Miscellaneous Debris – Archive

But in black. And 512Mb. Fun ensues.

On another note, it’s good to be reading again. Haven’t done that (as opposed to RE-reading) for a while.

Just finished Douglas Coupland‘s “Hey Nostradamus!”. The fourth book of his I’ve read – his first, “Generation X”, was nice but didn’t take you anywhere. “Shampoo Planet”, his second, I never did quite finish – got bored. “Microserfs” was the first Coupland I’ve read, and I think it’s wonderful – Coupland is always in search […]

The Dizengoff Center’s moving up its image for the tech-savvy shopper. 1) WiFi coverage of the entire premises now. Any coffeeshop or restaurant can give you today’s password, and you can connect freely. 2) I saw a coin-operated printing machine. You put the money, copy the pictures into the computer and print it out. It […]

סוף שבוע הבא, בבארבי בת”א. 50 ש”ח. מי בא?

Quickest way to make friends in a Liberal Arts class – bring a Laptop. Before the first week is out you’ll have people asking you to copy them your class notes, send the PDF copies of the textbooks, and inquire as to the software you’re using to take notes. Girls have been physically falling over themselves […]

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Espresso machine seems to be working. Struggling artist – 0. Bourgeois pig – 1.

After a long while of it being away, I’ve finally connected my beloved old keyboard at home. This keyboard is a classic – big, heavy, bouncy and noisy. An actual physical joy to type. And to top it off, all its buttons have been removed and replaced, resulting in a singularly baffling (and offensive) computer-typing […]

I’m looking for a new MP3 player, since I managed to break my old one. My demands, I feel, aren’t the excessive. 512MB of Flash RAM, can play MP3 and WMA (I don’t really expect OGG support), and a USB2.0 connection. Is that so hard to find? I’ve searched the auction/group-sale sites. They all have […]