Scott Gruby’s Blog

Over on VersionTracker, someone posted a comment about ReceiptWallet saying that Quicken for Windows allows users to scan in receipts and attach them to the register. This is great, except that it is Windows! Most Mac users don’t want to use Windows and that’s why they use a Mac. Will this feature ever come to [...]

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I had another run in with AOL today. I got bounced mail from a customer with the following error messages in it:
—– Transcript of session follows —–
… while talking to mailin-01.mx.aol.com.:
DATA
<<< 421-: (RLY:CS4) http://postmaster.info.aol.com/errors/421rlycs4.html
<<< 421 SERVICE NOT AVAILABLE
… while talking to mailin-02.mx.aol.com.:
DATA
<<< 554-: (RLY:CS4) http://postmaster.info.aol.com/errors/554rlycs4.html
<<< 554 TRANSACTION FAILED
So I checked [...]

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Like many people, I’m quite disappointed that Apple has delayed the release of Leopard until October. Many of the features that Apple is touting look really cool, and I want to use them! While major OS updates take time to get them right and we all want to see a stable release, it would seem [...]

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I’m not sure what Apple has been thinking in its recent updates to iTunes in terms of user interface. The changes have taken the product many, many steps back in terms of usability. Just the other day I installed a new DVD drive in my dad’s iMac and when we were testing it, I went [...]

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My software sales have been doing well in the past 12 months which meant that my rate for eSellerate went up (the initial rate is a teaser rate). I could handle the initial rate even though it was a bit steep for the pieces I use, but the new rate was a 50% increase and [...]

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