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  • NG: Don’t know the film, but if you still haven’t gotten Advil by mid-April, let me know.
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  • Eric: The reason people arrive early to get into Costco when it opens, I believe, is because they run restaurants or...
  • NG: You can of course do the open collar, as long as you’re wearing something under it or over it.
  • Vicki: I love the Israeli dress code. I wish I were a guy just so I could do the open collar.

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@natges

    America in 140 characters or fewer

    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 [...]

    Just give me gas

    Tuesday: I returned home from vacation and, without delay, went grocery shopping and cooked meals in advance so I could prepare them for dinners in the coming days.

    Wednesday: In the middle of preparing my dinner, the gas went out. Damn it. I called the gas company, Paz Gaz (that’s right, English speakers, an Israeli gas [...]

    Amazon: Customer Service Purgatory

    Well, while I was still busy struggling with the Iomega Customer Service morons, I turned my attention to approaching Amazon. Since Amazon sold me the hard drive and Jordan from Iomega kept telling me I needed to contact the reseller, I figured it was worth a shot.

    Here’s what I wrote to them on 6 November:

    Hi, [...]

    Iomega: Customer Service Purgatory

    Customer Service Hell is an experience familiar to anyone from a civilized country who’s come to live in a decivilized or not-yet-civilized one. Israel in particular is home to several monopolistic companies that are fond of abusing their customers in the most heinous ways. Lately, however, I have been subjected to the awful and disorienting [...]

    PictureSync help has arrived!

    Almost immediately after writing here about my problem with PIctureSync, I got an email back telling me that the issue was caused by Apple’s hated and buggy OS 10.5.6 update, and that I should check PictureSync for updates and then restart the program. I thought I’d already checked for updates, but I did as instructed [...]

    PictureSync problem

    Is anyone out there familiar with PictureSync? It’s a small program that I use to upload pictures directly from iPhoto to Facebook albums and to my photo gallery.

    I’ve been having a problem with it recently – for some reason, it’s not letting me use my Gallery account, giving me the following error message: “No Privileges: [...]

    America, part 2: endorsements

    For travel between Manhattan and the DC suburbs: I endorse Tripper Bus. Having previously used Greyhound, all the Chinese companies operating from under the Manhattan Bridge, and Vamoose, as well as Amtrak and some of the airlines, without hesitation my one-way trip to Bethesda via Tripper was the most comfortable voyage I’ve taken from New [...]

    America, part 1: at a glance

    Ever wondered what I do when I go to America? So have I. Here’s a step-by-step breakdown of how I spent my winter vacation.

    Day 1: JFK, Reagan, AT&T, T-Mobile, Chipotle, Costco, CVS, Lenscrafters, chicken tenders, cookies, Benny Lava

    Day 2: pancakes, online glasses shopping, Kohl’s, Popeye’s, Goodwill, AT&T, Buca di Beppo

    Day 3: Costco, Pizza Hut, At&t, [...]

    the cost of things: eye exams

    the cost of an eye exam to satisfy the government’s requirement for getting a driver’s license: NIS 35

    the cost of an eye exam if you’re not getting a driver’s license: NIS 50

    the cost of an eye exam if you’re not getting a driver’s license and subsequently buy a pair of glasses from the store whose [...]

    Oh, Psychics!

    All former Kasambans and employees of TCFKAK (The Company Formerly Known As Kasamba) are going to love this article about how psychics’ business has improved during the recession, featuring an interview with the company’s CEO.

    It’s too bad they didn’t ask him why the stock is down so much – I happen to think it’s underpriced [...]