Sync Facebook photos with Apple’s Address Book

I dont have a facebook account anymore and I also dont have Plaxo. Now Plaxo, when I had the account, did this syncing and even today I have profile photos of all the plaxo contacts in my iphone.
So when someone from my old plaxo list cals I see their photo. Cool.
But now you can do [...]

Google Calendar

I went to help in google calendar and found this – but there is no plus next to ‘my calendars’. Curious!

Create multiple calendars
You can set up multiple calendars for different areas of your life, like one for your softball team’s practises and games. Click the “plus” symbol next to My Calendars to get started.

Cloud computing is a trap

Cloud computing is a trap, warns GNU founder | Technology | guardian.co.uk
Cloud computing – where IT power is delivered over the internet as you need it, rather than drawn from a desktop computer – has gained currency in recent years. Large internet and technology companies including Google, Microsoft and Amazon are pushing forward their plans [...]

How to blog – for the shirker

I have been blogging for five years now. See this link for all my blogs: http://sites.google.com/site/soumitrisarchive/blogs-and-sites(now that was a spruik! caught you!)
But seriously – are you a blogger who?

feels guilty blogging.
blogs when the family has gone to sleep.
checks your email for comments on your blog first thing every morning.
thinks blogging is not work – and [...]

Add Signatures to Gmail

If you have been following my posts this year you will already know that I have decided to complicate my life completely. What I did two weeks ago – to put a date to it and be scientific say ummm at 11 AM on 19th of January – was to say I was going to [...]

Last week

This is the last week before I go back to work – the kids go back to school actually, so I can head off to do things.
Small snippets of info:
1. I am now totally converted to ‘cloud computing’. I have deleted my ‘mail’ accounts – and am into gmail. I still miss ‘mail’. All th [...]

Cloud Computing

Last year Jeremy would come to see me about once a month. Jeremy is an ixd nut who is bouncing off all manner of walls in all parts of the globe. As an aside he is also doing his PhD and has inexplicably chosen me as his supervisor. While I may have some effect – [...]