America

iPhone: The First International Phone

י"ב באלול ה'תש"ע (August 22, 2010) Aliyah

Since moving to Israel in 2004, I’ve purchased two new mobile phones. The first was a Sony Ericsson T630 that I bought from a shop on Jerusalem’s Ben Yehuda Street in early 2005. The second was a first generation iPhone that I bought in America in early 2008. My reason for buying the first phone [...]

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Baby names

כ"א באב ה'תש"ע (August 1, 2010) America

I’m not sure whether it’s because I always considered my name, Nathan, to be a little out of the ordinary for my generation (baby boom echo), but is it weird that baby names and how they’re chosen have long interested me? I came across this US government database of popular baby names by state recently, [...]

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George Steinbrenner

ב' באב ה'תש"ע (July 13, 2010) America

A Yankees fan and former New Yorker shares his thoughts on the death of George Steinbrenner.

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IB Program

כ"ב בתמוז ה'תש"ע (July 4, 2010) America

I did the International Baccalaureate program for high school and graduated with an IB diploma. The New York Times has an an article about IB and that is awesome, since I’ve spent the past 11 years surrounded by people who have no idea what the IB program is and who don’t give a damn about [...]

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Goodbye Volvo

י"ח בתמוז ה'תש"ע (June 30, 2010) America

This is my parents’ white Volvo 850, which they’ve just sold. It’s one of only five or six cars that I’ve ever driven in my life, including some cars I drove only one or two times while I was learning how to drive and getting my licenses, and it’s one of only two cars that [...]

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10 Reasons NOT to Delete Your Facebook Account

כ"א באייר ה'תש"ע (May 5, 2010) Aliyah

If you’re in the habit of following these things, you’ve by no doubt now read Dan Yoder’s 10 Reasons to Delete Your Facebook Account. I’ve seen it posted in six or seven places in just the past few hours. Unfortunately, it makes less and less sense every time I skim it. For the following reasons [...]

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Brian Betts

י' באייר ה'תש"ע (April 24, 2010) America

What’s the lowest form of life that exists? I don’t know if middle school gym teachers are actually the lowest, but they are definitely lower than slugs (perhaps higher than single-celled organisms). Brian Betts, however, was a very stark exception. I remember him at Redland Middle School in the early 1990s as a pretty decent [...]

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Do you like models?

ט"ז בניסן ה'תש"ע (March 31, 2010) America

Only ridiculously hot international supermodels? Well, my brother has built one just like that, and he calls it the UVA Mini Bay Game. Check it out! Update: I understand that the UVA Mini Bay Game has been taken down due to a trademark or copyright issue, though I can’t see how it would have been [...]

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Tel Aviv Apartment: 31 Remez Street

כ"ב באדר ה'תש"ע (March 8, 2010) America

I went to see an apartment last Friday afternoon. It wasn’t really in my preferred neighborhood, but when I got there, I really liked it. The size and layout were just right, and I could definitely see myself putting a lot of work into it and staying for a long time. I tried to appeal [...]

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America in 140 characters or fewer

ו' באדר ה'תש"ע (February 20, 2010) America

Last month I went to visit America for a couple weeks and I recorded the entire trip on the Twitter. Here are all my tweets, from the minute my vacation began to when I got back home. Sorry they’re in reverse order – I can’t find a tool that will export them from first to [...]

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