Goal: have a single master source of email, contacts and calendar data accessible from any number of devices including desktop, laptop, internet cafe, and mobile device without using Outlook.
My Software:

Mozilla Thunderbird + Lightning calendaring extension plus:

Lightning Toggler - shows/hides the Lightning month/task options in the folder pane so you can switch between calendaring and email [...]

When I started my consulting firm years ago, we used a lot of Sun hardware. All Sun boxes provide dedicated console access through a serial port (or an RJ45 version of one) allowing you to remotely admin or plug your laptop in without needing a graphics card, monitor and keyboard. PC-based Un*x also [...]

SFR SCCA Championship-Winning Spec Miata - $19,000
UPDATE: SOLD! Car has been sold and kept in the SFR region.
Championship Winning Spec Miata For Sale - $19,000
The car that Justin Hall won the 2004 San Francisco Region Spec Miata championship was driven in 2005 by Brian Ghidinelli in his rookie season to 6th in the overall points [...]

In a historic turn of events, Ghidinelli scores his first point in the multi-year battle with the San Francisco Department of Parking and Traffic. My parking permit, due to expire today, would have cost $60 to renew for the year except we’re moving out October 31st. Here’s what I received in the mail [...]

I am selling my Klein mountain bike on Craigslist for $500. See the original post here.
Here are three responses I received overnight. Given the frequency, these must work on someone:
Subject: Klein Attitude w/ Rock Shox Duke XC, XTR, Cateye, Bontrager, ~18″ - $500 (Am offering $600) [$100 more than I'm [...]

Identity CrisisWhat’s in a name?I received a great email on Thursday; my cousin outside of Milan sent me scans of my great-grandfather and great-grandmother’s birth, death and marriage certificates. The physical documents establish the link that enables me to obtain Italian citizenship.
The problem is that my great grandfather, known as Dante Ghidinelli to everyone [...]

I extracted the API out of my application so that multiple sites could use the same code base and it could be developed independent of the primary application. One of the subdirectories in the API is a CFC-based mail wrapper system for creating dynamic multi-part emails for new accounts, lost passwords and so forth.
When [...]

Mozilla just released 0.3 of both Lightning and Sunbird. This is great news as Thunderbird now has an integrated calendaring tool that supports meeting invitations and other Outlook-like functionality (for people who are into that) and also great because it will no longer eat your data. It looks nicer too although not iCal-nice.
Installation [...]

Have you seen those fancy CoinStar kiosks that will count your change for you in grocery stores? They seem great (almost fun even!) until you read that they take about 10% of your money. Nice.
If you have a business account at Bank of America, you can turn in your coins there in special [...]

I have a strong dislike for Outlook so after picking up my HP HW6915/HW6945 Smartphone, I started searching to see if there was a way to use the Microsoft-centric Windows Mobile 5 with Thunderbird for my contacts and calendar. There are countless people looking for solutions, but almost no one mentions the shareware package [...]