NewIdea

• 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?

*delete old mail inbox on server15

• purchase upgraded fastmail.fm account for spam filtering

migrate old mboxes from fugazi

• 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

*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

*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

*article idea: converting your office admin to linux

based on what I did at the office

*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

• 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