I got a cheap cable tester recently from www.cheap-chinese-electronics-that-you-shouldn’t-let-your-kids-put-in-their-mouths.com. The instructions were, as expected, cheaply translated from Chinese. Amongst the indephirable sentences and misspelled words are the instructions for testing the two types of cables – “Test by cables of the same BNC Axes” and “Test by Twin-twisted Cables”. (I’m fairly certain they mean coaxial cable and unshielded twisted pair). Good things this tool is idiot proof.

Hello world!

Originally uploaded by bachrach44

This blog now has 33% more Elias-Bachrach’s.

Baby “my parents have to stop arguing about it and just pick a name for me” Elias-Bachrach was born on Sept 7 2010 at 7:36pm, weighing in at 8 lb 6 oz and 20.5 inches long. The Hebrew date was כ”ט אלול תש”ע. (Why do I include this minutia? Because for some reason people keep asking). Mother and baby are doing fine. Although no one ever bothers to ask, father is doing fine too.

And now of course comes the “official” birth announcement.

import Java.lang.Math;
import Ari.*;
import Rebecca.*;

class NewBaby {

    float weight = 0;
    String name = "";

    public static void main(String[] args) {

	while (weight < 6.8) {  //this loop should take about 9 months
	    weight += Math.random();
	}

	if (name == "") {
	     System.out.println("Hello world! I will be named just as soon as my parents get around to picking one");
	} else {
             System.out.println("Hello World! My name is "+name);
	}
    }
}