I just stumbled upon a great new service: GameFly. It is a service that lets you rent as many video games as you want for about $20 a month. It works like NetFlix: You get two out at a time and receive them by mail. When you are done, you send it back (in a free mailer) and get the.. Read more
When people think of digital audio, you think of MP3: The motion picture group’s layer-3. But, there are other formats in town: AAC, WMA, MP-4 and many others. One of the most interesting ones is Ogg Vorbis. Not only is it completely open source (and free of any restrictions), but it also sounds better. One of the best features is.. Read more
Hanukkah is really a minor Holiday in the Jewish religion. Think of it as really a rememberance of history than a truly religious/spritual experience. So, why does everyone know about it? Because it happens during Christmas, the biggest gentile holiday of the year. To cantilever it, Jews, especially American Jews, express themlelves by, making Hanukkah bigger than it really is. .. Read more
I’ve recently gotten into Matisyahu, the Hasidic Reggae Superstar . Don’t laugh. He’s really a Hasid (a very religious, traditional Jew). And really sings Reggae music in the spirit of Bob Marley, Burning Spear, and other great stars. It seems like it’d be shlocky, almost a gimmick, but it isn’t. Reggae has always been steeped in spiritually, blurring the lines.. Read more