Almost 20 Years and Very Little Progress
I’m sorry, friend, leader, but the country you helped build is circling down the drain. And it feels like it can no longer be helped.
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Lecture Notes Taking – A Recipe
כבר הרבה זמן שלא יצא לי להיות בקורס שבו שאין שקופיות מוכנות מראש. עכשיו, אחרי לפחות שנה הפסקה, חזרתי להקליד את כל ההרצאות בעצמי. אז יש לי Word ו-MathType בשביל טקסט וסימנים מתמטיים אבל בהרבה קורסים יש כל מיני ציורים שצריך לצייר. במקרה כזה ישנן שתי אפשרויות: להתחיל לצייר עם הכלים (הלא מדהימים) העומדים לרשותך או לצלם. אז בחרתי לצלם. כשעשיתי את הקורס הקדם-אקדמי, לפני שקניתי לעצמי מחשב נייד, כתבתי הכל על דפים וצירפתי תמונות שצילמתי עם הטלפון או המצלמה. אבל אז זה היה סיבוך לחבר אותם ולהוריד את התמונות וכן הלאה וכן הלאה. היום, זה הרבה יותר פשוט. והנה המתכון. רכיבים דרושים: מחשב נייד לכתוב עליו. טלפון חכם. Dropbox. תהליך: 1) וודא כי המצלמה על הטלפון שומרת את התמונות לספריית התמונות הסטנדרטית של הטלפון (לעזאזל עם Dropbox, זה מה שהוא דורש). 2) וודא עם Dropbox שהוא שולף את התמונות משם ומעלה כל תמונה חדשה לספרייה ידועה. 3) הקלד במהלך השיעור. 4) בהינתן ציור, שלוף טלפון וצלם ככל יכולתך. 5) המשך להקליד במהלך החצי דקה (במקרה הרע) שייקח לתמונה לעלות. 6) עם הצגת ההודעה על תמונה חדשה, פתח אותה עם כל תוכנה שמאפשרת לחתוך אותה. 7) חתוך את התמונה לגודל הרצוי שיציג רק את מה שחשוב. 8) שמור אותה בספרייה נוחה (כמו אותה ספרייה בה שומרים את ההרצאה). 9) אמור למעבד התמלילים שלך לשלב את התמונה במקום הרצוי. 10) להתפעל מעצמך איך, גם עם ציורים, עדיין אפשר להקליד באותה מהירות, אם לא יותר מהר, מהתקדמות השיעור. זה היה קצת מרומם רוח.
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Evans Blue
Are a band I got reacquainted with during my rerun of my favourite songs. I don’t know how they got there but I suppose I found them through the “radio” feature and decided they were cool enough. And after listening to all their albums, I have to say they are very cool. If you like hard rock with a tinge of thrash, you’ll like them. Here is a sample of my favourites among them.
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What We Did For Our Anniversary
It all started off quite innocuously as I sent Maayan flowers to work on Wednesday, the actual date. Picture of bouquet to follow since the only other picture I have is in an MMS message and it will take more will power than I have right now to get it. Any road, I apparently set a bad example for husbands everywhere. We couldn’t do much for the actual anniversary since it was too much in the middle of the week. So we had to compensate. On Wednesday, after work, we went to one of our favourite restaurants and shared a burger. Which was kind of fun since another family in a table nearby celebrated a birthday. And thanks to Keren who actually called to congratulate us. :) Next day was my big surprise day. Since it was Thursday, we could afford to do something that could be followed by not waking up in the morning. So, I took Maayan sailing. She mentioned something about it and I was actually planning it since last year but it was fun to actually put it into practice. We get to see Haifa a lot from all sorts of angles and we do think it’s a beautiful city. But there is only one way to see it like this and that is what we did. Continue Reading →
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So… New Job, eh?
Yes. New job. Not much to say about else-wise. It’s software engineering. The environment is great. I like the people. It’s security related so I can’t say much more. I still don’t understand all of it myself. So, my life just got a bit more complicated and hopefully for the best. More to follow. Eventually.
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Taking Some Time
I am currently working on my last project of the semester. Basically, a client-server application I need to build from the ground up. Along with that, I’m gonna start a new job soon. My first professional, actually in my profession, work. Which means, I am very much trying to keep myself busy with the things I need to do. I have some things I want to write but those will have to wait until I can concentrate on anything other than work. Until then, this blog is going on hiatus. Until mid-September at least. So no worries.
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Eclipse, Tomcat and MySQL for Java Web Development
I am currently working on a web development project for school. Eclipse is pretty much a given. Tomcat is required by the guidelines and I decided to go with the MySQL as my database server. I took the instructions from this page. But here is my “Pro-Version” synopsis for savvy people who just want to get going. My system is a Windows 7 64-bit but this should be valid just about anywhere because these are platform independent bundles. Install the latest JDK if you haven’t already. (I am working of 7u5) Install Tomcat. You can lay it down anywhere, it’s just an unpack. (I use 7) Install Eclipse. It’s also an unpack. Unless you’re not doing Java at all (and here you are) there is no reason not to go for the JavaEE version which contains just about everything. (I use the Juno version) Make sure Eclipse knows where you’ve put your jdk. (If it’s not automatic, I’m sure you can figure it out by yourself) Install MySQL Community Edition (I have 5.5.27). Check in as new user and then select to skip the process. The installation itself is pretty straight forward. You’ll most likely want the developer install. And don’t forget to grab the connector/j library (Mine is 5.1.21) as well. Put connector/j library in a place you can find it. Like in the Java main directory or with your project. Go into your MySQL command prompt and create a new database (“create database something;”). Go back to Eclipse and open Continue Reading →
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The Mass Effect Finale
[SPOILER WARNING!] Every thing in this post is under a heavy spoiler warning. I am discussing Mass Effect in its entirety from start to finish but mostly how the trilogy ends. If you ever want to play it with out bias and haven’t yet, close this tab right now. However, if you haven’t played it yet, or just not the third one, there is a suggestion for you at the final paragraph. You should check it out. There was some hubbub on the internet regarding the ending of Mass Effect 3. I haven’t played the game with out the Extended Cut and from this I understand that there were some problems with it. But most of them have been solved to some extent. For me, looking at the endings according to the Extended Cut, I think they were good. There were some problems with them, I didn’t expect the “Fuck You” option to be the “You Lose” option and the added slideshow at the end really seems tacked on but I still thought the ending was epic. Honestly, throughout the second half of the game I was hoping it would get a Star-Control-2-Class ending. And I’m glad to say it did. Really. Beautiful. There were some hitches I can snag on but overall, I liked it. But after you step away with a sweet and sour taste in your mouth, you go online to see discussions of the endings and the entire trilogy and you come across the Indoctrination Theory (The Full Continue Reading →
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Mass Effect: Books, Gender, Emotions
I’m not gonna write a review for Mass Effect 3. I don’t think I need to. If you care about it in any way, you probably heard all you needed to hear if not already played it yourself. And if not, what will it matter anyway? I do, however, wish to impart some thoughts upon it and the Mass Effect universe in general. So today I will stress three points: The Books, Shepard’s Gender and Why it Matters, and How This Game Triggered Some Serious Emotions. The last part contains what are probably heavy spoilers for the third game and at least minor ones for the second so you can skip it if you don’t want that segment ruined. I am talking about after the second Priority: Citadel. The Mass Effect Books. There are currently three Mass Effect books (The fourth has been pulled for serious inconsistencies): Revelation, Ascension and Retribution. It’s always a problem when you adopt a property from one medium to another. You rarely get it perfectly right. The books do get the benefit of having one of the writers of the game (not the lead one, though) writing them so that is something. And I listened to them – and read the comics – because the universe was so awesome I didn’t want to miss anything. Same reason why I go for every mission I can find in the game. And I was hoping for some extra info on the universe that maybe explains some things that Continue Reading →
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