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 This week's anti-semitism roundup: Some Dutch fools [http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1235410694951&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull threw shoes at an Israeli] who was giving a talk.  The [http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1235410694957&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Dutch media] are slammed as anti-Israel.  The ''moderate regime of '' the [http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Articles/Article.aspx/8601 United Arab Emirates] denied a visa for {{wiki|Shahar Pe'er}}.  Canada's [http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1235410698976&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull aboriginal leader] has something against us.  And of course, the religion of peace [http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Articles/Article.aspx/8600 doesn't like us at all].  More surprising is the ongoing [http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?apage=2&cid=1233304849317&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull American vendetta against Pollard] -- 24 years in prison and counting!  ''On the same day that Jonathan Pollard was arrested , a Chinese gentleman was arrested for spying for Red China. That gentleman was released a long time ago. He committed the same kind of crime for an enemy state. Do Chinese have better status than Jews, or are all men created equal? Indeed the Americans want to use Pollard as a bargaining chip for 1967 border final status settlement or something like that. What other reason could it be? Pollard is a second Gil'ad Schalit.''
-The news here is as usual, "ups and downs". On the plus side of the ledger is some [http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1233304849323&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull excellent demographic news].  On the other hand, the former candidate for mayor of Jerusalem [http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/130162 is asking to be repatriated to Russia].  Wait, that's also good news.  The Kinneret rose about ten centimeters this week (that's good) but it needs to go up another 500 cm (that's bad!).  And of course, there are the usual selection of [http://www.nydailynews.com/opinions/2009/02/24/2009-02-24_israels_arab_citizens_deserve_better_tha.html useful idiots] with more mouth than brains.
+The news here is as usual, "ups and downs". On the plus side of the ledger is some [http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1233304849323&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull excellent demographic news].  On the other hand, the former candidate for mayor of Jerusalem [http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/130162 is asking to be repatriated to Russia].  Wait, that's also good news.  The Kinneret rose about ten centimeters this week (that's good) but it needs to go up another 500 cm (that's bad!).  And of course, there are the usual selection of [http://www.nydailynews.com/opinions/2009/02/24/2009-02-24_israels_arab_citizens_deserve_better_tha.html useful idiots] with more mouth than brains.  And of course, the [http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1235410719855&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull self-hating Jews].
 What else?  I've been fighting a cold off and on.  Esther and I got Israeli passports this week for 80 NIS cheaper than usual because we paid online (that's a good deal!).  I climbed on the roof and detached the (ugly) climbing vines from our house -- now I have to chop up the debris and put it out for the trash men.  I had to give my car back (because it was paid for by my company), so my new car is [http://www.egged.co.il/Eng/ Egged].

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	What else? I've been fighting a cold off and on. Esther and I got Israeli passports this week for 80 NIS cheaper than usual because we paid online (that's a good deal!). I climbed on the roof and detached the (ugly) climbing vines from our house -- now I have to chop up the debris and put it out for the trash men. I had to give my car back (because it was paid for by my company), so my new car is [http://www.egged.co.il/Eng/ Egged].		What else? I've been fighting a cold off and on. Esther and I got Israeli passports this week for 80 NIS cheaper than usual because we paid online (that's a good deal!). I climbed on the roof and detached the (ugly) climbing vines from our house -- now I have to chop up the debris and put it out for the trash men. I had to give my car back (because it was paid for by my company), so my new car is [http://www.egged.co.il/Eng/ Egged].
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		+	In odd news: The same [http://www.techworld.com/mobility/news/index.cfm?newsid=2342 Visto Corporation which sued Sproqit] when I worked there, and then [http://www.technewsworld.com/story/48594.html sued Good] after they brought the Sproqit developers on (including myself), has now managed to [http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9128559&intsrc=news_ts_head purchase Good] from Motorola. Which just goes to show that Microsoft-like tactics work even if you aren't Microsoft.

	Until next week,<br>		Until next week,<br>

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 Help [[tsedaka|feed the hungry]] in Israel!
-Last shabbat we had guests from one of the seminaries. They were very nice young ladies; six in all, two of whom stayed with us.  Shabbat day they were supposed to 'trade off', and two other were supposed to come to our place.  However, the weather was ''nasty'' and they got lost on their way to our place ... so they turned around and went back to where they had been staying overnight.  This shabbat we're supposed to have another strong storm (it's already started, and knocked out our power for two and a half hours).
+Last shabbat we had guests from one of the seminaries. They were very nice young ladies; six in all, two of whom stayed with us.  Shabbat day they were supposed to 'trade off', and two others were supposed to come to our place.  However, the weather was ''nasty'' and they got lost on their way to our place ... so they turned around and went back to where they had been staying overnight.  This shabbat we're supposed to have another strong storm (it's already started, and knocked out our power for two and a half hours).
-{{hebs|משנכנס אדר, מחפשים עבודה...}} In ongoing job-market upheaval: I am now ''officially'' unemployed. So if you know of a [http://www.dilbert.com/2009-02-04/ position] for a grumpy forty-something software wizard, please don't hesitate to send them [http://ronware.org/resume.pdf my resume].  I'm actually thinking of setting up shop helping people wean themselves off [http://www.eweek.com/c/a/IT-Management/Microsoft-Bungles-Severance-Asks-Laid-Off-Workers-for-Money-Back/ evil Microsoft] products and save money at the same time.  Speaking of evil MS products, a geek in Poland has managed to get Windows 3.1 [http://i.gizmodo.com/5159221/windows-31-runs-on-a-nokia-n95-creating-dangerous-ripple-in-space+time running on a Nokia N95 phone] -- the only question that comes to mind is "why?"...
+{{hebs|משנכנס אדר, מחפשים עבודה...}} In ongoing job-market upheaval: I am now ''officially'' [[Unemployment|unemployed]]. So if you know of a [http://www.dilbert.com/2009-02-04/ position] for a grumpy forty-something software wizard, please don't hesitate to send them [http://ronware.org/resume.pdf my resume].  I'm actually thinking of setting up shop helping people wean themselves off [http://www.eweek.com/c/a/IT-Management/Microsoft-Bungles-Severance-Asks-Laid-Off-Workers-for-Money-Back/ evil Microsoft] products and save money at the same time.  Speaking of evil MS products, a geek in Poland has managed to get Windows 3.1 [http://i.gizmodo.com/5159221/windows-31-runs-on-a-nokia-n95-creating-dangerous-ripple-in-space+time running on a Nokia N95 phone] -- the only question that comes to mind is "why?"...
 This week's anti-semitism roundup: Some Dutch fools [http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1235410694951&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull threw shoes at an Israeli] who was giving a talk.  The [http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1235410694957&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Dutch media] are slammed as anti-Israel.  The ''moderate regime of '' the [http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Articles/Article.aspx/8601 United Arab Emirates] denied a visa for {{wiki|Shahar Pe'er}}.  Canada's [http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1235410698976&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull aboriginal leader] has something against us.  And of course, the religion of peace [http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Articles/Article.aspx/8600 doesn't like us at all].  More surprising is the ongoing [http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?apage=2&cid=1233304849317&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull American vendetta against Pollard] -- 24 years in prison and counting!  ''On the same day that Jonathan Pollard was arrested , a Chinese gentleman was arrested for spying for Red China. That gentleman was released a long time ago. He committed the same kind of crime for an enemy state. Do Chinese have better status than Jews, or are all men created equal? Indeed the Americans want to use Pollard as a bargaining chip for 1967 border final status settlement or something like that. What other reason could it be? Pollard is a second Gil'ad Schalit.''
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 The news here is as usual, "ups and downs". On the plus side of the ledger is some [http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1233304849323&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull excellent demographic news].  On the other hand, the former candidate for mayor of Jerusalem [http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/130162 is asking to be repatriated to Russia].  Wait, that's also good news.  The Kinneret rose about ten centimeters this week (that's good) but it needs to go up another 500 cm (that's bad!).  And of course, there are the usual selection of [http://www.nydailynews.com/opinions/2009/02/24/2009-02-24_israels_arab_citizens_deserve_better_tha.html useful idiots] with more mouth than brains.
-What else?  I've been fighting a cold on and off.  Esther and I got Israeli passports this week for 80 NIS cheaper than usual because we paid online (that's a good deal!).  I climbed on the roof and detached the (ugly) climbing vines from our house -- now I have to chop up the debris and put it out for the trash men.  I had to give my car back (because it was paid for by my company), so my new car is [http://www.egged.co.il/Eng/ Egged].
+What else?  I've been fighting a cold off and on.  Esther and I got Israeli passports this week for 80 NIS cheaper than usual because we paid online (that's a good deal!).  I climbed on the roof and detached the (ugly) climbing vines from our house -- now I have to chop up the debris and put it out for the trash men.  I had to give my car back (because it was paid for by my company), so my new car is [http://www.egged.co.il/Eng/ Egged].
 Until next week,<br>

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 Last shabbat we had guests from one of the seminaries. They were very nice young ladies; six in all, two of whom stayed with us.  Shabbat day they were supposed to 'trade off', and two other were supposed to come to our place.  However, the weather was ''nasty'' and they got lost on their way to our place ... so they turned around and went back to where they had been staying overnight.  This shabbat we're supposed to have another strong storm (it's already started, and knocked out our power for two and a half hours).
-{{hebs|משנכנס אדר, מחפשים עבודה...}} In ongoing job-market upheaval: I am now ''officially'' unemployed. So if you know of a [http://www.dilbert.com/2009-02-04/ position] for a grumpy forty-something software wizard, please don't hesitate to send them [http://ronware.org/resume.pdf my resume].  I'm actually thinking of setting up shop helping people wean themselves off [http://www.eweek.com/c/a/IT-Management/Microsoft-Bungles-Severance-Asks-Laid-Off-Workers-for-Money-Back/ evil Microsoft products] and save money at the same time.  Speaking of evil MS products, a geek in Poland has managed to get Windows 3.1 [http://i.gizmodo.com/5159221/windows-31-runs-on-a-nokia-n95-creating-dangerous-ripple-in-space+time running on a Nokia N95 phone] -- the only question that comes to minds, "why?"...
+{{hebs|משנכנס אדר, מחפשים עבודה...}} In ongoing job-market upheaval: I am now ''officially'' unemployed. So if you know of a [http://www.dilbert.com/2009-02-04/ position] for a grumpy forty-something software wizard, please don't hesitate to send them [http://ronware.org/resume.pdf my resume].  I'm actually thinking of setting up shop helping people wean themselves off [http://www.eweek.com/c/a/IT-Management/Microsoft-Bungles-Severance-Asks-Laid-Off-Workers-for-Money-Back/ evil Microsoft] products and save money at the same time.  Speaking of evil MS products, a geek in Poland has managed to get Windows 3.1 [http://i.gizmodo.com/5159221/windows-31-runs-on-a-nokia-n95-creating-dangerous-ripple-in-space+time running on a Nokia N95 phone] -- the only question that comes to mind is "why?"...
-Anti-semitism:
+This week's anti-semitism roundup: Some Dutch fools [http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1235410694951&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull threw shoes at an Israeli] who was giving a talk.  The [http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1235410694957&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Dutch media] are slammed as anti-Israel.  The ''moderate regime of '' the [http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Articles/Article.aspx/8601 United Arab Emirates] denied a visa for {{wiki|Shahar Pe'er}}.  Canada's [http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1235410698976&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull aboriginal leader] has something against us.  And of course, the religion of peace [http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Articles/Article.aspx/8600 doesn't like us at all].  More surprising is the ongoing [http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?apage=2&cid=1233304849317&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull American vendetta against Pollard] -- 24 years in prison and counting!  ''On the same day that Jonathan Pollard was arrested , a Chinese gentleman was arrested for spying for Red China. That gentleman was released a long time ago. He committed the same kind of crime for an enemy state. Do Chinese have better status than Jews, or are all men created equal? Indeed the Americans want to use Pollard as a bargaining chip for 1967 border final status settlement or something like that. What other reason could it be? Pollard is a second Gil'ad Schalit.''
-Misc
+The news here is as usual, "ups and downs". On the plus side of the ledger is some [http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1233304849323&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull excellent demographic news].  On the other hand, the former candidate for mayor of Jerusalem [http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/130162 is asking to be repatriated to Russia].  Wait, that's also good news.  The Kinneret rose about ten centimeters this week (that's good) but it needs to go up another 500 cm (that's bad!).  And of course, there are the usual selection of [http://www.nydailynews.com/opinions/2009/02/24/2009-02-24_israels_arab_citizens_deserve_better_tha.html useful idiots] with more mouth than brains.
-Arab:
+What else?  I've been fighting a cold on and off.  Esther and I got Israeli passports this week for 80 NIS cheaper than usual because we paid online (that's a good deal!).  I climbed on the roof and detached the (ugly) climbing vines from our house -- now I have to chop up the debris and put it out for the trash men.  I had to give my car back (because it was paid for by my company), so my new car is [http://www.egged.co.il/Eng/ Egged].
 Until next week,<br>

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 Help [[tsedaka|feed the hungry]] in Israel!
-* This shabbat we'll have guests from one of the seminaries.  We'll report how that went, B"H next week.
+Last shabbat we had guests from one of the seminaries. They were very nice young ladies; six in all, two of whom stayed with us.  Shabbat day they were supposed to 'trade off', and two other were supposed to come to our place.  However, the weather was ''nasty'' and they got lost on their way to our place ... so they turned around and went back to where they had been staying overnight.  This shabbat we're supposed to have another strong storm (it's already started, and knocked out our power for two and a half hours).
-Microsoft:
+{{hebs|משנכנס אדר, מחפשים עבודה...}} In ongoing job-market upheaval: I am now ''officially'' unemployed. So if you know of a [http://www.dilbert.com/2009-02-04/ position] for a grumpy forty-something software wizard, please don't hesitate to send them [http://ronware.org/resume.pdf my resume].  I'm actually thinking of setting up shop helping people wean themselves off [http://www.eweek.com/c/a/IT-Management/Microsoft-Bungles-Severance-Asks-Laid-Off-Workers-for-Money-Back/ evil Microsoft products] and save money at the same time.  Speaking of evil MS products, a geek in Poland has managed to get Windows 3.1 [http://i.gizmodo.com/5159221/windows-31-runs-on-a-nokia-n95-creating-dangerous-ripple-in-space+time running on a Nokia N95 phone] -- the only question that comes to minds, "why?"...
 Anti-semitism:
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 * [http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123543023154353525.html need a car?]
 * America: [http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1235410694225&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull look behind you]!
 * [http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/130162 Gaydamak is a turd]

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 * America: [http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1235410694225&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull look behind you]!
 * A Polish geek has [http://i.gizmodo.com/5159221/windows-31-runs-on-a-nokia-n95-creating-dangerous-ripple-in-space+time Windows 3.1 running on a Nokia N95 phone].
 Arab:

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 * The [http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Articles/Article.aspx/8601 UAE] is not alone, just honest
 * [http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Articles/Article.aspx/8600 Muslim love]
 Misc