GeeMail, GMDesk, Mailplane(for Mac), etc.
However, in my opinion, it is better to find a general email client instead of those targeted only at Gmail.
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Email/Calendar softwares testing
Thunderbird with Lightening add-on (winner):
Email - Thunderbird is quite similar to Outlook interface; can set it to fetch only the email headers before deciding to download the desired emails.
Problem: though can use right-click to save email to .eml format, by double-clicking .eml, it does not show pictures.
Calendar - Lightening add-on, also quite similar to Outlook calendar, having pop-up reminder window;
Problem: cannot drag a file or an email and put it into a schedule. This feature would be quite useful to provide some background for a schedule.
Opera:
Email - POP3 works fine, can choose to download only the first short portion of email, then I can decide if I need to download the full email. Problem: does not show images (might because of setup issues).
Calendar - NA, except several not fully functional Widgets.
Evolution: Does not work well on my WinXP;
Email - Works, though complaining xxx-exchange.exe halted (?);
Calendar - does not work; when I wanted to add a schedule, it terminates.
Zimbra: cannot start on WinXP; works fine on Linux.
Digital 3D movie at home?
Monday, June 29, 2009
Financial Advisor?
http://news.wenxuecity.com/messages/200906/news-gb2312-877965.html
Accumulator是一种专业金融投资产品，是一种复杂的，带有对赌性质的协议。“这种产品即使在国外，风险管理经理见到都会皱眉头，”伦敦Constellation energy的风险评估经理张雅星对记者说，“这不是一般人可以把握的产品，一般不向非专业投资者推荐。”
金亮认为，在这次游说里，汤太太没有明确指出金亮购买的是Accumulator，也没有明确列举这种交易的高风险（可能导致金亮的130多万美元资产输光并倒欠银行）。直到金亮在一年前被通知变成了“负翁”，金亮才明白，他当时买下来的，不是 1000股按打折价售卖的中国铝业，而是一个风险巨大的对赌协议。
“我是一边聊MSN一边与她通电话。我认为自己是买1000股而已，根本不知道她在促销一个我当时并不知道的金融产品。”金亮回忆说，“才两三万港币股票嘛，我何必花那么多心思呢？一年后才发现自己买了50万股。”
直到去年1月，知道账户发生了巨亏，金亮才赶紧开始了解究竟发生了什么。他这才发现，自己买的竟然是一个每天都要进行1000或2000股交易的一年期Accumulator投资合同，是一只高风险的金融衍生品。
有的法律界朋友鼓励他控告汇丰。“那1000股以外的都是银行超越了双方的口头约定而擅自购入的，这个责任不应该由金先生承担。所以我一直给他打气。”一位陈姓知情人对记者说，“且不管胜与负，一旦在国内起诉，我觉得就是标志性的，给那些外资银行一个信号，就是中国司法系统可以管辖这些事。” "
"2007年的牛市，让金亮重新对股票市场产生了兴趣。当时他的130多万美元账户，已在汇丰的推荐下购入了债券等低风险的票据资产，仍剩余两三万港元的现金。这时，汇丰私人银行为他配置的私人顾问，一位姓李而自称汤太太的汇丰私人银行的客户经理，在2007年10月12日用10分钟的时间，在电话里游说他购买了Accumulator（累计股票期权）——尽管金亮以为自己仅仅是在H股市场购入了1000股中国铝业。
《21世纪经济报道》对金亮的遭遇进行了报道之后，今年5月金亮应汇丰（香港）私人银行的要求，再次到香港中环与汇丰当面质询，同时记录下了汇丰一直不肯向他提供的10分钟的电话录音内容。这致命的10分钟销售电话内容，被金亮完整地记录在网上，并于本月初在《中国证券报》等媒体或多或少地转载。
Accumulator是一种专业金融投资产品，是一种复杂的，带有对赌性质的协议。“这种产品即使在国外，风险管理经理见到都会皱眉头，”伦敦Constellation energy的风险评估经理张雅星对记者说，“这不是一般人可以把握的产品，一般不向非专业投资者推荐。”
金亮认为，在这次游说里，汤太太没有明确指出金亮购买的是Accumulator，也没有明确列举这种交易的高风险（可能导致金亮的130多万美元资产输光并倒欠银行）。直到金亮在一年前被通知变成了“负翁”，金亮才明白，他当时买下来的，不是 1000股按打折价售卖的中国铝业，而是一个风险巨大的对赌协议。
“我是一边聊MSN一边与她通电话。我认为自己是买1000股而已，根本不知道她在促销一个我当时并不知道的金融产品。”金亮回忆说，“才两三万港币股票嘛，我何必花那么多心思呢？一年后才发现自己买了50万股。”
直到去年1月，知道账户发生了巨亏，金亮才赶紧开始了解究竟发生了什么。他这才发现，自己买的竟然是一个每天都要进行1000或2000股交易的一年期Accumulator投资合同，是一只高风险的金融衍生品。
有的法律界朋友鼓励他控告汇丰。“那1000股以外的都是银行超越了双方的口头约定而擅自购入的，这个责任不应该由金先生承担。所以我一直给他打气。”一位陈姓知情人对记者说，“且不管胜与负，一旦在国内起诉，我觉得就是标志性的，给那些外资银行一个信号，就是中国司法系统可以管辖这些事。” "
Comments: It would be always wise to take care of own money by self. It worths the time spent on learning how to invest.
Similarly, for decisions in life, "As advice from everyone, but take your own decision."
Google version of wikipedia?
Sunday, June 28, 2009
Free TV shows?
Recycle your old PCs
e.g., http://ca.geocities.com/that_computerguy/index2.html
"That Computer Guy has since the fall of 2001 has been collecting old PC's and parts from the people of the Ottawa area. Since then has fixed and found homes for over two hundred used computer systems, and has donated countless hours of computer help and repair."
Saturday, June 27, 2009
Calls to US for free through Google Voice
From http://www.pcworld.com/article/167449/hands_on_with_google_voice_this_is_really_cool.html?tk=nl_dnx_h_crawl
Features:
Google Voice provides a single phone number, for all your cell, home, and work numbers, and lets you manage your voice services online.
Vary personalized greetings by caller.
Phone U.S. numbers for free. (Drawback: web-based, no SIP support)
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Good Opera Widget
http://widgets.opera.com/widget/8081/
dotoo v2.04
creating to-do list.
Opera consumes less resourses than IE, Firefox, Google Chrome, from my experience.
What is the best free solution for email/calendar purpose, especially with the similar functionality of Outlook? Opera can do email; with dotoo, it can also do the work performed by Outlook calendar (such as schedule, and to-do list reminder through the pop-up alarms). dotoo can also be a real calendar, because it records the starting time of a event.
The issue is that it cannot import/outport to standard calendar format. Can it?
How about Evolution or Zimbra? Will try.
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