Tuesday, August 29, 2006

Memories ...


Sometimes, I think I am getting drowned in my memories, but I like it. At least I will die in a sweet thing. It is becoming a game more or less, to go down as far as I can, to remember things deep inside. The other day, I remembered the classical music played by Keyvan Saket with TAR which is a Persian music instrument. Believe me it is hard, more than you can imagine. I found some of his audio clips on the web. Here is the link ... Enjoy.

Thursday, August 24, 2006

First Dell then Apple

Short after Dell recalled 4.1 million laptop batteries, Apple also recalled 1.8 million batteries. In both cases, the batteries were made by Sony Energy Devices Corp. of Japan. Both recalls are expected to cost Sony between $172 million and $278 million.
I am wondering what happens if God recalls human hearts for unexpected failure and catching fire!! Perhaps, whenever there is a war somewhere, it is basically a battery recall. The only difference is that there is no replacement.

Monday, August 21, 2006

The blue screen


Well, it is a bit of a technical note but is worth mentioning. Recently, I've seen two IBM laptops (T series) both of them having an exact same problem with their wireless driver causing the famous blue screen error. The strange thing was that the problem had come out of no where. My guess is that a windows update or an upgrade in a software had caused it. Anyway, new wireless drivers solved the issue and I have to confess that I was very lucky to pinpoint the source of the problem. So, here is an experience: If you have a T series IBM laptop and you are getting blue screen error, it may have something to do with the wireless drivers.

(The Image is a sample blue screen error, not related to the problem described above)

Monday, August 14, 2006

Microsoft Office 2007


Last week I did a brave thing and installed Microsoft Office 2007 (beta). I say a brave thing because I had a very bad experience with new Windows Media player 11 that eventually I un-installed it.
Anyway, it has a lot of good features that I may post later but one strange thing was that Microsoft Outlook kept crashing each time I opened one email. After searching around, it turned out to has something to do with Adobe Acrobat 6.0 add-in, although I have to say that I didn't find the solution in microsoft.com. Anyway, for those who are willing to test office 2007 (which I recommend) here is a good resource in case of any problems with Outlook.

Saturday, August 12, 2006

The end ...

When memories exceed dreams, the end is near

One thing that tells me a company is in trouble is when they tell me how good they were in the past. Same with countries. You don't want to forget your identity. I am glad you were great in the fourteenth century, but that was then and this is now. When memories exceed dreams, the end is near.

Michael Hammer
from the book: The World is flat
by: Thomas Friedman

Wednesday, August 09, 2006

Wikimapia

Take a look at this Wikimapia web site. It has a high resolution satellite picture of the world with a lot of comments and information boxes on the map. Of course since it is a wiki you can also put your own comment boxes on the map. It is time to get global and let every body know where is your home and where you usually sit to watch TV!! It might be a little slow though. But it is fun after all. Here, I have zoomed on Sharif University and I am highlighting its soccer field.

Click to enlarge ...
(Picture: Screen snapshot from wikipedia.org)

Tuesday, August 08, 2006

Monday, August 07, 2006

Stand for nothing

Those who stand for nothing fall for anything.

Alexander Hamilton

Sunday, July 30, 2006

Laddies rule


I think car manufacturers should put the window switches on the front passenger's seat side, not on the driver's seat side. Because most of the time it is the lady who is sitting on the passenger's seat and she is the one who decides almost everything, including the closed and open windows.

Friday, July 28, 2006

Friends are the best

Friends are the best in our life. You can call them when you need them. You can count on them when you are in trouble. You don't have any legal binding to them. You can end the whole friendship anytime and they are the first ones you stop calling when you are busy.

Thursday, July 27, 2006

All Breakups are off

Due to recent heat wave in the area, local government officials announced yesterday that no breakup is permitted during next week and all breakups done during the last week are considered annulled! Restaurant managers will also be responsible for the breakups taken place in their restaurants. Apparently there has been many reports on people getting crazy because of hot weather and breaking up!
Government speaker also advised people to use more water to avoid dehydration and its terrible consequences.

Wednesday, July 26, 2006

Neils Bohr

I read this quote from Neils Bohr ,

Prediction is very difficult, especially if it's about the future.

What do you think?
The guy was real genius.

Tuesday, July 25, 2006

Friday, July 21, 2006

Idiots

The trouble with idiots is, they're too idiotic to see their own idiocity.

Jakob Arjoni
from the book "Idiots"

Wednesday, July 19, 2006

Toopkhaneh Sq.


Toopkhaneh Sq. - Iran, Tehran - July 18th
For details refer to this link.

Tuesday, July 18, 2006

Chador


No comments ...
(photo from BBC)

Kindness

"What is the reason that we are kind to some people? If I tell you that you're kind to me because you fear loosing me as a friend, do you start defending yourself or you take it as a complement? I mean, is it wrong to be kind to people because we fear loosing them?"
She said that and continued eating her salad ...

Friday, July 14, 2006

Letter to Einstein from his son

Dear Papa,
Imagine, Tete can already multiply and divide, and I am doing geometetry (geometry) as Tete says. Mama assigns me problems; we have a little booklet; I could do the same with you then as well. But why haven't you written us anything lately? I just think: "At Easter you're going to be here and we'll have a Papa again."
Yours, Adu!

The letter was sent to Einstein from his older son Hans Albert (known as Adu) at 1915, when Einstein was working on his General Theory of Relativity. His younger son Eduard was known as Tete. For more details on Einstein and his personal life crisis at that time refer to www.time.com

Tuesday, July 11, 2006

Henry's comment on Zidane

You can take the man out of the rough neighborhood, but you can't take the rough neighborhood out of the man

Thierry Henry
Commenting on Zidane's headbutt
during the World Cup final match

My friend and his new friend

A friend of mine has met a very beautiful girl recently. Apparently, they have talked and agreed to be friends from August 4th. I am very happy for them. There are some rumors that they may call each other meantime but both parties have denied it officially.