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After a number of days of severe work and no real rest, I finally lay down and close my eyes… which is when the bulk of thoughts that haven’t really had the chance to find their way into my consciousness, through the maze of my chaotic mind, finally get a chance to rush in. Oh, well, much has been happening. Not all of it terribly cute and fluffy. And not really cosmic size issues… [or? =)] Well! I guess the current theme is: “Uncertainty”. There are a number of things on my mind right now that I’m not quite certain about what they are, what they mean or where they’re going. Events, people, things…of an amorphous nature. Constantly changing shape… constantly bewildering me. Some of them easier to explain than the others. Here’s one….

Obviously, I love Twine. I joined Twine nearly a year ago, and as I mentioned in the article that I wrote a while back, I’ve been using Twine as a tool for a whole load of different purposes. A large part of my online activities altogether has been shifted to Twine, due to the fact that it has replaced various online services that I used to use. And I’m sure that most of you already know all of this, hehe. =) But I’m afraid this dearly beloved tool has been giving me quite a bit of pain in the past few months. Useful features disappearing… pages not loading… the bookmarklets not working… and so many other usability issues. Twine in general has been going backwards, and this has been a serious problem for some of us users who have grown quite dependant on it, as well as fond of it. Not to mention that one doesn’t really enjoy watching what seems like the slow motioned destruction of something that one has spent a treasury of time and energy on. I’m not going to go into the details of that here… as it has already been done. Another user already took care of explaining the agony in detail, and I shared the article with my twine [Aasemoon’z Twine] resulting in this scroll of a discussion thread. Well that part is actually happy news, because we’ve been receiving responses from the people in charge, and apparently better days are ahead.

Being an optimist by nature, I’m bound to feel better now and wait to see the promised improvements happen in time. However, perhaps because of everything that’s been happening up to the point of our explosion, I can’t exactly just say ok, all is good now and no doubts remain. What I have observed, has made me uncertain. Yes, “that”. I can’t help thinking about ways of backing up the data I’ve collected on Twine and possibly transferring them into other services. Can’t help looking into alternatives. I’ve noticed it happens automatically and  almost somewhat unconsciously. I even went far enough to have a look at Thumbtack. Can you believe that? Me looking at MS’ Thumbtack. Sign of true disaster, isn’t it? =P Ah well.

And the trail of uncertain things of all sizes and natures goes on forever… As usual there’s the conflict of interest between different projects… which one of these is worth my time… which of of these groups of people are going to be more pleasant to be around… which ones am I going to be more useful to… which ones I am going to learn more from… buy a VAIO again or some other brand of notebook… what exactly is it that I’m going to do for the Persian new year which is less than 20 days from now ;)…. why is it that I can’t get 2 of my friends to finally stop hating each other… shall it be Danish or French for my choice of learning a language that I’ll never use… why is this person I semi-know so confusing and shape shifting sometimes… what brand/model of synthesizer to buy for my mom… MILO or Nesquik =P…. Qucs or EWB…. and… and…. and….. and…… hmmmmm.

Of course the nice thing about uncertainty is the potential for being pleasantly surprised. I’m an optimist… I guess I’ll just have to wait and see….. =) 

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  • Funny Cold Medicine! =P

    Ok well… for some reason pretty much everyone that I know, either has a cold right now or had a cold in the past couple of weeks. So I guess I better share this little magical anti-cold recipe of mine with all of you! Of course the reason I made this video was that a friend of mine got it COMPLETELY wrong in his video. =P So I just had to correct that. Here it is:


    And here’s the one gone wrong, just for the fun of it! 😉

    Don S. Davis Passed Away…

    =””( I read the news last night on GateWorld. Don S. Davis, one of my favorite actors, and the player of the role of General Hammond, one of my favorite Stargate characters, passed away on the 29th. It appears that the cause was a severe heart attack. This made me very very sad….

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  • 7 Random Facts About Me!

    The great sea battle off Cape Trafalgar in October 1805

    So, the martial discord randomness meme got me too. =) I have been tagged by Hrafn Thorisson to come up with 7 random facts about me and post them here along with a random photo of a martial discord [above].

    Of course I have to mention the rules:
    1. Link to your tagger and post these rules on your blog.
    2. Share 7 facts about yourself on your blog, some random, some weird.

    3. Tag 7 people at the end of your post by leaving their names as well as links to their blogs.
    4. Let them know they are tagged by leaving a comment on their blog.
    5. Present an image of martial discord from whatever period or situation you’d like.

    Now we have a technical glitch. =P I can’t exactly tag 7 people for this! Why you ask? Because I already did! =)) Less than a year ago, Optimus passed something to me that was similar to this meme, and at that point I asked “who wants to do this?” and I ended up tagging every English speaking blogger I know!! So I’m afraid I can’t have them do it again, although the rules are different and so I’m writing this. [There may be overlaps though! =P] So I guess I’ll leave it open. If there’s anyone who would like to re-write this, let me know! Or maybe I’ll figure out who didn’t write it last time. =)

    As to my own 7 random facts… there we go:

    1 – When I’m asked about my origins, I usually say “Persian – Welsh”, cause those are the major 2. But if I go into the details, the answer will look more like this: “Persian – Welsh – Turkish – Indian – Russian”. =) Oh, I also am legally Canadian.

    2 – When I had just turned 9, one day in school the comp-sci teacher of the high-school kiddies caught me messing around with QBasic in the high-school computer lab. And that’s how my coding career started. [She started teaching me stuff and….]

    3 – I have a sort of an affinity with the colour blue. I loved the colour ever since I was a kid [apparently it was the first colour I showed reaction to as an infant], which is why my friends put the “Aasemoon” nickname on me. Aasemoon is Persian for sky. [And I love height too!]

    4 – I hate coffee with a passion. And everybody I ever come across, guess what, loves coffee!! My friends, family, colleagues, class-mates and school buddies…. somebody rescue me!

    5 – I love LEGO. I’ll never grow out of this. =)) I still buy LEGO, build stuff with LEGO and enjoy it. Yeah.

    6 – I’m an optimist by nature. I believe in a higher power at work and I believe that everything happens for a good reason.

    7 – I’m a proven and recognized musicphile. I listen to music from morning to night, while working, studying… doing whatever it is that I may be doing. I enjoy almost all genres, types and styles of music, and I can effectively change my own mood or improve my energy levels using the right combination of tracks. I’m however not an audiophile, because although I love high-quality sound, but I enjoy music regardless of what sort of device its coming out of.

    Ok, that’s it. Now since as I said I can’t just re-tag everyone, if you’re up to writing this, give me a shout and I’ll tag you! =P

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  • Mike Oldfield – Shabda <3

    When it comes to music, I’d say Mike Oldfield is certainly a God. I’ve felt the same ever since the first time I heard his music [I was an infant then… my parents were listening to Mike Oldfield]. Mike Oldfield’s music has been with me my entire life, and I would even say that in some ways, it has saved my life. The song Shabda is from his latest album called “Music of the Sphere”. Don’t mind the video as it’s not official… just listen to the music.

    Terra autem erat inanis
    Super faciem abyssi
    Lux æterna dona nobis
    Terra autem erat in cæli

    Terra autem erat inanis
    Super faciem abyssi
    Lux æterna dona nobis
    Terra autem erat in cæli

    [Sorry for not translating… my Latin is enough to understand this, but certainly not enough to attempt a legid translation…]
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  • 25!

    So, I turned 25 today. Actually well, it’s a bit of a funny situation this year: I was born on Farvardin 31st of the Persian calendar, which is usually the same day as April 20th. So my official birthday is supposed to be on April 20th = Farvardin 31st. But this year is one of those mixed up years that Farvardin 31 = April 19th! =P So this pretty much means that I was born both today and tomorrow. [According to aMUSiC, the previous sentence is a “testament to temporal grammar”: I was born both today and tomorrow! =P] So yeah, the whole thing is a bit funny. And I guess it’s not even unexpected that my 25th is starting rather odd, as it’s obviously going to be one of the oddest, most twisted, most exciting, most weird, most complicated, most challenging, most curious, most … well… everything, years of my life. The start is quite fitting to what I know is coming. =} heee…. heee….. heee…. wish me luck…. O_o …. =D …. / … ?? …. heeee …….. !!&$$!#&%%@#&&%$***…

    Happy Noroooooz! =D

    Yup, it’s that time of the year again. When you don’t exactly need a calendar to tell you that the year is getting renewed, you can just feel it in the air. Or at least you’re supposed to, unless like me you’re stuck in the cold of Toronto. On Thursday [March 20th], 01:48:19 AM, year 2567 (1387) of the Persian calendar begins. From what I already know, this year is going to be one of _THE_ most important years of my life. Full of ups and downs and adventures. There’s much that’s about to happen, and I’m very much looking forward to everything. I hope that this year is going to be a good year for all of us, and although I have my doubts as to whether the current “situation” in Iran is going to change in any positive way, but I’ll still keep my figures crossed. So happy new year everyone, and best wishes from me, Ahoo, Aasemoon.

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  • 4 Days Left!

    Oh God… Oh God…. OOOOOOOHHHHHHHH GGGGGGGOOOODDDD…. only 4 days left. As previously mentioned on the Purple Blog, on Sunday the 16th I shall fly to Zürich, and have what will probably be one of the most unusual and exciting holidays of life. So much is coming… so much is about to happen… soooooooo much to look forward to. Of course right now every second feels like an hour, every hour feels like a day and every day feels like a month. I guess the reason for the major excitement overdose is obvious: there’s a little city not so far from Zürich, called Solothurn, and there’s a certain Genox in Solothurn… well… yeah! =)
    And there’s more…. a lot more. It’s very complicated right now, I can’t foretell what’s going to happen in the coming months, but lets just say that in the not very far future I may not need a plain ticket anymore when I want to see Genox. I have some serious homework to do while I’m in Switzerland. I have to figure out the final details of what I may be getting myself into. So much excitement, so much to do….. 😉

    Year 1386! =)


    Happy Persian new year [Norooz] everyone! Tonight at 8:07 PM Toronto time, the year 1386 of the Persian calendar begins. Hope it will be a great year for all of us. =)

    نوروز پیروز

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