David Pisarek's blog » work http://davidpisarek.com/blog Random thought exchange Tue, 31 Aug 2010 02:11:45 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Transition to GMail http://davidpisarek.com/blog/2010/08/30/transition-to-gmail/ http://davidpisarek.com/blog/2010/08/30/transition-to-gmail/#comments Tue, 31 Aug 2010 02:11:45 +0000 David http://davidpisarek.com/blog/?p=733 After a long debate with myself, I figured it was time to take the plunge and move my email to “the cloud”. So far I’ve been running it for a few days now, and I like it. I tried it a year or so ago, but I ended up reverting back.

My thoughts (in no particular order)

  1. I tried to copy the emails from my computer over to GMail, but it was setting all the dates to the day that I I have all my previous email stored on my computer, so I can reference it whenever I want.
  2. GMail supports my own personal domains – so I can send and receive without people noticing.
    1. I find it offensive when Internet professionals and businesses use @hotmail.com or @gmail.com email addresses when they have their own domain.
  3. I can still send and receive how I want from my iPhone.
  4. I have IMAP configured, so I can still do anything I want with my folders, or as GMail likes to call them… “labels”.
  5. I can access my email any time from anywhere, Internet connection permitting.
  6. The spam filters are MUCH better than what Microsoft has done in Entourage. So far it hasn’t filtered any legitimate email to my spam box, which is always nice.
    1. I have many server rules setup to wipe out a ton of spam before anything has a chance to make it to my inbox.
  7. Google Docs! It’s awesome, and now I can save attachments to that.
  8. Viewing online of documents. No more needing to open the document in the application. I can view it in a webpage and save time. Yes dad, that means that all of those “amazing photograph” emails with 20MB powerpoints won’t be AS annoying – but please try to refrain from sending them anyways!   :-D
  9. I will not tell anyone my GMail address. I do not want to get email to it. If you want to know why, read point 2.1. 8-)
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One of the items on my list has been to figure out a way to get my automated Twitter “life stream” hidden from the blog homepage. I figure, if someone wants to see my Twitter posts, they’ll either look at my Twitter page, or look at the Twitter category in my blog. I think it’s more important to showcase and highlight my actual posts instead. Plus, on my homepage I have the most recent tweets displayed.

I was going to script something to do it, but instead I came across the plugin “Simply Exclude” by CodeHooligans.

I’m quite impressed. After installing the plugin, within 1-minute I had the Twitter category removed from my homepage. No coding or scripting needed!

The only glitch is that if you tag a post in multiple categories, and one of those categories is excluded, it too will come off the homepage. Maybe this is something that will be fixed in the next version.

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]]> http://davidpisarek.com/blog/2009/08/28/lunchtime-antics/feed/ 1 Website v7.0 is now live http://davidpisarek.com/blog/2009/07/29/website-v7-0-is-now-live/ http://davidpisarek.com/blog/2009/07/29/website-v7-0-is-now-live/#comments Wed, 29 Jul 2009 11:05:11 +0000 David http://davidpisarek.com/blog/?p=502 Have you seen it yet? If not, head over to www.dmpp.net and enjoy!

What do you think of it?

I think this is a keeper…  until I get bored of looking at it (again).

New web design is launched

New web design is launched

]]> http://davidpisarek.com/blog/2009/07/29/website-v7-0-is-now-live/feed/ 1 DC/UOIT 7th Annual Golf Tournament http://davidpisarek.com/blog/2009/06/25/dcuoit-7th-annual-golf-tournament/ http://davidpisarek.com/blog/2009/06/25/dcuoit-7th-annual-golf-tournament/#comments Fri, 26 Jun 2009 03:24:40 +0000 David http://davidpisarek.com/blog/?p=469 Thursday June 25 marked a great day in Durham College and the University of Ontario Instutitue of Technology’s golf history. The tournament, set at the Summerlea Golf Club in Port Perry, saw team “Dearly Departed” fight their way to the top of the pack by shooting an amazing -9, and finishing with a final score of 49.

Congratulations to everyone on the team – Tony, Justin, Michelle, and myself.

GO TEAM GO!

 

7th Annual Golf Tournament Champions!

7th Annual Golf Tournament Champions!

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Blood, sweat, tears, 6-innings, and an 8-8 tie, followed-up by a BBQ at Brandon’s.

What a great day!

 

David at bat

David at bat, swinging for a double and 2-RBI's

]]> http://davidpisarek.com/blog/2009/06/22/at-the-good-ol-baseball-game/feed/ 1 Keep the donations coming in! Today is the last day! http://davidpisarek.com/blog/2009/02/06/keep-the-donations-coming-in-today-is-the-last-day/ http://davidpisarek.com/blog/2009/02/06/keep-the-donations-coming-in-today-is-the-last-day/#comments Fri, 06 Feb 2009 17:06:41 +0000 David http://davidpisarek.com/blog/?p=377 I just wanted to post a friendly reminder that today is the last day to get the donations in for the charity volleyball tournament that I’m playing in this weekend.

My original goal of $250 was completely smashed, and so I’ve upped it to $450.

Right now, I’ve raised $395!!! It’s so close to the goal… I’m hoping that anyone reading this will feel generous and help me surpass the $450 mark.

Thanks to everyone who already made donations.

Every dollar helps…

Donations over $25 receive a tax receipt. The tax receipt will be issued electronically to the email address that you provide during the online donation process.

To help me reach my goal, you can donate securely online at:
https://secure.e2rm.com/registrant/donate.aspx?EventID=22827&SPID=1939884

My personal page is at:
http://my.e2rm.com/personalPage.aspx?registrationID=587905

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The tournament is in support of The James Fund at SickKids Foundation. By pledging me in this exciting sports event you are making a thoughtful and lasting investment in the field of childhood cancer research at SickKids.

Thank you for your support!

Donations over $25 will be issued a tax receipt.

DONATE NOW

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Long live version 6!

Let me know what you think. Feedback is ALWAYS welcomed!

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We submitted the award in the “Best Audio + Visual and/or Multimedia” category and place third. This is a very big deal, as we went up against all other colleges and universities across Canada.

A lot of hard work, hours of tweaking and testing, and it paid off. YAY! :-)

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Check them out and let me know what you think.

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