Scott Gruby’s Blog

I noticed that my iPhone didn’t launch iTunes when I dropped it in the dock even though I specified automatic sync. It dawned on me that in the past I saw an iTunes Helper app as a Login Item. Sure enough, this wasn’t in my Login Items. I dug into iTunes.app/Resources, launched iTunes Helper and [...]

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It’s now been six weeks since I moved all of my web sites to a VPS (virtual private server) on vpslink.com. So far, things have been smooth sailing. They have had 100% uptime, good performance, and nothing to complain about. They did get hit with a DOS attack which made things slow, but they quickly [...]

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You’d think that an accounting package would be 100% reliable or as close as possible to that as people rely on them all the time. I just happened to be looking at some reports in QuickBooks for Mac and noticed a $4000 difference in a particular section (expenses) and checked the filters; they were identical. [...]

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I finally figured out what causes traffic; drum roll, please…stupid people! Did you really expect some profound reason? Last week when we were driving back from Santa Barbara, there were a few patches of slowing. As we passed the slow areas, I kept looking for a reason why. There was no reason the traffic slowed. [...]

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I’ve been using an iPhone for a few weeks now (I have a very nice client that sent me an iPhone) and must say that I kind of like it. I’m not a huge voice person, so I’ve only made a few calls and can’t really comment on it.
I’m getting used to the email client [...]

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I updated my iPhone today to the latest firmware and found that I couldn’t check email. I remember reading something in the release notes about man in the middle attacks. So, I tracked down the issue to a self-signed SSL certificate I use on my mail server. Luckily, I have a real wildcard certificate for [...]

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The other day, I blogged about getting my local city councilman to get a sidewalk we use cleared of brush/weeds. Well, today I walked the dog and saw that the sidewalk was completely cleared. That sure was fast! I guess the squeaky well does get the grease.

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Today my wife was grilling some chicken for dinner when she yelled to me that the chicken was on fire. I walked over from my chore of planting a tree and sprayed some water on it from a squirt bottle. When that failed, I turned off the burners and sprayed more water on it. I [...]

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Last Saturday, we left for the airport at around 5:15 am to catch a flight to Oakland (to surprise my mother-in-law for her birthday) and as we’re driving down I-15, I noticed some “road hazards” (cars that were going slower than 60 mph in a 65 mph zone), so I moved over a lane to [...]

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Yesterday, I went to pick up some takeout and after waiting a bit and hearing them call “Jack” a few times, the cashier called me up and gave me my food. Hmmm, last time I checked, my name wasn’t Jack. I paid by credit card and showed the cashier my driver’s license to verify the [...]

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