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Lag Ba-Omer

Traditionally, observant Jewish males do not shave or cut any hair from Passover to Shavuos by doing what is called counting the Omer. On the 33rd day of the count, however, known as Lag Ba-Omer, there is a day of respite for the folicles of man. Shaving and all other manners of hair cuttery are [ READ MORE ]

On Beauty

In the course of conversation with a newly (re)aquired friend, I was moved to lookup the dictionary definition of the word “beauty” at Dict.org. Two quotes that caught my interest: “The production of beauty by a multiplicity of symmetrical parts uniting in a consistent whole.” –Wordsworth “The old definition of beauty, in the Roman school, [ READ MORE ]

Audio Broadcasting Education with the LAAK Stack

Very soon, I will have the opportunity to do two very unique things. Firstly, I will be teaching and running the radio station (WCRP 640AM in the area directly around Lake Como PA) at Camp Ramah in the Poconos this summer. Secondly, I will be gaining first hand experience using Free/Open Source Software (F/OSS) in [ READ MORE ]

Germanish Email Spam

After doing a little investigating on what was described to me as “possibly anti-semetic german spam”, I have come to a few links courtesy of my friends and teachers on #lugradio which give us a little bit more information than before: An entry on Andrew Oakley’s blog indicates it’s the Sober worm. More from Andrew [ READ MORE ]

A New Reading List

Going to the bookstore is quite possibly the most rewarding experience for an academic wannabee like myself. There is something about placing the stack of books on the register counter andthe journey home fills the mind with all sorts of guesses about the content of the books and the nature of the writing. It all [ READ MORE ]

Internet Filtering Hurts Education

Upon arriving in the lab today and booting my laptop, I attempted to open the bookmark to the tutorials on the wxPython Wiki, only to find that the page was being blocked by our school’s internet filtering system! The excuse given was that the site was being blocked because it was “Web Page Hosting”. Our [ READ MORE ]

Plauge Update #3

So I went to the doctor today and he gave me the once over. The verdict seems to be some lung virus where the symptoms are being aggravated by allergies and some asthmatic stuff. I got some pills and some allergy meds to deal with the bronchitis and I’m meant to use this inhaler every [ READ MORE ]

More Worth Laughing At

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Something Worth Laughing At

I’ve been wanting to do this for so very long! I might have to change my name to “Acher” but I think it’s worth it[ READ MORE ]

Plague Update #2

I awoke at 45 minutes after noon today to find my throat a dry, scratchy mess. This, along with my GI upset, headache, severe congestion, joint pain and irritability, makes today the worst day in the latest episode of biological turmoil. So because today is mother’s day, there are 21 other people in my house [ READ MORE ]

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Jonathan E. Magen is a passionate developer who loves cooking and writing clean code. Star Trek is cool, too. Also, books. Many things are actually really great and Jonathan likes them as well.

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