Family

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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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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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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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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i can haz iphone?

כ"ח בסיון ה'תשס"ט (June 20, 2009) Family

Since my father, after wavering for about a year while he didn’t really want one, has gotten an iPhone, all four members of my family now have smartphones. Let the terror commence.

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