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Awesome!

Today, the iPhone 3.0 software update finally came out and about the first thing I did after upgrading mine was to check out the new CalDAV and LDAP functionalities.

This is how I configured CalDAV for Google Calendar:

1. Go to Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars
2. Tap “Add Account…”, then “Other”
3. Under Calendars, “Add CalDAV Account”
4. Enter account information:
   • Server: www.google.com
   • User Name: [your username]
   • Password: [your password]
   • Description: [e.g. Personal]
5. Tap “Next”

That’s it! Now you can launch the Calendar app, tap “Calendars”, then select the CalDAV calendar. Events can be created or modified on the iPhone and they’ll be reflected on the server instantly.

Secondary calendars: This only shows the main calendar. To get your other calendars, you’ll need to repeat the above for each (with distinct Descriptions otherwise it’ll be confusing), then edit that CalDAV account, and under “Advanced Settings” change the “Account URL”. You can get this Account URL by clicking the down arrow next to your calendar at calendar.google.com and selecting “Calendar Settings”. You should find your Calendar ID next to the XML, iCal, HTML links in the Calendar Address section. Insert this Calendar ID into an URL like so: (truncated - see original post)email this to yourself, then leverage the new copy&paste feature of 3.0 to avoid typos. Why is it so cumbersome? Here’s a possible explanation.

Earlier this week, Apple released a firmware upgrade for the iPhone (and the iPod Touch) that allows you to set any web page as a “Web Clip” (basically, a shortcut icon) on your phone’s start screen.When you do this however, the default image it uses is just a thumbnail of your homepage - which, to be honest, is kind of boring.

Thankfully, Apple has allowed web publishers to create their own custom icons. And it’s easy to do - fire up your image editing program and create a new document that is 57 x 57 pixels. Once you’ve finished your design, save the image as a PNG and title it “apple-touch-icon.png” (no quotes). Then just upload it to the root folder of your web site. Safari will now choose your icon instead.

I decided to do this for FOREM. Here’s what I came up with:

iPhone users, if you want to see it on your phone - hit this site in Safari and the tap the ‘+’ button to add FOREM to your start screen.

Very cool post about a slice of Oregon history…

This has been brewing for quite some time. Sure, I love our architecture, buildings, streetscapes, wacky hotels and roadside oddities that all make Oregon a wonderful place we call home. But, something strange happened along the way. People started commenting [as I would hope, this being a blog, ya know?] about their experiences with the buildings or the postcards I was scanning and posting.

(via The Lost Oregon Oral History Project « Lost Oregon)

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We had drinks at Departure last night. It was pretty much exactly like hanging out in Ten Forward except that no one was playing 3D chess and, instead of Whoopi Goldberg behind the bar, there was some guy in a V-neck T-shirt.

Departure is full of win. I love the fact that the airport theme even includes waitresses wearing stewardess uniforms. =)

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She looks great, but sure doesn’t look like her usual self:

Fireworks Displays are something that evoke a lot of emotion in people as they are not only beautiful and spectacular to watch but they also are often used to celebrate momentous occasions.

I’ve had many emails from readers asking how to photograph fireworks displays, quite a few of whom have expressed concern that they might just be too hard to really photograph. My response is always the same - ‘give it a go - you might be surprised at what you end up with’.

My reason for this advice is that back when I bought my first ever SLR (a film one) one of the first things I photographed was fireworks and I was amazed by how easy it was and how spectacular the results were. I think it’s even easier with a digital camera as you can get immediate feedback as to whether the shots you’ve taken are good or not and then make adjustments.

Of course it’s not just a matter of going out finding a fireworks display - there are, as usual, things you can do to improve your results. With 4 July just around the corner I thought I’d share a few fireworks digital photography tips:

(via How to Photograph Fireworks Displays)

After millions of dollars and years of research, South Korean scientists successfully engineered kimchi and nine other Korean recipes fit for space travel. When the Russian space authorities this month approved them for Ko’s trip, the South Korean food companies that participated in the research took out full-page newspaper ads.

The other space food Koreans created include the national instant noodle called ramyeon, hot pepper paste, fermented soybean soup and sticky rice.

But kimchi - a must-have side dish at every Korean meal - was the toughest to turn into space food.

“The key was how to make a bacteria-free kimchi while retaining its unique taste, color and texture,” said Lee Ju Woon at the Korean Atomic Energy Research Institute, who began working on the newfangled kimchi in 2003 with samples provided by his mother.

Ordinary kimchi is teeming with microbes, like lactic acid bacteria, which help fermentation. On Earth they are harmless, but scientists fear they could turn dangerous in space if cosmic rays cause them to mutate. Another problem is that kimchi has a short shelf life, especially when temperatures fluctuate rapidly, as they do in space.

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In the spectrum section for the UK readers!

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