Monthly Archives: November 2005

Sprint Customer Service Needs Work

Posted on November 30, 2005 by Scott Gruby

Yesterday, Sprint announced that the new cell phone I want, the Samsung MM-A900, was available for purchase at sprint.com and at their stores. Well, the phone isn’t available online and calling them results in them not having a clue. I … Continue reading →

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Crappy Power Adapter

Posted on November 29, 2005 by Scott Gruby

On my last trip, I forgot my power adapter for my PowerBook. Luckily it was a one day trip and where I went, someone loaned me one for the day. Since I didn’t want to repeat that experience, I decided … Continue reading →

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Deterioration of language in our society

Posted on November 28, 2005 by Scott Gruby

I’ve been noticing more and more how the English language is deteriorating into slang, misused words, improper abbreviations, and mistakes ranging from television to print media, to the web and most disturbing, everyday language. It has become so bad, that … Continue reading →

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Sound isolation – the final chapter

Posted on November 24, 2005 by Scott Gruby

Well, all my sound isolation stuff worked pretty poorly and I was a bit annoyed at the noise. I decided to take another stab at it and read reviews that the Antec cases were pretty good and quiet. I bought … Continue reading →

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eBay Feedback sucks

Posted on November 21, 2005 by Scott Gruby

As I mentioned in a previous entry, I got a PlayStation 2 network adapter off eBay. It took forever to arrive and the seller wasn’t responsive. Once I received it, I left neutral feedback saying that shipping was slow and … Continue reading →

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Online gaming

Posted on November 19, 2005 by Scott Gruby

I decided to try out online gaming, so I got a network adapter for my PlayStation 2 off eBay. Yesterday I also picked up a USB headset for it (it was $16 at Circuit City if you bought it online … Continue reading →

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Useful Applications for the week

Posted on November 19, 2005 by Scott Gruby

I do a lot of work on two machines; one for testing and the other for development and is my main machine. When I’m testing, I regularly have to copy logs and files back and forth. This requires me to … Continue reading →

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Registered Professional Engineers

Posted on November 17, 2005 by Scott Gruby

Some time ago, my father and I had a discussion about being a registered professional engineer and what it means. He’s been a registered professional engineer (civil engineer) his entire career. He’s always told me that being registered means that … Continue reading →

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Worst burrito ever

Posted on November 16, 2005 by Scott Gruby

I’m a big fan of Mexican food (OK, maybe Tex-Mex) and Saturday night, my wife let me choose where to go for dinner. We were out at San Diego State at some open house to see the electron microscope and … Continue reading →

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Spark – Cool tool for keyboard shortcuts

Posted on November 14, 2005 by Scott Gruby

When Mac OS X 10.4 came out, Apple broke the ability to assign a keyboard shortcut to an AppleScript in the AppleScript menu. Normally I wouldn’t blame Apple for breaking something this obscure, but it is clearly documented in the … Continue reading →

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