Author Archives: Aya Katz

About Aya Katz

Aya Katz is the administrator of Pubwages. When she is not busy administering, she sometimes also writes posts like a regular user.

BitCoins: Decentralized Electronic Currency

Posted on July 1, 2011 by Aya Katz

How do you make change? If you have a dollar in your pocket, and you want to pay someone a quarter, do you cut the dollar up into four equal parts and give one of them to the other person? … Continue reading →

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The Music of Victoria Trestrail

Posted on June 24, 2011 by Aya Katz

Victoria Trestrail was born and raised on the island of Trinidad in the Caribbean. She has a warm, strong voice and a persona that comes across well in both video and audio performances. In short, she has a presence! Victoria … Continue reading →

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How to Bake a Poppy Seed Cake

Posted on June 21, 2011 by Aya Katz

I grew up partly in Israel, and one of my all time favorite desserts is poppy seed cake. Now, I don’t get to have poppy seed cake very often, anymore, and I don’t bake it, either, but it turns out … Continue reading →

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Daniel Carter’s “Come Unto Him”

Posted on June 19, 2011 by Aya Katz

The Mormon Tabernacle Choir is world renowned for its choral singing. Recently, a new album called This is the Christ released by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir made the news for its meteoric rise in the charts. One of the songs … Continue reading →

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Separating the Yolk from the White

Posted on June 18, 2011 by Aya Katz

A couple of years ago, my daughter and I decided to raise chickens. I wrote about that here. In time, the hens grew, and they started laying very regularly. I thought this would be a good way to provide ourselves … Continue reading →

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Loretta Lynn: An American Success Story

Posted on June 15, 2011 by Aya Katz

There are a lot of myths about what you need to do in order to be successful in life. As parents, we often buy into the commonly accepted wisdom: * a high school dropout has no chance in life: keep … Continue reading →

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What We Can Learn From Project Nim

Posted on June 13, 2011 by Aya Katz

Apparently there is a new movie out about Project Nim. The story of Nim Chimpsky is one worth considering, and many think of it primarily as a cautionary tale. Here are a few things that I learned not to do … Continue reading →

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Where the Personal and the Public Intersect: Memorial Day Musings

Posted on June 4, 2011 by Aya Katz

This Memorial Day I didn’t go anywhere or do anything special. I asked a family member from Israel what she did, and she said that she stayed home, too. “A lot of people go out and celebrate around here,” I … Continue reading →

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How to get an avatar to go with your account on Pubwages: Gravatars

Posted on May 22, 2011 by Aya Katz

Some of us have Avatars here on Pubwages and some have this funny little blank silhouette, instead of a personalized picture. How does that work? How can we upload our own pictures to use as avatars on Pubwages? Here’s how: … Continue reading →

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