JaBbA's Hut - Comments

macdet: Referrer Spam Solution

nospam@example.com (macdet) — Mon, 19 May 2008 10:00:47 -0400

your are right. s9y blocks spam very well!

greets from germany!

SId: iCal to Remind script

nospam@example.com (SId) — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 09:25:38 -0400

But remind does have the DUR function built in it , so why not extend it to ical2rem as well? (if possible of course .. )

JaBbA: iCal to Remind script

nospam@example.com (JaBbA) — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 23:00:21 -0400

remind isn't intended as a calendaring app - it's intended to remind you of events. It makes no sense to have event durations for a reminder app.

SId: iCal to Remind script

nospam@example.com (SId) — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 22:22:11 -0400

Is it not possible to include the length of events ?

Mac: iCal to Remind script

nospam@example.com (Mac) — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 04:05:42 -0500

Thanks for the note "You'd have to write it without iCal::Parser" this did trick for me.

Sean C: iCal to Remind script

nospam@example.com (Sean C) — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 22:40:54 -0500

Sometime within the last few weeks I started having the same unreferenced scalar problems after using ical2rem.pl for months without a hitch. I'm on ubuntu and do apt-get updates pretty regularly so maybe something's changed on the perl side.

Nicolas Guillaud: iCal to Remind script

nospam@example.com (Nicolas Guillaud) — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 09:10:55 -0500

I am novice with perl. I try your script. I successfully install Ical::Parser but when I run the script, i have this error and I don't howto resolve it :
Cannot determine local time zone
Attempt to free unreferenced scalar: SV 0x88517b8, Perl interpreter: 0x8152008.

Could you help me ?

JaBbA: iCal to Remind script

nospam@example.com (JaBbA) — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 22:05:28 -0400

On my Linux system, I have it installed:

# grep -i ical .cpan/Bundle/Snapshot_*.pm
DateTime::Event::ICal 0.09
DateTime::Format::ICal 0.08
Mail::DKIM::Canonicalization::Base undef
Mail::DKIM::Canonicalization::DkCommon undef
Mail::DKIM::Canonicalization::DkimCommon undef
Mail::DKIM::Canonicalization::dk_nofws undef
Mail::DKIM::Canonicalization::dk_simple undef
Mail::DKIM::Canonicalization::nowsp undef
Mail::DKIM::Canonicalization::relaxed undef
Mail::DKIM::Canonicalization::simple undef
iCal::Parser 1.14

Check your CPAN sources. Perhaps you're using a broken mirror.

You could also just download it from cpan.org and install it by hand. Not that you should have to do that, but it's better than running the same command for hours.

Jeff: iCal to Remind script

nospam@example.com (Jeff) — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 20:11:01 -0400

I tried to install the iCal::Parser perl module, tried for hours, and don't know what to do, here is what it says:

MacBook:~ root# cpan -i iCal::Parser
CPAN: Storable loaded ok
Going to read /Users/sparc5/.cpan/Metadata
Database was generated on Wed, 18 Jul 2007 23:50:02 GMT
Running install for module iCal::Parser

The module iCal::Parser isn't available on CPAN.

Either the module has not yet been uploaded to CPAN, or it is
temporary unavailable. Please contact the author to find out
more about the status. Try 'i iCal::Parser'.

JaBbA: iCal to Remind script

nospam@example.com (JaBbA) — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 09:39:18 -0400

You'd have to write it without iCal::Parser, because that library breaks out recurring events. The Event Hash defined in iCal::Parser has no recurrence field. Since the intention was to have it run under cron every few minutes, recurring events really aren't critical.

iCal::Parser defaults to January of the current year, but if you want to go back, then change

my $parser =iCal::Parser->new();

to

my $startdate = DateTime->new( year => 2006, month => 1, day => 1, time_zone => 'US/Eastern', );
my $oneyear = DateTime::Duration->new( years => 1);
my $enddate = DateTime->now + $oneyear;
my $parser = iCal::Parser->new('start' => $startdate, 'end' => $enddate);

Reinaert Albrecht: iCal to Remind script

nospam@example.com (Reinaert Albrecht) — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 07:39:25 -0400

Is it possible to have recurring events really be recurring like in the remind application and how come the starting year is this year. All older events don't get converted. Is there something that can be done about it?

JaBbA: iCal to Remind script

nospam@example.com (JaBbA) — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 14:48:48 -0400

I've re-released the software under GPL. Get it from http://jalcorn.net/public/ical2rem.pl

Dave O'Neill: iCal to Remind script

nospam@example.com (Dave O'Neill) — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 21:38:56 -0400

I second Mark's request. It would be nice if this were released under a GPL-compatible license so it could be distributed alongside 'remind'.

Mark Stosberg: iCal to Remind script

nospam@example.com (Mark Stosberg) — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 15:21:28 -0400

A couple comments:

To users: If it complains about missing Perl modules, you may be able to install them like this as root:

cpan -i iCal::Parser

To the author: Could this be released under a standard open source license? Why not release it under the GPL? That allow the possibility that it could be distributed with 'remind', or at least through the same channels.

Craig: The Definition of 'Balls'

nospam@example.com (Craig) — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 16:37:51 -0500

Good choice of team

It was indeed remarkable. The atmosphere at Anfield on the return leg should be electric.

Better even than before the Juventus game in the quarters two years ago.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nfFi-_Hb2A