just give up. But you gotta search within you, you gotta find that inner strength And just pull that shit out of you and get that motivation to not give up And not be a quitter, no matter how bad you wanna just fall flat on your face and collapse. Marshall Bruce Mathers III --- - Published: 2014-09-30 - Modified: 2024-08-05 - URL: https://naeemnur.com/an-ode-to-a-beauty/ - Categories: Uncategorized Mesmerizing eyes; look how they gaze,Every time they send me,To an inescapable maze. Charming cheeks; look how they glow,Thou art the gifted one,Of the beauty He rarely bestow. Beautiful lips; look how they tantalize,Holding many sweet words,O'beauty, please vocalise. Look at those ears; embellished with pearls,O'beauty, listen to my melody,Let me make you twirl. Look at that face; outdoing the moon,For its single glimpse,I will walk a thousand miles,When ever it will wear a smile. . Source --- - Published: 2014-09-17 - Modified: 2024-08-05 - URL: https://naeemnur.com/turn-blue/ - Categories: Uncategorized https://www. youtube. com/watch? v=C5a1Cl_JOJM Turn blue by The Black Keyes Lyrics: In the dead of the night I stop to lose controlBut I still carry the weight like I've always done beforeIt gets so heavy at times but what more can I doI got to stay on track just like Pops told me toI really don't think you knowThere could be Hell below... belowI really do hope you knowThere could be Hell below... belowWhen the music is done and all the lights are lowI will remember the times when love would really glowLike a dream I had before my world turned blueWhen the light inside would only shine for you --- - Published: 2014-08-27 - Modified: 2024-08-05 - URL: https://naeemnur.com/tired/ - Categories: Life Recently I have been feeling very tired, don't know why. I know life is the name of ups and downs and everything has its own advantages and disadvantages but sometimes it really becomes hard to breath. --- - Published: 2014-04-30 - Modified: 2024-08-05 - URL: https://naeemnur.com/inconsistencies-of-love/ - Categories: Poetry I can't concentrate on this book or this movie because the music I always play in the background and the thoughts of you keep on distracting me. It's as if they are banging, knocking on my door, and I don't know if you think about me this way, or if the thought has ever even ran through your mind, that we are maybe, or could maybe have the potential of being, something more than just talkative friends. And if not, I would honestly be fine with just sitting next to you on the bus and never kissing you. I don't even know what I want, I'm just clearing the air. I turn everything off and think. Such inconsistencies in love, flattering devotion, one-sided sexual tension I can't concentrate on this book or this movie because the music I always play in the background and the thoughts of you keep on distracting me. It's as if they are banging, knocking on my door, and I don't know if you think about me this way, or if the thought has ever even ran through your mind, that we are maybe, or could maybe have the potential of being, something more than just talkative friends. And if not, I would honestly be fine with just sitting next to you on the bus and never kissing you. I don't even know what I want, I'm just clearing the air. I turn everything off and think. Such inconsistencies in love, flattering devotion, one-sided sexual tension... --- - Published: 2014-04-30 - Modified: 2024-08-05 - URL: https://naeemnur.com/thinking-bout-a-girl/ - Categories: Poetry If what's became who's And why's became when,We'd get a little confused Every now and then. If his became her's And yours became mineThings wouldn't make sense In a matter of time. If no became yes That'd be swell I guess. And if bye was hello Would you look up above to see down below? But you see, None of that really bothers me. For there's only one thing on my mind,I fell in love and it's making me blind. Source --- - Published: 2014-03-25 - Modified: 2024-08-05 - URL: https://naeemnur.com/steve-jobs-on-death/ - Categories: Uncategorized No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don't want to die to get there. And yet death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be, because Death is very likely the single best invention of Life. It is Life's change agent. It clears out the old to make way for the new. Right now the new is you, but someday not too long from now, you will gradually become the old and be cleared away. Sorry to be so dramatic, but it is quite true. Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary. Steve Jobs --- - Published: 2013-11-05 - Modified: 2024-08-05 - URL: https://naeemnur.com/what-its-like-to-have-a-brother-with-autism/ - Categories: Uncategorized I have an autistic brother and I love him! https://www. youtube. com/watch? v=QHC0FzywHGY --- - Published: 2013-10-30 - Modified: 2024-08-06 - URL: https://naeemnur.com/real-madrid-facebook-cover-2013/ - Categories: Football Here is a Real Madrid Facebook cover I made for all the Madristas. Hala Madrid! --- - Published: 2013-10-30 - Modified: 2024-08-06 - URL: https://naeemnur.com/new-design-blog/ - Categories: Web Design Finally I redesigned this site after 2 long years, and also I'm gonna blog here regularly. Peace! --- --- ## Projects - Published: 2025-05-14 - Modified: 2025-05-22 - URL: https://naeemnur.com/project/handheld-hunt/ - Status: Active - Tech Stack: WordPress A directory built to compare and explore handheld gaming devices. Discover specs, history, and rare finds in one place. Whether you're a collector or a gamer, explore the evolution of handheld gaming. Built with a custom WordPress theme. --- - Published: 2024-08-14 - Modified: 2025-05-21 - URL: https://naeemnur.com/project/mild-themes/ - Status: Active - Tech Stack: WordPress A theme shop offering premium WordPress block themes for bloggers, creators, and small publishers. Supports full site editing and follows modern theme standards. Powered by WordPress(ofcourse) and Paddle. --- - Published: 2024-05-14 - Modified: 2025-05-21 - URL: https://naeemnur.com/project/cats-of-the-web/ - Status: Active - Tech Stack: WordPress Cats of the Web is a website that catalogs famous internet cats and user-submitted profiles. Includes cat memes, trivia, and breed info. Developed with the Compilation Pro theme for WordPress. --- - Published: 2024-05-14 - Modified: 2025-06-22 - URL: https://naeemnur.com/project/stack-your-project/ - Status: Active - Tech Stack: Static HTML Inspired by the Million dollar homepage, Stack Your Project is a fun and simple way to promote your project, business, or idea. By purchasing a block, you claim a spot in the stack, showcasing your project to visitors. --- - Published: 2023-05-14 - Modified: 2025-05-21 - URL: https://naeemnur.com/project/flag-palette/ - Status: Sold - Tech Stack: WordPress I built FlagPalette. com with WordPress as a simple tool to pick colors from any country's flag. It shows the exact color codes and creates matching palettes. It's made for designers, developers, or anyone working with national themes. --- - Published: 2023-05-14 - Modified: 2025-05-21 - URL: https://naeemnur.com/project/rcflex/ - Status: Active - Tech Stack: WordPress Inspired by PCPartPicker, RCFlex is a showcase site for RC car enthusiasts to post builds and logs. Features browsing by brand, scale, and category. Built with WordPress. --- - Published: 2022-11-22 - Modified: 2025-05-21 - URL: https://naeemnur.com/project/mildspring/ - Status: Active - Tech Stack: WordPress Relaunching soon as a marketplace where you can buy digital goodies. Stay tuned. --- - Published: 2022-05-14 - Modified: 2025-06-21 - URL: https://naeemnur.com/project/book-of-naem/ - Status: Dead - Tech Stack: Static HTML Book of Naem was a digital notebook, storing ideas, experiments and other thoughts in an unorganized fashion. Though the site is no longer functional at its original address, it has been archived but you can still view it on bookof. naeemnur. com. --- - Published: 2022-05-14 - Modified: 2025-05-21 - URL: https://naeemnur.com/project/zeroacquire/ - Status: Sold - Tech Stack: WordPress Created this simple directory for discovering pre-revenue side projects and MVPs. Made for makers looking to buy or sell small web projects. Built with WordPress. --- - Published: 2022-05-14 - Modified: 2025-05-21 - URL: https://naeemnur.com/project/tiny-resume/ - Status: Sold - Tech Stack: Laravel Made a no-fuss resume builder using Laravel to help people share clean online resumes. Focused on clarity, not design fluff. Sold it same right after the launch. --- - Published: 2021-05-14 - Modified: 2025-05-21 - URL: https://naeemnur.com/project/policytrail/ - Status: Sold - Tech Stack: Laravel My first project I built using Laravel. It was a fun project, I learnt alot. --- - Published: 2021-05-14 - Modified: 2025-05-21 - URL: https://naeemnur.com/project/symbol-hunt/ - Status: Sold - Tech Stack: WordPress Collected symbols from around the world and explained what they mean. Great for researchers, designers, or the curious. Built on WordPress with a focus on taxonomy browsing. --- - Published: 2021-05-14 - Modified: 2025-05-21 - URL: https://naeemnur.com/project/inventedby/ - Status: Sold - Tech Stack: WordPress A quick weekend project. InventedBy highlighted inventions from the modern era that changed how we live and work. Designed to be informative and simple to browse. --- - Published: 2020-05-14 - Modified: 2025-05-21 - URL: https://naeemnur.com/project/if-you-bought-xyz/ - Status: Sold - Tech Stack: WordPress IfYouBought. XYZ helps you find how much money you would have made today if you invested in any stock or cryptocurrency in the past, on any given date. I built this with my friend Azeem. --- - Published: 2020-05-14 - Modified: 2025-05-21 - URL: https://naeemnur.com/project/techrewind/ - Status: Sold - Tech Stack: WordPress TechRewind was a website where you could travel through time and get a glimpse of how products looked like when they first launched and how they are now. --- - Published: 2019-05-14 - Modified: 2025-05-21 - URL: https://naeemnur.com/project/unicorn-republic/ - Status: Sold - Tech Stack: WordPress Curated a list of startups that grew into billion-dollar companies. Designed to inspire and inform. Built using WordPress with a grid-based layout. --- - Published: 2018-05-14 - Modified: 2025-05-15 - URL: https://naeemnur.com/project/krypto-predict/ - Status: Dead - Tech Stack: WordPress Built during the Bahrain startup weekend hackathon 2018 --- - Published: 2018-05-14 - Modified: 2025-05-21 - URL: https://naeemnur.com/project/google-cemetery/ - Status: Sold - Tech Stack: WordPress Archived dead Google projects with their launch and shutdown dates. One of the most popular side projects I have built. --- - Published: 2017-05-14 - Modified: 2025-05-21 - URL: https://naeemnur.com/project/acquiredby/ - Status: Sold - Tech Stack: WordPress Acquiredby is a tool where you can browse a definitive list of tech mergers and acquisitions. It was built with WordPress + ACF. --- - Published: 2009-05-14 - Modified: 2025-05-21 - URL: https://naeemnur.com/project/cssreflex/ - Status: Sold - Tech Stack: WordPress I started by turning Blogger templates into WordPress themes and posting them on my blog, naeemnur. blogspot. com. That experience led me to buy my first domain and launch a site called CSSReflex. com, a site focused on web design, resources, and tools for developers and designers. In 2016, I sold CSSReflex. com, although parting with it left me a bit sad. This experience fueled my passion for creating and selling new side projects, becoming somewhat of an addiction. --- ---