Finally there's a way to sync contacts out of AOL and into something free. Since AOL Sync is based on Funambol, it uses SyncML, and the Funambol clients.
You'll need Java, and then:
- Download the Funambol Google Plug-In. If you want to sync into Outlook, use the AOL Sync client, or look at the other Funambol plug-ins for other systems.
- Extract it, and run it — look in the funambol, pug-ins, then bin folders. The file is called "runGoogle.cmd" on Windows, and "runGoogle.sh" for Unix systems.
- Go to Edit, then Communication Settings
- Put in
http://m.sync.aol.com/sync
for the Server URL. Fill in your AOL username and password, and your Gmail username and password. - Hit OK
- Hit Synchronize
Voila, your contacts are in Gmail
Say good-bye to a provider that has until now worked very hard on locking your contacts in.
A tumble on social issues
May. 1st, 2009 12:33 pmDisability and class (Feministe), an excellent essay, starting off as personal touch and coming to some conclusions. The comments are good.
Presente is an organization, mostly latino, for immigration policy reform.
The Purity Myth (a book, read exerpt online with google). I'm inclined to agree that the notion of 'virginity' has to go away.