Google Calendar Sync with Outlook 2010

For everybody that uses Outlook and Google Calendar, there's an official syncing tool made by Google which you should already use. Unfortunately, it doesn't work with Outlook 2010. Fortunately, there's an unofficial fix which you download here (supposedly, it's a Google private beta version).

This is not an official patch, so use it at your own risk.

If you are unsure about using an external application and are a little tech savvy, find the manual instructions here (you need to use an hex editor).

Random Task in Outlook

So maybe you have 20 minutes available and you want to do something, but you're not sure what. Or you have a tendency to delay the tasks you don't like to do. I find that leaving some decisions to luck is sometimes the best solution.

This VBA code will make Outlook select a random task from you to-do list, and then based on your feedback give you positive or negative reinforcements. In this case, if you do the task it shows a simple message and marks the task as complete, while not doing it displays a random post from Fail Blog. It was tested with Outlook 2010, but should work with any Outlook version that supports RSS feeds.

Please note that I will not be held responsible for any loss of productivity as a result of navigating Fail Blog!