In a move that may surprise many, Microsoft just made a deal to buy LinkedIn, for the amount of $26.2 Billion. How does this compare to the Whatsapp deal (last huge tech buy)? Well, since a picture is worth a thousand words, I've decided to make an infographic (almost a...

Right Posture vs Reality After another cross-country move, I've had to leave my mighty Workspace behind (complete with 2 monitors and a fierce Desktop PC). I've taken my Laptop with me, thinking that's really all I need, as I could do all my work while sitting in a park meditating...

I've recently restarted my genealogical research efforts, to find out more about my family's history. In many cases, especially people of Jewish-European origins, not much is known by the ones who stayed alive (20th century Europe has seen a lot). Many archives are recent, and some German/Polish/Russian archives have only...

As most of you have noticed, I (almost) always post on a Thursday. This year, for the first time since 2009, New Year's Eve is on a Thursday! So first of all Happy New Year everyone! Let's make this year kick 2015's ass! I've decided to pick a few of...

I've recently read an interesting article, talking about the job market for JavaScript in 2016. While the article presented great points on why Web Developers should invest some time and work with JavaScript, the job & market related information was US-centric. I wanted to see how things look like on...

Continuing the WordPress to Jekyll series, I've decided to give a few Jekyll tips that I've learned in the process of converting my website. Jekyll serve at the speed of light Over 5 years, I've written quite a few posts, over 500 posts. To test Jekyll out (for development) you...

Since last week you may have noticed something different about the website. Maybe it seems to load quicker, or it looks a tiny bit different, or perhaps you've noticed that the footer is much slimmer. The reason is: KidsIL has once again been transformed! After 5 years (felt longer) of...

For the longest time I’ve been working on my computer with a headset on. Most of the time it’s music, lately it’s been podcasts, but I keep going back and forth. For years now I have been able to work without any issue while listening to music, in fact, I...