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State of the Zach / Call me Saba
So I am still a consultant, and work is still crazy! I have lots of work with a number of different clients so things are good and they are keeping me busy.
In other news I want to buy a house. The problem is that houses here are crazy expensive, the 4bedroom townhouse next door just sold for 1.4Million NIS*. Now banks in Israel want at least 30% ( Read more... ) -
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Just in case anyone was worried, our family was not in Jerusalem today and we are all fine. -
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So this was the first time I have been able to get the new 10" Dob out to a dark sky site. The good news the Tube fits in the back seat of a Mazda 2! (which is what Haim rented)
The site was Silent Arrow which is a camping Lodge just outside of Mizpe Ramon, It kind of caters to the hippy dippy set, but thats OK. The 2 backpackers we met were both ( Read more... ) -
Observing Report Jupiter
I finally go the telescope collimated the other day (Yea laser collimator) and tonight took it out for a quick view of Jupiter. I had to do a quick ( Read more... ) -
2010 in review
I have to say that I am happy to see the end of 2010. This was an up and down year with a few major downs and one or two major ups.
The downs- The court case came to an end and I lost.
- I had to do two months of community service at a hospital this put a huge amount of stress on my with both home and work, but somehow I got threw it with the job intact
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Forest Fires
For those who may heave heard about the fires in the north of Israel we do not infact live anywhere near there. So We are in no danger. -
Thinking about a new computer
I am going to need a new computer in the first months of 2011. I was thinking about something like the Ars Budget box (http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/guides/2010/09/the-ars-system-guide-september-2010-edition.ars/2) but am ( Read more... ) -
Family news
For those who won't see it on facebook, my step daughter is engaged! Wedding will be next summer. -
Observing Report M42 and M45
So last night I found myself up at 0330 or so. I went outside and the sky was clear and Orion was right there ( Read more... ) -
Work service is OVER
I did my 2 months, now I can have my life back. YEA
In general life is good