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| − | It was ''really'' difficult to return to work after having a week off, but since they continue to pay me, I figured I should show up again. The bosses gave me the first three days of the week to dedicate solely to getting our product up and running on Linux -- which I did. As part of that effort, they forbade anyone bothering me -- which was heaven on Earth! But alas, come Wednesday I was back to working mostly on "production" issues, so it was essentially back to the regular grind.
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| − | The surgeon who operated on Esther gave her a clean bill of health. So even though she still has discomfort and some pain, she is 90% back-to-normal. It's the last 10% that takes the most time (just as it does in programming).
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| − | We went to the ''shuq'' this morning to get some good things for shabbat -- nice cheese, nuts, olives and wine. Speaking of olives: the ones I put up from our trees are ok. A little too bitter for my taste -- next year I'll let them ripen more on the tree before picking them -- but good. Esther and Sarah like them, so that's a good thing.
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| − | * Updated my [[vim|Windows port of ''vim'']] with feedback from my brother
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| − | * Updated [[zemanim]] to allow changing the values used to determine 'dawn' and 'dusk', among other things
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| − | * Finally figured out how to get [http://www.kde.org/ KDE] to switch keyboard layouts using just the keyboard
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| − | The weather is going to be a beastly hot 37C (98F) here this shabbat. I think winter is not quite "just around the corner"; or perhaps we're just making up for having had a mild summer. In any case, need to make sure we have plenty of cold water in the 'fridge!
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| − | I keep getting asked about how we came to move to Israel. So I've updated my [[aliyah|aliyah page]] a bit. Please go there first if you want to understand ''why'' we moved. I've also been asked about how we came to be "religious"... and so, I hope to put up another page explaining that as best I can. I'll keep you posted...
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| − | Even before the ludicrous awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to Obama, SNL (not exactly a bastion of right-wing ideology) did a spoof with the theme that [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mMR9Ztva58 Obama has done nothing whatsoever]. But just to prove that there are people with no sense of humor at all, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7x-dzXVcOw&feature=related CNN investigated the jokes for accuracy].
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| − | Not precisely related, but this week an [http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1254861911521&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Israeli woman] won the Nobel prize in chemistry. The funny thing about it is that she's (apparently) brilliant in chemistry, but too stupid to keep her mouth shut about things she has no understanding of. And to think, it was only this past Monday my ''chevruta'' Fred and I were talking about just that concept (e.g. people discoursing on things about which they know nothing).
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