What are you doing up at this hour?
07/31/08, 2:41
That’s what Toni asked me about 2hrs ago. Followed by:
Me: getting my calendars set up to sync through google
Toni: sounds exciting there
Me: 
you have no idea
Toni: lol
Toni: you are an odd one
Anyways this is fairly brilliant. Google Calendar is the brains of the operation, where the data is stored and whatnot. Sure I exported most of my calendars straight from iCal, but then I set up the calendars to utilize Google Calendar’s new calDAV service (Google’s instructions). So now I can edit events on my iMac at home, the iMac at work, even on my iPod Touch, and it’ll sync up to the gCloud, and back down to my computers/iPod, and essentially be the same everywhere.
Caveat here is regarding the iPod Touch. I only see the “live” calendars when using Google’s mobile interface, the Apple Calendar interface needs to get plugged in at home to sync. Same with posting, it if i post to Apple Calendar, nothing goes live until I plug & sync at home. And obviously Google Calendar needs to be within earshot of wi-fi access.
This is all acceptable though, wi-fi seems ubiquitous enough for when I’m hopping between computers, and when I’m not (say, when I visit the family cabin in Minnesota), the iPod Touch will be the only device I have for keeping schedules, so it’ll “just work”.
The one thing I don’t understand, is why do each of my Google Calendars need seperate CalDAV accounts in iCal? This is makes it a pain the ass to set up, but after the fact is mainly cosmetic (see image above, and click to enlarge).
Hmm.. ramblomatic blogger? I’m going to bed.
1Roll Film…
01/25/08, 13:40
I just remembered a quote I got in my e-mail after that first roll of film. Makes a joke about the pain of film processing…
I said: “Most of mine are on strips of light sensitive celluloid… er.. film, which I have to develop myself, so I don’t have anything to look at yet.”
Mike replied: “You might try some Preparation “C” on those sensitive celluloids. Just apply liberally to your F Stop and wait a few hours.”
Here’s my 2nd roll of film. A little misleading, I’ve been using 2 cameras, and I started this roll first, but it was the last (of 4 so far) to get finished, developed and scanned. Same deal as before, side image to view the rest of the album, or squares to see the individual images.
10.5 Feature: It’s about time!
10/26/07, 0:50
Thanks Apple for finally listening to my feature request from back on Mac OS X 10.2 “Jaguar”.
That’s right, they’ve finally made the icon grid adjustable. In relation to 10.4 “Tiger,” the widest spread looks to be about 10% wider, and is finely adjustable to what I would consider too close. I appreciate being given the choice.
To set this option, click on the Desktop, and under the View menu, select “Show View Options”.
1The wait to Leopard….
10/26/07, 0:37
Aka “Nooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!”
Finally was able to login to the Up-To-Date order tracking system tonight. And to my horror, this is what I saw:
Anyways, I won’t hold my breath. I know I have a license for the software, so I should be able to acquire a copy from work by the weekend. Thanks Apple for not using product activation.
A bit of backstory: I’m part of the Up-to-date program because I picked up a “new” previous generation 24″ iMac at the beginning of the month. The thing is freaking huge, biggest screen in our apartment.
1Cleaning out my bookmarks, with a magic bullet!
06/24/07, 16:34
I’m on the search for an online bookmark service that will fit my needs. Del.icio.us seems too clunky and hard to use on a daily basis. Ma.gnolia looks nice, so I’m cleaning up my bookmarks in Firefox so I can import them.
If you use an online bookmark service or social bookmarking site, tell me what you think.
Also, I picked up a Magic Bullet blender yesterday. So far we’ve made fresh homemade guacamole, arctic chocolate milk shakes, omelettes, and chicken quesadillas. In addition to the recipe book that came with it, I downloaded about a dozen other recipes online last night. It doesn’t live up to the infomercial, but it is a cool gadget!
edit: Add hummos and mac & cheese to the list today.