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These are the most recent articles mentioning "technorati" The Whole Megillah Posted 03/20/08, 17:42 Technorati Tag: Megillah [Recited every day. It has never ended.] At sundown this evening it will be Purim again, the Jewish festival when Jews read from the apocryphal Book of Esther, traditionally recorded on a scroll of rolled-up parchment, papyrus, or paper. A Hebrew word for "scroll" is megill... Universonal Posted 03/18/08, 19:38 Technorati Tag: NeoVictorian [When the personal is universal and vice versa.] I've been more and more satisfied with what I've posted to the Coffeeblog over the past few months, and I'm getting more page views from visitors. How much these visitors read of what I've written, I don't know. But they'... The Imperial Eagle Posted 03/04/08, 20:50 Technorati Tag: Eagle [Hail to the Chief?] Eagles are a family of birds knows as raptors, from a Latin word for "robber." The words rob, bereft, rapid, and maybe even the slang term "rip-off" are all related. Eagles have very good eyesight, the better to spot their prey from far off, with sloping b... Milos Obilic and the First Battle of Kosovo Posted 02/25/08, 21:27 Technorati Tag: Kosovo [Never again? Please.] Later in life I'm becoming a history buff. In college I considered the study of history burdensome, with all those details to memorize for the exam, but now, whenever I hear a news headline about some world trouble spot, I want to go immediately to the ... The Gefilte Fish Line Posted 02/18/08, 23:00 Technorati Tag: GefilteFish [Sugar? In fish?] The plot, like the jelly which surrounds a piece of gefilte fish, thickens. I am referring, of course, to knowledge I have gained since my post about Yiddish. It appears that my mother's parents, both Jews, were each born on the other side of a great li... The Case of the Vanishing Airport Express Posted 02/04/08, 18:15 Technorati Tag: iTunes [Does the Bermuda Triangle have a branch in Cupertino?] Since 2004, Apple has had a nifty product called Airport Express, a $100 wireless router with an audio jack that works with iTunes. Run an audio cable from the gadget to your stereo system or TV sound system, and you can... Yiddish Posted 01/30/08, 13:11 Technorati Tag: Yiddish [Oy, is it Jewish!] What chutzpah! I should schmooze with that schmegeggie? Oy, vey! Yes, we're talking Yiddish here, the fershlugginer Jewish language that refused to die. After being urged by Ksenya Gurshtein, an up-and-coming blogger, curator, and art historian, I added ... Jes' me an' my iPhone. Posted 01/28/08, 14:17 Technorati Tag: Blogging [There's blogging, and there's blogging blogging.] This morning I left my fat laptop at home. (I call it my fat laptop because next month there will be thin laptops, even though I don't really need one.) I'm enjoying a brief sunny respite from the Northern California winte... What Hath Jobs Wrought? Posted 01/19/08, 18:23 Technorati Tag: Wireless [Taking wireless to the next level.] Yesterday was the last day of this year's (2008) MacWorld Expo, the huge Apple event in San Francisco, and as usual Apple CEO Steve Jobs was going to knock our socks off with his presentation of astounding, revolutionary new products. Th... An American Folk Hero: The Dropout Posted 01/10/08, 14:54 Technorati Tag: Dropout [Everything a decent kid was not supposed to be.] This past weekend I celebrated another year of my life with an annual visit to Big Sur on California's central coast. Named in Spanish for the big river of the South, El Rio Grande del Sur, Big Sur was barely accessible until... Bad Parent Movies Posted 12/30/07, 14:38 Technorati Tag: Hollywood [Is the new Hollywood really the old Hollywood?] For some reason I haven't written for Jonathan's Coffeeblog for a few weeks, but I've been busy with other stuff, including much frustrating interaction with bureaucracies. However, I did watch a few movies during that time,... Oil and Regime Change Posted 12/08/07, 16:12 Technorati Tag: Hanukkah [Jews confront a Syrian Nut-Job.] It's Hanukkah again, 5 candles tonight. For Jewish children living in Christian lands, Hanukkah has become a substitute for Christmas. In fact, it is nothing of the sort. The Jewish holiday is celebrated on the 25th day of Kislev, which is ... Are Christians an endangered species? Posted 12/01/07, 16:23 Technorati Tag: Christ [From the Milvian Bridge to Lebanon] As a boy growing up in Pennsylvania I felt like a small Jewish fish swimming in a vast, boundless sea of Christians, while Buddhists, Muslims, and Hindus were the stuff of storybooks. Now, however, I am repeatedly encountering the idea, on... I am Curiousyellow Posted 11/15/07, 12:07 Technorati Tag: 1968 [Long? Boring? Banned in Massachusetts?] The month after I started Jonathan's Coffeeblog, I was curious about the process of starting a blog using the Blogger website. I gave my exploratory blog the title "Curious" with the username (changed later) of "curiousyellow," which I m... Eulogy for the Counterculture Posted 11/09/07, 15:58 Technorati Tag: Counterculture [Did the Counterculture Americanize the rest of the world?] The Counterculture of the 1960's is dead. Kaput. History. A little over forty years ago the Summer of Love, one of the iconic events of the Counterculture, took place here in San Francisco. The following year... Where angels fear to tread Posted 11/05/07, 14:17 Technorati Tag: Pundit [Write, photograph, draw, paint, film, record, and publish.] I'm not a journalist, editor, publisher, food writer, art director, art historian, graphic designer, cartoonist, movie critic, historian, television personality, videographer, video editor, software engineer, philos... Osanpo Video Posted 10/23/07, 20:20 Technorati Tag: Seesmic [I had an epiphany.] There is a very popular group on the photography-oriented social networking website Flickr: Osanpo Camera. It is so popular that they have a daily limit on the number of photos that can be posted. Now, osanpo is a Japanese word that means, essentially, "... Ten Reasons I Like Hanging Out in Cafes Posted 10/18/07, 19:46 Technorati Tag: Angst [Unlike at home.] Here they are: [Continues…] e photography-oriented social networking website Flickr: Osanpo Camera. It is so popular that they have a daily limit on the number of photos that can be posted. Now, osanpo is a Japanese word that means, essentially, "... Moleskinerie (Part One of Three) Posted 10/11/07, 13:21 Technorati Tag: moleskine [Like Alfa Romeos and bruschetta.] For those of you who may not know what a "Moleskine" is, it's a notebook made by an Italian firm, Modo e Modo, and marketed in bookstores, art supply stores, upscale stationery stores, museums, and the like. What makes a Moleskine differe... Fall Colors: In Berkeley? Posted 10/08/07, 14:55 Technorati Tag: Autumn [Try visiting a beach on Christmas Day.] The colors of the foliage during autumn in New England are legendary, at least here in the USA. We Californians who were born and raised in the Eastern USA lament the loss of the seasonal changes, especially as October rolls around. An... When Stasists Hijack Dynamism Posted 09/25/07, 14:57 Technorati Tag: Dynamist [Some imagined, more stable past.] In 1999, Virginia Postrel, then editor of Reason magazine, produced her book The Future and its Enemies, which introduced the idea (a radical, world-changing idea, I think) that humanity can be divided, not into liberal vs. conservative, o... Instant Gratification Posted 09/18/07, 16:23 Technorati Tag: Jottit [Now they've got Jottit.] It's taken me years to come up with this format for Jonathan's Coffeeblog, and meanwhile things keep changing on the Internet. Now they've got Jottit, created by Simon Carstensen and Aaron Swartz. It's basically a website for making websites. Instant... Hulagu's Exit Strategy Posted 09/13/07, 15:22 Technorati Tag: Mongols [Ink and Blood] In the year 1258, the Mongol Il-Khan Hulagu ordered the sack of Baghdad, which for 508 years had been the capital of a Muslim empire, ruled by a Caliph, and called the Abbasids after `Abbas ibn `Abd al-Muttalib, paternal uncle and companion of the Prophet Moh... Ethiopian Coffee Posted 08/27/07, 12:38 Technorati Tag: Ethiopia [From the place where all coffee started.] I call this a Coffeeblog, and yet I haven't written about coffee since April 12, more than four months ago. I'm in danger of having my coffeeblogging license revoked by the State Bureau of Transportation and Communication, so I'd b... << back