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Monday, March 23, 2009
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gCalCron Automates Your Linux System With Google Calendar

9:00PM Kevin Purdy | Linux only: gcalcron allows you to issue terminal commands to a computer through Google Calendar. It’s more beginner-friendly than editing cron jobs or remote shell work , and great for remote download control. Patrick Spear’s package is a self-installing Python script that plugs itself in the cron automation engine. Every 30 minutes or so, it checks in with a specific Google Calendar you provide the name, password, and calendar ID for, then anything in the “Description” field of a timed appointment as a terminal command. More »
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Wednesday, July 30, 2008
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Learn to Use Cron from the Command Line

10:30PM Kevin Purdy | We’ve shown you graphical alternatives to the Unix-based Cron automation tool before (for Windows, Mac, and Linux), but IBM has put together a clear and straight-forward guide that makes the terminal-controlled version seem not so intimidating. The guide runs through setting up one-time or repeat jobs, such as having your system mail somebody at certain times, and listing and altering jobs already put in. Cron (and anacron) are built into Linux and OS X systems; Windows users are better off mastering Windows Task Scheduler. Linux tip: Job scheduling with cron and at [IBM developerWorks] More »
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Tuesday, January 15, 2008

Schedule Streaming Audio Recordings in Linux and Windows

2:00AM Lifehacker US Edition | Internet radio offers a lot of great music and programming for free, but not all of it can be downloaded whenever you’re ready to listen. Lifehacker reader Luke points us to a quick tutorial on setting up your Linux system to record radio or music while you’re away using the free kcron, Mplayer, and Lame tools. It’s fairly simple guide that leaves you with an MP3 of the program you were trying to catch. Windows recording enthusiasts can check out a similar guide for Windows Luke pointed us to, which requires a bit more command line work and tinkering. Thanks Luke! Schedule Streaming Audio Recordings in Ubuntu [Instructables] More »
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