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Getting your address book out of the SmartZone! |
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Wednesday, 08 April 2009 |
How to undo the export snags and get your address book out of the Comcast SmartZone.
I'm offering some free instructions here, if you're dying to avoid the typical potholes.
I just exported the SmartZone address book and imported them into Gmail, and there were some problems, which I'm documenting here.
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Go into your "SmartZone" account, and then select the last tab -- "Preferences".
- Then scroll down to the Import/Export section, and pick "Comcast Contacts" and click the Export button. You are exporting your address book as a ".csv" file.
- I already knew the .csv file would be invalid, from multiple
complaints I'd seen on the message boards (which I'd reproduced when
trying to import the GMail format -- which input "empty" names). So I
opened it in "TextEdit" on the Mac to fix it before importing it. I
opened it and saw something like this were the first 2 lines [edited
out real info]:
"email","firstName","lastName","middleName","workemail1"
"","John","Doe","","
This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
"
- I could see the .csv names were mixed up, so I switched "workemail1" with "email" to read:
"workemail1","firstName","lastName","middleName","email"
"","John","Doe","","
This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
"
- Then open Gmail and go into "Contacts" (last in the left hand list starting with "Inbox).
- On the upper right menu, click on "Import" and select the file.
Everything went IN, and Gmail even cleaned up some duplicates... I
thought I'd save you the trouble of our half hour of bumbling through
the complaint forums, and the mishaps with the .csv file. This solution should work for othe major mail clients. The main problem is with the mixed up field names in the .csv file.
P.S., if you don't know anything about .csv files, just have someone
you know fix the file for you -- it will take that person 30 seconds if
you just tell them the field names are mixed up.
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Sunday, 18 November 2007 |
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No rival to Susan Stamberg's famously undying cranberry mayo T-Day relish, the following Yam recipe, seems to be a favorite on both sides of the Aisle -- the laws and in-laws that is. Or at least, of the combined family offspring (the oldest of whom is 13). Could it possibly have something to do with the 1-2-3 punch of brown sugar, oj, and marshmallows? Perhaps we will stop making this recipe once the younger palates mature. However, on the positive side, there are so many bust down the doors flavors in this recipe, no one will notice if you miss out on an ingredient or 2.
Yams w /Pecan topping
topping:
3/4 c pecans
15 gingersnaps crushed
1/3 c brown sugar
yams:
3 lbs sweet potatoes
3T oil (for brushing onto yams)
3/4 c half and half
2 T butter
1/2 c orange juice
2 T dark brown sugar
3 T orange marmalade
1 t cinnamon
1 t ground ginger
1 t allspice
1/2 t nutmeg
1/2 t salt
3 eggs
2 T butter cut into pieces
1/2 bag marshmallows (Campfire brand)
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WW Banana Bread -- Is what they say true? |
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Sunday, 18 November 2007 |
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Are we tired of these yet? Apparently not... Why? because they're good for you, but you can't tell! Well, I'm not claiming the bananas + wholewheat fully counteract the sugar + butter.
Whole Wheat Banana Bread
2 c mashed ripe bananas
1/2 c white flour
2 1/4 c wheat flour (add 1/4c for extra ripe bananas)
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