It was a few months ago that I originally wrote the first incarnation of the MailExchange2iCal script. Since then I’ve been in contact with a few users trying to make it work for them and I’ve found a number of peculiarities in the types of email invites sent by Exchange/Outlook. The biggest problem was that […]
I’ve come across a problem with the original MailExchange2iCal-TZ-fix script. It seems if the .ics invite was only listed as an attachment or in base64 encoding then the script would fail. I’ve subsequently revised the script to handle this and to more gracefully ask into which calendar you want the event imported.
I’ve also fixed the […]
If any of you find yourself using webmail you’ll know what I’m talking about. If you’re at all like me, you like to be able to follow the replies in an email thread. Using webmail the quoting and wrapping get screwed up quite easily.
I was looking for a simple way to rewrap, unwrap, increase the […]
As any Mac user who deals with Microsoft Exchange invites will tell you Exchange screws up the time zone information. What this means is that you will likely miss your meetings. Not a good thing.
Justin Hartman has recently given you his solution to this problem. I haven’t tested it but in looking at it I’m […]
OK, since I’ve switched over to WordPress I have to admit it’s been pretty painless. I decided to go with the SVN update process since I know it’s much easier. But the monkey wrench in the process is having to switch to the new checkout for every stable release.
So instead of
$ cd ./blog $ svn up
I […]
This is a real late addition.
The following is a tutorial from Ross Shannon on URL rewriting. Like Marlyse I’m repeating the content for my future use.
An Introduction to Rewriting
by Ross Shannon
The Apache server’s mod_rewrite module gives you the ability to transparently redirect one URL to another, without the user’s knowlege. This opens up all sorts […]