last day
Finally my last day at work ;) I will start new contract next Monday for a few months to see how the US working visa process going...
RB if you reading this thanks for everything mate;)
Ranking
Just checking alexa site to see the most visited website, still yahoo number one, MSN and then google, was totally surprised with ORKUT!
four weeks in hell
I am just looking for someone who proposed 4 weeks notice!!! I hate that crap when you resign you need to hand over all stuff and things belong to company and couple of beer cross the road and go. that's it now I have to wait another 3 weeks to start new job, new job!! yes before packing stuff and leave the OZ land for the state I am doing few months contracting around town... who knows what will happen next!! contracting for the rest of my life :) lol unless someone like RB to offer me P :) lol
some update
I know I was a little bit slack updating this blog but have some good excuses ;) finally we settled in new home ;) buying a property is a tedious job and excited of course and we moved in 3 weeks ago, as you all aware of there were 2 storms hit Sydney and one super storm warning on Tuesday night fortunately the last one decided not to attack and turned its way back to ocean... and the big news we going to Iran after 7 years for me and 12 years for Sara ;) yohoooo, yes we really miss everything, family, friends, foods, chaos, traffic, air pollution, ... lets get started ;)
If you got miss call from a phone and don't know to which country or provider belongs simply check it on this site: https://www.numberingplans.com//?page=analysis&sub=phonenr
Finally they put our interview on BBC website ;) (special thanks to Babak) for those who don't understand Persian Language it's all about wedding outside Iran and how famous I am ;) I told you I am famous but no one believed me lol
check this out
twitter
If you wanna know what I am doing right now, check this out:
http://twitter.com/alim
An open letter to the software managers of the world
Dear Software Managers of the World:
We, the Software Developers of the World, realize that our two factions have had many disagreements over the years. Through this letter we would like to extend our hand in a gesture of reconciliation.
This letter contains two lists: the first list describes responsibilities we are willing to accept wholeheartedly, assuming you are willing to accept the second list with an equal amount of zeal and commitment. These lists are not intended as indictments of either side, rather glimpses of an ideal world where developers and managers work together in harmony.
We, the Software Developers of the World, agree to the following:
1. We will do what it takes to get the job done without being asked, including working extra hours (as long as it does not violate clause 1 in the section below).
2. We will not complain when we are assigned boring tasks, bad problems, or have to maintain someone else's code (as long as it does not violate clauses 4 or 5 in the section below).
3. We will bring issues to your attention constructively and with proposed solutions.
4. We will seek to understand a decision before questioning it.
5. We will build the best software we are able to.
6. We will be loyal to the company and our team.
7. We will be passionate about the software we build.
8. We will be available when you really need us.
9. We will fully document our code and designs.
10. We will happily coach and mentor new developers.
11. We will tell our friends how cool it is to work at our company.
In turn we ask that you, the Software Managers of the World, agree to the following:
1. You understand that "crunch time" is an unexpected part of software development. Unless we have substantial equity in the company, crunch time will not exceed 3 weeks during any 6 month period.
2. You will give us powerful, best-of-breed PCs, huge hard drives, large monitors, and the latest development software.
3. You will listen and take action when we constructively bring a problem to your attention.
4. You will ensure that at least 80% of our time is spent on good problems.
5. If you plan to call us when software breaks, we will be given time to refactor and stabilize it as needed.
6. You will not ask us to serve as technical guides for highly paid contractors only to be held responsible when their code single-handedly brings our operations to a grinding halt.
7. If marketing is allowed to set our deadlines based on their knowledge of software projects, we will be allowed to set their budget and/or revenue expectations based on our knowledge of marketing.
8. You will not ask us to compromise a solid, stable, and maintainable design in order to meet an unrealistic deadline.
9. You will communicate expectations to to the stakeholders. You will ensure that before we begin building an application, all stakeholders spend ample time reviewing and understanding the specification.
10. You will ensure that as new requirements arise we will be given the corresponding amount of additional development time.
11. You will pay attention to your people more than your bottom line.
12. You will make our company a cool company to work at so we're not lying to our friends.
We hope you take these items under consideration and we look forward to how these changes will positively affect our relationship as we continue to work together to build software for many years to come.
Sincerely,
The Software Developers of the World
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Have you every looked at your search history? sometimes funny and sometimes scary ;) check this one (real story) user 16006693 from AOL:
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Reasons for a headache
1. Eye Strain
2. Sleep deprivation
3. Physical Exhaustion
4. Neck tension
5. Jaw tension
6. Neural Tension
7. Stress
8. Constipation
9. Hunger/ Low bloog glucose
10. Virus / Fever
11. Toothache
12. Sinus pressure
13. Ear infection
14. Caffeine withdrawal
15. Hangover
16. brain parasite
17. brain tumour or absess
18. ate too much ice-cream!
Busy not as usual ;)
I know it's been ages not updating my P&E blogs ;) really busy these days but we have achieved a lot:
1) All visas sorted for the family and they have confirmed tickets coming to Sydney next week with little princess.
2) I got my BMW ;) so excited this is the first time I am reading car manual as I have to setup its computer.
3) Sara's parents moved to new house, large and nice, they are excited and of course exhausted.
4) We will shoot out pre-wedding video this coming Sunday somewhere around Balmoral beach where we had the first date ;)
5) New furniture coming this Monday therefore I will have garage sale soon.
6) ... too many tasks left on the list that's why I am not updating those blogs ;)
busy busy
busy life as always but now more stuff to do; just starting new project at work, organizing wedding stuff, shopping, visa for family, paperwork, looking for a new car, what else, too many things to do :)
hopefully we will have a nice honeymoon after all, yes we are planning to go to Europe and Iran :) celebrate persian new year with family and friends ;) old memories in Caspian Sea and Isfahan and of course my lovely town Tehran, miss em all badly, 6 years woooo
Persian Concert
Last Saturday night we went to Sydney TownHall for Andy's concert, I was surprised by number of people coming to the concert, I went to Andy's concert on April 2002 and there were about 500 to 700 but this year, so crowded, sold out, more than 3000! Thanks to working holiday visa with Iranian government ;)
anyway his voice is crap, I dun like his music so why I went there??? Because I met Sara in Andy's concert on 2002 ;) just for old memories and see some friends and of course couple of drinks...
oldies but goodies
-open you MS word
1) type =rand() and enter.
2) type =rand(6,4)
3) highlight your text and shift+F3
- Convert word to PDF: http://www.altavista.persiangig.com/document/sorrowdancer/Word2%20PDF%20sorrowdancer.exe
Crack:
- Name : Parand -
- Serial : 9957-f112-86a4-8730 -
- type "Thinking in C++" filetype:PDF" in google and download
- type intitle:index.of? Format IRITN in google, replace IRITN with your artist name and format with music file format e.g. intitle:index.of? MP3 blunt
- Open IE and type:
javascript:function Shw(n) {if (self.moveBy) {for (i = 35; i > 0; i--) {for (j = n; j > 0; j--) {self.moveBy(1,i);self.moveBy(i,0);self.moveBy(0,-i);self.moveBy(-i,0); } } }} Shw(6)
in address bar.
Lost blog
Last week I got a email from my manager linking this blog, since I started my Persian blog I totally forgot about this, that was so funny ;) and thanks boss for a reminder;)
Gold
1. Okay, okay! I take it back. Unfuck you.
2. You say I'm a bitch like it's a bad thing.
3. Well, this day was a total waste of make-up.
4. Well, aren't we a bloody ray of sunshine?
5. Don't bother me, I'm living happily ever after.
6. Do I look like a people person?
7. This isn't an office. It's hell with fluorescent lighting.
8. I started out with nothing and still have most of it left.
9. Therapy is expensive. Popping bubble wrap is cheap. You choose.
10. Why don't you try practicing random acts of intelligence and senseless acts of self-control?
11. I'm not crazy. I've been in a very bad mood for 30 years.
12. Sarcasm is just one more service I offer.
13. Do they ever shut up on your planet?
14. I'm not your type. I'm not inflatable.
15. Stress is when you wake up screaming and you realize you haven't gone to sleep yet.
16. Back off!! You're standing in my aura.
17. Don't worry. I forgot your name too.
18. I work 45 hours a week to be this poor.
19. Not all men are annoying. Some are dead.
20. Wait ... I'm trying to imagine you with a personality.
21. Chaos, panic, and disorder .. my work here is done.
22. Ambivalent? Well yes and no.
23. You look like shit. Is that the style now?
24. Earth is full. Go home.
25. Aw, did I step on your poor little bitty ego?
26. I'm not tense, just terribly, terribly alert.
27. A hard-on doesn't count as personal growth.
28. You are depriving some village of an idiot.
29. If assholes could fly, this place would be a fucking airport.
Microsoft Interview
Todd: What's your feeling when you write a program?
Ali: I feel like talking to my code, feeding it like a child, growing up, maintaining...
Todd: you should see a doctor asap.
Microsoft
Alright I have to change it:
good things:
- I am such a nerd!
- Love free Soda!
Bad things:
- hate Seattle! 9 months rain!!!
- not looking for a job in sunny California.
- not proud with using my gmail account! have to change it shortly!
If you don't get it just have a look at previous posts.
Things I'm loving about C# 2.0
New operator ?? :
public string NonNullString
{
get { return _NonNullString == null ? string.Empty : _NonNullString; }
}
can now be changed to:
public string NonNullString
{
get { return _NonNullString ?? string.Empty; }
}
Microsoft back ON
Again Microsoft is playing with my mind and life;) will have some interviews in coming days for Software Engineer role in Microsoft headquarter in Seattle.
This may interest some of you...
The IE team has released a developers toolbar for IE that makes a lot of nifty features available for developers.
The story is on the IEBlog website and the download is available as well.
Some features that I really like
- A DOM explorer for examining the page structure (as a window inside IE)
- Highlighting of divs, tables, etc
- Inbuilt ruler for measuring distances
- Preconfigured browser resizing option
Really nice stuff :-)
Australia, followed by Canada, topped a worldwide survey of the world's favourite nations. One thousand people in 10 nations were asked to rank countries on a series of criteria, ranging across tourism, immigration, exports, investment, culture, heritage and people. The survey of 25 nations was compiled by marketing research firms Anholt-GMI.
Australia was new to the survey this year, and it replaced Sweden as the strongest "nation brand" in the world. New Zealand also appeared in the survey for the first time.
The United States dropped from fourth to eleventh place and Sweden moved down to fifth place.
FCKEditor - My favorite free HTML editor, compatible with all browsers except Safari-Mac and of course Opera, they are looking about 500 bucks to make it possible for safari, sometimes you get tempted to donate the money, we will get it on Mac-Safari shortly anyway;) FYI it does work on Mac-Firefox.
Immigration prevents "brain drain" in Australia
A new study has debunked the idea that Australia is suffering a so-called "brain drain," when a country loses many of its skilled workers. The Monash University study found high immigration and the return of Australian professionals from abroad have eased the skills shortage.
In 2003-04, Australia had a net increase of 43,612 skilled workers, up from 29,375 two years earlier. The increase in professional jobs grew from 15,866 to 27,338 over the same period.
The Monash Population and Urban Research Centre study looked at the movement of Australian residents, long-term visitors and new migrants over several years.
The study found that in 2003-04 there was a net gain of 5890 computer experts -- the most of any professional group. Next came engineers (2987), nurses (2483) and accountants (2015). There was also a net gain of 1271 skilled construction workers and 1032 in mechanical engineering trades.
The Federal Government boosted the migrant intake to 140,000 in 2004-05, the highest number for more than 30 years.
You are Persian if...
- at your party you play techno songs the whole freakin' night.
- you drink tea at the end of the night to sober up
- You remove the 318 emblem from your BMW and install M3 wheels on the car.
- You brag to your friend that your BMW was shipped from Germany
- You keep your black leather jacket on the whole night at the party eventhough it's warm as hell
- Your parents always call you to help them fill out form that are in English
- Your parents always complain about the food at the local persian restaurant eventhough they go there every weekend
- All your persian friends are DJ's
- You talk in an italian NY style dilect.."yo, ha yoo doin?"
- After 15 years of marriage, your mother still calls your wife "Aroos"
- You are a car salesman and at the same time a singer.
- You talk behind your wife with your mother.
- You dress up to go to grocery store.
- You go to a concert but never see the singer and stay in the hallways with your drink checking out girls.
- You never wear your wedding ring.
- You smoke five packs a day and tell everyone you don't smoke.
- You pronounce "Sure": SHOOR
- Your favorite drink is Vodka.
- You are about 35 and have no hair on your head.
- You watch Iranian programs on TV, but always nag about them.
- You are good in playing backgammon and chess but can't do your taxes.
- You call a gas station: gas essteshen.
- You ask someone to marry and they want to know if you own a house.
- You divorce your wife but still don't let her date anyone else.
- Your wife divorces you, but still goes shopping with your sister.
- You used to be a brain surgeon in Iran but now you work in a chelokababy.
- You carry 3 pagers and 2 cellular phone but nobody ever calls you.
- You claim your dad was a very good friend of the SHAH.
- You don't own a house and have no job but still can afford a BMW.
- You have to shave more than once a day.
- You were a 4 star general in Iran and now drive a cab in Washington,D.C.
- When they ask "where are you from?" you reply...Italy!!..yet have a "tasbeeh" in your hand.
- Have rice with yogurt using a spoon and fight over its Tahdeeg.
- Have an "Aaftaabeh in your Toilet" and if not...water in a milk bottle will do just as good.
- Invite friends over for dinner and buy Pizza, yet cook some extra rice...just in case!
- Believe no one else can make Kabaab better than us.
- Watch Rugby Test Matches, yet play only soccer over the weekends.
- Being addicted (so much) to "Tea " that you drink it in a big coffee mug.
- Have dogs but don't let them come inside the house.
- Complain about everybody's accent, but yours.
- and finally if you live in Sydney: you say "chasswood" instead of chatswood!
Interview in American Embassy
Interviwer:name
Interviwee:Jasim abdul-Ahmed
Interviwer:sex
Arab:10 times a week
Interviewer :no I mean male or female
Arab :there is no difference
When an Iranian wants to write an English letter!
This letter was written by an employee of the NIOC (National Iranian Oil Company), Ali Mokhles, back in the 1960`s to his American boss, Mr.Hamilton.
Dear Mr.Hamilton
I, the undersigned, have worked in the NIOC in Masjed-Solyeman for three years, But since Mr.Ahmadi transferred here everything has changed. I don't know "what a wet wood I have sold him" that from the very first day he has been "pulling the belt to my lift" With all kinds of "cat dancing" he has tried to become the "eye and the light" of Mr.Wilson.
He made so much "mouse running" that finally Mr.Wilson "became donkey", and appointed Mr.Ahmadi as his right hand man, and told me to work "under his hand" Mr.Wilson promised me that next year he would make me his right hand man, but "my eye didn't not drink water", and I knew that all these were "hat play", and he was trying to put a "hat on my head" I "put the seal of silence to my lips" and did not say anything.
Since that he was just "putting watermelon under my arms" Knowing that this transfer was only "good for his aunt", I started begging him to forget that I ever came to see him and forget my visit altogether. I said "you saw camel, you did not see camel"....but he was not "getting off the devils donkey" ... "what headache shall I give you" I am now forced to work in the mail house with bunch of "blind, bald, height and half height" people. "Imagine how much my ass burns."
Now Mr.Hamilton, "I turn around your head" you are my only hope and my "back and shelter"...."I swear you to the 14 innocents" please "do some work for me"...."in the resurrection day I`ll grasp your skirt"...."I have six head bread eaters".....I kiss your hand and legs."
Your servant,
Ali Mokhles
Comparison Immigration Policies
If you are looking for an article comparing Australia and Canada immigration policies just drop me a line and I will send it to you asap;)
Microsoft Interviews
After having 5 phone screens and 4 face to face interviews, Microsoft guys decided not to proceed my application for a position in Seattle! why? because I am not a geek! here are some questions that I am asked for during interviews:
1) Implement malloc().
2) Implement TBST. (Threaded binary search tree)
3) Write routines to manage a heap using an existing array.
4) Add numbers in base N.
5) Some more bitwise optimization at assembly level .
...
and some riddles:
1) Given a rectangular (cuboidal for the puritans) cake with a rectangular piece removed, how would you cut the remainder of the cake into two equal halves with one straight cut of a knife?
2) Why is a manhole cover round?
3) If you had an infinite supply of water and a 5 quart and 3 quart pail, how would you measure exactly 4 quarts?
4) How to explain object oriented to your grandma!
...
bad things:
- I am P O S*** (compare to them)!
- missed free Soda!
good things:
- hate Redmond! 9 months rain!!!
- looking for another job in sunny California.
- more confident.
- proud with using my gmail account!
