I’m not sure what to make of this article. It is essentially a diatribe by Uri Orbach, a noted religious commentator and radio host, regarding his experiences and resultant fears of hosting his irreligious friends for Shabbat.
Maybe I’m missing something here, but as much as I usually enjoy Orbach, I find the article incredibly offensive. Let me know if you agree.
February 4, 2007
Shabbat Tresspassing
Olmert Gets Google Bombed
It seems that now Ehud Olmert has been “Google bombed.” A search on the Israeli Google page for the phrase “כשלון חרוץ” (utter failure) links directly to PM Olmert’s biography on the Israeli government’s official site for the Prime Minister’s Office.
The Israelis, ingenious as they are, are not the sole foreigner’s to Google bomb their national leaders. Wikipedia has compiled an impressive list of other international Google bombs.
YouTube Blues
Viacom, the parent company of MTV, Comedy Central, and others, has succeeded in coercing YouTube to remove what are approximated as 100,000 unauthorized clips, the LonelyManofCake has learned. (Source)
This blog has not been spared. The hilarious video of Jim Breuer which I posted last week is no longer accessible over YouTube. It is, however, available here.
iPhone Trademark Issues
A little while back, the LonelyManofCake conjectured that Apple collaborated with Linksys, “letting” them register the trademark for an innocuous VoIP product called the iPhone in order to create more buzz about their forthcoming revolutionary product. I concluded, prematurely, that Linksys would quietly, and with a wink, hand over to Apple the rights to the name iPhone.
I couldn’t have been more wrong. Linksys is not giving up easily, and has even gone so far as to publish a full-page ad in the New York Times touting the virtues of their iPhone product (pictured below; click here for full size). I can’t read the fine print at the bottom, but I wonder whether they have a line about their product being unrelated to Apple’s.
