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content/post/2008/04/200804dvtm-dynamic-virtual-terminal-manager.md

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+date = "2008-04-07T18:04:00-07:00"
+title = "dvtm - dynamic virtual terminal manager"
+slug = "200804dvtm-dynamic-virtual-terminal-manager"
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+
+dvtm - dynamic virtual terminal manager
+=======================================
+
+He's back! And with with something new/cool:\[dvtm

content/post/2008/05/200805command-line-blog-posts.md

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+date = "2008-05-07T18:05:00-07:00"
+title = "Command-Line blog posts"
+slug = "command-line-blog-posts"
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+Command-Line blog posts
+=======================
+
+So, it only seems fitting that I should talk about a command-line
+interface to posting on this blog. No, I do not mean using
+[links](http://links.twibright.com) or the like, but a way to post from
+the command line.
+
+So, this post is being typed up in [vim](http://www.vim.org) on my
+[Fedora 8](http://www.fedoraproject.org) laptop. I will use this great
+little tool I found called *wppost* to post. *wwpost* is part of the
+[perl](http://www.perl.org) module
+[WordPress::Post](http://search.cpan.org/~leocharre/WordPress-Post-1.04).
+
+A brief summary of its commands are bellow:
+
+           -c category, can be a list separated by commas, no spaces
+    -t title
+    -i description, main body of post, if it has a slash, it is interpreted as a file to slurp
+    like a text or html file
+    -D iso formatted date for post, can be left out
+    -T if there are image attachments, place them as thumbnails only, with link, not just resized
+
+Some usage examples taken from the man page:
+
+        Most basic of usage, (provided you have a ~/.wppost file)
+
+    wppost -t 'hi everyone' -i 'i just wanted to say hello'
+
+    If you want to specify two different categories:
+
+    wppost -t 'Another Apple' -i 'Apples are really great. I do love them so.' -c food,rant -D 20071231
+
+    If the body of the post is in a file
+
+    wppost -t 'title here' -i ./content.txt
+
+    If the content of the post is in a file and you want to use the file
+    name as the title
+
+    wppost -i ./Title_Here.txt
+
+    If you want to have file attachments:
+
+    wppost -t 'recent photos' -i 'these are recent pictures i took' ./*jpg
+
+Pretty cool, huh?
+
+Peace out!

content/post/2008/08/200808pizza-party-command-line-pizza-ordering-program.md

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+date = "2008-08-25T18:08:00-07:00"
+title = "Pizza Party - Command Line Pizza ordering program"
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+Pizza Party - Command Line Pizza ordering program
+=================================================
+
+Want a pizza, and do not want to fire up that pesky GUI?  We have the
+solution for you: [Pizza Party - Command Line Pizza ordering
+program](http://www.beigerecords.com/cory/pizza_party/)
+
+Currently, only from Dominos, so if you do not have one near you who
+accepts on-line orders (*sigh*, mine does not), then you are out of
+luck.

content/post/2008/08/200808so-you-need-a-calendar.md

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+date = "2008-08-04T18:08:00-07:00"
+title = "So you need a calendar?"
+slug = "200808so-you-need-a-calendar"
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+So you need a calendar?
+=======================
+
+So, one of the things we have been using computers for is to keep track
+of our lives.  And this means a scheduling or calendaring tool.  Some
+tools out there do this fine, and some do it very well.
+
+I have to keep track of a lot of appointments. From conference calls for
+work, to each member of the family's schedules, to random, but highly
+important reminders.  Most calendaring programs out there will let you
+set up a reoccurring event by day of the month, or the date.  But, what
+if you need to do something two days before the end of the month, every
+month?  Or, you need to do something every full moon, but not on [the
+blue moon](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_moon)?  Or, you have a
+standing meeting with your boss every other Monday morning, execpt when
+Monday is a holiday, then the meeting shifts to Tuesday?  Oh, and you
+want something that you can run over an ssh session, while on your smart
+phone, or you friend's smart phone?
+
+The answer is simple:
+[remind](http://www.roaringpenguin.com/products/remind/).  remind can do
+this, and more.  Need to set something up by the Hebrew Calendar? 
+Check.  Want your calendar to run a shell command for you on a holiday,
+specific day of the month, or phase of the moon? Check.
+
+Most modern Linux distrobutions include remind nowdays, as it is so darn
+usefull.  In addition, it runs just fine under Solaris, and the BSDs,
+including MacOS X.  If fact, over at
+[43Folders](http://www.43Folders.com), they have a whole section their
+wiki for [remind](http://wiki.43folders.com/index.php/Remind).  The wiki
+has many tips and tricks on how to use remind to its fullest.
+
+In my next post, I will share some tips on how I get remind to remind me
+of events.

content/post/2008/11/200811alerting-with-remind.md

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+date = "2008-11-19T17:11:00-07:00"
+title = "Alerting with Remind"
+slug = "alerting-with-remind"
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+Alerting with Remind
+====================
+
+Back in my [article on Remind](links://slug/so-you-need-a-calendar/), I
+talked about the simple power of remind to power your scheduling needs. 
+That is all fine and good, but how to you get it to tell you when you
+have an event?
+
+In its simplest form, when you run \_remind \_ from the command line, it
+will not only display the current day's reminders, but it will run in
+the background and wake up to tell you about other reminders on the
+screen while you work.
+
+This is fine, but what happens if you do not have that termial open in
+front of you?  Well, I have two ways I approach that issue.
+
+First, when I run under X ([yeah, yeah, I know, but I use cli tools
+under X](links://slug/what-do-i-use/)), I have this added to my
+.xinitrc:
+
+> remind -z -k'xmessage -buttons okay:0 -default okay %s&' \~/.reminders
+> &
+
+Let's look at the command line:
+
+-   The **-z** tells remind to wake up every 5 minutes and reread the
+    .reminders file.
+-   The **-k** tells remind to run a command instead of simply printing
+    the reminder to the screen
+-   **xmessage -buttons okay:0 -default okay %s&** is the secret sauce
+    of this.  This is the command run when there is an alarm.  This
+    command line calls xmessage (which is on pretty much any box with X)
+    to display the alert.  You could use zenity or kmessage, or
+    winpopup, or whatever.  This is what puts the alert in your face
+    when you are not looking at the screen.  The **&** is needed to make
+    this command non-blocking by putting it in the background.
+
+That all good if you are setting at your computer.  But, what do you do
+when *gasp* you leave to computer?  This is a little tricker.  For this,
+my solution needs two things: 1) a computer which is always on and 2) a
+way to send messages to your cell phone/pager (sms or email).  I have a
+cron job which checks to make sure remind is running, and restarts it if
+it is not (I use a hosting provider which does not like long running
+processes).  The command line is similar to the one for X, but with a
+difference:
+
+> TZ=CDT6CST \~/bin/remind -z -k"echo %s

content/post/2008/12/200812googles-calendar-on-the-command-line.md

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+date = "2008-12-08T17:12:00-07:00"
+title = "Google’s Calendar on the Command Line!"
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+Google's Calendar on the Command Line!
+======================================
+
+You love your comfortable command line, but all the cool kids are
+playing in the Web 2.0 web space, and you want to stay true to your
+roots?  Want a Web 2.0 calendar, but still love (or need) command line
+access?
+
+I just found the answer: [gcalcli](http://code.google.com/p/gcalcli/).
+This little tool will let you list your appointments, get an list your
+events, get an agenda, print ascii rendering of your calendar for the
+week or month.  You can even add events to the calendar.
+
+I like the fact that I can easly get at my gcalendar from anywhere (even
+my cell phone), and now I can do it from my shell.
+
+The only downsides so far?  The code has not been updated since October
+of 2007, and the speed can be a little slow sometimes. I am going to
+play with it for a while to see if I like it enough to replace remind.