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It’s not always that dreams are big, expansive or impossible to achieve. One dream of mine, was, for the past 15 years, non of the above.

My dream headphones were, for the past… mmm… 15 years or so, the Grado SR60. The first time I had the chance of listening to this amazing pair of cans was back in NYC when I first lived there. It was then about $90us, a price I could surly afford. It stayed around that price ever since, and I could afford then all along. But, I didn’t.

Yesterday, Roni got me a pair for my birthday. The improved SR60i.

It looks “basic” (a nicer way of saying cheap). It even feels basic.  But when you put it on and press “PLAY” you forget about everything!

They sound amazing!! They sound as good as I remembered + 15 years of waiting :)

And so it happened that 9 days before my 33rd birthday another “V” was marked… (Love you Roni)

It’s the next best thing! And you heard it here first!

QR exploration is my new (and hopefully yours too) time waster…

What is it? you get to find new and interesting (sometimes old and boring) web site by scanning QR codes from a google image search.

What do you need? Something to scan QR codes with (a phone, preferably a smart phone, like my new Samsung Galaxy S), A QR scanning software (I use ScanLife for Android because it automatically sends you to the  scanned URL – higher surprise factor!), and some time to waste (some time NOT to waste can work too)

How to QR explore? Run a search on google images with the words “QR code”. Run ScanLife on your phone to scan one result out of millions you’ll get and wait for it! Repeat to waste more time and find more things :)

NOTE: QR codes can also include file download informations, so keep in mind you should be careful for what you agree to download.

You can also find many PC/MAC dasktop versions of QR code readers if you don’t want to use a phone, it’s as fun.

This will take you to www.etgalim.com

You can also create your own code here

It’s crazy times again… Working hard on my end term presentation.
There is something addictive about this time. I find myself liking it every time again and again…
It has it’s crazy-not-so-fun moments, and i get to spend too much time again @ bezalel (and see Roni less – that’s a lie :), but then again – I’m there with my best of friends, so it cannot be that bad.

I’ll be back to life in no time…

Posted from an Android :-)

I’m playing doctor tomorrow, or to be a bit more specific, I’m playing the patient.

I’m going O.R. in the morning for a kind-of-simple-kind-of-not procedure, it won’t take long but I will be spending a couple of days at the hospital.

“They” will be taking out some bad polyps in my sinuses (again), the all procedure is also known as FESS (if you like yourself and me – you will not click that link)

It’s not the first time for me (I’m no FESS virgin) but tomorrow will be the first time I’m going through this with only local anesthetics, which makes it even more disgusting (well, if you are me)

The good news is that it will make me a better person! :)

UPDATE: I just clicked the link! Damn! Here’s what it says under “what are the risks”:

“At worst this could mean blindness, or a leakage of CSF (fluid around the brain) with meningitis and death. The risk of any of these serious complications happening is less than 1:1000″

Given the fact that I was born a conjoined twin that only happens 1:4,000,000 births, I have some good chances of dieing tomorrow YEY!

I loved you all!

Two days a go I attended the TEDx pilot in Jerusalem.

It was was a really nice event, I was very excited to  be part of the few who ware invited. The “X” in the TEDx stands for an independently organized event, which is a new concept of the TED org. allowing almost everyone to organize a TED event, and invite speakers of their liking.

The event felt like a pilot, it wasn’t top notch organized, but it also felt like a good start point for something that will slowly grow to be more and more like the real thing.

Hopefully the videos will be up soon… and you’ll be able to see some of the very nice TEDx lectures that took place at the event.

Read more:

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/news.aspx/140582

http://www.themarker.com/tmc/article.jhtml?ElementId=ro20101112_00100 (Hebrew only)

I know all about them, I tried them all, I read about it, I have friends who have them, I know people who use them professionally, damn – I had a design project about it…

Thats right, I moved to digital photography!

I’ve been taking pictures for about 17 years now, As an amateur and sometimes, even as a pro. But I struggled with the digital-move for years. Until yesterday… when I got my 1st DSLR.

It’s a used Canon 20D , and I have to admit, 24 hours later, it feels good. I still think in a very analogue way, and I take pictures as if the film is about to rewind, and still didn’t really got the idea behind taking a shot and immediately watching the image on the little screen (very little in the 20D’s case), not that I didn’t do that with a little pocket camera, but it feels different with a DSLR.

I reviewed the post now and it seen like I’m writing the first digital camera review 15 years a go :) It’s gonna be fun!

Here’s one of the 1st images I took this morning…

I’m spending some time in Jerusalem these last few days… feeling like a tourist in a place I once called HOME.

One of this weekend highlights is defiantly Eran Tzur’s live show I saw yesterday night…

I only started liking Eran in the past few years, and I find him a very interesting artist… even more, I was there with Mel and some cool photography equipment (Mel’s) and we took really nice front raw pictures of the show… which was very nice, calm and personal.

Enjoy :)

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There is also this (In Hebrew:)

Last Friday I was dragged by Oded to a rooftop party in Tel-aviv.

Needless to say, it was a shit party, full of people of the wrong kind :)

But check out the view!!!

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