Lately I have tried to become more systematic in the way I use and process the vast amount of information that is available on the web. I realized some time ago that it isn’t enough to rely on chance and occasional browsing to pick through that information, but to depend on bookmarking and storing of …
louisgray.com: 10 Ways to Maximize Your Google Reader Link Blog Another approach (or other approaches) to social network integration – some great ideas.
Always on the side of the egg – Haaretz – Israel News I was one of the signers of the petition calling for Haruki Murakami, one of my favourite writers, not to come to Jerusalem to accept the annual literature prize. He came anyway, and gave this wonderful acceptance speech. Next year, Palestinians should invite …
Anyone know if The Palestine Chronicle blocks access from Israel, or perhaps just certain ISPs (mine’s Bezeq)? If so, it may be a punitive reaction to damage done by Israeli hackers: “Palestine Chronicle Hacked” (from early January 2009). Or maybe it’s PACBI . But I’m intrigued as it’s the first time I’ve come across something …
Gideon Levi (Haaretz): Gideon Levy / ‘Antiwar’ film Waltz with Bashir is nothing but charade Naira Antoun, The Electronic Intifada: Film review: “Waltz with Bashir” Both conclude: the movie won’t help Israelis to see beyond their mud puddle.
If you are a member of a number of social networks and don’t want to manually update all of them, you start looking for a workflow that will enable cross-postings or relay of information, in order to reach these various services without having to spend too much time with them. But this can cause issues …
GAZA CITY, occupied Gaza Strip (IRIN) – Thousands of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip remain homeless after their houses were badly damaged or destroyed during Israel’s recent military offensive there. The Israeli army began with aerial bombardments of the enclave on 27 December and added a ground assault from 3 January. Israel declared a unilateral …
A while ago I wrote how a beta service I’d tried suddenly died. This week the geek-niche social bookmarking site Ma.gnolia reported a loss of all its data. Users came to know about the existence of a certain Larry who, it turned out, had been running Ma.gnolia all along. Larry came in to say sorry, …
For the people in Gaza it was a war that threatened to destroy life in a split second or slow agony. For the rest of us it was a war of words and images; a testing ground that showed us where friends and nations stood. We will never forgive some of these, just as those …