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TOPICS: Mac OS X

Mac Mail.app: keyboard "move" folder select?

Hello. On PINE (my old mail program) I could file mail quickly; "s foldername" would file the current message into foldername. (I could even tab-complete!) I would LOVE to be able to do that on Mail.app: a keyboard-only way to file messages. Does anyone know of any way to do that?

(Looked on Versiontracker, googled it; I found nothin'.)

TOPICS: Mac OS X

The popularity of that prime number

The recent volume of email, calls, and IMs about a single issue makes me think it’s time to state something publicly and explicitly: 43 Things is not related to 43 Folders in any way. Full stop.

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TOPICS: Admin

Google Calendar on an Index Card

Has anyone ever figured out a good way to print a Google Calendar onto index cards. I can get something printed onto an index card, but its so small, I can't read it. I use Google calendar at my desk, but I have a Levenger International Pocket Briefcase and I would like to be able to print a weekly calendar to carry in my Pocket Briefcase. I used to use Airset and it was easy to do such from Airset. I have been on gCal for about six months and I have never been able to find a successful method for producing an index card version of my calendar. Anybody got any ideas?

To Do List option for the iPhone

One of the complaints about the iPhone is that there is no way to create a to do list. While I don't have a perfect solution, I do have an idea that can get you started.

Create a password protected blog and enable comments. Each blog entry is a "To Do" item and you can keep track of how you are doing on the project with the comments section.

Here's the how-to using iWeb:

1) Create a New Page using the pull down menu or the handy + button at the bottom. From the template of your choice, select the blog.

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HPDA pix

There's now 350 photos on Flickr with the "hipster pda" tag. See also "clusters" and high level of "interestingness."

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faint lines in forum

i think the lines between forum topics are too faint to read easily. for series of long topic names, they all blend together. see screen capture (attached.)

Switch to OpenOffice? Pros and cons?

In Pakistan, bootleg copies of software are the norm. When you buy a computer, if you tell the people who are setting it up that you want genuine software, they look at you like you're crazy. So you go buy a computer, tell the tech support guy what software you want on it, and take it for granted that practically none of it will be legally yours.

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Amazing iCal multiple day view trick

Amazing iCal multiple day view trick

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TOPICS: Mac OS X

Outlook + Blackberry + Project + GTD

Outlook + Blackberry + Project + GTD

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