Saturday, January 26, 2008

Alice Miller in "The Drama of the Gifted Child" (1979), page 65:

  The grandiose man is never truly free, for
  (1) he is fully dependent on the admiration of the object and
  (2) his self value is dependent on the qualities, performance and achievements that can crumble in a moment.

Sunday, January 27, 2008 1:02:51 AM (Jerusalem Standard Time, UTC+02:00)  #    Disclaimer  |  Comments [0]  | 

The good: Joaquin Phoenix has developed into a top-notch star.
The sad: Robert Duvall is getting old. Why, why can't we stop time?
God damn: Eva Mendez. God damn it.
Puzzle #1: how come Marky Mark is doing "The Departed" again??
The action: car chase in the rain - excellent. Shootout in the cocaine distillery - not bad either.
Observation: Mark Wahlberg has became a litmus test for movie quality - he's only in flicks that are good. Just as Nicolas Cage, a better actor altogether, is only in movies that suck.
Observation #2: Oleg Taktarov also starred in "15 Minutes" as the unsuccessful-Russian-mafioso's-sidekick, making him top unsuccessful-Russian-mafioso's-sidekick of the 21th century by a landslide.
Directed and written: James Gray.
Puzzle #2: Moni Moshonov as a Russian drug lord? WTF?
Verdict: 7 out of 10.

Saturday, January 26, 2008 11:22:36 PM (Jerusalem Standard Time, UTC+02:00)  #    Disclaimer  |  Comments [0]  | 

Haaretz Photographer Uriel Sinai photographs the recent violence in Kenya. (Hebrew)

Saturday, January 26, 2008 10:47:09 PM (Jerusalem Standard Time, UTC+02:00)  #    Disclaimer  |  Comments [0]  | 
 Thursday, January 24, 2008

A few quick updates:
My company, Semingo, changed its name and from now on we're called Delver.

We'll be officially launching our product at the DEMO conference in Palm Desert, CA next week (January 28-30).
If you're there, make sure to drop by our booth (say Pasha sent you), and don't miss the demo. I promise we're one of the coolest products there.
If you want to be notified when our beta is open, sign up at delver.com.

Friday, January 25, 2008 12:42:55 AM (Jerusalem Standard Time, UTC+02:00)  #    Disclaimer  |  Comments [0]  | 
 Tuesday, January 22, 2008

Like written so many times before, HttpUtility.UrlEncode is extremely outdated and buggy.
It doesn't encode the single quote ('), there's an open bug marked "Closed (Won't Fix)". So don't wait for a patch.
It doesn't encode the plus sign (+) either.

So please use the AntiXss library whenever it's remotely important to get it right.
Needless to say, same goes for the other encoding methods of HttpUtility, like HtmlEncode.

Tuesday, January 22, 2008 7:07:19 PM (Jerusalem Standard Time, UTC+02:00)  #    Disclaimer  |  Comments [0]  | 

This is not bad:
Live Search: How Many Calories In Pizza
It's good to see Live doing something besides catching up with Google.
Google and Yahoo don't have anything. Ask has something.

Tuesday, January 22, 2008 6:48:43 PM (Jerusalem Standard Time, UTC+02:00)  #    Disclaimer  |  Comments [0]  | 
 Saturday, December 22, 2007

I'm starting to think they should have licenses for owning a keyboard. Because people have too much time lately. And fast internet.
Amazon now has a "Customer Discussions (beta)" section on the product page.
Here's a snapshot of something I stumbled upon just now:




Lets try to help the lost souls, shall we:
Q: I'm a lesbian but I believe in God what should I do?
Don't tell Him.
And don't tell your girlfriend.
Q: How many sins did you commit today?
Who, me? about six or seven. Wait, last night was already today too? Hmm. Maybe like ten. I didn't know she was married, man.
Q: Why are there so many Atheists on a Religion forum?
We like it here. It's quiet and sunny. The girls are cute.
But enough with us, why are You Capitalizing Any Word That Has To Do With religion, yo??
Q: Only religion leads us to Truth!
Oh, I see now. Good answer.
Q: What is the meaning of a "pure heart" especially in today's society?
"She told him she only likes him for the car".
And Google doesn't know either so that's the best you're going to get.
Q: Is George Bush the Anti-Christ?
Anti-Christ? I thought he was just "anti exis of evil". Is Christ there too? Is he with that North Korean dude with the expensive booze?

Saturday, December 22, 2007 9:46:02 PM (Jerusalem Standard Time, UTC+02:00)  #    Disclaimer  |  Comments [1]  | 
Saturday, December 22, 2007 9:16:40 PM (Jerusalem Standard Time, UTC+02:00)  #    Disclaimer  |  Comments [0]  | 
 Saturday, December 01, 2007

1. People without a picture are lazy or ugly or both. Trust me, no one looks like a question mark.
2. I don’t want your fucking slayers invitations. Nobody wants them. So pretty please, stop this crap.
3. Girls look much better on facebook than “on” uniform.
4. What’s up with girls that don’t list relationship status? Or “interested in”. Or birth year. It’s hard enough to pick your signals anyway, so what am I supposed to think when all you say is “Born: May 15th”???
5. How come there are so many incredibly hot, Jewish chicks from USA who are friends of my friends? I know my friends - that makes no sense at all! Are you playing with me, Mark?
6. Oh, and I’ve been to the other side now: you see a hot Jewish chick from USA who’s a friend of your friend – it’s a bot. Fucking geeks, make it look so real.
7. Ever thought “I just want to get a list of all the girls where I live, ordered by their hotness in descending order”?? It’s there, and it’s called the “hot or not” application. Install it, go to “my scoreboards” and pick your network from the dropdown list. Filter by preferred gender.
8. You know you’re getting old when it takes you an extra second to recognize the girl from high-school because she got married and changed her last name.
9. Don’t recycle status-humor. You think I can’t go to “see all” and realize that 7 of you bastards wrote “updating his/her status”??


p.s. I'm not a sexist. Just replace "girl" with "boy" where you want.

Saturday, December 01, 2007 11:41:41 PM (Jerusalem Standard Time, UTC+02:00)  #    Disclaimer  |  Comments [0]  | 
 Saturday, November 24, 2007

I'm proud to announce the newest addition to the bitz family of quality web products - khjgf.

Frequently Asked Questions
Q: Is this a result of a "weekend-experiment"?
A: Somewhat.
Q: Is this a result of mind-altering substances?
A: Likely.
Q: Is this a part of some secret-society-taking-over-the-world kind of thing?
A: Maybe.
Q: Are you mad, mate?
A: I'm affraid so.


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Sunday, November 25, 2007 1:14:40 AM (Jerusalem Standard Time, UTC+02:00)  #    Disclaimer  |  Comments [1]  |