December 22, 2004
Get Mozilla Calendar to Update php iCalendar
Recently I have been working with an online calendar. However I ran into a problem, how to synchronize it with a desktop calendar.
For this I used Mozilla's Sunbird calendar. I wanted it to sync with php iCalendar (site currently down). I currently have the file stored here. And the web hosting has ftp capabilities.
Installation of the calendar only required extracting the archive tar -xvzf phpicalendar-1.1.gz
This creates a folder called phpicalendar-1.1 I moved this folder into a web accessible directory and renamed it calendar to make it easier to navigate to.
Most of the defaults in the config file (config.inc.php) are sufficient except verify the following setting auth_method = 'ftp'
 Click on the image for a larger view. | In the Mozilla Sunbird click on File => New Calendar FileIn the dialog box that appears (shown at left) enter a name for the calendar and the remote server url like this ftp://USERNAME:PASSWORD@ftp.path.to.the.ics.fileAnd check the box to Automatically publish changes |
Then Sunbird will download the calendar from the server and you can make changes and they will automatically be reflected on the web calendar.
Posted by Stephen at 11:10 AM | Comments (0)
October 15, 2004
More GMail Invites
Here are some gmail invites.
FCFS.
Invite #1 Taken
Invite #2 Taken
Invite #3 Taken
Invite #4 Taken
Invite #5 Taken
Invite #6 Taken
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Update 10-19-04: And some more
Invite 7 Taken
Invite 8 Taken
Invite 9 Taken
Invite 10 Taken
Invite 11 Taken
Invite 12 Taken
If you use one, e-mail me.
Stephen
Posted by Stephen at 6:43 AM | Comments (0)
July 15, 2004
Sysadmin Day
Just some amusing items to keep you entertained. And remember, gifts on sysadmin day are always welcome.
| Sys Admin Day (2002) Song by Wes Borg - Do you know what "PC Load Letter" means? | ||
| Advice to Employees the Proper Use of the System Administrator's Valuable Time | ||
| The Bastard Operator From Hell (BOFH) | ||
| http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/30/index.html | ||
| The Bastard Operator From Hell (BOFH) Archive | ||
| http://bofh.ntk.net/Bastard.html | ||
| Tina's Computer Geek Humor & Jokes | ||
| http://monster-island.org/tinashumor/computer.html | ||
| Why You Can't Find Your System Administrator | ||
| http://www.cybernothing.org/cno/sysadmin.html | ||
| A Week in the Life of a System Administrator | ||
| http://www.avdf.com/jan98/hum_h003.html | ||
| 101 Things You Do Not Want Your System Administrator To Say | ||
| http://paul.merton.ox.ac.uk/computing/101things.html | ||
| Tech Tales - The funniest tech support stories on the Internet | ||
| http://www.techtales.com | ||
Posted by Stephen at 7:16 AM | Comments (0)
June 23, 2004
New GMail account
 | Well I just got an invite for a gmail account. So I'm excited Well maybe not that happy, but interested to check it out. If I get some invites to share, I'll look at the comments and pick someone to invite. While you're waiting, check out the comic at userfriendly.org. |
Posted by Stephen at 10:11 AM | Comments (0)
February 16, 2004
Music Server
Well, I worked on a server yesterday, it's an old P-II 266 MHz. It's my new music server. It will be attached to my stereo and stream MP3's from my main machine. It has Snowcrash as web based control. So I can control it from any computer on the network. It also has a Matrix Orbital LCD to display song title, artist, EQ. Visualizations, etc. LCDC controls the output to the LCD and at some point I'll add buttons on the front of the player to control songs which LCDC handles nicely. I'll post pictures soon.
Update:
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Here are some pictures of the unit.
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Posted by Stephen at 10:45 AM | Comments (0)
December 2, 2003
Think RedHat and Mandrake are it?
For those of you who think RedHat and Mandrake are the only two current distributions of Linux, here is a list of distros that released a version during the month of November.
November 2, Devil-Linux 1.0.1
November 2, Yoper Ydesktop 1.2
November 3, OpenNA Linux 1.0
November 3, SULIX 1.1
November 3, Flonix Build 17
November 4, Knoppix 3.3-2003-11-03
November 5, Lorma Linux 4 RC2
November 5, Fedora Core 1
November 5, Linux From Scratch 5.0
November 7, Beyond Linux From Scratch 5.0
November 7, Onebase Linux 2.0
November 7, UHU LInux 1.1 Beta 4
November 9, Skolelinux pr41
November 10, Gibraltar 1.0
November 10, Skolelinux pr42
November 10, Gnoppix 0.6.0 Beta 3
November 11, MEPIS Linux 2003.10 RC1
November 12, Xandros Desktop 2.0
November 12, RUNT 3.0
November 12, Gentoo for PowerPC G5 G5-20031011-5
November 13, Damn Small Linux 0.5
November 13, Freeduc 1.4.1
November 14, Knoppix 3.3-2003-11-14
November 14, Bonzai Linux 3.1
November 15, Impi Linux 1.0
November 15, Rock Linux 2.0 RC2
November 18, ADIOS 2.00
November 20, Knoppix 3.3-2003-11-19
November 21, SystemRescueCd 0.2.8
November 21, Puppy LInux 0.7.8
November 21, Aurox Linux 9.2 Beta
November 22, Lorma Linux 4 RC 3
November 22, GoboLinux 010 RC 1
November 22, SmoothWall 2.0 RC 1
November 23, Debian GNU/Linux 3.0r2
November 24, SENTINIX 0.70.5
November 24, Devil-Linux 1.0.2b
November 26, Turbolinux 10 Desktop
November 26, clusterKNOPPIX 3.3-2003-11-19
November 26, MEPIS LInux 2003.10
November 27, Kurumin Linux 2.10
November 27, DeLi Linux 0.4
November 27, Immunix Secured OS 7.3
November 27, ThePacketMaster 1.0.1
November 29, ClarkConnect 2.1
November 30, LRs Gnu Linux "Creme-13" RC1
There is a wide variety and DistroWatch keeps up with most of them and each's uniquness.
Posted by Stephen at 4:26 PM | Comments (0)
November 21, 2003
Windows to Linux Transition
IBM has a series on Windows to Linux roadmap. The document as a pdf can be found here
On a personal note, the semester is approachings its end, and with that comes projects and cramming of last minute information in. Things are getting hectic and won't let up until the end.
Thanksgiving break is well needed. I fly out Wednesday morning to go visit parents.
Stephen
Posted by Stephen at 7:59 PM | Comments (0)