Monthly Archives: August 2008

Smartphone GPS Followup

After our disaster with a smartphone based GPS yesterday, I was given another phone to try, this time not a smartphone, but a Sanyo Pro-200. We used the Sprint Navigation service and we were quite pleased with it. It gave … Continue reading

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Lovely HP Scanner

My dad has some random HP Photosmart scanner and keeps running into problems with it and ReceiptWallet. His messages imply that it is an issue with ReceiptWallet and that very well may be the case. I looked at his ReceiptWallet … Continue reading

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Smartphone Based GPS

This week I’m in Minneapolis for a client and I had requested a GPS unit for the rental car as I have no idea where I am and don’t like being lost. Unfortunately Enterprise didn’t have any units, so we … Continue reading

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Jack of all trades, master of …

In my line of work of being a contracting software engineer, I have to take on many different types of projects, some in fields that are foreign to me or touching parts of the operating system that I have never … Continue reading

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No more mowing

One of the things that has bugged me about our backyard was that the grass was always dead. Now that Aiden, our son, is walking, I wanted him to people able to play on the grass. My parents had EasyTurf … Continue reading

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The joys of writing code

Yesterday and today I decided to tackle an issue in some of my code that I wrote for a client. This wasn’t a huge chunk of code, but how it worked bugged me and was actually going to affect my … Continue reading

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Disappointing car

Last year we bought my wife a new Honda CR-V as her Honda Accord wasn’t going to cut it when our son was born. I stared driving her car a bit and really enjoyed driving it. I started looking the … Continue reading

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Taking things for granted

I’ve been working from home for almost 9 years (9 years this month) and have been self-employed for more than 5.5 years. Things have been pretty good for me, and I’ve been reasonably happy. Recently I had the opportunity to … Continue reading

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GrandDialer is far more successful than I could have imagined

My first iPhone application, GrandDialer has been downloaded more than 9000 times! I thought that it wouldn’t be that popular because people can’t get GrandCentral accounts. Boy, was I wrong! The reviews are pretty good, but some people expect way … Continue reading

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Reviews on the AppStore

When I look for software, I like to try it out before I buy it. However, with the AppStore for the iPhone/iPod Touch, you can’t so you have to rely on reviews and the product description. Even for free apps, … Continue reading

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