Category: Blog
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Review: Die Schiiten
Vor etwa zehn Tagen habe ich beim Stöbern in der VUB “Die Schiiten” von Professor Heinz Halm entdeckt. Das Buch ist im Jahre 2005 in der Reihe WISSEN bei C. H. Beck erschienen. Bereits beim ersten Durchblättern fiel mir die klare Gliederung des Buches auf. Und das Inhaltsverzeichnis lockte mit Kapitelüberschriften wie: “Die Basis der…
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Zoroastrian spam
Few days ago, a friend received her first Zoroastrian spam mail. I found it interesting, so here it goes: From: Dr. Agathangelos Eutropius II <eutropiusii@yahoo.es> Date: Tue, 15 May 2007 22:51:09 -0500 (CDT) Subject: Zorastrianism Greetings Direccion: calle Brazil 10, 28025 Madrid Date: 15th 05 2007 Our Ref: ZG/1007MA Zorastrianism Greetings, The Mithras Association with…
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linuxiran.org
According to the Persian Wikipedia, I was one of the first advocates of FOSS in Iran. The little entry continues to claim that Chapar Shabdiz was the first Iranian company to base its commercial business plan on FOSS. It also mentions the FarsiKDE project, Shabdix GNU/Linux and linuxiran.org! Well FarsiKDE’s website expired long back and…
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Old books
Yesterday I visited Ostad Lotfi. Once the meeting was over, I thought I should use the chance and take a walk around the University of Tehran. The book shops around the university are known for their access to rare books. Compared to some years ago, the area has changed drastically. There are so many people…
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Iran’s oldest street
این نوشتهی جالب رو در یک وبگاه گردشگری قزوین پیدا کردم: قدیمی ترین خیابان ایران در قزوین میباشد. نام این خیابان سپه است که از مسجد جامع قزوین به کاخ عالیقاپو منتهی میشود.