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Hatred & Ignorance - On Systematic Oppression of Baha’is

Farshid — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 19:55:34 +0000

ABC primetime had a very interesting and moving segment tonight. It was a social experiment taking place in a bakery. A Muslim woman (ABC’s actor) dressed with a head dress wanted to buy...

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NPR & Marketplace - Middle east week

Farshid — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 17:35:33 +0000

I am big fan NPR radio for multiple reasons, mainly its news is international, as apposed to all other news here in the States which is extremely city/neighborhood/state and nation focused. Further,...

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Life @ Microsoft (Humor)

Farshid — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:13:11 +0000

Pretty funny video

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Wonderful Visionary Video from Nokia

Farshid — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:02:59 +0000

On potentials of nano tech

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Bill Gate’s last day at work - Funny video

Farshid — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 06:22:17 +0000

A funny self-depicting video about Bill Gate’s last day at work starring Bill himself and many celebrities…

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Make your own passport photos, Integrated Calendar view within Gmail and A guide for those switching to Mac

Farshid — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 22:13:41 +0000

In this day and age who wants to go to a photo store to take passport pictures? Take as many digital ones as you want and then use this guide to turn them into passport size and print away… In...

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Good Resources for API Design

Farshid — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 23:05:16 +0000

I was refreshing my mind about API design and wanted to see if there were any good resources online apart from the book that I have. Came across the following 3 hour lecture on how to design APIs...

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Setting up new Computer

Farshid — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 03:15:50 +0000

Some useful tools can be found here…and here is the list to replace built-in tools in XP[via Lifehacker]

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How your eyes work on a webpage

Farshid — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 02:15:36 +0000

A 30 minute interestingvideo on how your eyes actually work viewing a webpage/site. Mostly aimed at web designers and SEO people. Still, I learned a lot…

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10 useful (greasemonkey) scripts for Flickr

Farshid — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 08:25:07 +0000

Can be found here…

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Persecuting the Dead - Yet another act of hatred towards Baha’is

Farshid — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 16:57:29 +0000

It really baffles me that the leader of a nation can deny facts in front of the rest of the world and everyone just laughs it off. As an example, when Iranian president visited Columbia university he...

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Your name sir? Bob, Bob Heart.

Farshid — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 00:14:14 +0000

For those of you who have an unusual name for the country you live in, or your name is simply not international enough, I am sure you can relate to this little dilemma: You pick up the phone to make...

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Fatherhood - The Start of a Wonderful Long Journey

Farshid — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 06:40:48 +0000

Over two months into being a dad, I thought I would jolt down some of the experiences before new ones make the initial memories fade away (mostly due to lack of sleep). People ask how it feels, and...

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A heartwarming & amazing performance

Farshid — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 06:01:55 +0000

Once in a while you see something that really warms your heart: This clip is from an audition of Britain Got Talent show (something similar to the “Idol” shows across the...

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Converting any (media) to any file format - zamzar.com

Farshid — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 08:25:15 +0000

Title says it all and here is a review…

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(Baha’i) Faith on NBC

Farshid — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 05:32:40 +0000

Saw this small segment on the Baha’i Faith earlier tonight on NBC… Faith in America: Diversity and division

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Grab Search Results from All Big Players

Farshid — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 18:47:18 +0000

graball.com is useful for those of you who are not satisfied with sticking to one search engine, or simply want to compare search results across the big players. It also has toolbar you can install.

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Documentary on Baha’i Faith

Farshid — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 22:33:25 +0000

This documentary was shown on South African TV recently it seems…

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HDR(I) Photography - A couple of tutorials

Farshid — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 05:19:57 +0000

I learned about HDRI technique a while back, but did not really bother to experiment with it as I didn’t have a DSLR camera (you can do it with a point and shoot camera too, but I figured I...

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Sharing Photos Dilemma - KodakGallery(ofoto), Flickr or Picasaweb?

Farshid — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 06:43:31 +0000

I’m sure anyone who has to share photos to a wider circle on a semi-regular basis realizes that emailing them is not the best option. So in my circle, I know most people use one of the three...

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Want 500 mb free space for your files online?

Farshid — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 00:29:52 +0000

Then go to skydrive.live.com. Seems like the beta is finally open to public.

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Vista Performance & Reliability Fix Pack Released

Farshid — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 19:36:06 +0000

See link

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Practical for International Calls - Rebtel.com (works in most countries)

Farshid — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 05:08:37 +0000

Update: I stand corrected as Anne-Marie tells us how to make international calls with paying local rates (or free if you don’t pay for local calls)…read the first comment on this post....

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Loving my D80

Farshid — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 16:26:29 +0000

Took my new Nikon D80 for a spin during sea fair this weekend…here are some of the results… Seafair - August 2007

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Nikon D40x vs. D80 - Votes are in for which one to buy

Farshid — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 04:58:57 +0000

After much deliberation and research, I have come to decide that Nikon D80 will be the better camera for my needs. Yes, I pay almost $300 more for it in comparison to D40X, but the list of small...

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Migrating a Family to Google Apps

Farshid — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 17:26:50 +0000

Came across an interesting post from Scott Hanselman on how you can migrate an entire family to Google apps.

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“Map-It” - Now on 1-800-GOOG-411

Farshid — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 23:15:15 +0000

You can now get a link to map when you call the free 411 service from Google. See the link

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90+ Online Photography Tools and Resources

Farshid — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 19:25:13 +0000

Useful for future reference…

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Rainbow

Farshid — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 04:52:08 +0000

Walking to my car after work today, a surreal rainbow was right above me, so I pulled out my new phone and took a picture and although it’s not anywhere close to how amazing it was in real...

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20 Firefox Extensions That Save you Time & Money (according to SavingAdvice.com)

Farshid — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 03:02:50 +0000

Title says it all. I found a couple of useful extensions here…

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