My good friends at Logos Bible Software are undertaking an ambitious new project that is taking them into new territory as a company. For years Logos has excelled at taking books written in English and converting them into their digital format. However, what about the hundreds, if not thousands, of great theological texts that are locked up in other languages? For example, Geerhardus Vos’ Reformed Dogmatics (5 vols.), which can only be found in German. Well, Logos thinks they have the solution: crowdsourcing.

Logos has added Geerhardus Vos’ Reformed Dogmatics (5 vols.) to their current pre-pub system and, if enough people say they will buy it once it is produced, Logos will hire out a scholar to translate the work into English and then release it for Logos Bible Software. If the program is a success, you can guarantee you’ll see Logos spearheading the charge to translate many, many more titles.

So, if you’re excited about seeing great theological works translated into English, then support this effort by pre-ordering this work. (Note: When pre-ordering through Logos your credit card will not be charged until the product actually ships. Which for this work will likely be months from now.) So, go pre-order it today and be one of the first people to have the joy of reading Voss in English.

More Info:
- Product Page
- Logos Blog Post about the effort
- Logos Pre Pub System

I have a mac at home.
I have a mac at work.
I want to sync my calendar and address book across the two computers.
I DON’T want to pay $99 a year for MobileMe.

Here is the free solution I used:

(Update: After using this setup listed below for a couple weeks, I finally caved in and signed up for MobileMe. The main reason I caved in was MobileMe is two-fold. First, it enables me to have my phone synced without having to plug it into my computer. Second, it makes sharing a calendar with my wife MUCH easier. While I hate to admit it… rather, I hate to pay for it… MobileMe is a easier and better solution for me than the dropbox hack.)

Please read all these instructions carefully before attempting. If you do this wrong, you can mess up your calendar and address book and (disclaimer) I can’t be held responsible for that. Also, I recommend backing up your calendar and address book prior to attempting this. Better safe, than sorry.

- Calendar Instructions
- Address Book Instructions

Sync You iCal between two (or more) Macs using Dropbox:

1. On your primary computer (the one with your existing calendar) install Dropbox.
2. Once installed, open Terminal on your Mac.
   NOTE: If you’ve never done this before, simply hit Command+Space Bar on your keyboard to open Spotlight. Then type in “Terminal” and click on the Terminal program.
   
3. Type in: mv ~/Library/Calendars/ ~/Dropbox/
   IMPORTANT: If, when you installed Dropbox, you installed the Dropbox folder somewhere other than in the default location, you’ll need to modify the above command. For example, I installed the Dropbox folder on my desktop. So, my command looked like this: mv ~/Library/Calendars/ ~/Desktop/Dropbox/
   To find out the location of your Dropbox folder, right click the folder and click “Get Info” and look for the location in the “where” section. You’ll only want to include the information after the /User/YourUserName/

   

4. Hit “Enter“
5. In Terminal, now type: ln -s ~/Dropbox/Calendars/ ~/Library/Calendars
   IMPORTANT: Just like the last step, you need to use the exact location of your Dropbox folder. So, my command looked like this: ln -s ~/Desktop/Dropbox/Calendars/ ~/Library/Calendars
   
6. Hit “Enter“
7. You are now finished with your main computer.
8. On your secondary computer (where you want to sync your Calendar to) you need to delete your current Calendars folder from your User Library. To do this, in Finder, click on your user and then go to the Library folder, then drag the Calendars folder to the trash.
9. Once you’ve done this, repeat steps 1-6 on this computer.

Sync You Address Book between two (or more) Macs using Dropbox:

1. On your primary computer (the one with your existing calendar) install Dropbox.
2. Once installed, open Terminal on your Mac.
   NOTE: If you’ve never done this before, simply hit Command+Space Bar on your keyboard to open Spotlight. Then type in “Terminal” and click on the Terminal program.
   
3. Type in: mv ~/Library/Application\ Support/AddressBook ~/Dropbox/
   IMPORTANT: If, when you installed Dropbox, you installed the Dropbox folder somewhere other than in the default location, you’ll need to modify the above command. For example, I installed the Dropbox folder on my desktop. So, my command looked like this: mv ~/Library/Application\ Support/AddressBook ~/Desktop/Dropbox/
   To find out the location of your Dropbox folder, right click the folder and click “Get Info” and look for the location in the “where” section. You’ll only want to include the information after the /User/YourUserName/

   

4. Hit “Enter“
5. In Terminal, now type: ln -s ~/Dropbox/AddressBook/ ~/Library/Application\ Support/AddressBook
   IMPORTANT: Just like the last step, you need to use the exact location of your Dropbox folder. So, my command looked like this: ln -s ~/Desktop/Dropbox/AddressBook/ ~/Library/Application\ Support/AddressBook
   
6. Hit “Enter“
7. You are now finished with your main computer.
8. On your secondary computer (where you want to sync your Address Book to) you need to delete your current Address Book File from your User Library. To do this, in Finder, click on your user and then go to the Library folder, then the Application Support folder. Now drag the AddressBook folder to the trash.
9. Once you’ve done this, repeat steps 1-6 on this computer.

I’ve gotta give a hat tip to this Wired tutorial. This is where I learned how to do what I outline above. That said, there are some errors on the Wired article, plus I didn’t think it was informative enough for a basic users. Thus, I wrote my own version here.