Amsterdam-Paris 19-22Aug06
http://www.flickr.com/photos/raminam/sets/72157594268981776/

Milan-Florence- Siena 22-25Aug06
http://www.flickr.com/photos/raminam/sets/72157594273020118/

Venice-AMS 25-27Aug06
http://www.flickr.com/photos/raminam/sets/72157594273048880/

New Haven, CT: Dec 30, 2006

Williamsburg, VA: Des 31st, 2005- Jan 1st, 2006

Washington, DC : Jan 1st, 2006

are here:
200511- Toronto Nov 26
and here:
200511- Toronto Nov 25
and here:
200511- Toronto Nov 24

Ramin Amini
Objective
To further my career in computer software with a position that utilizes my existing skills and provides opportunities to enhance my career goals and advance my technical knowledge.

Professional Experience

October 2007 - Present      Yahoo Inc.
Senior QA Engineer
- White box testing and automation on the following products:
-- Y! Toolbars
-- My Yahoo!

August 2005- October 2007 Ask.com (IAC Search & Media)
Senior QA Software Engineer
-Test Development and Automation
--Ask Desktop Search and Toolbars

March 2003- August 2005 Linport LLC San Jose, CA
Software Engineer
-Member of engineering team responsible for the design and development of power management software for Linux portable machines.
Responsibilities include:
--Design, debug and test applications, analyze performance and provide quality assurance for multiple environments, including word processing, games and multimedia interactions.
--Execute load testing and benchmarks, write test scripts for automated testing, and troubleshoot performance problems.
--Create test plans, maintain the test environment, write test scripts, document issues and test user interface and functionality.

1997- March 2003 Phoenix Technologies, Ltd. San Jose, CA
Senior Engineer
--Member of Firmware Platforms and Appliance Products Engineering team, responsible for a Visual Basic program called FirstView Designer that created graphical user interfaces (GUI) for a Linux-based Internet browser. Also responsible for the back-end customization of the C++/Java browser code.
--Designed and developed FirstWare Builder and FirstWare CD Recovery, two utilities written in C++, C and Assembly language which created and duplicated HPA's (Host Protected Areas) on Hard Disks allowing for data storage and installation of applications in the protected areas.
--Developed and maintained Psetup (PARTIES setup utility) for Protected Area Run Time Interface Extension Services.
--Performed code reviews and added new features to PCDIAG, a Phoenix system diagnostic program written in C++.
--Developed and maintained Phdisk for DOS a Phoenix utility that created a Save-to-Disk partition or file on Hard Disks. Also maintained the Windows version of that product.
--Developed and designed the Intranet site for Phoenix San Jose Product Development team.
--Wrote various white papers and performed scientific research including a research in 1998 on CPU throttling and its impact on the battery consumption of laptops.
--Performed power management benchmarks on various laptops such as Toshiba, Fujitsu and Hitachi.
--Evaluated capabilities of Phoenix ACPI BIOS and other Phoenix products to extend battery life in different OS environments (Windows 98, 95& NT).
--Developed and wrote test scripts to execute test strategies. Presented test methodology to Engineering and Marketing Managers and performed statistical analysis of tests and procedures.

1996-1997 Global Home Inc. Los Angeles, CA
Database Administrator
--Analyzed, developed and maintained marketing/accounting databases using SQL systems.
--Maintained local and wide area networks including related software and hardware.
--Trained staff on PC applications, problem recognition & diagnostics.

1994-1996 Tissurama Industries, Inc. Los Angeles, CA
System Administrator
--Analyzed & implemented computer systems to support the database, networking, and business applications.
--Provided product support to user groups involved in implementation of the new applications.
--Maintained computer software and hardware.

Education
1999-2002 San Jose State University San Jose, CA
BSCS, Bachelor of Science in Computer Science.
1987-1991 National University of Tehran
B.A., Bachelor of Arts in English Literature

Interests
Web design and creative writing.

References
Available upon request.

خلاصه از وقتی قرار شده شرکت محترم ما، آقای"جيوز" (بر وزن ديو+ز) را مرخص کند، يک عده آدم بی‌کار پيش‌نهاد هايشان را فرستاده‌اند اين‌جا. صفحه البته خيلی سنگين است و دير باز می‌شود (اگر باز بشود) ولی من يکی از آن‌ها را همين‌جا می‌آورم تا ذهنتان باز شود و اگر چیزی به فکرتان رسید بفرستید...خوشحال می شوند!

A relative, three weeks ago, asked me at a wedding party if I had seen "Flashdance":
"Why, of course", I replied.
This movie was actually a part of our multi-dimensional existence in the 80's.
"You look a bit like Michael Nouri", she said.
"Was he the bad man in the movie?!" I asked naughtily, not quite remembering who Michael Nouri was.

"Bravo", today, was showing Flashdance and I watched the second half of it so eagerly.
The girl actually looked a bit like a friend that I had in college. A friend who had a lot of passion for dancing.

I miss my college days very much.

BBC Persian has a very nice report (in Persian of course ;) about an Iranian Photographer's studio in Toronto, Canada.
The picture above, published on the report, shows a girl who's having a passport photo taken for her (Islamic Republic) Iranian passport.
The black bar on the girl's eyes is from BBC, so she wouldn't be identified. If this picture were not on a prestigious site like BBC, I would have said it was a staged photograph, but I'm afraid it is not.
A western look, a religious government whose rules we have to abide by if we want to visit our birthplace, and a black bar on our eyes that protects us and makes us look like criminals at the same time.

عکس: وبلاگ اسپيد
متن: وبلاگ سيبستان

متنِ کامل

اکبر گنجی زندان اوین ١٩/٠٤/١٣٨٤

http://www.iranian.com/PhotoDay/2005/July/h1.html

End Persecution of Peaceful Critics - Human Rights Watch


human rights

This year's 4th of July long-vacation memory:
Haris Alexiou's deep, throaty voice is the lynchpin that glues traditional Greek music with modern pop sensibilities.
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A friend called me yesterday from Sydney, Australia for a little chat about jobs, marital status and so on, but he was clearly burning with a not-so-comfortable question that finally came out hesitantly:
"Did you vote?”
"Hell No!", I replied.
The day before yesterday, Iranians went to the polls to elect a new president.
Actually, a body of six theologians appointed by the Supreme Leader and six jurists nominated by the judiciary and approved by parliament, has the power to bar candidates from standing in elections (see this page ), then the filtered candidates can run for president and people are always encouraged to participate in elections.
Don’t you love this kind of democracy?
My friend was saying that political change had always been very slow and arduous. “Would 80 years suffice for a democratic change in a political system?” I said. Then we agreed that we had to get involved in some kind of changing people’s intellectual culture, instead. I said “yeah, I have always been into that”, remembering my trip to Tehran two years ago. Then and there, the pretty girls that I met were all into some sort of intellectual act, like writing poems, translating literary works, and talking mysticism. So when I rented a nice apartment in a decent neighborhood in Tehran for two months, I started asking the girls to come over for a coffee and some “cultural activity”.
They all laughed!
The dot, by the way, in blo.gs in the title of this entry, is not a typo. http://www.blo.gs , a weblog ping service that endears me most to blogrolling, was acquired by Yahoo last week. This is good news folks, good news!

"December 1963 (Oh, What A Night)": Billy Joel
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(Originally recorded by The Four Seasons)
BOB GAUDIO
JUDY PARKER
Oh, what a night
Late December back in sixty-three
What a very special time for me
As I remember what a night.
Oh, what a night
You know I didn't even know her name
But I was never gonna be the same
What a lady, what a night.
Oh I, I got a funny feelin' when she walked in the room
Yeah my, as I recall it ended much too soon.
Oh, what a night
Hypnotizin', mesmerizing me
She was ev'rything I dreamed she'd be
Sweet surrender, what a night.
I felt a rush like a rollin' ball of thunder
Spinnin' my head around 'n' takin' my body under
Oh what a night.
Oh I, I got a funny feelin' when she walked in the room
Yeah my, as I recall it ended much too soon.
Oh what a night, why'd it take so long to see the light
Seemed so wrong, but now it seems so right
What a lady, what a night.
Oh, I felt a rush like a rollin' ball of thunder
Spinnin' my head around 'n' takin' my body under
Oh what a night (do do do do do, do do do do do)
Oh what a night (do do do do do, do do do do do)
Oh what a night (do do do do do, do do do do do)
Oh what a night (do do do do do, do do do do do).