Happy Birthday to one of my bestest friends ever, and future roommate, Seffi Kogen!  Don’t confuse it with Kony 2012, because Kogen 2012 is going to be awesome tonight!

Recently, more and more of my friends have been having problems with saving their files/not backing up their files/needing a file somewhere/etc. So I figured it’s a great time to write a post about Dropbox, a necessary utility that everyone must have.  There is absolutely no reason that you shouldn’t get it.

In doing so, you will never need to worry about losing a file that’s saved to your desktop or documents, and your files will always be accessible wherever you are.  Simple, yet extremely useful.

Fortunately or unfortunately, depending on how you look at it, there are other people who have the honor to share my name.   In order to distinguish myself from these other wise fellows who join in the Ron Shapiro glory, a loyal fan (Josh Warshawsky) has recently sent fan mail of other awe-inspiring Ron Shapiros.  Since we all share in a common bond of true harmony, I decided to include two of the aforementioned quasi-Rons.  Enjoy!

Long time no post, but it’s been a rather busy semester. I just got an iPhone 4s a couple weeks ago, and it’s been absolutely magical. For anyone who has ever had a Blackberry, emancipate your soul and enter the land of the free; this thing is insane. Among the amazing tech specs and apps/features, by far the coolest function (though not always most successful) is obviously Siri. Aside from it being incredibly useful, it can add some enjoyment to your life every once in a while. The following picture, for the geeks out there, should ring a bell. For everyone else, you might find it funny if you read the two links at the bottom.

It’s a reference to the xkcd comic below. I highly recommend that you follow it regularly. And here’s for those of you who don’t know what sudo is.

People usually wish others an “easy fast,” before Tisha B’av, which is ironic because the concept of a fast was made for the mood not to be easy. Rather, we should wish people a safe and meaningful fast. And with that, I wish you a safe and meaningful fast.