africa Posts - Lamin Barrow http://laminbarrow.com en-us Blog Search Results laminbarrow.com Wed, 23 Jun 2010 08:19:22 GMT http://getlara.com I Have Been Denied a US F1 Student Visa For The Second Time. /africa/gambia/post/i-have-been-denied-a-us-f1-student-visa-for-the-second-time So today I went to the US embassy for the second time for a Student F1 visa application interview and I have been refused a visa for entry into the United States. Last time I was denied it was laid on the bases that I did not provide any compelling evidence at the time of my interview to compel me to return home after completing my studies.  I understood and they were completely right for doing so but this time around all the evidence was there, I was so convinced that finally I will be granted... Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:46:17 GMT /africa/gambia/post/i-have-been-denied-a-us-f1-student-visa-for-the-second-time It has been a while /africa/gambia/bakoteh/post/it-has-been-a-while I know it has been more than a month since i last blogged about anything. It's a very hard responsibility to keep a blog going and most of you know that. Over the past month several events have happened in my life for example i now do website related consulting work and client support from home for the company i use to work for Rhythm Ltd and Geographical Media because they are in the process of relocating their office outside of the Gambia. Working from home has a lot of fun involved... Sun, 11 May 2008 01:47:56 GMT /africa/gambia/bakoteh/post/it-has-been-a-while How to build a live comment preview with Javascript and HTML /africa/gambia/post/how-to-build-a-live-comment-preview-with-javascript-and-html In recent times, it has become quite a trendy and nifty trick to show a live comment preview on a lot of blog websites. I remember just how excited i was the first time i saw this in action on a dotnet blogengine application. In this article i will show you how to implement a live comment preview on your website with just simple javascript and HTML. Okay, to get started i will start by creating a javascript(.js) file with the following on it. function ShowCommentPreview() { // Access... Thu, 27 Mar 2008 09:46:36 GMT /africa/gambia/post/how-to-build-a-live-comment-preview-with-javascript-and-html Free HTML Encoder /africa/gambia/bakoteh/post/free-html-encoder More and more i feel the need to encode script and HTML tags or elements into to encoded strings so that i could input them along with my blog post without actually rendering the HTML or Javascript. Accomplishing a task like this will be hard and will be prone to many errors if i was to do it by hand. i knew i needed a little application to do this task for me. So therefore this morning i decided to write Free HTML Encorder. This is quite a very useful utility when you want to encode script,... Sun, 16 Mar 2008 05:07:35 GMT /africa/gambia/bakoteh/post/free-html-encoder My First Post /africa/gambia/fajara/post/my-first-post Hello there and welcome to my website. My name is Lamin Barrow and i am a genuine chocolate face from a tiny west African country called The Gambia. I am a web designer working for a web design company called Rhythm Ltd. based here in The Gambia. So this is my first post and i am wondering about what i should be writing about. Anyways expect more and better from me next time. Good bye and enjoy your stay!!!! Thu, 31 Jan 2008 09:15:20 GMT /africa/gambia/fajara/post/my-first-post