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Yom Kippur
As we head in to this Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement, I wish you all a G’mar Chatima Tova – may you be sealed in the Book of Life.
Blogging will resume some time after Yom Kippur ends, tomorrow evening Israel time.
What Will It Take For You Guys to Comment?
Implementing a revamped comments system
Specific appeals for you to comment
Open threads
More personal posts like how I stood in synagogue with my backside half exposed
Ask you what it will take for you guys to comment
I’m all ears.
New Commenting System
I am currently experimenting with a new commenting system called Intense Debate, which amongst other things, supports threaded comments, commenter profiles, as well as reputation points and comment voting. It will also allow you to upload a picture, without using Gravatar.com.
Let me know what you think. If I get mostly positive feedback, I’ll keep it. [...]
Aussie Dave on The Great Blogroll Controversy of 2008
Frum Satire’s comments about me were in jest (and we had a very nice chat at the conference), but given that I am now officially known as a blogroll miser, I think I should explain where I’m coming from.
There are three types of requests to be added to your blogroll. They can be summarized as [...]
I’m Like a Bird
The more astute of my readers may have noticed the Twitter widget on my sidebar for the past week.
Yes, I officially became a twit last week.
Although I have clearly not discovered the potential of Twitter, I anticipate developing some Twitter mojo over time. It is for this reason that I encourage anyone interested in stalking [...]
Israellycool Merchandise
I’ve added some new items to the Israellycool CafePress store.
Check it out. All proceeds aid the global Zionist conspiracy.
Radio Silence
I’m beginning my journey back home to Israel tonight, so there will be no posts from me for the next 1-2 days. Hopefully, Elder or Brian will be able to fill the void.
In the meantime, treat this as an open thread and discuss whatever you like in the comments.
A Big Thank You
I have just risen from the Jewish mourning period of Shiva, and wanted to personally thank all you who expressed your condolences and words of support. I would also like to thank those of you who kindly took the time to include my father in your prayers during his illness. Your support gave my family [...]
I want to say thanks on behalf of Dave
It’s been a little quiet here and I just wanted to let everybody who’s been commenting on the previous thread know that there is a reason.
I’m not the biggest expert on these things, perhaps the others who post here will chime in with more, but Dave is observing the Jewish tradition of Shiva. Aish has [...]
It is with great sadness I have to report the passing of Dave’s father
I have been asked to let the readers of Israellycool know that, after his long battle with cancer, Dave’s father passed away on July 4th.
Dave is en route to Australia to attend the funeral and sit shiva with his mom and sister.
