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Did you know, that you can use iCal to subscribe to loads of calendars published on the internet? For example, you could have the current weather conditions in your area or major historical events written into your calendar. Not to mention public holidays (Being a student I nearly always forget about them and in the end I’m annoyed, that the shops are closed.)

Here are some of the mose useful iCal resources to start with:

Apple iCal Library - Good for public holidays, iTunes charts, sports and movie releases

iCalShare – Big database of published calendars, though some of them seem to be offline or outdated.

Interesting Google Calendars – Since google has sort of a calendar function as well and supports the ical-Format you could also use those. (but don’t forget: Google is evil)

Some calendars I’m subscribed to:
(If you’re on a Mac your iCal should pop up right when you click the link.

• Austrian Public Holidays (by Apple)
• Earth Seasons until 2020
• Moon Phases
• Celebrity Birthdays

I’m sure that there are plenty more out there. If you don’t find what suits you, you could also just publish your calendar on a site like icalx.com

Is Google getting too powerful? That’s at least what some students from FH Ulm think. Personally I decided to diversify a little bit and make an attemp to move beyond Google. Here is a good starting point: Be sure to try clusty and kartoo!

The Race to Beat Google

“Information can be used for bad purposes, but I would prefer to have knowledge than to live in the virtual stupidity that our governments, religon and media has instituded among us.”

-^sm@ck

^sm@ck

A story about emigration and the fortress Europe.

« La petite Malika, ouvrière dans une usine du port de Tanger, demanda à son voisin Azel, sans travail, de lui montrer ses diplômes.
– Et toi, lui dit-il, que veux-tu faire plus tard ?
– Partir.
– Partir… ce n’est pas un métier !
– Une fois partie, j’aurai un métier.
– Partir où ?– Partir n’importe où, là-bas par exemple.
– L’Espagne ?
– Oui, l’Espagne, França, j’y habite déjà en rêve.
– Et tu t’y sens bien ?
– Cela dépend des nuits. »

Amazon.fr : Partir: Livres: Tahar Ben Jelloun

That’s what Jim Allchin, senior executive at Microsoft wrote in an email to Gates and Ballmer:

I think our teams lost sight of what bug-free means, what resilience means, what full scenarios mean, what security means, what performance means, how important current applications are, and really understanding what the most important problems our customers face are. I see lots of random features and some great vision, but that does not translate into great products. He goes on to say, I would buy a Mac today if I was not working at Microsoft.

Groklaw – Iowa Update – Allchin 2004 email: I’d buy a Mac if I didn’t work for MS

Lovely, isn’t it?