Jul

27

The Golden Rule is Crap

July 27, 2005 | Leave a Comment

I think I figured out a flaw in the Golden Rule. Some people believe that “Do unto others as you would have them do onto you,” is the perfect rule for living. Until just now, I think I believed that too. Like the old Wiccan rule, “An it harm none, do as ye will,” the [...]

Jul

20

Would it matter if Jews disappeared?

July 20, 2005 | Leave a Comment

Why do we occupy so much of our thoughts and energies trying to keep our religion alive? What does it matter to us if Judaism disappears? I know it sounds ridiculous. I’m sure everybody has a theory and the pundits will pontificate ad nauseum, but I really don’t know why we care so much.
Look at [...]

Jul

17

Some days it doesn’t pay to call someone an apikores

July 17, 2005 | Leave a Comment

Kashrut.Org :: Q & A Board :: View Post
I love these guys. From the page:
“…We don’t need a second opinion to simply say that we can make our own rules, and certainly do not need somebody with the title “Rabbi” posting it on a website kashrut.org.
It is time to lighten up. Please, please rethink what [...]

Jul

14

When you love somebody

July 14, 2005 | 1 Comment

There is an immutable law of nature that dictates that the more you love someone the more it hurts you when you hurt them. It is not something that you really think about when you fall in love, though. When you’re at the point of falling in love with someone, there is no angel nor [...]

Jul

14

Transparent Transistors

July 14, 2005 | Leave a Comment

Wired talks about amazing development.
This is so cool.
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Jul

13

Orthodox Anarchist on CAFTA and B’nai B’rith

July 13, 2005 | 4 Comments

Orthodox Anarchist
This bugs me. This really and truly bugs me. I read this guy’s blog every day and usually I respect his political and religious views. And I admire his activism and his passion for judaism. But he writes a condemnation of B’nai B’rith’s support for CAFTA and it bugs me.
What is CAFTA? Well you [...]

Jul

6

Great quote

July 6, 2005 | Leave a Comment

“Don’t be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people’s thinking.”- Steve Jobs
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Jul

5

ZOHO

July 5, 2005 | Leave a Comment

ZOHO
This is just beautiful. I wonder what a robotocist could do if he started messing around with one of these. Wow.
You know the problem with stuff like this? It inspires in me a really exciting vision of the future. “Why is that a problem?” you ask. It is a problem because the vision of [...]

Jul

4

Fun Google Game

July 4, 2005 | Leave a Comment

Here’s an idea for a fun game: Pick an innocuous word and see how many pages in the Google Image Search you have to page through before you get to a porn image. I know, it depends on your definition of porn…
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