2004_12_01_archive

Israel cell phone number changes

As numerous random people whom I called inadvertantly can testify, the

cell phone numbering changes plan in Israel went into its final phase

this month. The full description is available, but to summarize for

myself:

Pelephone:

050-234567 will become 050-5234567

051-234567 will become 050-7234567

056-234567 will become 050-6234567

068-234567 will become 050-8234567

Partner-Orange:

054-234567 will become 054-4234567

055-234567 will become 054-5234567

066-234567 will become 054-6234567

067-234567 will become 054-7234567

Cellcom:

052-234567 will become 052-2234567

053-234567 will become 052-3234567

058-234567 will become 052-8234567

064-234567 will become 052-4234567

065-234567 will become 052-5234567

Mirs:

057-234567 will become 057-7234567

Jawall:

059-234567 will become 059-9234567

Maybe now I can dial the right numbers...

Posted by Yoav at 14:45 1 comments Links to this post

Thanks to Millennium

As my time at Millennium is coming to an end, I want to say a public

thank you to the company in general and certain people specifically.

Thanks to Craig Tulig, for always being on top of things but never

micromanaging.

Thanks for Richard Ferrante (who's also an artist!) for being a

technical and business mentor, and for providing creative of ways to

express oneself.

Thanks to Lee Herman, Dominic Ryan, Ben Knight, Pam Ward, Csilla

Csank, Vlado Dancik, and the rest of the folks whose knowledge science

far exceeds mine, but were always patient enough to explain things to

me ;)

Thanks for David Sedlock, for taking over a sinking ship, blowing out

the water, and righting its course.

And finally, thanks to Millennium as a whole for teaching me

incredible amounts of information on biotechnology, pharmaceuticals,

informatics, and how such businesses operate, while allowing me to

continue my open-source contributions and other independent work. It's

been an awesome four years in the truest sense of the word.

Posted by Yoav at 09:59 0 comments Links to this post

Going to jail?

The Pacers players from BasketBrawl will be charged. The debate is

whether atheletes' misdoings should be handled by their league or

sports governing body, or whether it should be handled by the same

legal authorities that apply to all other residents. I say the latter,

if the atheletes' transgressions go beyond the court/field of play and

impact non-athletes. Like in this case, when the basketball players