... Because I feel it neccessary. Anyone currently aware of the political situation in Iran at this current moment knows that, to put it mildly, things are not going well in the aftermath of the presidential election.

Not that long ago, I helped, from a technical standpoint, a video-conference-lecture take place with architectural students in the university in Tehran. My collegue on the other end, sent two emails to me earlier today, along with what looked like much of his address book, or as much as he could. These are printed below.

Firstly:

"Dear Friends,

Please view these photos to have an idea what's happening to us. The media coverage is not comparable to facts on the ground.
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/06/irans_disputed_election.html "


And, several hours later, I recieved this:

"Dear friends,

We are cut off from the world. This time for good. The only thing which is left is a very slow internet connection that does not allow downloading or uploading films or large images. Many websites are blocked, including BBC World, BBC Persian, Deutsche Welle, Facebook, Tuiter, Independent, you name it. Satellite channels such as BBC Persian are also blocked. We're fighting in streets, in universities, on emails and phone calls. SMS messaging is disabled. Mobile phones don't work in demonstration zones. All we hear from the West, is congratulation to Ahmadinejhad from Russia, China, etc. Even Robert Fisk who was in Tehran, and I only got to read him on a mirror site, doubts whether there has been a fraud. This is so humiliating. What I sent you in the previous email, is what we see everyday in streets, everywhere. And in all cities that I've heard of. My friend was beaten on the head with electric baton in front of my eyes two days ago.
After millions of people marched in Tehran yesterday (and how those The Guardian dare to say it was thousands) and arranged to meet up this afternoon, we have news from mouth to mouth or through mobile phones, not to attend the demonstration today for they are planning a vast massacre. This is somewhat confirmed by Moosavi's official website. Nobody knows what to believe. They're pushing the whole country into aggression. They're looking forward to dead bodies. More than what they've got already. They shut yesterday into a crowed that had done its best (and I just couldn't believe this) to make the demonstration as peaceful as possible. They're crushing us down through information management.

It's more horrible than Lebanon or Palestine. We deserve to be heard.

Don't believe what you hear! Don't let us down! They're destroying us. "

Not a chain letter, or one passed on, but directly to me. So I do what I feel I have to do.

My Heart, and the best wishes of luck, goes out to all involved.

Someone, somewhere, decided that the BBC iplayer wasn't awesome enough.
So they did this: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7338344.stm

Yes, that's right, they're bringing it to the Wii. Huzzah!

Incidentally, for those of you viewing this post, wondering where all the others have gone: for some very good reasons, pretty much everything is now friends locked. If you want to be able to view it, well, you need to be friendly :)