And I have by me, for my comfort, two strange white flowers - shriveled now, and brown and flat and brittle - to witness that even when mind and strength had gone, gratitude and a mutual tenderness still lived on in the heart of man.
Excerpt from The Time Machine by H. G. Wells
The Authors
Abdi-Hakin Dirie
Abdi-Hakin—Abdi for short—is software engineer and machine learning scientist living in Brooklyn. Born in Mogadishu, Somalia, he came to the United States as a refugee after the outbreak of the ongoing Somali Civil War. After a decade of residence, he became a US citizen. He has interests in written comedy, digital and analog photography, and contemporary piano, among other things.
You can find my résumé here.
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Ahmed Ali Diriye
Ahmed is from Beledweyne, Somalia and also currently makes residence in Brooklyn. He has interests in philosophy (ethics and, more recently, aesthetics), movies, and traveling. Below is an interactive map of countries visited thus far:
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The Site
The site is the shared personal blog of Abdi and Ahmed. The minimalist appearance and functionality have been tweaked over the years; if you would like to see the internals, visit the site's GitHub page.
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