I stumbled upon Meetup.com while looking for some local groups that matched my interests. I noticed that each group has its own calendar. Since I hack Google Calendar, I was wondering how to get a Meetup calendar on Google Calendar, rather than manually adding events by hand. Here’s how…
I was a big fan of Trillian because during my 15 year history of using the internet—it’s even longer if you count my bulletin-board days—I’ve acquired multiple IM accounts from different providers. I’m in the process of transitioning my multiple computers away from proprietary OSes that aren’t necessarily worth the money spent. (That’s not to say there aren’t OSes worth paying for.) However, since Trillian is platform dependent, it was out. I needed a multi-network IM client that would work on multiple platforms. Enter Pidgin. It fit all my needs, except…
