I just have all my RSS feeds go to Dreamwidth. It's not the most elegant solution, and I do have some blogs I just manually look at, but...
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meara - Feb 05, 2012 7:58:19 am PST #19376 of 25501
§ ita § - Feb 05, 2012 8:06:24 am PST #19377 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Do you have a freemail account? I used to use Yahoo's calendaring even when I wasn't using that email address. It's been a long time since I've used it, so I'm not sure how the functionality matches up to today's Google calendar, but it's certainly serviceable.
What calendaring functions do you need?
Typo Boy - Feb 05, 2012 8:38:07 am PST #19378 of 25501
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Data entry on backpack looks easier than google. Question 1) Can you enter not just time but length that is 3/21 2pm- :30 pm? Secondly, does it have protection agasinst double posting in the same time the same calendar? so if you have entered 3/21 2pm-2:30. it wont let you enter 3/21 2:10pm - 2:20pm?
§ ita § - Feb 05, 2012 8:50:31 am PST #19379 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Secondly, does it have protection agasinst double posting in the same time the same calendar?
I've never seen that before. Have you used software that does it? I assume it's something you can turn off, right?
Typo Boy - Feb 05, 2012 8:53:37 am PST #19380 of 25501
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Outlook lets you turn that on. Used for a medical appointment calendar, one calendar per medical provider. YOu can see why in that context you would not want two appointments for the same doctor at the same time.
Liese S. - Feb 05, 2012 8:55:04 am PST #19381 of 25501
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Yeah, I'm like meara here. I still need to finish up some RSS feed setup.
And while we're talking Google abandonment, let me self-pimp a moment. If you want to leave the search engine entirely, you could start using
Ginger - Feb 05, 2012 8:56:44 am PST #19382 of 25501
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Google cut Liese off.
Typo Boy - Feb 05, 2012 8:57:25 am PST #19383 of 25501
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Liese, very mysterious.
Mind you I don;t neccesarily want to abandon google. But I hate the "let us show you the results you got in previous searchs" thing. If I do a google search must of the time i'm looking for info not confirmation of my prejudices.
Consuela - Feb 05, 2012 9:05:04 am PST #19384 of 25501
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I've started using Go Dog Go as a search engine. They do rely on Google themselves for some stuff, though, like News searches, which is annoying.
Liese S. - Feb 05, 2012 9:11:46 am PST #19385 of 25501
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Hee, dunno what happened there. There was a whole big post. Now I'm afraid to repost, I think Google is coming to my house.
You could start using goodsearch. It's based on the yahoo engine and donates a portion of its advertising revenues to whatever charity you select (the above links to mine, Hope in Transit).
They also have affiliated programs where you can donate by dining and shopping. You can use their toolbar, which will show you when you're on a participating site. Again, that theoretically is the Hope in Transit branded toolbar.
I just now set it up for us, so if anyone does, I'd appreciate the feedback. I haven't yet promoted it to our supporters.
The negatives are: it uses cookies, so if you're leaving Google for privacy reasons, this might not be an acceptable solution. Signing up (separate signup) for Gooddining does want you to receive marketing email. And the toolbar, infuriatingly, has a non-removable Amazon button.
So it's not entirely ideal, but it's what I'm currently playing with. Now to see if this will actually post.