So then I started spending a lot of time simply moving messages from the inbox to the archived folder. Also when I read a message and move it, it was not marked as read. I hated wasting those precious 2 seconds

So I googled something like “outlook 2010 archive plugin” and ended up at lifehacker:
http://lifehacker.com/5175347/add-a-gmail+like-archive-button-to-microsoft-outlook

The lifehacker example was for outlook 2007 and for an inbox with a single folder (one email address).

I created the certificate, I added the developer tools using this link:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee814736.aspx

I enabled Macros using this information:

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/office/forum/office_2010-outlook/how-to-enable-macros-in-outlook-2010/791d5b21-c3e9-4e09-89f9-ea53341d7cb0

and I used the following code (worked fine for one folder):

Sub Archive()
Set ArchiveFolder = Application.GetNamespace("MAPI").GetDefaultFolder(olFolderInbox).Folders("Archived")
For Each Msg In ActiveExplorer.Selection
Msg.Move ArchiveFolder
Next Msg
End Sub


Make sure you folder is named “Archived” or change the code.

Now what happened to me was, if I archived an email from my devry folder, it went into the sage/archived. That would not do.
Also the messages were still UnRead = true unless I clicked off of them and back on.

So I used this code for my situation:


Sub Archive()

For j = 1 To Folders.Count
If Folders(j).Name = "Jason.Huber@sage.com" Or Folders(j).Name = "jhuber@devry.edu" Then
If Folders(j).Name = ActiveExplorer.CurrentFolder.Parent Then
Set ArchiveFolder = Folders(j).Folders(2).Folders(1)
For Each Msg In ActiveExplorer.Selection
Msg.UnRead = False
Msg.Move ArchiveFolder
Next Msg
End If
End If
Next j
End Sub


Let me know if it works for you.

.NET ADO SQLLite components: http://sourceforge.net/projects/sqlite-dotnet2/
Great tutorial: http://adodotnetsqlite.sourceforge.net/
SQLLite Browser: http://sourceforge.net/projects/sqlitebrowser/

It not only allows me to share my screen and give control but also let students share their screens and I take control. Just great. It was fast and clear.

I recorded using camtasia since the mikogo recording was in a proprietary format, but I did that anyway.

The only drawback and it is MINOR is a lack of built in audio. I had skype, so we used that. No problem. Thanks Mikogo!

Jane wrote about this today and her list fails to mention join.me which I find to be an easy and outstanding service.

I use this for face-to-face class meetings! I have students in the classroom that I give the link to so that they can better see the screen. The projectors at my school are top of the line, but cannot adequately display a 1440X900 resolution so that a students 20 feet away can see my code. Their physical machine can easily. Also they can screenshot or record from their local machine if they want (and they do!).

I say get join.me. I might even pay for an account I use it so much.

Jane – add join.me to the TOP of your list. Most of the other services you have alphabetically listed are worthless.

http://www.20thingsilearned.com/#/browser-protection/1

So I needed some iPhone software. For that I went to iCam. I was able to check to see if my cameras were supported before I picked up the app. It works great.

There is a piece of software you need to have running on a pc to publish the feed though, so I have that running on my home server. I actually have one instance per camera running as a service to autostart with the server. I just realized I rebooted it “the hard way” and the cameras are up, so cool!

So some iPhone software, an app running on the server and a server. So far so good. I used the same process to run these apps as services as I have for dropbox.

So when we went to vegas I had the cameras wirelessly watching the dog and now I have wired them (it is much faster) directly to the router. It was hot in the attic.

The iCam software can actually turn on and off motion sensing from the iPhones, so you can not only see the motion events that are captured along with a real time video, but also turn off the feature which can also send you push notifications if you want. It is pretty full featured. I only have 2 cameras and have room for 2 more. I will need a new router at that point! The motion events it captures are in jpg, so I have those saved to my dropbox on the homeserver that way my laptop and iPhone get the new pics when there is motion. So I can view the pics that way too.

I only have AT&T so I had to unlock the G1 first here: http://www.unlock-tmobileg1.com/. Within an hour I had my unlock code. I tried to call TMobile and although I was able to give them some story about the phone the email came back in the morning telling me I had to have my service for 60 days.

Then I have a problem with the speaker on the phone. I will probably end up replacing the earpiece, but for now I thought I could root it and patch the speaker volume settings. I needed root and I figured I would installed 2.1 at the same time since I was on 1.6.

I followed this: http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?title=Full_Update_Guide_-_HTC_Dream which also includes this: http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?title=DangerSPL_%26_CyanogenMod_5/6.

So I can tell you it was a bit scary compared with jailbreaking, but if you follow the directions and be careful to check the antenna version you will be ok. I hope to upgrade to 2.2, but 2.1 is much better than 1.6 for sure.

First I installed dropbox on my server. Free account using an email from one of the domains on that server. I could not use my primary account since everything on that account would also end up on my server. That is not something I want or need.

So then I wrote my backup scripts to backup the databases and copy them into my dropbox on the server. Easy. At least everything is in the cloud. The problem is dropbox does not run as a service. So I had to adjust that. I found the instructions here:
http://superuser.com/questions/41992/how-to-configure-dropbox-as-a-service.

I then removed it from my local user account.

The server I have has severely restricted RAM so running dropbox all the time was not ideal.

So I decided to get a little more creative. At night I run my backups and copy the files to my dropbox folder. I do not have dropbox running at this point. I let the copy take place and all that then an hour later start dropbox. Then 2 hours later kill dropbox. The only real risk there is that dropbox might not have the time to sync the files. I can always check this locally though. How?

I want to get the database down to my harddrive as well. This way I can take monthly backups too.

So on the server within my dropbox folder I right clicked the folder containing the backups. Went to dropbox and share. Then I entered my primary accounts email.

On my laptop I needed to accept the share. So now when the server updates a file at night my primary account gets the file. When I start up my laptop in the morning — every morning — I should have some updated databases. Also I have a machine running at home — call it my home server (rather than my bittorrent server where I host all the linux distros) and it gets the file immediately at night. When I start my laptop up at home my laptop actually gets the files from that server over the lan. Fast!

I upgraded my primary account to 50 Gigs too so that I have plenty of space.

No big deal?

Normally this would be a bummer because you would need a new laptop or at least an expensive repair, but in his case it is 3 days before senior project. I know these students had placed most of their code into github.com and that this student has already delivered much of the code to the client (he logs into the client server regularly while I am assisting him). So yeah pretty big deal just before senior project.

How does Dropbox help?

Any computer with Office 2007, Visual Studio and Remote Desktop Connection would allow this student to keep working and finish anything he needed for his project. He can just log into dropbox.com and manually upload and download the files he needs. Piece of cake.

I sent him the signup code: https://www.dropbox.com/referrals/NTgxNTA3OQ. I was notified within minutes that my storage was increased because he has signed up.

Good job Jake. Move everything you want saved into your dropbox folder inside of my documents and just let it do the uploading. 2 gigs for free and when you refer friends you get a bit more:

Does it really matter that you remove empty folders from your HDD? I cannot imagine why, but I am sure someone somewhere will tell you. Check Google. The funny thing about this app is the name. I think it is vain to actually care about the cleanliness of your hdd in this detail. Like checking your breath with your own hand. Not sure if it even works.

by the way I found this via DLS