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Archive for 2007

Censored in Israel?

Maybe I’m misguided, but I couldn’t find a mention of the embarrassing ambassador in any of the Israeli news sites nor in their archives. Bookmark to:

Amie St Music Store – A Very Positive Customer Service Experience

Some of you may have heard about Amie St, the online DRM-free music store that recently signed major artists (such as Barenaked Ladies, Avril Lavigne, Sarah McLachlan, Paul Van Dyk and others) to sell their music without any of the foolish DRM restrictions that the iTunes Music Store imposes on music bought there. Following the [...]

Stupidest gadget, ever.

Luckily it is just a product design and not an available product. Because anyone who buys it should not be allowed to reproduce… via Gizmodo. Bookmark to:

Melbourne again

Melbourne is a beautiful city, well laid out and relaxed. To me, Sydney was much like Los Angeles — seedy and unkempt, with some exceptions such as the Circular Quay, The Rocks area, Annandale, Sydney University and King St. in Newtown. One could enjoy touring the urban decay, but I would not like to live [...]

To be viewed in standards compliant browsers only

I’m sick of having to deal with Internet Explorer 6.0′s CSS bullshit, so from now on, this blog might look weird to anyone who hasn’t upgraded to Firefox, Opera or IE7. Bookmark to:

eMail subscriptions

You can now subscribe to get new posts by eMail, so you won’t miss an update*! Just type your eMail address in the text-box to the left and click on ‘Subscribe me!’ button below it. Update: I should have mentioned this originally, Mike of miketheman.net pointed me in the direction of the feedblitz integration. Thanks [...]

The Story of Sergey Brin

Interesting piece describing Google co-founder Sergey Brin’s life, from a slightly Jewish perspective. via Digg. Bookmark to:

Maybe this is politically incorrect, but…

An interesting article regarding a book that covers an alternative theory for global warming. I first heard about this theory by Henrik Svensmark in a lecture delivered last year by associated professor Nir J. Shaviv at the Hebrew University, you can read a very accessible article about it here. Bookmark to:

The point of diminishing returning customers

Fast-food franchies make people fat, fat people walk less, therefore more fast-food franchies have to open so they are always closer to the customer…? Bookmark to:

Changes to the blog

I’ve installed a comment notification feature for the blog which allows you to receive responses to your comments by eMail if you wish. To enable just check the checkbox when you make a comment and make sure your email address is correct. Note that naturally your email address will not be disclosed to anyone. In [...]