Monthly Archives: February 2006

Cash vs Credit

Posted on February 27, 2006 by Scott Gruby

It seems that these days very few businesses besides gas stations charge a different price for cash vs. credit. I know that there is a cost to accepting credit cards (transaction fee and percentage of sale), but companies consider it … Continue reading →

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My tax dollars hard at work

Posted on February 25, 2006 by Scott Gruby

I tend to use the phrase “my tax dollars hard at work” when describing wasteful spending of tax dollars. Today’s paper gave me another opportunity to say this. San Diego is looking to build a bigger airport and has selected … Continue reading →

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Viruses on Navy computers, i.e. I’m paying to get spammed

Posted on February 20, 2006 by Scott Gruby

It looks like the Navy needs to update their virus software as they have a machine trying to send me spam: Feb 20 21:37:39 linux sendmail[6685]: NOQUEUE: connect from pacfc.fleet.navy.mil [205.56.145.37] Feb 20 21:37:48 linux sendmail[6685]: k1L5bda1006685: ruleset=check_rcpt, arg1=, relay=pacfc.fleet.navy.mil … Continue reading →

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Nice work, RapidWeaver

Posted on February 19, 2006 by Scott Gruby

Over the past 24 hours, I’ve been bombarded by bounced email that appears to have originated from my server. Turns out, there is a security flaw in the php script that RapidWeaver uses for its contact page so people have … Continue reading →

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Fun with Pointers (not the dogs)

Posted on February 18, 2006 by Scott Gruby

One of the aspects of programming that took me a long time to understand was (memory) pointers. I grew up with BASIC, learned Pascal and C where I always used fixed length structures or types and never cared about memory … Continue reading →

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Samsung A900 Update – Almost golden!

Posted on February 18, 2006 by Scott Gruby

Samsung/Sprint released an update to the A900 phone today or yesterday (version ZB12) which directly addressed the “phantom ringing” issue that I, as well as others, reported. This is excellent as I can now use a Bluetooth headset with the … Continue reading →

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Boy Scouts (again) sued over land access

Posted on February 15, 2006 by Scott Gruby

Today’s paper had an article about the Boy Scouts in court again over lease agreements with the city of San Diego claiming that the Boy Scouts are a religious organization. This is the biggest bunch of bull I’ve ever heard. … Continue reading →

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Aging Hardware

Posted on February 14, 2006 by Scott Gruby

Every now and again, I tend to look at the equipment I have on my desk and think about how long I’ve had it. The oldest piece of “equipment” is a pair of Apple Design speakers that I got in … Continue reading →

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One of the least accessible places in San Diego

Posted on February 14, 2006 by Scott Gruby

I’ve always thought to myself that there are several places in the city of San Diego that are extremely inaccessible in case of emergency. One of those would be Cowles (pronounced Coles) Mountain. Why is it so inaccessible? There are … Continue reading →

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Fire truck on fire

Posted on February 14, 2006 by Scott Gruby

Yesterday’s news showed a fire truck that caught on fire. That really was a bummer to see a $350,000 emergency vehicle up in flames. To top it off, I saw a big 39 on the side…that’s the fire engine that … Continue reading →

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