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LG Env Touch + Mac – Contacts

Evan — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 17:22:38 +0000

Stumbled upon a really simple but effective way to copy your contacts from your OS/X Address Book onto an LG Env Touch. The beauty is in how seamlessly the bluetooth operates between the Mac and the phone.

The tool is an AppleScript called SendContacts. You simply create a group in Address Book named “SendContacts“, drag the addresses you’d like to copy to the phone into this group and then execute the script. The script opens Address Book if it’s not already open and copies the addresses in the special group. My phone is setup to query me if an upload is requested so I unlocked my phone, confirmed the upload and away the script runs. It took only a few seconds to copy around 70 contacts. Nice.

Since a phone is used to, umm, make calls, I created my “SendContacts” group as a Smart Group defining only those contacts for whom a phone number is available:

Using a Smart Group to Define Contacts to Send

Kudos to Apple, LG, and the Bluetooth Consortium for making this all so easy and to C+C Software Factory for creating such a nice utility!

Note-to-Self: It's Not ALL Misery

Evan — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 13:33:18 +0000

Look At Me Shirts has a great take on the recent destruction here in Cincy.

Maybe when I get my power back, I’ll be able to order a few. *sigh*

Source for Cheatsheets

Evan — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 17:17:03 +0000

Check out Added Bytes and subscribe to the feeds.

Note-to-Self: Java Passion

Evan — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 20:34:47 +0000

Make sure to check out free online Java-related learnig at http://www.javapassion.com.

Note-to-Self: Comparison on DVCS Options

Evan — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 19:24:21 +0000

Check out this blog entry for information on comparing popular distributed version control systems.

Good links to other related information.

Public Data Sets

Evan — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 16:36:44 +0000

Note to self: check out this post for public data sets that I could use to develop RIAs.

Investigate This, Boy

Evan — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 21:38:45 +0000

Note to self: check out LivePipe.

Solaris Goodness

Evan — Thu, 29 May 2008 21:36:48 +0000

Note-to-self: Add Prefetch Technologies and Blog o’Matty to my list of feeds.

Also, check out Blastwave for OpenSolaris software.

Merge Made by Octopus

Evan — Sat, 17 May 2008 03:58:45 +0000

I’ve been coming up to speed on Git and swallowing up every tutorial and blog entry I can find.

A few days ago, I ran into Jonathan Rockway’s very entertaining blog entry Git Merging by Example.Â Great read and very instructive.Â But I was particularly amused by Jonathan’s quote:

I love the “Merge made by octopus” message; I am seriously going to have a t-shirt made that says that. I like it when sea creatures help maintain my code.

You know what?Â I love when sea creatures help out as well.Â So, to that end I’ve constructed a little bumper sticker in honor of Git and Jonathan.Â Here’s a preview:

If you’re interested in getting a hold of one of the bumper stickers, leave a comment.
Sorry it’s not a t-shirt, Jonathan, but maybe someday…

Books on the Cheap

Evan — Thu, 15 May 2008 21:25:50 +0000

Note to self: check out AddAll for good values on books, both new and used.