Published on Monday 29th October 2007 .
This is relatively old news on the internet, but Google is now offering IMAP connections to Gmail accounts. IMAP allows you to view your e-mail on the server from various IMAP-enabled mail clients, keeping it synchronized among the different clients. POP3 had been the only other way to view your Gmail account outside of the Gmail site, and that would require downloading your e-mail to a POP3 client or webmail service (e.g. Hotmail, Yahoo!, etc.). However, if you were to check your Gmail from multiple POP3 clients, the clients would not necessarily remain synchronized.
Lifehacker has a quick tutorial on how to setup Thunderbird to take advantage of the Gmail IMAP goodness. You will want to follow their directions to quickly make use of your Gmail tags as Thunderbird folders. Then dump the automatically created Thunderbird folders for Junk, Trash and Sent, in favor of the Gmail folders for Spam, Trash and Sent Mail, respectively. The LH article even shows you how to get Gmail keyboard control in Thunderbird using the GMailUI Thunderbird extension.
I have already started moving my e-mail archive, with messages that date back to 1999, over to Gmail from Thunderbird. Gmail’s lack of IMAP was the only thing that held me back from doing this when I dropped Outlook for Thunderbird earlier this year. Now I can have my archive wherever I check mail. I’ll have to look into Google Apps for Domains for ask-mark.com to complete my Google circle.
Published on Tuesday 23rd October 2007 .
At the Hilton Garden Inn in Hoffman Estates a new bride caused the evacuation of the entire hotel, but not before causing flood damage to six rooms on three floors. Apparently, the inebriated bride hung her wedding dress from a fire sprinkler in her hotel room, setting off the sprinkler. The Daily Herald article reports that the wedding couple, part of one of seven wedding parties booked at the hotel, disappeared shortly after the incident, and the hotel has yet to make contact with them.
Published on Thursday 18th October 2007 .
It appears that Dr. James Watson (half of the famed Watson and Crick pair) and his politically incorrect comments have finally caught up to him. Dr. Watson has been known to make stirring racial comments in the past. In fact, Dr. Watson made such comments during his one week visit to IWU, my alma mater, in September 2000. At the time, I thought to myself that he is free to voice his opinion. However, I found it unprofessional that he used that particular pulpit to push this agenda.
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Published on Sunday 14th October 2007 .
I’m not sure where the members of the Illinois General Assembly have their heads, but it’s certainly not in the classroom. Why else would the General Assembly pass SB1463, a bill making a brief period of silence at the start of the school day mandatory instead of optional, and then override the veto by Gov. Rod Blagojevich? I’m not generally a fan of Blagojevich, but I think he had it correct when he vetoed the bill. The Chicago Tribune article reports that Blagojevich "had said he believes in the ‘power of prayer’ but worried the law could erode the barrier between church and state."
Continue reading ‘Silence is golden’
Published on Saturday 29th September 2007 .
Apparently foot tapping isn’t the only thing you have to worry about in public restrooms up north. In Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, someone has been stealing toilet paper from the Fond du Lac City County Government Center’s public restrooms, and it’s been happening since June!
What’s the big plan to catch the thief? Fond du Lac County Executive Allen Buechel hopes that someone will walk in on the thief while he is stealing the toilet paper. Also, courthouse officials will be on alert for any suspicious activity. So, if you’re in Fond du Lac, be aware that you might run into dangerous individuals in the public restrooms.
Published on Tuesday 18th September 2007 .
University of Florida student Andrew Meyer was pulled away from a microphone as he questioned John Kerry during his visit to UF Monday. Meyer was then brought to the back of the auditorium, pinned to the floor. UF police officered warned Meyer that continued resistance would result in being tasered. Shortly after receiving the verbal warnings, you can hear Meyer screaming, as well as the tell-tale popping noises that a taser makes.
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Published on Tuesday 18th September 2007 .
Not only are they ugly as sin, but they are dangerous, too. Those ugly clogs called "Crocs" have been involved in an increasing number of escalator injuries, mostly involving children. The dangers of Crocs are so notorious that American Girl has posted signs in its retail stores to caution those wearing Crocs to use elevators instead of escalators!
Say "NO!" to Crocs. They’re dangerous, and more importantly, they’re ugly.
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