On/Off

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.

Bonaventure Cemetery, Savannah

Yoav — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 00:48:40 +0000

Can I be in the photo too?

Yoav — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 14:50:46 +0000

I tried to watch Game of Thrones and this is what happened

Yoav — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 12:30:22 +0000

Great comic on the Oatmeal.
This is ten times worst if you don’t live in the U.S.

(Not) working from home

Yoav (autopost) — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 10:44:06 +0000

Working at the local college. These library cubicals are really helping my concentration. Props Paolo for the awesome Foursquare -> WordPress ifttt recipe.

Backing up iPhoto images to an external destination using Carbon Copy Cloner

Yoav — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 17:54:40 +0000

When I started using iPhoto, I didn’t realize my images are all enclosed inside a single package file. This is annoying because I’m used to having all my photos on a network share for easy access from PCs and other devices.

It turns out directly accessing images from iPhoto in the finder isn’t too difficult – you just need to “Show Package Contents” on the iPhoto library file, and navigate to the “Master” folder. However regularly backing up those images is a little more tricky.

If you’ve ever wanted to back up just the images from inside your iPhoto library to an external drive, a network share etc, then this is how you do it with the excellent Carbon Copy Cloner:

In CCC’s main window, select “Choose a folder” from the source drop down. A folder navigation window will open.
Ignore it for now and open a general finder window – navigate to your iPhoto library file location (usually under Pictures in your user account folder), and right-click on the iPhoto Library file and select on “Show Package Contents” from the pop-up menu.
Now drag the “Masters” folder directly into CCC’s folder navigation window. That’s it – just select your destination and click on clone.

How France's Free will reinvent mobile

Yoav — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 19:57:35 +0000

Reblogged from GigaOM:

Updated: Xavier Niel, the maverick founder of Iliad, the company behind Free.fr broadband service, is about to redefine the mobile landscape, perhaps as early as tomorrow, when he launches the much-talked about Free Mobile. In doing so, he will redefine what the idea of a carrier in the 21st century is, thanks to a radical new approach. Utilizing a blend of Wi-Fi, HSPA+ 3G, femtocells and its all-fiber backbone, Free will offer unlimited voice, texting and data over the mobile networks; just bring your own iPhone(s aapl).

Number One!

Yoav — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 18:34:06 +0000

Jonathan is just 11 weeks old but he already knows what today’s date is:

Or maybe he’s practicing his version of the Vettel Finger, as he plans to be the youngest ever Formula 1 world champion