Nik Kalyani's Irrationally Exuberant Musings on Technology
It is now one month since I started using Zimbra, a free, Open Source
mail server. I previously used Thunderbird, then started using Outlook in order to handle calendaring with work colleagues. I have hated the Outlook experience every
step of the way. Here are some of the problems:
Periodically need to shut-down and restart the app to get new mail
Regular White Screen of Death situations where the app...
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Several months after the official release of Microsoft’s ASP.NET AJAX, I am still waiting to be amazed by slick web components from Redmond that make it possible to create rich, interactive user interfaces without third-party component suites. From the looks of it, my wait is not going to end anytime soon. With all the attention Microsoft is showering on Silverlight, it is now obvious that the...
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I am a bit disappointed as my travel schedule and other commitments impeded my ability to be very active in CapitalDUG, which I co-founded with Antonio Chagoury. So last month, I finally gave in and relinquished my role in the group.
Once my move to Silicon Valley is...
The last time I was this excited about anything web-related was when I first encountered DotNetNuke in 2003. Last week, when I finally got a chance to check-out the FreeBase alpha, I was euphoric. Finally, a structured way to access and query all the knowledge in the world. If you have not yet checked it out, don’t wait another minute. FreeBase is one of those “first time I used a web...
The past couple of weeks, as I worked on my focus areas for DotNetNuke Open Force ’07, I have been thinking a lot about presentations and presentation techniques. In the past couple of days, Guy Kawasaki made two very interesting posts – today on Speaking as a Performing Art and yesterday on Steve Jobs’ WWDC presentation. The latter got my attention. In it, Guy links to this amazing...
Have you noticed that when using Internet Explorer the Flash content on many websites requires you to click before the content is activated? This is due to an automatic patch which causes IE to do this by default for “active” content i.e. add-on controls/objects.
You might assume this is a security measure, and you would be wrong. You might also assume this is a technical issue, and you would...
This is so wrong. Apple’s announcement of Safari for Windows means we have YAB (Yet Another Browser) to test our web apps against. I am going to stick with testing for IE and Firefox for... 
I recently re-paved my Media Center computer because I was getting occasional lock-ups for no discernible reason. It was a good time to do some media management and get more organized and also document the hardware configuration (since it’s a DIY system, it’s nice to have this handy for when there are problems).
Antec NSK2400 Case
ASUS M2A-VM Motherboard
Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+ CPU
2GB... 
