Video: NBC News Today Show Broadcast From Tehran

Video: Tell Me Why - Declan Galbraith

His voice is amazing.

BlackBerry Pearl Goes Farsi!

At last! The new T-Mobile upgrade for BlackBerry Pearl (4.2.1.107) adds Arabic to the list of supported languages. Since Farsi and Arabic scripts are very similar, I can read the comments from Didigoftam Weblog on my Blackberry. Fantastic! ... Well, except for the fact that I don't get that many comments in my Didigoftam weblog.

Although my fellow Persians don't want to admit it, we owe our Arab neighbors a lot for invading us and changing our script. Do you really think RIM would add Persian Cuneiform to the list of supported languages?

NewScientist.com: Childhood TV viewing linked to teen attention problems

NewScientist.com reports that:

Watching television more than two hours a day early in life can lead to attention problems later in adolescence, according to a large long-term study.

The roughly 40% increase in attention problems among "heavy" TV viewers was observed in both boys and girls, and was independent of whether a diagnosis of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder was made prior to adolescence. (read more)

Now I know why I have a short attention span. I mean I don't remember watching TV all the time when I was young, and there were not as much jumps and cuts in the movies and TV programs in the old days, but still I'm glad that I realized where my problem is originated from. I promise that I'm never going to watch TV again... maybe only HBO, because they claim it's not TV!