Cracking Mud

Posted: December 7, 2011 | Author: Yoav | Filed under: pics | Tags: mud | Leave a comment »

I just love how the mud curls up when it dries. Walking on it is the real treat though as it cracks beneath your feet with the most rewarding sound.

Watch this.

Posted: December 4, 2011 | Author: Yoav | Filed under: Random | Leave a comment »

/via Stephane

Ice Cream Sandwich on the Nexus S

Posted: December 1, 2011 | Author: Yoav | Filed under: android, WordPress | Tags: CyanogenMod, ics, WordPress for Android | Leave a comment »

I’ve been running Alpha 11 of CyanogenMod 9 (Android 4.0/ICS) on my Nexus S for the past few days and all I can say is wow. ICS feels like a whole new era for Android, and this build is rock solid.

While you’re at it, get the awesome new 2.0 beta of WordPress for Android.

The Future

Posted: November 30, 2011 | Author: Yoav | Filed under: Random | Tags: android, qr code, the future, xbmc | Leave a comment »

So we bought this fairly difficult to assemble product the other day, and on the package was a big QR Code. I scanned the code with my phone, and Android detected a link to a YouTube video and offered a few choices for playing it. One of those was “Play on XBMC”, thanks to the XBMC remote app (XBMC is the software that runs on our living room HTPC).

Instantly, ~~assembly instructions~~ a crappy promotional video started playing on the TV. This is the future? (A proper how to video would have made this story so much better!)

TIL whale oil was used in car transmissions up until the 1970′s

Posted: November 23, 2011 | Author: Yoav | Filed under: today I learned | Tags: chemistry, environment, technology, whale oil | Leave a comment »

The reason why so many whales were killed in the 20th century was the distant ramifications of replacement of whale oil by petroleum. It took another 100 years to find solutions to these ramifications, and only then it became possible to save the whales. Ecological activism did not play significant role in all of these developments; neither did the numerous well-meaning international treaties, moratoriums, and other chest beating displays.

From: Mobile Dick

Rampage

Posted: November 22, 2011 | Author: Yoav | Filed under: memories | Tags: games, movies, rampage | Leave a comment »

Rampage
So apparently, the classic arcade game Rampage is being adapted into a movie. This brings back some memories: as a kid, my brother, a friend and I all sat together in front of the computer banging on the keyboard to bring those buildings down.

We ended up breaking the keyboard, and my father formatted the diskette.

Today, I paint

Posted: October 1, 2011 | Author: Yoav | Filed under: pics | Leave a comment »

Fabrique en Tchecoslovaquie

Posted: September 24, 2011 | Author: Yoav | Filed under: pics | Tags: objects, tools | Leave a comment »

Inscribed on a bubble level I found in my father tools.

Mac App Store Update Error

Posted: July 21, 2011 | Author: Yoav | Filed under: apps | Leave a comment »

To update this application, sign in to the account you used to purchase it.

If you’re signed in and still get this error message when trying to update an app in the Mac App Store, you can workaround it by removing the application completely, and doing a fresh install.

Santorini

Posted: July 20, 2011 | Author: Yoav | Filed under: Travel | Tags: greece, oia, photography, santorini, thira | 2 Comments »

Just came back from a trip to beautiful Santorini.
It’s the first time I used a DSLR – my brother’s Canon 60D, and though I don’t know much about photography (yet), this is the first batch of pictures I think are interesting: