Abu Mami

Why all the bother trying to plug the Gulf oil spill? Just let the Gulf fill up with crude. Then, refineries could be built all along the coast and pump the oil directly without the bother of drilling. The countries situated around the Gulf just need to shift their economies away from fishing and maritime ventures, and refocus on the oil industry.

This is a win-win situation. The cost of plugging the leak is saved, while at the same time creating a cheap method of attaining crude oil.

After many requests for a Hebrew date converter, I redid Kaluach.org and created on online date converter for those occasions when a full calendar app is overkill. There is also a page for halachic times using a wide range of different shitot.

Am I to assume that the murderer Mabhouh was also on Interpol’s list as well?

Nice – much better than the iPhone. By the time I was done with all the swiping and tapping on the iPhone, I felt that I was leading a symphony orchestra. And all I wanted to do is to make phone calls.

The HTC device on the other hand is convenient and much more functional. It even has 6 buttons and a trackball – as opposed to the iPhone’s one lonely button.

After using the iPhone for a about three weeks, I finally decided to return to my trusty Blackberry (which I use without a Blackberry plan). Not only was the iPhone crippled by me to provide a normal battery life, but in spite of the fact that many claim the iPhone to be “insanely easy to use”, I found it extemely inconvenient to use. Access to recent calls in a “standard” cellphone is only one button away. On an iPhone (after unlocking) it’s at least three actions away. Same with favorites (even when assigning the favorites to “home”), and I really missed the speed dial option. I also ended up frequently making calls by mistake, and inadvertently hanging up on incoming calls. Are all touch devices (Android, Windows CE, etc) this obtuse?

The iPhone is a slick bit of techno-fluff and great fingerprint magnet. I don’t want a status symbol – I just want an easy to use phone with some smarts for extra apps (Blackberry or other Java-powered phone).

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The Motorola Startac was a small, light, easy-to-use and ultra-reliable clamshell cellphone. My new device is bigger, heavier, and has fewer features. Of course, if I’m willing to endure battery life of about 4 hours, I can soup up my iPhone (yep, that’s my new device) with an array of amazing features… Bluetooth, WiFi, 3G, audio equalizer, and so on. However, in order to be able to make and [more importantly] receive phone calls throughout the day, I’ve had to disable all of these nifty features.

So what am I left with? A heavy, large device with touch operation that has proven to be much less convenient than the straightforward operation of cellphones such as the Startac. And it doesn’t even fold!

My previous device was a Blackberry Curve. The battery would last nearly 3 days with normal (light) operation, or about 2 days with a lot of calls. If I wanted to listen to music on the bus to and from work (and hour and a half each way) I would still get over a day’s use).

I figured I’d try out the iPhone to see what all the fuss was about. But, what good are all the iPhone features if I can’t use them? And I don’t even want to think about dropping my iPhone. Can’t even remember how many times my Startac hit the floor – and I never had a problem. *sheesh* Gotta get myself another Startac – now that was a classic!

I used to maintain an FAQ on microcontrollers and just ran across it on the web. I was reading it and discovered the following section I wrote while in a weird mood…

While watching my 8 year old daughter play with her Barbie Dolls (she has about 7 or so, including two that used to belong to Roz, my wife, when she was a girl) I noticed an interesting difference between the old dolls and the new dolls. The old Barbies could only move their heads sideways, while the new Barbies not only can move their heads sideways, but also up and down. AMAZING – the old Barbies were good girls – they could only say no. The new Barbies however can also say yes. Progress – isn’t it wonderful! (Not to mention the gymnast Barbie that Dave Perry’s daughter got for Christmas – “wait’ll you see what *she* can do *wink*”

PSST! Hey kid! Want a naked Barbie Doll?!

120 Parasites – Amazing how when you’re in power you can do as you please.

In case you haven’t figured that out yet, that means they’ve just added sawdust to your yogurt in order to make it cheaper to manufacturer. They probably raised the price as well.