wuffo 1 #1 April 8, 2005 I'm not trying to say that a program to remind you to getyour reserve repacked is a bad thing. But all I do is enter it in Microsoft Outlook Calendar with an alarm reminder, and a few days before I'm out of date...Ding Ding, it pops up on my screen. And a rigger only needs to do the same thing for all his customers. I'm sure there are lots of bells and whistles in this software being advertised, but a simple Outlook reminder works very well for repack dates. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MarkM 0 #2 April 8, 2005 QuoteBut all I do is enter it in Microsoft Outlook Calendar with an alarm reminder, and a few days before I'm out of date...Ding Ding, it pops up on my screen. I run Linux you insensative clod!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skycat 0 #3 April 8, 2005 QuoteI'm not trying to say that a program to remind you to getyour reserve repacked is a bad thing. But all I do is enter it in Microsoft Outlook Calendar with an alarm reminder, and a few days before I'm out of date...Ding Ding, it pops up on my screen. And a rigger only needs to do the same thing for all his customers. I'm sure there are lots of bells and whistles in this software being advertised, but a simple Outlook reminder works very well for repack dates. A rigger actually need a lot more information especially if he is going to provide additional services for his customers such as Service Bulitin notifications. I built Derek an entire database for his customer information so we don't need any new software or the website, but for individual riggers and small lofts I could see the benefit. I agree for the jumper outlook works great, but for a loft they need more functionality.Fly it like you stole it! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
IanHarrop 42 #4 April 8, 2005 QuoteMicrosoft Outlook Calendar You might be surprised how many people do not have this program. Never mind Linux/Mac users, in my experience Microsoft Outlook Calendar is not a standard program you find on most home PCs"Where troubles melt like lemon drops, away above the chimney tops, that's where you'll find me" Dorothy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ChrisL 2 #5 April 8, 2005 I have my own web based calendar server. Its a FreeBSD (UNIX) server with an PHP enabled Apache web server. The calendar app is all php pages for the front end and a Postgres SQL database back end. Set up whatever you like, it sends email reminders for whatever you want. Doesnt matter if you run Windows or Linux or Solaris or whatever. As long as you have a web browser, you are good to go. My whole family uses it extensively. I run Linux desktop systems and they use Windows.__ My mighty steed Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tigra 0 #6 April 8, 2005 Well, that's fine, but wouldn't I still have to calculate the 120 days? I'm a lazy skydiver! I can count 4 months, but really 120 days is 4 months give or take a day! That's what throws me off- that DAY! It sucks to manifest for a jump and then be asked for your reserve card! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LouDiamond 1 #7 April 9, 2005 QuoteI'm not trying to say that a program to remind you to getyour reserve repacked is a bad thing. For those who already use Paralog to log their jumps this function is built in. Along with being able to enter multiple rigs,canopies,cypress and serial numbers for each, it will remind you when you're due for repack."It's just skydiving..additional drama is not required" Some people dream about flying, I live my dream SKYMONKEY PUBLISHING Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
