Scott Gruby’s Blog

Just when I thought that ReceiptWallet and DocumentWallet were the easiest to use applications I’ve ever created, I had a user contact me saying that he couldn’t install the software. The installation couldn’t be easier. You mount the disc image and look at the picture:

Just drag the icon to the applications folder, open the applications [...]

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I’ve probably written this before, but most scanner drivers for the Mac are garbage. This includes drivers from the major vendors such as HP, EPSON, and Canon. I’ve been pleased with the drivers from Sysscan for my DocketPORT and the Fujitsu ones are OK. I keep seeing crash reports with my products that clearly point [...]

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Several weeks ago, I was working on reports for ReceiptWallet and thought I had it all done in one weekend. The following Monday I realized I missed a part, handling sub items. I poked at it a few times and got nowhere. I then thought about the problem for 3 days and figured it out [...]

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Several months ago I started seeing and hearing numerous ads about childhood obesity. It kind of surprised me that there was a huge campaign to fight it that just appeared when this problem has been known for years. It sickens me to see overweight children. People blame computers and video games for many of the [...]

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Today I released DocumentWallet, a product similar in concept to my ReceiptWallet program. The two programs share much of the same code, but I felt that they needed to be separate applications. The market for this type of program is quite crowded and I own a few of the “competition”, but didn’t find any one [...]

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Today after my run (training has begun for my 2nd marathon), I started to feel pain in my upper body. This doesn’t happen after a run so I started thinking, what could cause this? Then I remembered I started playing my Nintendo Wii 2 days ago. While I haven’t played with it much, the swinging [...]

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