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Trying Out Google Reader

I started reading blogs steady back around 2002-2003, and started my own in 2004. Since I started reading blogs, I have went through the gamut of readers…

First I started with SharpReader for a while, a fat client, that was OK..but a lot of feeds had errors..

I then started using RSS Bandit, which was good, but slow sometimes for the amount of feeds I had.

I then found Newsgator. Most people use Newsgator for just the online reader, but it is so much more. What it really is, is a online store for your feeds (OPML) that you can use between all their different clients, even the newest builds of RSS Bandit support the Newsgator sync framework.

I used Newsgator Inbox for a while, with Outlook, then I used Newsgator Online for a while, I tried their mobile version and Media Center editions, then I tried Feed Demon, which really rocks. And since my feeds are sync’d between all these platforms, when I read one here, it is marked read there, etc. Even on my mac I tried News Net Wire… and now they have an iPhone interface as well.

Since I took the plunge to GAFYD, and I am using Gmail, etc, I decided to try Google Reader….A few WTF’s….

One of the worst things is, I can’t sync my Newsgator feed with Google Reader. This is because Goog Reader has no or a crappy API, and Newsgator doesnt want to do anything to sync with them or whatever, just sucks though..

The other thing I have found, is that feeds don’t update fast enough. I read in the help if a feed doesnt have a lot of subs, then it wont update very often, and other feeds will update about once an hour. I feel sometimes like I am missing some stuff, especially on the weekend where I try to keep my feeds read up to date..

The sharing and starring is good, I will see how that works as I go, as they just added sharing via Google Talk as well..

One thing though to add to all of this is, I can’t use my GAFYD account with google reader, I had to sign up for ANOTHER Google account using my same email/password to kind of mimic it using the same account, just wacked…another weird thing with GAFYD…

Anyways, at this point I don’t see a lot of things that make the bloggers oooh and ahh over Google Reader compared to Newsgator… The trends are nice, but it isnt mind blowing… we will see…

GAFYD, Google, Google Apps, Google Apps for Your Domain, Feeds, Newsgator, Google Reader, Feed Demon, RSS Bandit, SharpReader, Feed Reading, OPML

Tags Google, Software

Geeky/Programming

HowTo: Migrate Hotmail to Gmail or Google Apps for Your Domain

Post author By Steve Novoselac
Post date December 14, 2007
8 Comments on HowTo: Migrate Hotmail to Gmail or Google Apps for Your Domain

Like I said previously, I just moved to GAFYD, which is the Google Apps version of Gmail. I needed to move my Hotmail (well, actually Windows Live Domain) emails over to gmail. How do you do this? Well there are a few ways….

#1 – Install Windows Live Mail Desktop, add your hotmail account, get all the messages downloaded. Then add your Gmail or GAFYD account using IMAP, then drag the messages over to the Gmail account, works slick.

#2 – Use Outlook – do basically the same thing, but use the Outlook Connector to get your hotmail account into outlook, then drag and drop

#3 – IMAP for Hotmail – if you are like me and used hotmail on your iPhone, using IzyMail, then you already had IMAP set up, you can then use any email client that supports IMAP (read: Thunderbird, or maybe Apple Mail) – then set up your hotmail account using IMAP, set up your Gmail or GAFYD account using IMAP and drag and drop the messages over.

I am sure there are other ways to do this all as well, but this seemed to work for me.

Gmail, Google, Google Apps, Google Apps for Your Domain, Hotmail, Microsoft, Windows Live Domains, IMAP, Windows Live Mail, Windows Live Hotmail, Windows Live Mail Desktop

Tags Gmail, Google, Hotmail

Geeky/Programming Product Reviews

Gmail's SPAM filtering – Not all it is cracked up to be

Post author By Steve Novoselac
Post date December 13, 2007
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You can read all around the web, that Gmail has the best SPAM filtering. I call BS on that. I have been using Windows Live Domains for my email, running stevienova.com through Windows Live Domains, I get to use Windows Live Hotmail for my email. I have been using it for a year at least. I might get 1 spam a day in the junk mail, and none in the inbox.

This week I decided to switch my domain email over to Google Apps (Google Apps for Your Domain – GAFYD) – Now, I get 20+ spam a day in the Spam folder, and 1-2 a day in the inbox.

There is no way Gmail’s spam filter is better than Hotmails. Hotmail stopped more, and stopped more from showing up in the junk folder. Now I have to check my spam folder on Gmail every day to make sure there are no bogus ones in there, and it also lets junk through to the inbox. Not good!

I probably have around 10 more gripes with GAFYD, but I will save those for a later time.

Technorati tags: Gmail, Hotmail, SPAM, Junk Mail, Google, Microsoft, Google Apps, Google Apps for Your Domain, GAFYD, Windows Live Domains, Email

Tags Gmail

Geeky/Programming

Testing Ecto Blog Tool

Testing the ecto blog tool on mac..

Mac, ecto

Tags Blogging, Software

Geeky/Programming SQLServerPedia Syndication

SQL: Moving log files for an existing database to another drive

Post author By Steve Novoselac
Post date December 11, 2007
1 Comment on SQL: Moving log files for an existing database to another drive

So today, Chris asked me how to move log files or data files on SQL to another drive. My first response was to use the GUI and just detach and then move the files, reattach using the GUI. But he wanted to move just the log files, I don’t think it is very intuitive with the GUI, if even possible.

The KB article from Microsoft shows you how to do with SQL commands (sp_attach_db and sp_detach_db), which is really the correct way, although, it doesn’t say how to do it if you have multiple log files or data files.

Books online shows us:

sp_attach_db [ @dbname= ] ‘dbname’ , [ @filename1= ] ‘filename_n’ [ ,…16 ]

[ @filename1= ] ‘filename_n’ Is the physical name, including path, of a database file. filename_n is nvarchar(260), with a default of NULL. Up to 16 file names can be specified. The parameter names start at @filename1 and increment to @filename16. The file name list must include at least the primary file. The primary file contains the system tables that point to other files in the database. The list must also include any files that were moved after the database was detached.

After all that, you should be good to, moving your data and log files around all you want! And as a side note, if you have SQL 2000, use Query Analyzer to connect and run the commands, if you have SQL 2005, use SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) or SQL Server Management Studio Express (SSMSE) to connect and run the commands.

Technorati tags: SQL, SSMS, SSMSE, Query Analyzer, sp_attach_db, sp_detach_db

Tags SQL

Random

Today – 27 Years Ago…

John Lennon was shot. What a sucky day. His memory lives on..

Technorati tags: John Lennon, War is Over

Tags John Lennon, Music, The Beatles

Uncategorized

links for 2007-12-05

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Random

Otis Redding…Madison

Unknown to me, Otis Redding actually died in Lake Monona here in Madison 40 years ago (on Dec 10th).. There are tributes going on all over the place here in Madison this week. One thing about Otis was that “Sittin’ on the Dock of the Bay” was a posthumous release, and it became and #1 hit!

Technorati tags: Madison, WI, Otis Redding, Lake Monona