In part 1, I described how I got email syncing to my new smartphone. In part 2, I pretty easily got tasks syncing properly. In this installment I’ll tell you what it took to get my Google Calendar synchronizing to my smartphone. As I described earlier, I don’t have the proper version of Outlook for […]
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Windows Mobile phone setup part 2 – tasks
In part 1, I described what I was hoping to accomplish with my new smart phone. In this installment I’ll describe what I had to do to get my tasks synchronized to my phone. The well-established way to synchronize contacts on a Windows Mobile device seems to be to use Activesync to synchronize tasks with […]
Windows Mobile phone setup part 1 – email
Since my contract was up, I replaced my cellphone with an SMT5800 smartphone, which runs Windows Mobile 6.0. I’ve spent the last few days getting it all configured and syncing with my calendar, tasks, email and contacts. Frankly, I’m surprised how difficult this has been. I already keep much of this information online, so now […]
Gas mileage improvements
Spurred on by a related post from wyoming_1, I’ve decided to finally post the results of an experiment I tried recently to improve the gas mileage of my truck on my daily commute. I drive a 2007 Toyota Tundra 4-door pickup with a 5.7L V8, so as you can imagine, my mileage isn’t great. My […]
Drying rack for cloth diapers
I’m in the middle of a rather large project, so I decided that I’d go for a “quick win” (as they say at work) to get something posted here. I wrote up a quick page about the DIY drying rack I threw together. It literally took longer to write the page than to build the […]
Archiving old email – part three
When searching is what you need to do, Google is hard to beat. For this reason, I wanted to mirror my local email archive onto a Gmail account. As I mentioned earlier, I’ve already archived all of my mail locally in Thunderbird. I set up a second Gmail account for my archive, in order to […]
Archiving old email – part two
In the previous post, I described my method for archiving my old email in Thunderbird. As promised, here are some notes about cleaning up your inbox in Thunderbird. Removing duplicates One great tool I like to use is the “Remove Duplicate Messages (Alternate)” Thunderbird extension. To use the extension, you must first set the options, […]
Archiving old email – part one
Some may wonder why, but I’ve been on a long quest to properly archive my old email. I have around 25,000 email messages saved since 1995, and I’d like them to be organized, searchable and future-proof. Of course, some emails I like to keep for purely sentimental reasons, but I also have found my archive […]
NiMH Battery Testing Complete
After several weeks of testing, I’ve finally completed my analysis of all my rechargeable batteries. I know I’ll probably catch a little grief for spending my time on a seemingly pointless endeavour, but using the results of these tests, I’ll know which of my batteries I can trust. I’ve also learned a little bit about […]
DIY Bike Rack
I recently got a new truck (a 2007 Toyota Tundra) and wanted to come up with a way to carry my bikes in the bed of the truck when going camping. There are lots of options out there available for purchase, but I had some pretty specific requirements. I’ve written up a page about my […]