Monthly Archives: May 2011

First Rejection of My iPhone App :-(

Posted on May 28, 2011 by Joey Gibson

I submitted my first iPhone app, called GV Places, to the Apple App Store on Monday, May 23. On Friday, May 27, around 9:00 in the morning, it entered the review process. About ten hours later I received the first … Continue reading →

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O Sears, You Disappoint Me

Posted on May 19, 2011 by Joey Gibson

I just got a cold call from Sears saying that the warranty on my refrigerator is about to expire, and asking me if I wanted to extend it for three more years. I listened to all the things this warranty … Continue reading →

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Only Three Days Until the “Rapture”…

Posted on May 18, 2011 by Joey Gibson

In case you’ve been living under a rock and haven’t heard, the end of the world begins this Saturday, May 21 at or about 6:00 PM. According to Harold Camping, the resident genius cum prophet at WeCanKnow.com, May 21 is exactly … Continue reading →

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Courtesy, In the Midst of War

Posted on May 17, 2011 by Joey Gibson

I’m reading a book called Tybee Island: The Long Branch of the South, by Robert A. Ciucevich, because my wife’s cousin and her husband have a house on Tybee, and we just got back from a lovely beach trip.  This … Continue reading →

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Review: Still Waters Restaurant

Posted on May 15, 2011 by Joey Gibson

My friends Tim and Meg told me about a new place in Grayson called Still Waters Restaurant which had, they said, “pretty good bar-b-que.” I decided I needed to check it out, so my wife, Tammy, and I went on Friday … Continue reading →

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Jon Stewart Shows Hannity’s Hypocrisy Over Common’s Trip to the White House

Posted on May 12, 2011 by Joey Gibson

There is much wailing and gnashing of teeth in conservative circles over the fact that a rapper called Common has been invited to the White House for some sort of poetry event. Never mind that Common has won two Grammys … Continue reading →

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GVoice: An Open Source Objective-C Google Voice Library

Posted on May 11, 2011 by Joey Gibson

05/12/2011 Note: I failed to mention that the library, as it currently stands, builds for iOS only. I’m sure it could be rejiggered to work with OSX, because I don’t think I used any iOS specific features. All the project … Continue reading →

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