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Monthly Archives: May 2008
Asking for (USB) trouble
I was doing some testing today and had to re-arrange my USB hubs to put certain devices at the beginning of the chain. Hubs, you ask? Yes, I have 3 powered USB hubs and a ton of devices. Does it … Continue reading
Hacking ICA – NEAT Receipts scanner working with ReceiptWallet
After a lot of work today, I managed to get the NEAT Receipts scanner to work with ReceiptWallet. It wasn’t easy as there are issues with ICA and the driver that NEAT Receipts ships is quite buggy (if I tell … Continue reading
Ouch
I read the following in a forum about a new product: Calling something “advance release” instead of “beta” isn’t the greatest way of garnering a loyal customer base. Especially in light of an absence of tech support… Wow, almost seems like this … Continue reading
Nice work Google and Microsoft
My wife sent me email (yes she sends me email even though she is in the next room) asking for help with a rejected message. She was trying to send to a hotmail.com address; since my domain is hosted on … Continue reading
The failure of catchall email addresses
For years when I ran my own server, I made up email addresses for each site I visited and had to enter an email address. They were in the form of somedomain.com@mydomain.com. I then entered an alias into sendmail to … Continue reading
Very cute, UPS
A few weeks ago, I opened our front door to check the mail and discovered a package under the door mat. In case you’re wondering, a 10 pound box doesn’t fit under a door mat very well.
EPSON, grumble, grumble, grumble
This weekend I finally had a chance to sit down with the EPSON CX9400 I picked up on Thursday. After hours upon hours of attempting to debug ReceiptWallet and figure out the problem, I finally came up with a workaround. … Continue reading
High cost food isn’t worth it
Last night, my wife and I went out to dinner at a nice restaurant. My sister had given me a gift card for my birthday, so we decided to use it. It was one of those restaurants where each entrée … Continue reading
I feel so dirty
I decided to purchase an EPSON scanner to maybe workaround issues with their drivers and ReceiptWallet. I have an old Perfection 1250, but the drivers aren’t universal binaries and I wanted to give EPSON a fighting chance to make it … Continue reading
Taxing those that can’t do math
The latest attempt at getting out of California’s budget problems is to increase marketing of the lottery. Someone once told me that the lottery is for those that can’t do math as the odds of winning a substantial payout are … Continue reading