Category Archives: technology

10 Years? Felt like 10 minutes!

Just had a fabulous dinner (at Bahama Breeze, in case you’re keeping track; excellent jerk-painted tilapia and terrific chocolate desserts) with Cousins Marc & Lynn and their boys who, conveniently enough for us this weekend, live in Orlando. Last time … Continue reading

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Movie review: 28 Weeks Later

Very briefly, because I don’t want to spend too much time thinking about this movie: Scariest movie I’ve seen in years, possibly ever. Not only in the jump-out-of-your-seat scary, although it has enough of those moments, but more of the … Continue reading

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Professional development/putting myself out there

Last week I participated in an IT Careers Panel organized by our colleagues across town at the UCSD Career Services Center. There were three other panelists (all UCSD alums), and a whopping TWO students attended. So, yeah, it wasn’t a … Continue reading

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Holiday wish list

Dear Santa/Hannukah Harry (can’t be too safe), I think I’ve been pretty good this year. Here’s my entirely unrealistic, pie-in-the-sky, lottery-winner’s gift list, in no particular order: Crosley Director Record Player/CD Recorder (Target exclusive, on sale now!) iPod Touch 16GB … Continue reading

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Yay! Another easy way to reduce waste

Catalog Choice is an awesome site where you can sign up to opt out of getting all those junk catalogs you don’t need in your snail mail. This is very much on my mind, as we just got TWO copies … Continue reading

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Two things that could change the world

1. I’m on Rabbi David Wolpe‘s weekly d’var Torah email list. He can say more with fewer words than almost anyone I’ve ever met. Anyway, a few days ago I received a special message from him: Below is a mitzvah … Continue reading

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Playing around online

My buddy Avraham has provided a lot of great intellectual (kosher) meat for me to chew on ever since we met in grad school way back around the turn of the 21st century (can you believe it’s been that long, … Continue reading

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Another worthy webcomic

Technically, Last Kiss is also a traditional comic, since it appears weekly in the Seattle Times, but John Lustig deserves the recognition anyway. He also distributes bonus strips via his email list, and his “gimmick,” if I may call it … Continue reading

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Linking, reading, commenting, calendaring, working, relaxing

I have to go back to my webcomics post from the other day to add links. I have to let my family and friends know I’m updating the blog regularly and I’d appreciate it if I got some readers and … Continue reading

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Movie review: Spider-Man 3

1. CGI, fight scenes, SPFX, etc.: Awesome. 2. Dialogue: Are you serious? 3. Length: Holy crap, is this still on?! Could have been shorter by 45 minutes, easy. Overall: B- Up next: Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (I’m … Continue reading

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