Category Archives: Geek Stuff

That’s Me on the Griffin Technology Blog!

Posted on July 28, 2009 by Garrett

I was featured on the Griffin Technology Blog as a prize winner from this past weekend’s BarCamp! Here’s a screenshot just in case they archive the post and it goes away.

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Networking at BarCamp Chattanooga 2009

Posted on July 27, 2009 by Garrett

We all know BarCamps are about networking. Typically people networking or social networking. The kind of networking I’m talking about is wireless networking. This past weekend was Chattanooga’s first ever BarCamp. The announcement of the BarCamp was made shortly after … Continue reading →

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Structs, Arrays, and Arrays of Structs in WSDL

Posted on July 23, 2009 by Garrett

I’ve been getting into creating web services lately for all sorts of tasks. I started out with XML-RPC and was hammering away pretty well with it until I discovered that .Net didn’t like to play with XML-RPC. Since this was … Continue reading →

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Another shot of the cardboard laptop photo frame

Posted on May 7, 2009 by Garrett
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Windows XP: Access is denied.

Posted on April 24, 2009 by Garrett

Error Deleting File or Folder Cannot delete filename: Access is denied. Make sure the disk is not full or write-protected and that the file is not currently in use. Sound familiar? Over the years, I have stumbled into this error … Continue reading →

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Laptop Photo Frame – SketchUp

Posted on March 29, 2009 by Garrett

After assembling the prototype template using cardboard, I started taking external measurements. Refinements to cutouts were made and all dimensions were converted to millimeters. I’m strongly considering using Ponoko for this project. It’s a good excuse to try it out. … Continue reading →

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Laptop Photo Frame – Cardboard Version

Posted on March 28, 2009 by Garrett

After stumbling across this site, I decided to dig up my old eMachine M5310 laptop and see what I could fashion out of it. Fair warning, I was lazy and didn’t feel like getting out a real camera. All of … Continue reading →

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My Shiny New MacBook Pro

Posted on November 13, 2008 by Garrett

I’ve been saving up for a couple of years for a replacement laptop for my poor, old, busted eMachines m5310. The eMachine still runs, but it’s falling apart at the seams. There are cracks through the plastic, everything is a … Continue reading →

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Buy my stuff on eBay!

Posted on September 16, 2008 by Garrett

I’m attempting to clean out and sell a bunch of stuff laying around the house. Partially to free up room, and mostly to raise the last bit of funding and savings that I need to buy a new MacBook Pro … Continue reading →

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How to Wipe the Calendar on your iPhone

Posted on August 18, 2008 by Garrett

After numerous syncs with iTunes on multiple computers, all the calendar items on my iPhone were screwed up. Sometimes it was off by as much as a day. Sometimes I had duplicates on both days. Instead of manually deleting all … Continue reading →

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