Status update

A colleague reminded me that it's been over 5 months since the last time I posted something on this blog. I never really have been a blog person, and most likely never will be. Writing a blog post is hard enough in itself, let alone writing it in your non-native language, and things are not that much better in my other blog which is actually in my native language.

What kept me from writing something recently is by no means a secret. I bet most of you have heard about Iran's tenth presidential election which was held in June, and its aftermath. It's not something you want to be part of, or even to observe. In my childhood, Iran was in a war with Iraq ... I barely remember anything from that time, but I could tell what happened in recent months here in Iran (and mostly in Tehran) was worse than the war. War with Iraq ... it was sad, but it was all about militaries, about foreigners, but not compatriots killing each other. Let me tell you, nothing is worse than seeing a 16 years old plainclothes boy (which is of course authorized by governor) hitting people with a baton.

And I'd like to thank everyone in the community which I'm proud to be part of, the PHP community (and PEAR folks in particular). Great guys like Daniel O'Connor, Christian Weiske, Chuck Burgress, Brett Bieber (which unsurprisingly are all elected again to be part of PEAR group for 2009 and 2010) and ... I just could say, Thanks for showing concern and suggesting ways to support.