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Jan 31, 20162 min read
Little League Evaluations App
Little League evaluations can generate some of the most paperwork of the season. If you live in the Northwest, there is also the very real danger of scheduling an evaluations date a couple months in advance and it turns…
Garth Gillespie
Jan 4, 20131 min read
Fremont Neighborhood at Dusk - Seattle, WA
Near Mischief Brewery
Garth Gillespie
Dec 18, 20123 min read
Seattle's Mercer Mess - and How to Fix It
Those that live in Seattle know that Mercer street has sucked for 40 years. Over the past couple years, there has been an extensive effort to make Mercer better - and the street and surroundings have improved markedly…
Garth Gillespie
Nov 9, 20121 min read
Marking Time - A Novel by April White
My dear friend April White has just released her self-published young adult novel Marking Time, the first book in her Immortal Descendants series. Marking Time is available for Kindle for just $2.99. If you like epic…
Garth Gillespie
Jun 13, 20121 min read
Airport Utility 6.1 Supports IPv6 Configuration
The recent 6.1 update to Airport Utility now lets you edit the IPv6 configuration of your various Apple Airport devices. The new 1.1 version for IOS also supports editing IPv6. In the Tunnel section there is a new field…
Garth Gillespie
- Apple
- IPv6
May 31, 20121 min read
My Son = Published Author
It really is a brave new world in self-publishing. My son created a fantastic (my determination, natch) paper book, and within a few hours I was able to use iBooks Author to create a version of the book for iBooks. It…
Garth Gillespie
Apr 16, 20121 min read
Yes, screen guardz hd really do help the iPad in the sun
We only got one of the screen guardz for the trip to Mexico and now I wish we got two! They really do help. With my polarized sunglasses I can't see anything on the iPad without the plastic cover, but I can comfortably…
Garth Gillespie
Feb 25, 20121 min read
Wordpress Dev Branch Bit Me
Sorry for the lack of posts for half the day - I was running the Wordpress dev branch and the update this morning apparently couldn't find the posts anymore. I have reverted to something more stable.
Garth Gillespie
Jan 12, 20121 min read
iTunes Error -50 preventing sync
Just had this error today with an iPhone 4 and the apple support document is not very useful. From Googling, it seemed that many people used to blame this on corrupt photos in iPhoto - but tracking those down can be…
Garth Gillespie
Dec 14, 20111 min read
HP Photosmart Premium - Worst F***ing Printer Ever
Not much else to say. Worst purchase I have made in a long time. Constantly crashes. Takes forever to print. Makes all kind of noise before and after printing. Constant scanning issues. Total POS and my last HP printer…
Garth Gillespie
Oct 18, 20111 min read
S/Mime and iOS5 and Google Apps/Exchange - no worky
I've been trying to get my s/mime email signing certificate to work under ios5 and i think i've found a bug. If you are trying to send a signed email from your iOS5 device and instead your recipients are receiving an…
Garth Gillespie
Oct 6, 20111 min read
So long Steve
A sad day - but also a day to celebrate the life of a true technology icon. And I love this story about life in his neighborhood. Thanks Steve, and go Apple!
Garth Gillespie
Aug 27, 20114 min read
Fix Time Machine Sparsebundle NAS Based Backup Errors
This is a modification of an original post for use when you have a corrupt sparsebundle backup on a NAS (as opposed to an external drive attached to a router) and it needs to be repaired. The NAS is likely a hardware…
Garth Gillespie
Aug 27, 20113 min read
iTunes Home Theater - How to integrate with iPad, iPhone, other iOS devices, AV Receiver and TV
I've been asked a few times to explain how iTunes runs everything in the house. So here it is. We have an always-on computer (a mac, but could be an old PC) - which is always running iTunes and this is where we keep all…
Garth Gillespie
Aug 3, 20111 min read
Fix for FreeNAS 8 and Netatalk and 10.7 Lion Time Machine and AFP
I've posted Netatalk 2.2 binaries over in the FreeNAS 8 forum for both x86 and x64 versions that will enable AFP and Time Machine connections from both OS X 10.6.x and 10.7. Sparsebundle backups made under 10.6 can now…
Garth Gillespie
Feb 27, 20112 min read
An IPv6 search result icon and specific browser error message for IPv6?
As I have been playing more with IPv6 I have noticed even Google is not returning search results for IPv6 only sites. My own test site - ipv6.cybernode.com has been indexed by Googlebot - but the pages do not show up in…
Garth Gillespie
Dec 24, 20101 min read
IPv6 Enabled
Hurricane Electric, my co-location provider was kind enough to allocate 18 quintillion IPv6 addresses to me (a /64 block) and I have started to put them to use. My Linux kernel has been IPv6 ready for awhile, so I added…
Garth Gillespie
Dec 23, 20101 min read
Eastside pubs with wi-fi - Lake Washington
This will be an open post as I find local pubs (in a likely increasing radius) with wi-fi. Three Lions - Redmond - Has wi-fi, and an impressive array of soccer games year round. Two dart boards also help. Black Raven…
Garth Gillespie
Jul 17, 20104 min read
Fix Time Machine Sparsebundle Network Backup Errors
[UPDATE - The post below is mostly for people using a USB hard drive attached to an Airport Extreme - if your sparsebundle is on a network drive or NAS, please see my modified post here.] I use an external hard drive…
Garth Gillespie
Dec 31, 20091 min read
Gift Card Laundering, or Buying Other Gift Cards with a Visa Gift Card
I recently received a Visa Gift Card, which is a very nice thing to get, but unfortunately has a couple issues when used online. Namely, there is no 'Billing Address' associated with the card, so trying to use the Visa…
Garth Gillespie

Little League Evaluations App

Fremont Neighborhood at Dusk - Seattle, WA

Seattle's Mercer Mess - and How to Fix It

Marking Time - A Novel by April White

Airport Utility 6.1 Supports IPv6 Configuration

My Son = Published Author

Yes, screen guardz hd really do help the iPad in the sun

Wordpress Dev Branch Bit Me

iTunes Error -50 preventing sync

HP Photosmart Premium - Worst F***ing Printer Ever

S/Mime and iOS5 and Google Apps/Exchange - no worky

So long Steve

Fix Time Machine Sparsebundle NAS Based Backup Errors

iTunes Home Theater - How to integrate with iPad, iPhone, other iOS devices, AV Receiver and TV

Fix for FreeNAS 8 and Netatalk and 10.7 Lion Time Machine and AFP

An IPv6 search result icon and specific browser error message for IPv6?

IPv6 Enabled

Eastside pubs with wi-fi - Lake Washington

Fix Time Machine Sparsebundle Network Backup Errors

Gift Card Laundering, or Buying Other Gift Cards with a Visa Gift Card