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I am an employed Software Engineer working temporarily in manufactoring (not doing professional programming), and a program is an idea put to work on a particular platform, or more simply, a working idea in a particular environment.

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PIMs - Calenders

Sunday July 06, @02:50PM
User Journal
I am currently searching for a modern calender program. I looked at Sunbird and Chandler. Both are just okay. Let's start with what I am looking for:
  • Must allow for custom event days. For example, if I have a reoccurring event on just Mondays and Saturdays (or any other combination like the 3rd Saturday), I don't want to have to enter 2+ different events to accomplish this.
  • Selecting multiple events on the calender should be easy--like drawing a selection box around the multiple items.
  • Should be able to copy/cut/paste (and have it working)
  • Exporting should be easy and customizable
  • Sharing/Collaborating multiple events with multiple groups of multiple people should be easy
  • Should be able to disable/enable all imports. For example, if I import holidays, I want to be able to select/deselect the holiday import

Now I will start with Chandler. The ultimate deal killer for me was the first bullet. That is a necessity for me. I hate having to do the same event multiple times because I can't select custom days, and the copy/paste functionality is not working! You can select multiple event with Chandler, but you have to click on each one individually while holding down the control key. As I hinted at before, the copy/paste functionality doesn't seem to be working. Exporting doesn't look that promising either. I never bothered with the sharing aspect of this software. I couldn't see setting it up since I was already annoyed by the time I tried to enter just my work week.
On the plus side. I like the dashboard view of events, but I would prefer a split view with the dashboard view at the top, and the calender view at the bottom. You can select the event categories to enable and disable. This calender has potential, but right now I don't really like it.

Now, for Sunbird. I was not able to copy and paste events. There doesn't seem to be a dashboard view. Selecting multiple events has the same issue. Exporting could use work too. Sharing is non existent. It doesn't seem like you can enable/disable categories of events. That would be nice to have. The one thing Sunbird has going for it, is you can select custom days for events!

I will probably settle with Sunbird for now, but I might be forced to use Chandler for the sharing possibilities. Combining these two projects might create a workable calender.

Gmail Rocks and more.

Thursday July 28 2005, @09:28PM
User Journal

Google email still rocks. People may make fun of AOL, but they are not just an internet provider. They provide content...with the power of AOL/Time Warner. I like streaming Radio. Cetlic & Country songs fill there air.

Google Email

Friday December 24 2004, @05:05PM
Google

Google Email rocks! I love it so far. They even have a POP access that I can use with Mozilla. I love it. Although, some of the cool features are not available through Mozilla that I can tell.

      The internet interface is easy to use and figure out. I like the interface better than yahoo's interface. There are cool features. I definately give it an A rating!

Liberal Geeks

Saturday August 21 2004, @09:30AM
Censorship

Liberal geeks have proven to be the same as all other liberals. So much for the so-called intelligence of these geeks--reasoning and thinking gets lost in the blind obsession with liberalism. They ignore evidence presented to them. They cry unfair when they think someone is suppressing their write to free speech, but when evidence is present about John Kerry, and the Democrats, attempting to hide and silence the voices of 250 vets who think John Kerry is unfit to be Commander-in-Chief of the United States of America, they are a joke. They don't believe in free speech. Free speech only applies when what people have to say agrees with their liberal beliefs! All else doesn't matter.
      It's funny that the only response to my post is an anonymous coward calling me a "f*cking retard". In true liberal fashion, when the face with evidence they can't refute, they resort to calling people names. It would be even funnier if it wasn't for the fact that a lot of the liberal socialist elite (i.e. the Hollywood so-called-know-it-alls and other top liberal who are trying to turn America into a socialist paradice) resorts to the same tactics. They are incapable of defending their own point of view when faced with the reality that their point of view is completely without substance and is built on top of lies.
        It's good thing that not all liberals are that stupid. At least, I can still have decent discussion with nebaz. Now, I wait and see what new names the liberal geeks can think of next. Maybe it will be more original than "f*cking retard".

      Apparently, printing skin with old inkjet printers is not science enough! It must have been too complicated a subject for the slashdot editors! There is researching going on to use inkjet printers to print skins. Google for it if you want more information

KDevelop 3.0.4

Monday July 12 2004, @10:46PM
KDE

Compiling KDevelop 3.0.4 is a pain in the neck. It's not as simple as just compile & install, and help has been few and far inbetween. The documentation doesn't even mention my problems. Still I persist.

export KDEDIRS=/usr/local/kde:$KDEDIRS && kbuildsycoca >erroroutput.txt
kbuildsycoca running...
Property 'X-KDevelop-Version' is defined multiple times (KDevelop/MakeFrontend)
Property 'X-KDevelop-Version' is defined multiple times (KDevelop/AppFrontend)
Property 'X-KDevelop-Version' is defined multiple times (KDevelop/Project)
Property 'X-KDevelop-Version' is defined multiple times (KDevelop/LanguageSupport)
Property 'X-KDevelop-Version' is defined multiple times (KDevelop/Plugin)
Property 'X-KDevelop-Version' is defined multiple times (KDevelop/DiffFrontend)
Property 'X-KDevelop-Version' is defined multiple times (KDevelop/CreateFile)
Property 'X-KDevelop-Version' is defined multiple times (KDevelop/VersionControl)
Property 'X-KDevelop-Version' is defined multiple times (KDevelop/SourceFormatter)

My reward? A plain IDE with just an open icon, two very basic menus, and no editor (just plain grey box). KDevelop 2.1 still works for now, but I want to use 3.0.4!