http://soi.kd6.us ...thought I should blog Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:57:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en On an older post about WinSCP Kamil Grabowski asked if I'd used rsync to keep remote files in sync. I have, and use it more often than winscp or sshfs. rsync is basically a smart copy utility - it can copy (sync) files between local or remote directories, and it will copy ... http://soi.kd6.us/2010/03/01/so-i-use-rsync-to-keep-a-remote-directory-up-to-date/ I didn't expect it would be difficult to delete a calendar from my iPhone, but it was. I recently upgraded to iPhone OS 3.0 (took me a while, I know), and began using the built-in calendar functionality to sync with Google Calendar. I had previously been using an ... http://soi.kd6.us/2009/12/01/so-i-deleted-a-calendar-on-my-iphone/ It's from Japan, and is called Dokan SSHFS. It works well. Some limitations - it will mount the remote filesystem as a drive, so you need to assign a drive letter to each remote filesystem you want to mount. It saves connection info, but not your password or key passphrase. When ... http://soi.kd6.us/2009/03/20/so-i-found-a-windows-sshfs/ From ChaZg33k on So I Made My iPhone Say Hello, World… Why would you want to use the App Store when you could submit to Cydia? Hmm. Troll, or serious question? Guess I'll respond as a serious question, because I have something serious to say. ... http://soi.kd6.us/2009/03/06/appstore-vs-cydia/ So I compared my iPhone and my G1, and included notes on how to take a G1 screenshot, but it turns out there was another step: installing the appropriate drivers, and enabling debug on the G1. So, to take G1 screenshots: Turn on USB debugging on the G1: Settings | Applications ... http://soi.kd6.us/2008/11/06/so-i-took-a-screenshot-on-my-g1heres-the-howto/ This is the one Linux way to edit files remotely as if they were local. For a Windows approach, see my post on WinSCP. There's also a Windows sshfs called Dokan SSHFS. sshfs is a user-space Linux filesystem that makes an ssh connection look like a local filesystem. It's trivial to use: As ... http://soi.kd6.us/2008/11/05/so-i-used-sshfs-to-mount-a-remote-filesystem/ Mononofu reminded me I hadn't talked about how to keep remote directories in sync. This is the windows version. For a Linux version, see my post on sshfs. So, to work on files locally on Windows, but have them automatically copied to a remote directory, use WinSCP. Download WinSCP 4.17 and ... http://soi.kd6.us/2008/11/05/so-i-used-winscp-to-keep-a-remote-directory-up-to-date/ At first blush, the G1 is obviously more open than the iPhone - open source platform, open SDK from day 1, and you can install software from anywhere just by selecting a menu option. But this software runs in a Java sandbox. You don't appear to have access to the operating ... http://soi.kd6.us/2008/10/28/so-i-wonder-which-is-more-open-g1-or-iphone/ I'll continue to update this as I continue to learn about both phones, but I'll start with some first impressions. The G1 is noticeably bigger, but not bad. It's bigger than the iPhone, bigger than my RAZR VR3, thinner than my wife's old T-Mobile Wing, but way smaller than my Zaurus c860. ... http://soi.kd6.us/2008/10/28/so-i-compared-a-t-mobile-g1-vs-an-iphone/ When I turned on my T-Mobile G1 phone this morning, it showed a picture of a big triangle with an exclamation point inside it, and a G1 lying flat on its back. It was completely unresponsive. I tried holding down the power-off (end) button, alone and in combination with the various other ... http://soi.kd6.us/2008/10/28/so-i-had-to-force-reset-shutdown-my-g1/