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Part 2: Python Emailer

September 17th, 2008 by Skilla Repok · No Comments

Part 2: Python Emailer If you want to send emails using python’s smtplib, this is a good example. The method sendMail takes 8 arguments and is able to send attached emails to an address. Currently, this is only tested using my gmail account as the sender, but it should work elsewhere. #emailer.py import os.path import [...]

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Linux Windows Usage Surveillance in Python

September 17th, 2008 by Skilla Repok · No Comments

Lets say you want to keep track of a computers usage, for remote working. It should deliver hourly shots of computer usage to an email address that you’ll give it. It will also deliver screen shots every 2 minutes, but you can choose whether it does that or not! Part 1: Python Screen Capture Part [...]

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Import CSV in SugarCRM

September 16th, 2008 by dcouper · 1 Comment

I have been trying to import a CSV from an outlook address book into SugarCRM version 5.1.0. I was having a lot of trouble as everytime I would try to import the file it would only give me between 1 and 10 of the fields to map. After messing around for the whole afternoon I [...]

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I Want the Dell Inspiron 13 – but Not in Australia

September 9th, 2008 by Bill Hutchison · No Comments

I have been saving and planning on purchasing a new laptop. Laptops from Dell have always been high on my list of laptops and I had been interested in the Dell Vostro 1400 laptop, but Dell Australia changed the warranty options for their Vostro laptops (no CompleteCare past the first year), so I was instead [...]

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Console and PC Game Skills Training

September 6th, 2008 by Bill Hutchison · No Comments

If you have ever had your but whipped by your 5-year old son, or some young punk online, you might want to have a look at Gamertrainer.com. Gametrainer.com provides training for anyone wanting to improve their gaming skills. They will work with anyone from first time “newbies”, to “professional” gamers. They provide training for these [...]

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Serving inhouse ads with Google Ad Manager

September 3rd, 2008 by nickv · 1 Comment

Introduction Last week Google released Ad Manager. We’ve been using Adspeed to host all of our inhouse ads on the reeftooutback.com website. Adspeed served us well for a while but I found the administrative interface poorly designed and very difficult to use. I’m a huge fan of intuitive user interfaces and Google provides that for [...]

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