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iCal 502 error when syncing with Yahoo! Calendar

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In the last few days, my iCal has been giving me the following error message when trying to access my Yahoo! Calendar via CalDAV:

The request for account "Yahoo! Calendar" failed.

The server responded with
"502"
to operation
CalDAVAccountRefreshQueueableOperation.

iCal error message when syncing with yahoo! calendar

Yahoo! have acknowledged this is a problem on their side:

We are aware of a Calendar (Proxy error) and our engineering team is working to resolve this issue. We apologize for the inconvenience and hope to have it resolved soon.

(source: Syncing / Mobile Sync | Yahoo! Calendar Help)

update 2nd November 2011: I am no longer seeing this error message, and Yahoo! have removed the notice from their help page. Looks like the issue has been resolved!

update 3rd November 2011: Seems like I spoke too soon, the error is back!

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New application: Key Terms Search

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A very simple example of the new BOSS Key Terms API: enter a search query, and see the relevant words and phrases:

Search Key Terms

Some examples:

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BrowserPlus to become Open Source

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The new BrowserPlus framework – a way of extending your browser capabilities – will become open source next year, which seems a sensible way to increase its adoption:

The big idea here is that we’ll have the whole platform open sourced by mid-next year, and as soon as possible we’ll have many of the services we’ve written open sourced, as well as the APIs needed to write new services. Our goal is to empower the community to contribute actual patches and new services – code to compliment the feedback.

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Write your own search engine: Hack event in London tonight!

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Are you around London this evening? Fancy learning how to leverage Yahoo’s new BOSS search API?

BOSS – Build (your) Own Search Service is Yahoo’s new API which allows you to build a search engine based on our systems. It is one of the first steps to make Yahoo! much more open for you to enhance and customize our offers for yourself.

During the BOSS hack event you will be able to meet the team, learn all about the API and have a first go at building your own search engine in a matter of minutes.

Check out the Upcoming event page for more information, and to sign up.

Yahoo! BOSS Hack Evening in London at Wallacespace (Monday November 10, 2008) – Upcoming

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Synchronize iCal with Yahoo! Calendar

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Update 26th October 2011: Are you receiving a “502” error from iCal? Please see my more recent post iCal 502 error when syncing with Yahoo! Calendar for more details.

The new beta of Yahoo! Calendar now supports the CalDAV protocol, meaning that sharing and synchronizing with desktop calendaring applications is possible.

iCal has supported CalDAV since version 3.0 shipped with Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, so it is possible to get it working with Yahoo! Calendar. After completing the following steps, any events that you create in the web-based Calendar will be replicated to iCal, and vice-versa.

What you will need:

  • A Yahoo! account. In the example, we use the username yahoouser
  • Access to the new Calendar Beta.
  • iCal version 3 or above

Step 1:

  • In iCal, select the Preferences… from the iCal menu.
  • Click on the Accounts icon

  • Click on the plus button to create a new CalDAV account
  • Enter a description, such as Yahoo! Calendar, your Yahoo! username and password.
  • Click the Server Options link and enter the following into the Account URL field:
https://caldav.calendar.yahoo.com

  • Click the Add button.


Your Yahoo! Calendar should now be synchronized with iCal, refreshing every 15 minutes: you should see it listed on the left hand side of your iCal window underneath the calendars stored on your Mac.

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Flickr Panda Spews Interesting Photographs

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Flickr Panda

Bizarre way of checking out the latest interesting uploads on Flickr:

Flickr: Panda

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Flickr for iPhone

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Flickr for iPhone

Originally uploaded by hey mr glen

Very nice iPhone specific version of Flickr

m.flickr.com

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Cal Henderson on Django

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Very entertaining talk from Flickr’s Cal Henderson on Django’s shortcomings.

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Your top places, according to Flickr

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I’ve been messing around with a little Flickr application this afternoon which shows your top places. Here are mine:

Give it a try and post a comment with your number one place:

Flickr Top Places

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oneConnect for iPhone

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oneConnect for iPhone

Originally uploaded by hey mr glen

Today, Yahoo have released a beta iPhone application called oneConnect. One of the cool features is Pulse, which shows you status updates from your friends on social networks such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Flickr. Very handy.

Yahoo! oneConnect™ for iPhone. A new way to stay in touch.

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