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