Olddea

This is where I put NewIdeas after I've dealt with them.

• article: describe how to set up mutt, osx, and fastmail.fm for a total remotely-stored email solution.

10/21 sent message to Mac DevCenter editor (O'Reilly) asking if interested in mac/mutt/fastmail article.

11/20 sent outline to Mac DevCenter, waiting to hear back if they want me to write article

11/29 sent a ping to Mac DevCenter asking if they had made a decision

12/1/04 - Editor has approved article, now I need to write it.

published 1/7 in macdevcenter.com

• set up automated nightly backup of my wiki to my laptop

actually probably use ncftp to pull whole website.

• set up automated backup of server15 to both blur and littlewing?

littlewing is down and blur is going away. consider external HD instead.

littlewing is back as of 11/26.

• get anon ftp working on server15

might be too much work, move ftp files to http instead?

decided I'm going to convert all the downloads to http: don't know if ftp will ever be set up, and that way I avoid all the firewall problems.

• delete old mail inbox on server15

clutter

• article: del.icio.us extensions

pasta

nut.ritios.us

extri.pitios.us or whatever the heck its called

'submitted to newsforge 10/21/04

published on newsforge 11/4/04

• article: ipmi w/ example of dell 1750

accepted by sysadmin mag, deadline 11/15

submitted to sysadmin mag 11/15, waiting for approval.

sent message asking for status 11/29

sysadmin magazine has approved arfticle but does not have publication date yet, 12/1/04.

published March 2005 issue.

• article idea: insane .mailcap hacks

canonical: use aalib to convert pictures into text on the terminal

expand this to larger idea of turning arbitrary data into text and the advantages of doing that. Write about all my mailcap hacks and use this image to text one as the supreme example.

Gave rough outline to Linux DevCenter on 11/20. Editor replied he liked idea and wanted an outline.

Handed off final version 3/10. Editor replied it looked good.

• article idea: My Workstation OS: Mac OS X

for newsforge's little open submission request

focus on how mac os x makes life easy for a guy who uses linux at work

newsforge responded they already have someone writing this article 12/1/04.

• article idea: making sure your processor configuration is sane with dmidecode, x86info, and /proc/cpuinfo

how to use those tools and what to check to determine if you are running correct kernel, have hperthreading turned on, etc.

try newsforge first.

newsforge approved article 12/1/04

on newsforge 12/20

• article idea: marking up pdf documents

flpeps

xfig on eps docs

this could be a great 'killer app' for linux

accepted and published by newsforge 1/4/05.

• article idea: converting from syslog to syslog-ng

why you would want to switch - filtering, multiple log sources/destinations, configurability

gotchas - converting syslog.conf to syslog-ng.conf, pipe() vs. file(), /dev/log dgram vs. stream

how to roll it out and smoothly replace syslog.

resources - syslog-ng home, faq, mailing list

• article idea: adventures in dual booting

document what I found out setting up a system with windows and linux

the minimal changes to Windows approach: put linux on second hd

written and given to newsforge 2/13. replied will edit this week.

up on newsforge 2/25/05.