Author: Amit Schreiber

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My del.icio.us Bookmarks

I mentioned del.icio.us, the social bookmarking service, before when I talked about tagging, and since then I started using del.icio.us extensively myself. I’m very happy with this service.

Before I used it I didn’t know which bookmarks are “worth” saving and which are not. I used to have a “Temp” bookmarks folder on my computer, but managing it was always a problem (usually I would just forget what I put there). del.icio.us really solves that problem. I just save everything and tag it appropriately. This is even easier now, with the del.icio.us Firefox extension.

Another benefit is, of course, looking at what other people are putting in their bookmarks. This is the social part of del.icio.us.

So… without further ado, my del.icio.us bookmarks (updated every day or two).

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ื™ืฉ ืขื‘ืจื™ืช ืฉื•ื‘, ืื‘ืœ ื™ืฉ ื’ื ืื‘ื“ื•ืช + ื”ืชื ืฆืœื•ืช

ื˜ื•ื‘, ืื– ื™ื•ื ืื—ื“ ืงืžืชื™ ื‘ื‘ื•ืงืจ ื•ื’ื™ืœื™ืชื™ ืฉื›ืœ ื”ืจืฉื•ืžื•ืช ื‘ืขื‘ืจื™ืช ื‘ื‘ืœื•ื’ ื”ืคื›ื• ืœื’’ื™ื‘ืจื™ืฉ. ืื™ืŸ ืœื™ ืžื•ืฉื’ ืžื” ืงืจื”, ืื‘ืœ ื”ืฆืœื—ืชื™ ืœืชืงืŸ ืืช ื–ื”. ืœืฆืขืจื™, ืœื ื”ื™ื” ืœื™ ื’ื™ื‘ื•ื™ ืฉืœ ื”ืจืฉื•ืžื•ืช ื•ื”ืชื’ื•ื‘ื•ืช ื‘ืขื‘ืจื™ืช. ื–ื” ืœื ืฉืœื ื ื™ืกื™ืชื™ ืœื’ื‘ื•ืช ืื•ืชื, ืื‘ืœ ื”ื ืกื™ื•ื ื•ืช ืฉืœื™ ืขืœื• ื‘ืชื•ื”ื•. ื–ืืช ืื•ืžืจืช ืฉื™ืฉ ื›ืขืฉืจ ืจืฉื•ืžื•ืช ืฉื ื”ืจืกื• ื•ืœืขื•ืœื ืœื ื™ื—ื–ืจื•, ืื‘ืœ ื–ื” ืœื ื›ืœ ื›ืš ื”ืจื‘ื”. ื ื›ื•ืŸ ืœืขื›ืฉื™ื• ืฉื—ื–ืจืชื™ ืจืง ืืช ืกื™ืคื•ืจ ื”ืฆื‘ื, ื•ื‘ืงืจื•ื‘ ืื ื™ ืืฉื—ื–ืจ ืขื•ื“ ื›ืžื” ืจืฉื•ืžื•ืช.

ื‘ื›ืœ ืื•ืคืŸ, ื ืืœืฆืชื™ ืœืžื—ื•ืง ื’ื ืืช ื›ืœ ื”ืชื’ื•ื‘ื•ืช ื‘ืขื‘ืจื™ืช, ื•ืขืœ ื–ื” ืื ื™ ืจื•ืฆื” ืœื”ืชื ืฆืœ. ืœืžืจื•ืช ืฉืขื›ืฉื™ื•, ืื—ืจื™ ืฉืชืงื ืชื™ ืืช ื”ื‘ืขื™ื”, ืื ื™ ื›ื‘ืจ ื™ื›ื•ืœ ืœื’ื‘ื•ืช ื‘ืขื‘ืจื™ืช, ืœืฆืขืจื™ ืื ื™ ืœื ื™ื›ื•ืœ ืœื”ื‘ื˜ื™ื— ืฉื”ื›ืœ ื™ืœืš ื›ืžื• ืฉืฆืจื™ืš ื›ื™ ื›ืœ ื”ืขืกืง ื”ื–ื” ื—ื“ืฉ ื’ื ื‘ืฉื‘ื™ืœื™. ืื ื™ ื–ื•ื›ืจ ื›ืœ ืชื’ื•ื‘ื” ื•ืชื’ื•ื‘ื”, ื•ืชื•ื“ื” ืฉื”ื’ื‘ืชื. ืื ื™ ืžืงื•ื•ื” ืฉืชืžืฉื™ื›ื•.

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An observation about my cellphone

I own a Sony Ericsson T630 mobile phone. To turn it off I have to press and hold the power button for about one second. Then I hear the turn off sound and I know the phone will be shut down. To turn the phone on, I have to do the same action. However, the same sound will only be played after about two seconds of holding down the power button. The delay is different. This means that if the phone is off and I hold the power button for one second it will turn on, but will not make the sound.

The reason for this seems pretty obvious to me, although from here on I’m just guessing: the difference in the delays is not a choice the designers of the phone made. It was forced by the fact that the moment the phone is turned on, it is still not ready to produce sounds. The operating system needs to boot and sound drivers have to be loaded.

So now a design decision: let’s say the phone is off and the user holds the power button for one second only. The phone is now on. Should it make the sound to alert the user that it is working or not? I would say that it should. However, the designers of the T630 decided that it shouldn’t. You can only hear it if you hold down the power button long enough.

The last thing I think about is how much code is there in the phone’s software to make sure the sound can me made as soon as possible, to give the user the best experience. The answer to that I’ll probably never know.

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All Hebrew Posts Are Offline

Unfortunately, I am unable to resolve the Hebrew font problems with this blog for now. I mean, I can post new Hebrew posts, but the ones that I had seem to have turned into gibberish. I will try to resolve this, but for now – posting will be done in English only.

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Hebrew Problems

This blog is experiencing some problems with the display of Hebrew characters. Unfortunately, I can’t handle them from work, so it might take a while until Hebrew is displayed correctly.