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Monthly Archives: January 2007
A solution to an annoying ScanSnap issue
I’ve now had my Fujitsu ScanSnap fi-511E0XM for less than a day now and one thing that I found quite annoying is that if I wanted to scan between scanning to ReceiptWallet and to another application, say preview, I had … Continue reading
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Digging up the past can sometimes be a good thing
I was contacted today by someone looking for a real early version of Eudora for Newton (prior to 1996) to prove that someone’s patent claim of email on a handheld is invalid. That’s pretty amazing to me that someone would … Continue reading
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Let’s Play “Find the UI issues in the scanner software”
Today I received the Fujitsu ScanSnap fi-5110EOXM that I ordered (I couldn’t pass up the $100 Macworld discount and the $50 rebate). The scanner is great; it scans to PDFs and doesn’t make me look at their ugly user interface … Continue reading
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Fed up with non-English speaking customer service reps
Last week my wife called me while I was at Macworld telling my that the credit card company called to tell us that our credit card number had been compromised and that we had to close the account. I waited … Continue reading
Product Version Numbers
The normal scheme of version numbering for products seems to work for most developers. Going from 1.x.x to 1.x.x+1 is a minor bug fix; going from 1.x.x to 1.x+1.x is maybe a few new features and bug fixes. In some … Continue reading
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First impressions of the Garmin Training Center for the Mac
Last January, MotionBased working on the Mac, so that leads me to believe that Garmin spent 9+ months on the user interface. Ouch. For now, I’ll stick with MotionBased; I renewed my subscription last month and it is significantly more … Continue reading
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My take on Macworld
Now that Macworld is over and everyone and his dog has blogged about the good, the bad, and the ugly, I’ve decided to post my reactions. I had a chance to watch the keynote yesterday (no time last week as … Continue reading
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One of the worst products of the decade?
The other day, my wife and I were watching CNET’s video blog on TiVo and they had the top 5 worst products of the last decade. Number 4 on the list was PocketMail. This really pains me; PocketMail is/was a … Continue reading
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Too good to be true?
The other day my wife and I went into the Sprint store to get her a new Motorola RAZR to replace her aging phone. The main feature is Bluetooth to use with the car kit. The salesman was real nice … Continue reading
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Someone must like me
Much to my surprise, someone pointed out that my ReceiptWallet program appeared as a featured piece of software on Apple’s Product Guide page today. In case you don’t see it, here’s what appeared (click on the thumbnail for a full … Continue reading
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