I just had this interaction with our IT department: Me: “I can’t get to my email. Web, iPhone, client, nothing.” IT: “Well there’s no maintenance going on right now.” IT: “Oh yeah, there’s maintenance on those servers going on right now.” Me: “When will it be done?” IT: “Midnight tomorrow night.” Me: “…! A day [...]

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This is the hate that McCain and Palin, as well as the entire Republican party, have been brewing for the past year. They hate everyone not like them, and they’ll do whatever it takes to avoid actually dealing with change and progress. “Two young men who are believers in ‘white power’ have been arrested and [...]

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From Apple’s Hotnews (thanks to TUAW) No on Prop 8 October 24, 2008 Apple is publicly opposing Proposition 8 and making a donation of $100,000 to the No on 8 campaign. Apple was among the first California companies to offer equal rights and benefits to our employees’ same-sex partners, and we strongly believe that a [...]

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Check it out, yo! I’ve been published: **From Emma Williams @ Schmap** Hi Roopesh, I am delighted to let you know that your submitted photo has been selected for inclusion in the newly released fifth edition of our Schmap Kauai Guide: Anini Beach Park http://www.schmap.com/kauai/sights_northshore/p=260329/i=260329_11.jpg If you use an iPhone or iPod touch, then this [...]

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Sorry my two readers, I’ve been too busy with life recently to blog.

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I think my two readers should definitely watch Dr. Horrible’s Sing Along Blog. NPH just gets funnier with age. Technorati Tags: Dr. Horrible, fun, NPH

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I find it absolutely amazing and unacceptable that Apple can get away with almost a full day (so far) of downtime of their MobileMe (previously known as .Mac) service and there’s hardly any news/blog coverage of the event. What was supposed to happen: 7/9/2008 8PM: Shutdown .Mac 7/10/2008 12AM: Startup MobileMe What has happened: 7/9/2008 [...]

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One of my first cats, Cali, recently passed away. She was sick (inflammatory bowel, pancreatitis, and cardiomyopathy) beyond saving and we had to let her go Friday, June 13, 2008. It was one of the hardest things I’ve ever had to do. Thinking about her life got me thinking about my own life. 10 years [...]

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A while back I created an Entourage script to create tasks from email messages in Remember the Milk. Well, I finally got around to improving it. You don’t have to be a geek (or nerd, or goober) to use the new features (see Enhancements below). Anyone with Entourage and an iDisk will be able to [...]

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Well, the keynote is said and done. We have some good stuff coming our way. Now let’s see how I stacked up against the actual announcements: iPhone 2.0 (Software) – Finally, ActiveSync support, the long awaited App Store, and search capabilties. Though I thought the launch would be immediate, it is actually July 11th, 2008. [...]

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