Israel

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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Hebrew in Office for Mac

י"א באלול ה'תש"ע (August 21, 2010) Computer

Mac users in Israel, and probably in many other countries, have long experienced befuddlement and frustration to find that the Mac version of Microsoft’s market-dominating Office suite doesn’t support right-to-left languages like Hebrew, Arabic or Farsi. Now it’s clear that even the next version, Office for Mac 2011, won’t support right-to-left languages. Over the years, [...]

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I missed peach season!

כ' בתמוז ה'תש"ע (July 2, 2010) Food

In Israel, most fruits are available only in season. I understand that this is due to how small our country is and how expensive it would be to import fruits all year long, but damn, it’s extremely annoying. I don’t have freezer space to store all the strawberries I want to eat from about March, [...]

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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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FMTLVA

ט' באייר ה'תש"ע (April 23, 2010) Apartment

The website I built for my apartment search, Find My Tel Aviv Apartment, is the subject of an article in the weekend section of TheMarker (Haaretz business section) called איך מוצאים דירה בפייסבוק (How do we find an apartment on Facebook). That’s pretty cool! The Facebook line is a reference to the Facebook ads I’m [...]

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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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Shirt Collars

כ"ד בשבט ה'תש"ע (February 8, 2010) America

If nerd packs and belt hangdowns instantly imply prole leanings, there are other signs almost as clear. When you’re wearing a shirt with a sweater or jacket over it but omitting a necktie, what do you do with the shirt collar? Keeping all of it inside both sweater and jacket is upper- or upper-middle-class, partly, [...]

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Just give me gas

ט"ו בשבט ה'תש"ע (January 30, 2010) Customer Service

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 [...]

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Ezra in a Cave

י"ט בכסלו ה'תש"ע (December 6, 2009) Friends

I took this picture in 2001. We were in a cave and through a hole in the ceiling (ground level) light came in and illuminated just a small area. Ezra was standing in it, so I snapped this shot by reading the light meter from the lit area, but standing far back in the unlit [...]

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