Then, Sensico posts a link to the video, outraged that McCain would essentially call Americans lazy, because McCain states that even if they were offered $50/hr to do so, Americans wouldn’t ever pick lettuce in Yuma during the summer. (If you’ve missed it, as Sensico obviously did, this is hyperbole. Offering $50/hr to pick lettuce would cause the price of Lettuce to hit about $15/head.) Sensico says:

You don’t understand how much I want to yell out MCCAINS AN ELITIST. I can’t believe McCain would basically call Americans lazy and then offers $50…

And then, here’s the priceless bit. TWO PARAGRAPHS LATER:

I for one would never pick lettuce because Im not used to manual labor,

THAT’S THE EXACT POINT JOHN MCCAIN WAS JUST TRYING TO MAKE!!!!! <sigh> How do you even try to reason with this?

edit:
Just to clarify, my point here is not to defend the ways in which Americans take advantage of illegal immigrants in order to maximize their own profits: the Bible is quite clear on this, that it’s absolutely despicable. (Read James 5 among others) My points are that:

1. Many Americans are proud and lazy
2. Many immigrants work very hard and get NO appreciation or respect
3. Some Americans like to ignore both of these facts and yell very loudly about their own “rights”
4. McCain is astute enough to recognize this, and
5. A lot of the most vocal people on the internet don’t understand common literary devices such as hyperbole: I still think that the blogosphere is going to destroy civilization.

1. Download Calgoo Connect.
2. Install it.
3. Follow these directions.

You’re done! How easy was that?!

This post is the last in a series on How to sync iCal, Google Calendar, and Outlook 2007.

1. Download Calgoo Connect.
2. Install it.
3. Follow these directions.

If you’d rather do it the fun or less intrusive way, follow these directions:

1. Download GCALDaemon and save it where you normally save downloads. Just visit This page and click the link that say “UNIX/Linux/AIX/Mac OS X compatible ZIP archive”. It’s under the “Linux compatible” section, but you don’t need Linux, because the OS X Terminal is compatible. Don’t open it or unzip it, just save the file.
2. Hit Apple-Space Bar to open Spotlight (Or just click the Magnifying glass on your menu bar), and type in “Terminal.” Click the result that looks like a black screen and says “Terminal”. Don’t freak out when it opens up with a boring little cursor.
3. Make sure you have Java 1.5 or higher installed. Just type in:
   java -version
   and hit enter, and it will tell you what version you have. If it’s lower than 1.5, go to java.sun.com and install the latest version.
4. Type in the following command, and hit enter:
   cd /usr/local/sbin
5. Type in:
   sudo unzip
   (add a space at the end, do NOT hit enter)
6. Drag and drop your newly-downloaded file onto Terminal. This pastes in the correct pathname. Hit enter.
7. Now type in each of these commands, and hit enter after each one:
   sudo chgrp -R admin /usr/local/sbin/GCALDaemon
sudo chmod -R g+w /usr/local/sbin/GCALDaemon
sudo chmod 755 /usr/local/sbin/GCALDaemon/bin/*.sh
9. Leave Terminal open

Sweet! Now that GCALDaemon is installed, we can set it up to do a two-way synchronize between iCal and Google Calendar.

1. In Terminal, type this in and hit enter to run the setup program: /usr/local/sbin/GCALDaemon/bin/config-editor.sh
2. Select the “File synchronizer” on the left, and click the “Google Accounts” buttom (screenshot)
3. Click the “New Account” button, enter your Gmail address and your password (twice), click “Verify”, and hit “OK”
4. Click the “New” button (Left of the “Google Accounts” button you just pushed)
6. Select your Google account, your Google Calendar (You may have to hit “refresh” to see them all), and your iCal file. Hit OK, and repeat for as many calendars as you have.

Almost done! All we have to do is make this program run whenever you’re on your computer.

1. Download Lingon here and unzip it into your “Applications” or “Applications/Utilities” folder.
2. Double-click on it to run it
3. Follow the five easy steps here. IMPORTANT: when it asks for the path in step 4, enter this:
   /usr/local/sbin/GCALDaemon/bin/standalone-start.sh

That’s it, you’re done! Now your Google Calendar will always be synced with your iCal! If you change one, the other will change automagically! Now, go ahead and set up Outlook 2007 to sync with Google Calendar as well–it’s much easier.

The solution? Multiple calendars.

In Outlook 2007, you’ll be able to see these events side-by-side, but if you want to share just one of those calendars to your Boss, it will show only the events in that calendar to those who view it. (This also has the added benefit of showing you at a glance that you work too much!)

I personally maintain 5 calendars: Personal, Work, Class (I’m a full-time student), Church, and Birthday/Anniversaries. Makes it easy to keep my life nice and organized.

Here’s how you do it with Outlook 2007:

1. Open Outlook, and click on your calendar. (duh!)
2. Click the little arrow next to the “New” button just under your Tool Bar, and select “Calendar…” (screenshot)
3. Give it a name and hit OK.
4. Repeat as many times as you like
5. If in the past you’ve been categorizing by Color, you can now easily move items from your current Calendar to your new Calendars.
   1. Make sure your original calendar is selected (It’s called “Calendar”)
   2. Type a common letter (such as “a”) in the “Search Calendar” Box
   3. Click the “Categories” header to sort by Category
   4. Select all the items in a Category and drag-and-drop them into the appropriate new Calendar on the left. (If you don’t see them listed, Click the “My Calendars” heading under “All Calendar Items”
6. Finally, to overlay your calendars and view all events together, check the box next to each calendar, and use the little left-pointing arrow next to the Calendar name on each tab (screenshot).

P.S. This is also possible to do in Outlook 2003, I believe. I will post instructions when I have the chance.

Now that you’ve done this, you can go read how to do the same thing with Google Calendar and iCal, and then you can read sync multiple iCal, Google, and Outlook Calendars to keep them all automagically synced together!

The solution? Multiple calendars.

In your iCal, you’ll be able to see these events side-by-side, but if you want to share just one of those calendars over the internet, it will show only the events in that calendar to those who view it. (This also has the added benefit of showing you at a glance that you work too much!)

I personally maintain 5 calendars: Personal, Work, Class (I’m a full-time student), Church, and Birthday/Anniversaries. Makes it easy to keep my life nice and organized.

Here’s how you do it with iCal:

1. Open iCal. (duh!)
2. On the left-hand side, you’ll see a spot for calendars. Right-click in the blank space (Hold the Ctrl key and click, or click and hold) and select “New Calendar” (screenshot)
3. Give it a name.
4. Repeat as many times as you like

Now that you’ve done this, you can go read how to do the same thing with Google Calendar and Outlook 2007, and then you can read sync multiple iCal, Google, and Outlook Calendars to keep them all automagically synced together!

The solution? Multiple calendars.

In your master Google Calendar, you’ll be able to see these events side-by-side, but if you want to share one of those calendars with select people, it will show only the events in that calendar to those people. (This also has the added benefit of showing you at a glance that you work too much!)

I personally maintain 5 calendars: Personal, Work, Class (I’m a full-time student), Church, and Birthday/Anniversaries. Makes it easy to keep my life nice and organized.

Here’s how you do it with Google Calendar:

1. Log in to Google calendar. (duh!)
2. Click on the Settings link in the upper-right-hand-corner, next to your email address (screenshot)
3. Select the “Calendars” tab, and click the “Create new calendar” button (screenshot)
4. Give it a name (required), Description (optional), and Location (Optional). Make sure you select the right time zone, and hit the big “Create Calendar” button
5. Repeat as many times as you like

Now that you’ve done this, you can go read how to do the same thing with iCal and Outlook 2007, and then you can sync multiple iCal, Google, and Outlook Calendars.

Now, this wouldn’t be too hard if I wanted to spend cold, hard cash on commercial software (or even worse, subscription-based software), but I wanted to do it all for free. I tried to do this last spring, and failed miserably. Thankfully, things have changed now, much thanks to the free availability of Google Calendar with multiple calendar support, and the recent free offering of Calgoo. Here’s the full tutorial, then:

First, set up equivalent calendars in all three locations.

(Google Calendar, iCal (version 2.0.5 on OS X Tiger), Outlook 2007)

1. Set up multiple calendars in Google Calendar
2. Set up multiple calendars in iCal 2.0.5
3. Set up multiple calendars in Outlook 2007

Then, tie them all together.

(Using GCALDaemon, Lingon, and Calgoo Connect)

1. Sync multiple iCal 2.0.5 calendars with Google Calendar
2. Sync multiple Outlook 2007 calendars with Google Calendar

That’s it! You’re done! Sure was easy, wasn’t it? As you can see, all changes everywhere are synchronized through Google Calendar nearly instantaneously: now you can keep all your Outlook, iCal, and Google Calendars in sync for free.

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The Tales of Beedle the Bard should be an interesting read by my estimation, but it won’t be quite as long as the Harry Potter books. Nevertheless, this isn’t stopping Amazon from offering the volume in an Amazon-exclusive The Tales of Beedle the Bard Collector’s Edition for a mind-boggling $100! (The Standard Edition can be pre-ordered for $7.79)

At any rate, either one is a steal if you consider the fact that Rowling published a mere seven copies of this book back in 2007, and Amazon bought one of those copies at an auction last December for nearly $4 million. Well then…what are you waiting for? Go preorder yours today!

The story is a bit dark, but what do you expect from a movie titled “The Dark Knight”? However, it’s not overly dark. I was hesitant to watch it in the first place because I didn’t want to leave the theater all depressed and all, but while the plot has its dark side, it’s not film noir.

And yes, it’s long, but that’s a good thing. At a few points during the movie I thought to myself: “if this ends now, that’s just lame.” But it kept on going until a satisfying end. Definitely worth seeing.