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Yoav — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 08:58:52 +0000

And on that farm he had a hippopotamus!

Yoav — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 08:02:24 +0000

I’m not sure what to think of this. Jonathan’s tractor toy has a hippo instead of a pig:

Here’s the original:

When you press the hippo, it still sounds like a pig though.

I guess we got the middle eastern version, pigs being considered impure and all.
I wonder if it’s also the version sold in large Seventh-Day Adventist communities.

Eisbach Wave Surfers

Yoav — Sun, 09 Dec 2012 17:49:38 +0000

Got a chance to watch the surfers this morning at Munich’s English Gardens. Air temp was around -4°C, but it didn’t seem to bother these guys.

Jonathan is one year old today

Yoav — Sun, 14 Oct 2012 09:59:40 +0000

Time just flies, and the love keeps growing.

The Wire: The Musical

Yoav — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 12:37:52 +0000

Best TV show ever, now as a musical

2006 Ferrari F1 Car in Tel-Aviv

Yoav — Tue, 22 May 2012 08:11:04 +0000

Came across the Ferrari dealership in Tel-Aviv yesterday, and found out they have a 2006 248 F1 car on display. The car has Schumacher’s name on it, though I don’t know if it was actually ever driven in a grand prix. Still – I got excited like a little boy when I saw it!

Back in 2000

Yoav — Thu, 17 May 2012 17:38:08 +0000

Rather randomly today, I remembered that I designed some fonts and put them on the web (on a free host, of course). That was 12 years ago.

This is how the site looked back then, via the Wayback machine.

How ‘Mad Men’ Landed The Beatles

Yoav — Tue, 08 May 2012 07:06:58 +0000

This week’s Mad Men scene where Don sat down to listen to the Beatles’ “Tomorrow Never Knows” was brilliant. The New York Times has some background information.

How ‘Mad Men’ Landed The Beatles: All You Need Is Love (and $250,000) – NYTimes.com

How I Watched the F1 Race Today

Yoav — Sun, 18 Mar 2012 18:37:44 +0000

To watch the opening race of the 2012 F1 season, I had to set up a VPN connection to a server in Italy (for Rai’s live TV feed), and a virtual machine running another VPN connection to the UK (for BBC Radio’s audio commentary). The VPN service only costs $10 a month, but I’ll pay 4 times that to get a proper legal direct feed, if anyone will sell it to me.

Adieu Giraud/Moebius

Yoav — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 19:57:17 +0000

Reblogged from Michel Kichka:

C'est en 1966 au collège, que je découvre Pilote. Jusque là j'étais un fervent de Spirou qui m'offrait des rendez-vous hebdomadaires avec Gaston, Spirou et Fantasio, Lucky Luke, Johan et Pirlouit, Jerry Spring, Gil Jourdan, Boule et Bill et compagnie. Pilote m'offrit Blueberry, Astérix, les Dingodossiers, le grand Duduche, puis Reiser, Brétécher, Mandryka et compagnie. Autant dire que je baignais dans l'âge d'or de la BD franco-belge.