Setting up Ricochet in Linux

NOTE: The follow instructions are meant for the Linux CLI, and should be run with sudo or as root.

1. Install wvdial

   Debian/Ubuntu: apt-get install wvdial
   Fedora/RHEL: yum install wvdial

2. Edit /etc/wvdial.conf and replace its content with:

   [Dialer Defaults]
   Modem = /dev/ttyACM0
   Baud = 460800
   Init1 = ATZ
   Init2 = ATQ0
   
   [Dialer ricochet]
   Username = *
   Password = *
   Phone = 3333
   Inherits = Dialer Defaults

3. Replace /dev/ttyACM0 with the device your modem connected to:

   user@host:~$ dmesg | grep cdc_acm
   cdc_acm 2-1:1.0: ttyACM1: USB ACM devic

   Take the device name and prepend dev, so you get:

   Modem = /dev/ttyACM1

4. Start wvdial

   wvdial ricochet &

Convert Google Reader subscriptions (OPML) to HTML

I've created a simple Python script to convert Google Reader's OPML to HTML.

Link: http://code.google.com/p/silassewell/wiki/opml2html