Google

Setting an Appointment
Click any where on the calendar to bring up the entry window.

Enter your appointment in the following format:

Person you are meeting Date Time

for example

Fred Bloggs 2012-07-11 10:00 - 14:00

Showing Google In Mobile View
Turning On

https://www.google.co.uk/m

Turning Off

https://www.google.co.uk/?nomo=1

Downloading Backup Of Google Calendars Via Command Line
1. Install the Python module 'EasyInstall' (part of the package 'setuptools', if not already installed)

Gentoo

emerge setuptools

Ubuntu

apt-get install setuptools

2. Install the Python module 'Mechanize'

Gentoo

su - root easy_install mechanize

Ubuntu

sudo easy_install mechanize

3. Save the code below to a text file called 'google_calendarzip.py'

import mechanize br=mechanize.Browser br.open(' https://www.google.com/calendar/exporticalzip ') br.select_form(nr=0) br['Email']='me@mydomain.com' br['Passwd']='mypassword' br.submit br.retrieve(' https://www.google.com/calendar/exporticalzip ','exportical.zip')

4. Run python on the saved file (as a test)

python google_calendarzip.py

Maps
If you want to know the longtitude and latitude coordinates using Google Maps, then right click on the map and choose "What's This?". It will then put a green pin on the map and put the coordinates in the page's search box for you. You can then use it as follows:-

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=loc:2051.080099,1.182014

Installing Google Repository for Ubuntu
 Go to the software repository for the Google authentication key block. 

Save the resulting page using .pub file extension.

Go to: System --> Administration --> Software Sources.

Click on the 'Authentication' tab, click on 'Import File Key' and browse to the .pub file created in step 2 highlight and click 'OK' and follow prompts.

Click on the 'Third Party Software' tab, click 'Add' and paste the first line of the text below in to the 'APT line:' box, click the 'Add Source' button. Repeat this step for the second line of code.

deb http://dl.google.com/linux/deb/ stable non-free main

Close the 'Software Sources' windows

System --> Administration --> Update Manager, this should automatically check for updates then click on 'Install Updates' and follow prompts.

