Scott Gruby’s Blog

Yesterday turned out to be one of those days that makes me hate technology. First it started (actually left over from the previous week) where I could only sometimes access a server I use for my job. I no longer run that server, so all I could do was figure out the problem and tell [...]

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In a previous entry, I commented about that lack of polish in Parallels. I’m pleased to report that in the latest release candidate, they have fixed the 2 items I pointed out. The release also appears to run much faster. My only outstanding issue is that it has an issue with my Garmin ForeRunner 305 [...]

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I know people will say that not all politicians are corrupt, but based on what has been in the news lately, it is hard to believe. Let’s start with William Jefferson. Those that bribed him have admitted (or plead guilty, I can’t recall) to bribing him, but Jefferson says he wasn’t bribed despite the $90,000 [...]

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Yesterday my wife and I went up to Anaheim and I usually dread the trip to Orange County as it is completely unpredictable as to how long it will take. The traffic can be just awful or we can breeze right through. The trip yesterday was an easy 90 minutes each way; going up, we [...]

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May and June are very depressing months in San Diego due to the weather. There is a marine layer that hides the sun for much of the day; it’s a bit clearer away from the coast where I live, but still the overcast makes it kind of depressing. (May is called May Gray and June [...]

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I think that the Apple stores are pretty neat, well designed, and promote a good shopping experience. However, I can’t say that I’d wait in line overnight like these dorks just to be some of the first people to goto the Apple store in New York. Some customers came from Texas, Scotland, and California to [...]

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As I was talking to the guy at The Chip Merchant, we both said that Apple (and the Apple store) immediately say that bad third party RAM is to blame. While it is quite easy to blame RAM, it is such a cop out. For awhile now, my PowerBook’s DVD drive has been flakey, probably [...]

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I’ve been having some problems with my 2.5 week old MacBook Pro where it spontaneously restarts. It happened again today while I was doing a backup and after some research on the web, I found that others were blaming RAM. So, I called The Chip Merchant and they said to bring my machine in and [...]

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It’s now more obvious than ever that President Bush isn’t as conservative as he made himself look in his first term in office. I think that he appeared and acted very conservatively to get re-elected (isn’t that the goal of all politicians?) and please his republican, some very conservative, base. His stance on immigration with [...]

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With the release of Da Vinci Code movie today, there has been some press about the church being afraid of the movie and wanting to steer people away from seeing it. This just seems plain stupid to me; the movie is a story that I hope will be entertaining. I’ve been listening to the audiobook [...]

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