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iCal - Exchange Time Zone Fix - Chapter 2

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 … Continue reading

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iCal - Exchange Time Zone Fix - part 2

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 … Continue reading

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Text and Quote Wrapping

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 … Continue reading

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iCal - Exchange Time Zone Fix

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 … Continue reading

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WordPress SVN

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 … Continue reading

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URL Rewriting

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 … Continue reading

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Fixing MySQL and phpMyAdmin

There seems to be a problem with how current versions of OS X store the mysql socket and how phpMyAdmin looks for it. It seems currently the socket is stored at /tmp/mysql.sock but phpMyAdmin is looking for it at /var/mysql/mysql.sock. … Continue reading

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