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Only loan money to people that can pay it back
I found this quote in the article, “Worried Banks Sharply Reduce Business Loans,” from the NY Times today: “Mr. Epstein, forced to limit his production to what he can finance with his existing cash flow supplemented by his own money, has been tightening credit himself: He has been turning down orders from companies with any […]
July 27th, 2008 by alephnaught
Leopard upgrade so far
I performed my upgrade to Apple Leopard on Friday, July 25, 2008. I did an in-place upgrade, not a clean reinstall. And its been pretty good so far. I had to download and install the latest developer tools. Then I had to download and install the latest driver for my HP OfficeJet (a 7210 – […]
July 25th, 2008 by alephnaught
Tamiya motorized forklift kit
I won a Revell Rat Fink model kit on eBay, and needed glue and primer to assemble it. So, after picking up a couple paintings Aviva did to apply to a local co-op gallery, I went to Kit Kraft, a neat hobby shop on Ventura Place in Studio City. They carry many of the Tamiya […]
July 20th, 2008 by alephnaught
Tolerance
This morning I read a short article in the NY Times that got me thinking again about tolerance, “At the Intersection of Synagogue and Boardwalk, a Feud.” The author writes about the last Synagogue on Venice Beach, which is next to a store that sells tee shirts, string bikinis and undergarments; apparently there have been […]
July 16th, 2008 by alephnaught
Daedalus: Part One of Two (Star Trek: Enterprise)
Title: Daedalus: Part One of Two (Star Trek: Enterprise) Author: Dave Stern Mass Market Paperback: 344 pages Publisher: Star Trek (October 1, 2003) Language: English ISBN-10: 0743471180 ISBN-13: 978-0743471183 Another fun read, this book uses a typical Star Trek construct, the alternative universe. The neat part is the appearance of people from the past of […]
July 15th, 2008 by alephnaught
Taking a look at atomserver
I read the XML Daily Newslink, and saw the following reference: AtomServer Helps Serve Up AtomPub Taylor Cowan, O’Reilly Technical The most interesting development within the XML world of late is AtomPub. It abstracts the details (however simple they may be) of REST and provides them in a well specified protocol. Instead of writing home […]
July 15th, 2008 by alephnaught
U.S. criminal law and blogging
Just finished reading the N.Y. Times article, “At the Uneasy Intersection of Bloggers and the Law.” For those of you blogging in the US, you should read this article. It talks about a recent attempt to gather the real identities of people blogging anonymously, without their knowledge. The subpoena said that anyone disclosing information about […]
July 14th, 2008 by alephnaught
Tattoos can be kosher
Aviva pointed out an interesting article in the NY Times on Jews and tattoos, “For Some Jews, It Only Sounds Like ‘Taboo’.” Since I got my tattoo, I’ve been thinking about what effect that might have on my post-death options, so this article helped; for example: “The eight rabbinical scholars interviewed for this article, from […]
July 12th, 2008 by alephnaught
MOCA, The Grove and Buddha’s Belly
We dropped off the dog at a new dog sitter, and decided to kick around Hollywood and West Hollywood (for a change). First we drove down to MOCA, the Museum of Contemporary Art. We had to walk through the Pacific Design Center to get there; unfortunately the Design Center was closed. A view of the […]
July 11th, 2008 by alephnaught
Dinner at Chopan Kebab House
We really liked the two Afghan restaurants we tried in Chicago, so we went looking for some in LA. We didn’t find any initially, but Aviva turned one up near us call Chopan Kebab House, so we gave it a try. It is a hole in the wall from its looks – a natty restaurant […]
July 28th, 2008 by alephnaught