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Israel has made many huge advances in the field of hi-tech. We invented here many of the things the world takes for granted now, especially in the realm of the internet ( VoIP Telephony, ICQ, etc) so it comes as a great disappointment to me to see that the Internet Censorship Law has been brought up again.

In today's Haaretz, and Jerusalem Post, there is the news of the bill proposed by Amnon Cohen and backed by the Shas Party, talking about bill working its way through the Knesset to force ISPs to block all users from accessing adult orientated sites.

How can we allow it to happen ?

The original bill was aimed at stopping children accessing these sites,but adults would have a password or biometric verification method, but it seems that this is not the case in the report now.

The world news is full of stories of other countries which ban and block sites such as You Tube. It would be a sad day for personal freedom, the internet and israel as a pioneer in the field, if this bill passes.

For more reading on this, see:a great blog post on the globalvoicesonline site when the bill was proposed in May 2007 and another site which documents the history of the Bill 892

This is the coolest cooking thing i think i have ever seen

I've not tried it, but random browsing of internet came up with this gem today... popcorn-on-the-cob


Popcorn On The Cob - Funny blooper videos are here

I'll have to persuade Ruth to let me potentially explode our microwave and have a go

More about my interests

I like technology.. a lot and love gadgets. I am pleased I have a wife or else I would have no money, but have a great collection of toys and gadgets. (my sort-of impulse purchase before I got married was a great Bose radio alarm clock - it cost a lot but you have never seen soo many features on a clock-radio before)

I like internet related things, but never really got into web design (although i do have domain www.aaronandruth.com which is more of a holding site until i find some time to do things.
I use VoIP services like Jajah and Skype

I work for a telecoms company and for about 2 years was involved in working with VoIP customers in connecting to our network.

I live on facebook now thanks to too many people including my wife who slowly got me addicted -so if you want to join my zombie army, i'll be happy to bite you.

I don't have a television, don't want a television, but will probably lose the argument and eventually get one, but I prefer to pick the programs I want to (download and ) watch. This means I am a big fan of sites such as alluc.org, tv-links.co.uk and really liking DivX Stage 6

I live on websites like The Register, Technology Review, BBC News,
I read Haaretz newspaper

This is a bit more about me .. am sure you'll learn more -- but for now I am off to bed - just got bitten by another mosquito and its really not that fun now.