Diff: NewIdea
Differences between version 12 and predecessor to the previous major change of NewIdea.
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| Newer page: | version 12 | Last edited on November 19, 2004 6:44 am | by PhilHollenback | Revert |
| Older page: | version 11 | Last edited on November 19, 2004 6:14 am | by PhilHollenback | Revert |
@@ -1,17 +1,20 @@
* 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
* 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.
*get anon ftp working on server15
;:might be too much work, move ftp files to http instead?
-;: that's what
I'm goign
to do - no
ftp.
+;:decided
I'm going
to cnvert 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
@@ -36,23 +39,22 @@
;:gov't feeds
;:nasa updates
*article: REST api and how it works with del.icio.us
+;:add some other examples
*article: ipmi w/ example of dell 1750
;:accepted by sysadmin mag, deadline 11/15
;: submitted to sysadmin mag 11/15, waiting for approval.
*article fragment: embedding rss feeds into phpwiki pages
+;:also look at feedburner, etc.
*article: using a camphone effectively
;:maybe for Popular Photography magazine?
*figure out how to sync fastmail addr book w/ mutt addr book on mac os x.
-
-*article idea: installing and using mutt on mac os x
-approved by mac devcenter (o'reilly), need to get them an outline by say 11/15
-;: gave them an outline 11/18, editor replied he will look it over
.
+;:no
idea at all on this one
.
*article idea: converting your office admin to linux
;:based on what I did at the office
;:openoffice
@@ -72,7 +74,12 @@
*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 liekd idea and wanted more details.
+
+*article idea: awk: it's not dead yet
+;:use my ipmi init script as an example of how awk is still the best choice for many scripts where you don't need to heaviness of perl
-* article idea: awk
: it's not dead yet
-;:use my ipmi init script as an example of how awk
is still the best choice for many scripts
+*compalin to pobox about sony email rejections
+;
:email from Jeff @ Sony is getting rejected due to invalid HELO. pobox seems to be saying that's part of spam filtering and I can turn
it off, but I have HELO checiking off in spam settings and it still happens. Either that
's a bug or they are doing separate layer of checks before spam checks where that gets caught.
+;:11/20 - pobox says this
is fixed by setting 'bad HELO' to ignore in spam filtering. However, I did this and
still isn't fixed.
version 12
- 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
- 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.
*get anon ftp working on server15
- might be too much work, move ftp files to http instead?
- decided I'm going to cnvert 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
*article: rss for stuff other than news articles
- ebay searches
- c'l searches
- flickr comments
- wiki changelogs
- bugs
- cvs?
- your bank balance?
- bruce schneir's blog
- bugtraq and other security announcements
- freshmeat and other software release announcements
- cisco secuirty advisories
- (http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/products_psirt_rss_feed.html)
- weather
- grouphug.us
- gov't feeds
- nasa updates
*article: REST api and how it works with del.icio.us
- add some other examples
*article: ipmi w/ example of dell 1750
- accepted by sysadmin mag, deadline 11/15
- submitted to sysadmin mag 11/15, waiting for approval.
*article fragment: embedding rss feeds into phpwiki pages
- also look at feedburner, etc.
*article: using a camphone effectively
- maybe for Popular Photography magazine?
*figure out how to sync fastmail addr book w/ mutt addr book on mac os x.
- no idea at all on this one.
*article idea: converting your office admin to linux
- based on what I did at the office
- openoffice
- firefox
*article idea: setting up lm_sensors on an unknown motherboard
- use my experince with the SuperMicro 370DER system
- tracking down the hardware
- getting valid numbers out of sensors
- writing sensors.conf
- using sensors-detect
*article idea: the politics behind setting up a DR site
- how to negotiate contract
- stuff that better be in contract (like A/C specs)
- managing disputes
*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 liekd idea and wanted more details.
*article idea: awk: it's not dead yet
- use my ipmi init script as an example of how awk is still the best choice for many scripts where you don't need to heaviness of perl
*compalin to pobox about sony email rejections
- email from Jeff @ Sony is getting rejected due to invalid HELO. pobox seems to be saying that's part of spam filtering and I can turn it off, but I have HELO checiking off in spam settings and it still happens. Either that's a bug or they are doing separate layer of checks before spam checks where that gets caught.
- 11/20 - pobox says this is fixed by setting 'bad HELO' to ignore in spam filtering. However, I did this and still isn't fixed.
