Keeping large amounts of information together on a computer can be a complex business. I’ve read great reviews of both Yojimbo and NoteTaker, but they are both Mac-based products. If you know of anything similar for PC, please let me know in the comments.
A couple of years ago, I made a CSV file that allowed you to easily import that year’s Formula One calendar into your Outlook file. I didn’t get around to making one for the 2005 or 2006 seasons, even though I got the occasional email from people asking about it. Yesterday, the official 2007 Formula 1 calendar was announced, and I knocked together a quick .csv file that will import the dates into Outlook. Trust me, the data will need updating. I suspect the times, distances, and (possibly) some of the tracks aren’t accurate. I was doing it in a rush, so please keep an eye on the Formula One section to see if I update it at all.
Again, I provided the file as a .zip; you must first extract the .csv from it. Then, in Outlook, you will need to go to the File menu and import the data (import from another program or file) and place it in the calendar. The file is provided as is, and you use it at your own risk. I don’t know how you can remove it without deleting each entry individually. Once again, I have included a category name ‘Formula One’ so you can easily find all the entries this file creates. It should be easier to find them in Outlook and remove them if you need to. If you already have a Formula One category in your Outlook calendar, you may want to edit the file before importing so you can change the category name. The file is fairly simple, and you should be able to read it in any spreadsheet program (and even some text file readers will read it).
I know the previous files were downloaded a number of times. If you download this one, then why not leave a comment and let me know that you’re using it?
PS: Google did a great one for this year’s races, so I hope they’re going to do the same for next year.
Really, The Guardian’s Organ Grinder is the place to go if you want to keep up with the highs and lows of television in the UK. I didn’t even know the lovely Sharon had her own television chat show. Never mind that it started earlier tonight.
Martin, the second contestant looking for love, looks terrified. Ooh, he hugs Sharon, the cheeky monkey! Hope Ozzy’s not watching. He’s probably in bed. The third love wannabe, Mariola, is giant! Give that woman her own show! [Cue Sharon! from Guardian Unlimited: Organ Grinder]
It’s making me wish I was at home in front of the box right now. But I am not, I am in Oslo and I haven’t even switched the television on yet.
This is one for my friend Steve to comment on. Yahoo reports that “In 1994, just 19 of the Fortune 500 companies advertised their brands in gay media in the United States. Last year, 175 did”. [Source: Advertisers out of the closet with gay-themed ads – Yahoo! News] It’s just a shame all those stereotypes still exist. The worst gay ads are the ‘Get Fruity’ Muller sponsorship of Living TV’s Will and Grace. All that cheap innuendo; it’s amazing they don’t give the audience a little more credit.
And talking of Will & Grace, Eric McCormack – who played Will – appears to be struggling to find work now that the series is gone and finished. He told Sunday’s Observer that “I have this big pink cross to bear”. Still, I guess with all the money he made from Will & Grace, he’s in a position to be able to hire somebody to carry it for him. [Source: The Observer | UK News | I can’t shake off my gay image, says Will]
I am off travelling again. This morning, it was a very early start to get to Heathrow so I could catch a flight to Oslo. To give myself extra time for security, I arrived at 5 a.m., only to find check-in wasn’t open until 5.20am. Then a nice queue at security and a plane ride to get me here. I am now too exhausted to enjoy the lovely evening. Still, I hope I can get a decent night’s sleep so that I will be awake for tomorrow’s meetings!
I am not going to be able to upload a picture of my latest trip to my Flickr account as I am visiting Amsterdam without a camera (or a camera phone). In fact, I am visiting without any piece of electronic equipment whatsoever. The security alerts over the past few days at UK airports have resulted in this odd situation.
This morning, I arrived at the airport very, very early for my flight. Given that this was a day trip, I checked the baggage rules last night and decided against anything that would prevent me from walking on board. That meant no mobile, no laptop, no book, no pens: nothing. I took the train to avoid the traffic queues and checked in online before I left the house. The result? It took 15 minutes from arrival at the airport to sitting in the lounge (and they managed to X-ray my shoes in that time). I had a few hours to kill, so I did a little bit of work from an Internet station (oh, for a working Office 2.0 set-up) and now I am in Amsterdam airport with a similar amount of time to kill and only a newspaper for company.
There have already been two posts about F1 this week, here and here. Well, time for a third. I thought it worth noting that Anthony Davidson stood in for Martin Brundle as one of the ITV commentators last Sunday. Not only was it fantastic to have Honda’s third driver there for Jenson’s win, but I thought he did a mighty fine job. Here’s hoping we get to hear (and see) a lot more of him in the next few years.
UPDATE: Just look at what I said last year. Amusing coincidences?
Yesterday, while celebrating Jenson’s big win, I omitted to mention that Mark Webber has signed to drive with Red Bull Racing next year. While this might be great news for some it does mean that Christian Klien is being left without a drive next year and, as this picture might suggest to you, that can’t be a good thing really. Christian might not have had the best performances of the year but can that really all be placed at his door and not the car? He’s results have not been that much worse that team-king David Coulthard. “My aim has always been competing in Formula One and I am not willing to give it up so easily,” Klien told F1Racing.Net.
Well, what can I say? Jenson went and did it in superb style yesterday. After six years and 113 races, Jenson made it from 14th on the grid to take the podium as the winner in a thrilling race that saw both Fernando Alonso and Michael Schumacher fail to make it to the rain-soaked finish line. “We made a great choice on the tyres and also on the last pit-stop,” Button told the BBC’s website. If there was pressure to get that first win, then it’s surely off now, but I imagine the pressure will be even greater to win a few more and then a championship. Better get my flag ready for next year’s Silverstone race, huh?
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Official Japanese figures at the time put the death toll at 118,661 civilians. But later estimates suggest the final toll was about 140,000, of Hiroshima’s 350,000 population, including military personnel and those who died later from radiation
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Every year I am stunned to be reminded that 6 August is the anniversary of the day that the US dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima. It was an act that brought an end to the Second World War, but it changed the world forever. With all the missiles flying across parts of the world today, it seems like a good time to remember that war is not a good thing.
Picture from acksion’s photos on Flickr.