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  • 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.
  • set up automated nightly backup of my wiki to my laptop
  • set up automated backup of server15 to both blur and littlewing?
littlewing is down and blur is going away. consider external HD instead.

*get anon ftp working on server15

might be too much work, move ftp files to http instead?
that's what I'm goign to do - no ftp.

*delete old mail inbox on server15

  • article: del.icio.us extensions
pasta
nut.ritios.us
extri.pitios.us or whatever the heck its called
submitted to newsforge 10/21/04

*article: rss for stuff other than news articles

ebay searches
c'l searches
flickr comments
wiki changelogs
bugs
cvs?
your bank balance?
bruce schneir's blog
bugtraq and other security announcements
freshmeat and other software release announcements
cisco secuirty advisories
(http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/products_psirt_rss_feed.html)
weather
grouphug.us
gov't feeds
nasa updates

*article: REST api and how it works with del.icio.us

*article: ipmi w/ example of dell 1750

accepted by sysadmin mag, deadline 11/15
submitted to sysadmin mag 11/15, waiting for approval.

*article fragment: embedding rss feeds into phpwiki pages

*article: using a camphone effectively

maybe for Popular Photography magazine?

*figure out how to sync fastmail addr book w/ mutt addr book on mac os x.

*article idea: installing and using mutt on mac os x

idea approved by mac devcenter (o'reilly), need to get them an outline by say 11/15
gave them an outline 11/18, editor replied he will look it over.

*article idea: converting your office admin to linux

based on what I did at the office
openoffice
firefox

*article idea: setting up lm_sensors on an unknown motherboard

use my experince with the SuperMicro 370DER system
tracking down the hardware
getting valid numbers out of sensors
writing sensors.conf
using sensors-detect

*article idea: the politics behind setting up a DR site

how to negotiate contract
stuff that better be in contract (like A/C specs)
managing disputes

*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.
  • article idea: awk: it's not dead yet
use my ipmi init script as an example of how awk is still the best choice for many scripts


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