Archive for October, 2008

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Safari / Firefox lockup issues.

In: Apple| DevDog

28 Oct 2008

This weekend, I finally got around to installing the final iPhone SDK. Everything installed great and I figured that I would get around to playing with it sometime this week. Unfortunately, both my wife and I noticed that Safari would start to lock up more often and Firefox would do the same thing [...]

Rocked

In: Hockey

20 Oct 2008

I had an interesting hockey game last night. I scored the first goal of the game which was a nice break away goal. I don’t get too many of those chances so it was nice to put it away when I did.
Then at the end of the 2nd, I got rocked…bad. I [...]

Soldier’s adopted dog finally leaves Iraq for U.S.

In: In the news

19 Oct 2008

An animal rescue group on Sunday picked up a U.S. soldier’s adopted dog from Iraq, ending the soldier’s weeks-long struggle to send the animal to her Minnesota home.
Operation Baghdad Pups, which said the U.S. military prevented its first attempt to take Ratchet the dog on October 1, picked up the animal in Baghdad with military [...]

Unqualified Teachers

In: Politics

15 Oct 2008

Unfortunately, I didn’t watch the whole debate. I have it pretty much narrowed down to who I am going to vote for but I still like to watch the two titans spare. I have a lot of respect for both of the major party candidates. But there is one thing tonight that [...]

$24 for Voice Mail

In: Dumb People| Rants

15 Oct 2008

I got a letter in the mail the other day from my internet, phone and cable TV provider Mediacom. The letter stated that due to the higher costs of providing the service and the decreased demand, Mediacom would no longer be offering voice mail as part of my included service. That’s right, as [...]

Smart Phone

In: Apple| Toys

15 Oct 2008

I’ve finally taken the plunge. I have purchased an iPhone.
I have to say, I love the thing. I had exchange rocking with this thing within 3 minutes of getting it home on the wifi network. I had a Sprint service for many many years and they were pretty good to [...]

The New Macbooks

In: Apple

14 Oct 2008

The New MacBook from First and last name on Vimeo.
Ok, I like the fact that it is made from one piece of metal to form the body. There are a lot of advantages to that. Apple has also continued to make a very nice looking laptop. But do the users care about [...]

Windows 7

In: In the news

13 Oct 2008

Mike Nash, one of the VPs in the Windows Product division at Microsoft had a recent blog post announcing the new name of the next generation Windows operating system. Looks like this will be one of the few times that the development code name will be the full release name.
Personally, [...]

‘Perfect storm’ could give Dems ‘magic 60′ in Senate

In: Politics

8 Oct 2008

In the face of an economy in crisis and a deeply unpopular president, some analysts believe the situation is ripe to give Democrats a shot at a 60-seat filibuster-proof majority in the Senate in November.
It’s “the perfect storm,” said Stuart Rothenberg, editor of the nonpartisan Rothenberg Political Report. “You’ve got Republican voters angry at [...]

LightEdge Launches Hosted Microsoft Exchange and Mobility Access Services

In: In the news

7 Oct 2008

Whoohoo! Its alive!
Below is a blurb from the press release for the project that I have been working on.
Hosted offering gives small and medium-sized businesses access to mobile communication and collaboration services through a cost-effective Scale-on-Demand model
DES MOINES, IA, October 7, 2008 – LightEdge Solutions, the leading hosted services partner dedicated to [...]


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