YahooPOPs is a cool little proggie for downloading your Yahoo! mail. Download the build from the forums rather than the download page, since it seems like the compiling from the devs is a little behind. Also, it needs Fink and libxml installed. A little bit of work, but it doesn’t lock my Yahoo! Mail account like Mr. Postman did, and it’s not as limited-use as fetchyahoo.
I tried to set it up on my gentoo box, but it just SegFaults. Doesn’t look like the codebase for this app is particularly well maintained. Oh well. Still a good tool. Update: Wow, was that a big dead end. This program has more warts than a frog-licker’s tongue. I’ve pulled it completely now. Locked yahoo account and crashed thunderbird just make the lack of effective downloading less fun. Bah.Month: December 2004
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CRM and Calendar
The Personal Information Manager is the ultimate boon to people doing work with their computers. Address book. Calendar. To Do List. These things are essential for really doing business with a computer. And once you go beyond doing business alone, you need to be able to share. That is harder than you’d think. Single user calendars are dime a dozen. Shared calendars…..oof.
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Remote Systems Support
Have you ever had WebEx used to help give you phone support? Amazing how much added capability there is if you can just see the darn screen. I looked around to find some links and solutions.
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Computer Consultant
So, I’m a computer consultant. But I hate the word. It has such a ’90s-speak “we provide advanced solutions to vertical markets while providing excellent service” tone to it. So, what’s a better word? Adviser? Counsel? Support Agent? Brilliant ideas can be sent to me.
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Is free too expensive?
The local radio station has been playing and playing an add for a ‘Free Book‘ on getting rich…free but for 5 bucks shipping and handling. Is that too much?
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The Growing Wikimedia Empire
There’s so much cool stuff in the works at Wikimedia. Infoanarchy has an article that I’d like to check back with in a month or so to see what has come of their new projects. Onward Wikipedia.
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Subvert.org online
Yah. I take it down. I put it back up. It’s fun to play with. But online we are and here it is.