We've heard you, some improvements to TopRoms are coming!

Thanks everyone for sending me emails about TopRoms with suggestions and issues. I’ll be addressing them when I have some free time, probably near the end of this month.

Some of the issues you brought up:

• TopArcade is missing some BIOS roms and some games can’t start.

• Expanding the TopArcade game collection. (Thanks to one of my readers for providing a list)

• The large collection TopIsos cannot be downloaded because Mega is requiring payment due to its file size.

• Consider converting ISO to CHD format as it is smaller in size and more universally supported by emulators. I know this is possible with PS1 but not sure about Sega CD.

• Some multiple disc PlayStation 1 games are missing the second disc.

• The collections will move to a privately hosted VPS for direct download.

• The collections will also be available via torrent. I’ll keep a seedbox running so you don’t have to wait for multiple seeds. One advantage of torrents is you can pick and choose what gets downloaded or not.

• Curate TurboGrafx-CD ISOs. This system actually has a sizeable amount of high quality games

• Finish curating the ROM hacks set. There is still SNES, GB, GBC and GBA that are missing.

Please keep these emails coming, I’m glad that you are enjoying the collection!

A Huge Thanks to My Readers!

It’s been over 5 years since I’ve started my blog with over 50 posts written to the public now. At this point, I stopped doing a word count because it’s just become so ridiculously big.

My readership exploded last year and my analytics have been providing an ego boost, didn’t know that so many people are actually interested in what I’m writing about. At this point, I have over 2000 unique readers per day and even more during rush hours. A far cry from my ~10 readers per day back in 2017I don’t feel like a nobody anymore, my thoughts have become valuable to others.

I’d like to thank some of my readers to have posted my articles on Reddit and Hacker News. Exposure there has lead to certain posts becoming viral with people still looking for them via web searches. Commentators went wild. Speaking of search engines, many queries result in having my blog as the first result. Some say it will be because of my SEO skills but it’s actually some of you linking my website to other places.

Although I can’t deny that my blog has been inconsistent in terms of writing quality and article length. This blog is purposely nicheless because I’m passionate about so many topics and want to share my interests with the world.

This blog started as a passion project rather than a side-hustle, expecting to make no money out of it. I will remain benevolent in my pursuit keeping the blog ad-free and without affiliates. I hope you enjoy the clarity. Again, I’m making no money from this website.

Some very interesting topics are coming up with even more depth and detail. A few experiments are coming along to see how technology, art, ethics, social media and human behaviour fit on our modern world and what role technology plays in. I’ll keep the laughs coming in along with extended essays.

My case studies have become quite popular especially the one about automatic transmission simulations. I’ve gotten several thank you emails because of being, apparently, the first person online to cover this subject. Some of my projects have taken off such as TopRoms because I discovered that many want a curated collection of ROMs.

The Live at the Intro radio station for gaming and demoscene music has exploded in popularity with hundreds of listeners per month. Looks like my love for video game music wasn’t only from me. There’s so much more content that is coming for that variety you crave.

My family and friends have been also frequent readers of my blog. I really appreciate your mindful and non-judgmental approach to what I write. Some analytics have revealed that talent acquisition specialists and recruiters also spent time on my website which I really appreciate. This is my main portfolio and gives you an idea of my writing style. I know my controversial ideas can be a bit scary.

I’ve received many emails and social media posts about the subjects that I’ve covered on my blog. Also, keep in the suggestions coming in for the various content that will be included in my projects and perhaps even my blog.

Feel free to explore more and contact me through my social media credentials. We won’t be giving up, ever. Keep reading and enjoy! Again, thanks to all of you! Looking forward to more good times!

Introducing the 'Gems' list!

The Internet has so many ways to entertain us and teach us. I sometimes come across extremely useful or interesting web pages on the interwebs. They usually get hidden in a notepad somewhere or in my favourites list.

I want to share pages that I have found useful throughout my Internet career. The list is made to grow either from places I stumbled across myself or someone wanted to share.

Feel free to make suggestions by sending an email to gems@cdahmedeh.net

Gems 📚

I’m tired of this bullshit. I’m shutting this whole website down!

This was an April Fools joke…

When I first started this website back in 2013, I thought I was paving the way onto becoming a billionaire. I mean, other bloggers live and feed their families with the revenue of off theirs. Why not me, what did I do wrong?

I know I forgot to put ads but I don’t want my website littered with Viagra adverts and solicitation from Nigerian princes. I don’t like to sell farming machines either. Ads are so annoying anyways; they just get in the way of my perfectly written blog with subpar text from a marketer. I wouldn’t see my own ads anyways, I use an adblocker.

Despite all my efforts to go viral and annoying people with my links on Reddit, Discord, LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest and for God’s sake even the start-up dreamers on Hacker News: I get nothing. At the very best, I get maybe one or two visitors per day from countries I’ve never heard of, like Germany or Brazil.

My exquisite English is ignored and no one reads my resume for some reason. I’m a very qualified writer and have tons of experience doing everything, even working as a mechanic back in the day. I don’t know why people aren’t so impressed by my skills. Recruiters just tell me to fuck off.

When I launched this website, I planned for it to be my primary source of income. I’ve seen many YouTubers, podcast authors, fiction book writers and Twitch streamers quit their job and I was hoping to do the same.

My blog began way after my website back in 2017, I wrote about the most interesting subjects like Automatic Transmissions, Drifting, Weekends, and very important aspects of my personal life. Surely everyone is interested in that, right? I sob, cry and weep every night after making a post because I get no likes or comments. No one on the Internet links to my blog and that makes me sad.

Two months ago, I quit my job and started to eat into my own funds. I’m in overdraft, maxed out all my loans and declared bankruptcy. As I’m writing this, it’s currently -39 degrees Celsius right now and I’m freezing to death. I’m outside on the street on the corner of McArthur and Vanier, where most of the homeless people beg for money. I stole someone’s SIM card so I could have Internet access.

Thanks to all the losers who ignored my website, now I’m in abject poverty. I’m addicted to cocaine and morphine and I lie by telling people that I need money for food. Getting high is better than starvation anyways. I’ve been applying for jobs at grocery stores right now, I think I have a lead at Loblaws on South Keys.

I can’t afford to keep this website up and my hosting provider is threatening me to shut my website down and delete all my content since I’m 3 months overdue.

*sniff* *sniff* I thought I was going to be rich! 😭 Houston, shut her down!

New domains to access my website...

I’ll have to admit that https://cdahmedeh.net can be a bit overwhelming to remember sometimes even though it’s the official URL of the website. Most people try to pronounce the full URL but it’s often incorrectly pronounced and it’s hard to remember. The reasoning behind my URL is that it is my username for almost everything.

Two new domains have been introduced that just include my name which will redirect you to this website.

ahmedelhajjar.com

ahmed.place

Hopefully, these are easier to remember and makes reaching my website more accessible.