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GDATA Provider

April 2, 2007 - Computers , Internet , Technology , Windows - by admin - 2 Comments

I’ve been hunting for a decent calendaring protocol system for a while now, and been investigating ITIP, IMIP, iCal, xmlrpc, caldav, and finally WCAP. Having initially settled on WCAP, as a result of having a fairly decent plugin available for Lightning, I set about trying to find a decent Calendar […]

Time well spent

March 25, 2007 - Life - by admin - 1 Comment

It’s been a busy wee while… not in chronological order. Was in Barcelona for a week for Tom and Mireias wedding (photos coming soon), went to France and Andorra, uploaded photos of a new model I got, been to the Border Counties Rally to do timekeeping on the Redesdale stages, […]

Clippy Revisited

March 9, 2007 - Geek , Technology - by admin - No Comments

We should all be grateful that Microsoft never created or contributed towards Vi. For if they did, then surely this would be the outcome…

The Best and Worst of 1994 and Predictions for ’95

March 9, 2007 - Internet , Technology , Web - by admin - No Comments

Worst: There’s not much that’s bad on the Net, but because cyberspace does imitate life, we shouldn’t be surprised that in 1994 some less-than-desirable material showed its insolent face. Pick any tragic event and you can probably recall seeing a newsgroup that taunted its seriousness. There was alt.tonya-harding. whack.whack.whack. Then […]

Bill Gates recommends Ubuntu

March 9, 2007 - Linux , Technology - by admin - No Comments

Ubuntu has come a long, long way from its beginnings. Now it’s gotten to a stage where even Bill Gates will recommend it. Congratulations Ubuntu! :-p Originally hosted on UMassLUG