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Monthly Archives: February 2008
My power to offend and being a Mac snob
My comments in this blog seem to offend some. For better or for worse, I speak what is on my mind. It sometimes gets me in trouble, but most of the time helps me get stuff off my mind. I … Continue reading
My first podcast interview
Today I had the opportunity to be interviewed on the T4 Show. I’ve never done an audio interview before (I was interviewed back in high school for the recycling project I started for the local paper), so I was a … Continue reading
Writing documentation
I have the daunting task of writing the documentation for ReceiptWallet. While I have some as well as some knowledge base articles, the docs need an overhaul. I wrote the previous version of the docs for Apple Help by hand. … Continue reading
Backup, backup, and backup again
There are two types of computer users, those that have lost data and those that will. Yes, I know this is a profound statement, but computers are prone to fail (they are made by humans, who do, of course, make … Continue reading
Discounts for Apple Employees
Periodically I get inquiries from Apple employees about discounts. Sometimes I respond, “what kind of discount can you give me?”, but usually I give them the line that ReceiptWallet is priced low enough that it is affordable and if it … Continue reading
Crappy Support Policy
Yesterday, I went to see about contacting support for VMWare Fusion to see why my el cheapo negative and slide scanner wouldn’t work as no one responded to my forum post (on their forums). After poking around the site, I … Continue reading
Broken iCal – Application Needed to fix it
After my calendar didn’t sync today using BusySync, I started poking around. The BusySync log gave a Google error saying that I had exceeded my quota. I’m not sure what it was pushing or pulling, but I took the opportunity … Continue reading
Disappointed in new MacBook Pro Offering
I see that Apple released new MacBook Pro machines today. The upgrade seems quite minor. I was hoping for more. While I will get a new machine (after I pay the tax man and see what is left), I really … Continue reading
Hypocritical government
This shouldn’t be news to most, but our government is quite hypocritical. Today I was reading about a bunch of men that were arrested in Saudi Arabia for flirting with women. They were arrested by the religious police. Here is … Continue reading
Mess of wall chargers
Yesterday I went to use my Sony Reader and it said “Low Battery”. This was very strange as it had been plugged into the charger for 2 days, so it should be charged. I looked at the Reader and it … Continue reading