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This is where I put [NewIdea]s 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.
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