Ely Rosenstock's Blog

For all those who have been following me on Twitter, you'd know that my Macbook Pro's monitor decided to stop working on my first day in Israel. I've already got over 200 photos and plenty of insights to share but they'll have to wait until I get back to...

I'm angry, like everyone else, that taxpayer money went to pay for big bonuses for AIG employees. I think most people, however, are angry at the wrong people. AIG, as much as they have screwed up, claims that all the bonuses that were given out were...

Crastinate is going to take a change in direction for a little while starting March 22nd. I have been invited on a bloggers delegation to Israel by the Israeli Consulate. We will be taken around the country to areas that, from my understanding, are not...

"I have seen the future and it looks promising." I don't know if I'm quoting someone with that line or if I just made it up myself. I do, however, believe it. I just watched the demo of a mobile app that Google created (video embedded below) that allows...

I'm pretty open to new ideas and I think I've proven from this blog and my Twitter account that I'm okay with putting a lot of myself, and my opinions, online for public distribution. I think I draw the line at my readers, or anyone for that matter,...

I was spending some time this afternoon with my six year-old nephew. He wanted to play a computer game so he turned on the laptop and went to Y8.com. I've never heard of the site but it had some fun flash games that my nephew seemed to enjoy. I asked my...

Google recently announced that they are offering offline access to Gmail via Google Gears. As a big fan of the offline functionality of Google Docs, I am looking forward to using similar functionality with Gmail. This announcement, as usual, has brought...

Remember all those skeptics who said that if we bail out the auto industry then all industries that suffered in this economy will come asking for money? Well....they were right. Larry Flynt and Joe Harris, seasoned pornographers, are asking Congress for...

One of my close friends lost his job today as a patent lawyer. His division specialized in printing presses and since being hired, my friend has become an expert in the intricacies of the printing press and its patentable components. He's a smart guy and,...

I apologize for the downtime Crastinate has experienced over the past few hours. We've had a few hiccups in our server move and it seems a few things still need some tweaking. Don't worry, we'll get back to Crastinating in no time.