Kiss the army goodbye…

This letter I recently received caught me by complete surprise. It basically states that since I’ve been away for so many years, my services will not be needed by the IDF reserves anymore. The army thanks me for my “contribution” and wishes me good luck in my continuing path…

So much closure in this trip [...]

iTeddy

The iTeddy is a media-playing teddy-bear for kiddies, funded by Dragon’s Den. The bear comes in two options; either as a standard MP3 player, or offering image and movie playback. The entry-level £35 MP3 player offers 128MB of storage and a USB2 connection to drag and drop files on to the player. The slightly more [...]

One Laptop Per Child Goes into Commercial Production

Five years after the concept was first proposed, the so-called $100 laptop is poised to go into mass production. Hardware suppliers have been given the green light to ramp-up production of all of the components needed to build millions of the low-cost machines. Previously, the organisation behind the scheme said that it required orders for [...]

Harry Potter – the Sabbath connection…

My latest Global Voices Online post examines the Israeli law which forbids businesses to run during the time of Sabbath. Over the past week there has been rising anticipation towards the planned Harry Potter gala event, which was synchronized worldwide to 2am local time, Friday night, smack in the midst of the Jewish Sabbath. The [...]

The Red Tent

Last night I saw this great theatre production of The Red Tent, an interesting look at the biblical story of Jacob through the eyes of his one and only daughter, Dinah. It took part in the Arab-Hebrew theatre, in the old city of Jaffa. What was so spectacular about the performance was how the story [...]

Africa in our Eyes

This important and long overdue blog post is finally seeing the publishing board. There are three Africa related issues which I’ve been wanting to mention here. Each is a completely different ways of tackling the “Africa Problem”. But more and more of these different initiatives are emerging from a variety of sectors. This is indeed [...]