I write about whatever’s rattling around in my head—design, technology, AI, music, building things, making things better, and probably a few things that have absolutely nothing to do with any of those. Basically, if I find it interesting, frustrating, inspiring, or worth arguing about, it might end up here.
Saturday is a day of rest for the Jews and so it was kind of for us as well, being that travel was shut down, so we just kind of hung arod town. I snacked in the morning and discovered this awesome Arabic delight. It was a cheese pastry soaked in sweet syrup. It was […]
I had a strange dream last night. I was at my old Catholic high school and they had installed what appeared to be giant iron doors…
In the morning we walked up into the newer part of Jerusalem to catch a bus to the dead sea region. It takes about 90 minutes…
The call to prayer woke me up too early and after a while of tossing and turning, I decided to go out onto the terrace and…
Rafa wanted to eat a Jewish breakfast so we went down to the Jewish quarter to see what we could find. I didnt know exactly what…
I was awakened at 4:30 AM by the muezzin, the call to prayer sounding from the Al Aqsa Mosque. It bounces off the walls of the…
Today I fly. I woke up before the alarm went off and just laid there with mixed feelings of excitement and trepidation. Whenever I fly far…
It’s one week before I go, and I’ve gotten most everything ready. I’m not going to be going alone anymore, my old friend Rafael will be…
In less than one month I will be in Jerusalem, Israel. I have alot of mixed feelings about that statement. But first let me retrace my…