Auto-delete your spam in gmail

Are you sick and flippin’ tired of just EMPTYING that annoying gmail spam folder??

I know I am! So I messed around and found a pretty sweet solution! Set a filter to auto-delete anything that hits your spam filter. Just follow the steps below:

1. Log into your gmail account

2. Head to your ‘settings’ tab

3. Go to the ‘filters’ tab

4. Click on ‘create a new filter’

5. Leaving the other fields empty, in the ‘has the words’ box, type the following without the quotes: ‘is:spam’
then, click on ‘next step’

6. Then, a box will come up asking you if you would like to continue, say ‘ok’

7. Finally, there will be a screen asking you what you want to with this mail. tick only the ‘delete it’ box then click ‘create filter’.

WAH-BAM! No more spam! :)

Google Sync for your iPhone 3G

1. Open the Settings application on your device’s home screen.
2. Open Mail, Contacts, Calendars.
3. Tap Add Account….
4. Select Microsoft Exchange.

5. In the Email field, enter the name of the account (anything you’d like).
6. Leave the Domain field blank.
7. Enter your full Google Account email address as the Username.
8. Enter your Google Account password as the Password.
9. Tap Next at the top of your screen.
10. A new Server field will appear. Enter m.google.com.
11. Press Next at the top of your screen again.

12. Select the Google services you want to sync. Currently only Contacts and Calendar are supported.
Make sure that you have uploaded your data before proceeding.
13. Press Sync twice when warned about data loss.

You’ve set up Google Sync for your iPhone. Synchronization will begin automatically if you have Push enabled on your phone. You can also open the Calendar or Contacts app and wait a few seconds to start a sync.

Giving back in 2009

I want to start an annual tradition- to give back part of my tax rebate to charity- and let YOU decide who!

Here are the rules: you vote, I give. The charity that has the most votes below by midnight on March 14th I will donate $100 of my tax return directly to!

So, it’s now up to YOU to decide who that is!

BONUS!-

If I can generate >1,000 votes by the date and time mentioned above, I will donate an ADDITIONAL $150 making the grand total $250 to any of the mentioned charities!

So, the best way to get these numbers up? SPREAD THE WORD! Do this by:

• Posting bulletins on your MySpace linking back to this blog page
• Tweet and Re-Tweet this link to your friends using Twitter Or, just click HERE!
• Post wall messages and events on Facebook, all directing people back here to vote
• Update your Facebook status with a nice mesage and this URL: http://bit.ly/Donate
• Send a company wide email
• Write a blog post on your own personal blog pointing back here

-It’s that easy!

Here is a shortened version of the URL if you need to squeeze it into a tight place:

http://bit.ly/Donate

Thank you so very much for sharing this act of kindness with me and making the world a better place!

If you would like to make donations your self to any of the above charities, you can do so by clicking the links below.

One.org
National Park Foundation
GlobalGreen.org
World Wildlife Fund
Red Cross

If you feel that I have left out an organization that you would like to see next year, or have tips/ideas on how to improve this campaign, please feel free to leave a comment. I will take note (and reply) to all of your ideas :)

-Schuyler Hagglund

How To Get 99 Cent Movie Rentals From iTunes (and more!)

If you’re still wondering whether you should break away from your usual Netflix routine and test out Apple iTunes rentals, here’s a tip that may give you the extra incentive you need.

Aside from the usual $2.99 for library titles and $3.99 for new releases, now you can find all the $0.99 iTunes rentals each week on 99 rentals. You can grab the RSS feed, follow them on Twitter or get weekly updates to your email. Plus for you Mas OS users, there is a really cool exposé widget.

In an economy where every dolar counts, here is a way to save a few every week!

Also, related to this, I’ll make a quick mention about RedBox and how to get FREE rentals from the kiosks (at least once a week!)

It couldn’t be any easier! Just go to RedBox’s SMS code signup page and enter your info. You’ll get a text message every single Monday with a promo code for a free rental sent directly to your cell phone. Forward these to your friends to quickly become the most popular guy around!

Again, fr Mac OS users, there is a neat exposé widget for RedBox too. It will also hook you up with cool promo codes for free rentals from time to time!

(remember when being a Mac user sucked because there were never cool applications?)

heh.

Unholy Confessions (intro)

Ahh, a riff that should be known (if not already) by every operator of the guitar. Listen, play, practice, repeat.
Enjoy!

Dropped D
0:00

E|--------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------|
A|----0-0-5-0-7-0-8-0-10-0-8-0-7h8p7-----8-8-10-0-8-0-7---|
D|----0-0----------------------------10--8-8--------------|
P.M.  . .                                . .

E|--------------------|
B|--------------------|
G|--------------------|
D|--------------------|
A|---7-7-7-0-8-0------|
D|---7-7---------10---|
P.M. . .

E|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------|
A|----0-0-5-0-7-0-8-0-10-0-8-0-7h8p7--|
D|----0-0-----------------------------|
P.M.  . .

E|----------------|
B|----------------|
G|----------------|
D|--8-8x-----7-7x-|
A|--8-8x-----7-7x-|
D|--8-8x-----7-7x-|

Avenged Sevenfold

Sync Gcal with iCal

First, you’ll have to set up CalDAV support for Google Calendar in Apple’s iCal, follow these steps:

1. Download the set-up tool here.
2. Open the tool and enter your Google Account username and password.
3. Click Sign in.
4. Select the calendars you’d like to add to iCal (Note you may only add calendars for which you have ownership privileges), and click Add to iCal.
5. Add your email address to your Address Book card by selecting Add Email. You’ll be prompted to add your email address only if your address is not already in your Address Book.

You won’t be able to invite or email guests to Google Calendar events within iCal if your address is not in your Address Book.

Your Google Calendar will now appear in iCal’s list of calendars, and iCal will sync any changes to and from Google Calendar.

Event information will automatically refresh every 5 minutes. You can change this interval by opening the iCal > Preferences > Accounts menu and selecting a new refresh interval under the ‘Refresh calendars’ drop-down. Keep in mind you can also force a refresh by selecting a calendar and pressing the Apple and R keys at the same time.

Remember, you can only add calendars that you’re allowed to make changes to in Google Calendar.

Snap!