On The Margins(Masood Mortazavi)Experimenting with New Ink- March 29, 2008 Once, when I was 7 or 8, I received two lessons from a master Persian calligrapher, a Mr. Foradi, in Tehran. Mr. Foradi used to be on contract at my fathers' advertising and design firm. In the first lesson, he taught me how to hold the pen, how to ink its tip, and how to cushion the thin calligraphy paper. He then asked me to write, 100 times in a neat row: "A Man's Virtue is Far Better than His Post and Wealth"a piece from a 1000 year old Persian poem. . It is...http://blogs.sun.com/MortazaviBlog/entry/experimenting_with_new_ink A Suggestion for Skype- March 26, 2008 Although there are scripts that can be used to have Skype call a particular number at a particular timeacting as some kind of an alarmit would be great if Skype adds a time and alarm feature with time zone capabilities. I've personally used Skype to join global teleconferences from the U.S., India, Norway and Germany, and this feature would be very useful to me. (Perhaps, such a component already exists. If so, please leave a comment and let me know.)http://blogs.sun.com/MortazaviBlog/entry/a_suggestion_for_skype A Solution!- March 25, 2008 Here's a "solution" from Ariel:http://blogs.sun.com/MortazaviBlog/entry/a_solution |