Araz Gholami

The appendix is a body organ considered vestigial. vestigial means something that used to be useful but isn’t anymore. like a piece of clothing that once fit but no longer does—you either throw it away or give it to someone else. or like selling fuel in winter. in life, many things become vestigi... Read All

In november 2002, the world wide web consortium proposed owl as a semantic markup language for publishing and sharing web ontologies. owl is based on rdf and derived from daml+oil. it is one of the semantic markup languages that uses clear and formal definitions of classes, instances, and relationsh... Read All

When september arrives, a sweet and strange feeling takes over me. i don’t have a name for it, so i just call it the september feeling. this sensation is amplified by other things too, like this yanni song performed in las vegas—especially that amazing violin part. or country music and the sweet vib... Read All

Have you heard the saying, "they lie in a way that makes you feel like you can't not believe them"? selfish people use this technique a lot. let me give a few examples: when you know that in a conversation, six out of every five words they say are lies, but you still can’t end the interact... Read All

After five months since returning to iran, and all the countless events that have happened during this time, i feel somewhat stable. i ended a tense relationship with the help of my mom and a dear friend, and i’ve regretted hundreds of times how such a long period of my life was influenced by that s... Read All

When life feels dull, overwhelming, or unsatisfying, here’s a powerful antidote: gratitude. but not just vague appreciation—focus on what you have that billions of others might lack. it’s a perspective shift that can bring instant clarity and contentment. let’s break it down. 1. health think about... Read All

Back in 1976, bill joy created vi for the unix operating system. the name comes from the first two letters of visual, which makes sense. before vi, people used ex, a line editor, which was itself an upgrade from an even older tool, ed, built by ken thompson in 1971. why “visual”? because back... Read All

Ever since i could walk, i thought i had an introverted personality. i avoided interacting with people, and many of the activities my peers enjoyed seemed ridiculous to me. naturally, because i was introverted. right? wrong. i wasn’t introverted. not then, not now. none of the traits typically assoc... Read All

Yesterday, because i didn’t know where the extra blankets were (plus their small size), i froze all night. the morning passed with breakfast and enjoyable silence, leading up to work discussions that didn’t reach the desired outcome. i also had the privilege of witnessing ali prepare dough for br... Read All

Zarkhesht is an incredibly beautiful place. it’s neither dry, soulless, and purposeless like modern villas nor dilapidated and uncomfortable like old rural homes. every brick seems to hold an idea for its uniqueness (the “zar”). from its mostly wooden architecture to the circular environment with it... Read All

May 14, 2020, zarkhesht (1) | meeting ali sekhavati a few weeks earlier, i had told ali sekhavati that i was very interested in seeing zarkhesht. following his own trip there, he accepted my request and invited me. it seemed like a simple trip, but little did i know that my mouth would be thoroug... Read All

I’ve had my issues with ubuntu for a long time, but after trying many other distributions, it unfortunately remains my first choice if you don’t want to deal with the thousand-and-one problems of other distros. from non-working shortcut keys when your keyboard language isn’t english on deepin, to mi... Read All