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WordPress 4.4 was released today. For the first time, I was one of the core contributors. Before you sound impressed, there were 469 of us. But after over 9 years of WordPress use…nice to be involved.
Tonight is the first night of Chanukah. I’d mentioned I was listening to some Chanukah music. Wanted to give a few quick recommendations. I have nearly 200 Chanukah tracks.
- It’s Chanukah(Amazon link) – An album released back in 2011 by a friend of mine, Scott Eckers. It features the students of the I.L. Peretz Jewish School. It’s a nice production.
- A Maccabeats Chanukah(Amazon link) – Just released, the Maccabeats cover some classic Chanukah songs.
- Woody Guthrie’s Happy Joyous Hanukkah by the Klezmatics(Amazon link) – Several rerecord Woody Guthrie Chanukah songs, Guthrie poems about the holiday, and some instrumental compositions by the Klezmatics.
- Hooked on Chanukah(Amazon link) – Nothing like a classic Boy’s Choir to sing some holiday songs.
There are many more I haven’t mentioned, like the five different version of the classic Ladino song, Ocho Candelikas. And I’m skipping I have a little Dreidel. But to continue to expand my collection. Any suggestions?
I walked into a store right after Thanksgiving and started hearing Christmas Music. I see this as a signal to bring Chanukah Radio on the air. Broadcasting wherever I am.
Today, I am at IndieWebCamp at MIT. I’m making the notifications from my site more useful.
My Google Cardboard has arrived. This is the most fun I’ve had with a cardboard box since I used to play inside one.
Shana Tova, and Happy New Year to those who celebrate it. To those who don’t, have some honey cake.
Decided to watch the new Late Night with Colbert to see if I might like it. He insulted Hydrox. Someone at the company relaunching it should jump on this and send him some. I’m not writing a letter this time.
Went for a walk this evening, saw some local sites. I should do that more often.
My lights now turn on by speaking to my phone. There should be badges for geeky things, the kind Boy Scouts get for tying knots.
Not feeling well. Spent the afternoon resting. Apparently, resting for me is doing bug fixes on software I wrote in between naps.
I’ve built a new theme into my website that fixes the markup mistakes, except the styling isn’t quite right. Will have to work on it.
Trip over. Time to head back home.
Sitting at a cafe above the Western Wall. I was last here in 1999.