About israel.pm monthly meetings

I replied on the israel.pm mailing list and explained about the monthly meetings.
See: http://perl.org.il/pipermail/perl/2007-February/008421.html

My parents got back from Thailand

It seems that they had fun.
I'm looking forward to looking at the few thousands of pictures that they took and to listen to them describing their experiences.

XML Parser attacks -- talk I gave today at the israel.pm meeting

I gave a talk today about XML Parser Attacks in the monthly meeting of israel.pm.
See: http://yeda.cs.technion.ac.il/~yona/talks/xml_parser_attacks/slides/index.html

I will probably have a few revisions on it sometime in the future.

We bought Purim (פורים) outfits for the kids

We bought Purim (פורים) outfits for the kids:
Aviv will dress up as a pirate.
Sivan will dress up as Snow White.
Nir will be dressed up with the kids' stuff from previous years :-)

I just submitted another patent idea to a patent committee at work

I have just sent another patent idea to the patent committee at work. The idea is about automatic detection of zero-day-attacks and automatic creation of signatures from the resulting examples.

Let's wait and see what the verdict will be...

Swimming lessons

Lately, I'm thinking about a swimming course for Aviv. Last year he really enjoyed attending swimming classes.

As soon as the season starts, I'll check the local swimming pool for possibilities.

In the picture you can see Aviv in a swimming lesson. This picture was taken last June.

Two new recruites

Two people that I recommended for work have been found qualified and wanted to come work with us in Tel-Aviv. Hurray!

I was very impressed with them and I'm sure they will be great.

It turns out that with these two, 10% of the workers in our R&D center were recruited through me :-)

I'm trying to get at least 3 additional people in the following weeks.

A discussion about my picture of the Cyclamen persicum in the photography forum in Tapuz

My photograph caused a bit of discussion.

See: http://www.tapuz.co.il/tapuzforum/main/Viewmsg.asp?forum=215&msgid=93455507

It's my birthday today!!

Happy birthday to me!!
I'm 31 years old today.

Cyclamen Persicum

Among the hundreds of bulbs that I places in many locations in our garden, I also placed 100 or so bulbs of Cyclamen Persicum. All from the "wild" kind. I bought all the bulbs from יודפת.

In the picture you see the first blossom.

Anemone coronaria

There are many blossoms of Anemone coronaria in our home garden. I placed many bulbs in several locations in the garden. I placed them in layers and during a period of a few weeks.

You can see in the picture some of the first blossoms.

A mushroom

Here's a mushroom I shot this morning at dawn in a field just next to our home.

Dawn in Kfar-Yona

I went today a few minutes before dawn to setup my camera and take a few shots.
While today was clear, since this evening it begun to get more and more gray and rainy. Tomorrow is expected to be accompanied by heavy rains.