Sushovaner JibonJatra

Step 1: Use the Birthday Exporter facebook app http://apps.facebook.com/ical_exporter/ Step 2: Save the ICS file that it generates Step 3: Open up the ICS file in a text editor. Preferably one that can record macros. To each VEVENT entry in the ICS file (demarcated by BEGIN:VEVENT and END:VEVENT ) add the following two tags: X-MICROSOFT-CDO-BUSYSTATUS:FREE TRANSP:TRANSPARENT Step 4: Go to the Windows Live Calendar that is linked to your Windows Phone account. Click on “Subscribe”, click “Import from an ICS file” and then import the file into your calendar. Step 5: Wait a while. Your calendar on the phone will reflect the new entries shortly   Note 1: Step 3 is important, otherwise you will be shown as busy on the calendar, and windows phone will report conflicts on the calendar (shown with two arrows pointing towards each other diagonally) Note 2: Currently windows phone only syncs the primary calendar of the live id. If you don’t want to mess up the primary calendar, create a

So I bought an Xbox controller for the PC, and plugged it in while Mafia II was running. It installed the drivers, and as soon as I pressed a button on the controller, it instantly responded, the on-screen menu items changed to reflect the new control scheme, and force feedback started working. It’s some of these experiences that keeps one interested in engineering and inspires one to bring a bit more joy to people’s lives.

So the other day I was doing regular housekeeping on my Win 7 desktop, and I was moving stuff around, to make space for all these games I acquired from the steam sale. I move the “Movies” folder from drive G to drive S. The move completes, but there is still a Movies folder in my G drive. I can’t open it. I can’t takeown it. I can’t icacls it. And I am an admin. Turns out – that folder was referenced from a library (the videos library). I opened the video library, clicked on the (8 locations) link, and removed the G:\Movies from the list. Poof! the folder vanished.