Author Archives: Joey Gibson

My Lion “Clean Install” Saga

Posted on July 23, 2011 by Joey Gibson

Updated! Scroll down for the latest. I upgraded my 2011 Macbook Pro and my 2006 Mac Pro to Lion on Day 1. The MBP has had no problems at all. The Mac Pro, on the other hand, was acting a … Continue reading →

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OSX Lion To Lion File Sharing Not Working – How To Fix It

Posted on July 22, 2011 by Joey Gibson

After upgrading both my Macs to Lion on Wednesday, I discovered this morning that I can no longer mount shared folders between them. I tried going in both directions, and both failed with a very non-intuitive “Connection failed” message. I … Continue reading →

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Xcode 4.1 Not Installing? Try This.

Posted on July 21, 2011 by Joey Gibson

Apple released OSX Lion earlier today, but Xcode 4.0.2 is not compatible with it. Later in the day, they released Xcode 4.1 for Lion through the Mac App Store. I saw some comments from people saying that at about 80% … Continue reading →

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Make a Copy of the OSX Lion Installer BEFORE You Run It!

Posted on July 20, 2011 by Joey Gibson

If you’re planning on downloading OSX Lion from the Mac App Store and installing it on multiple Macs, heed my warning to make a copy of the .dmg file before you actually install it. I learned the hard way this … Continue reading →

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Google Chrome Sync Not Working? Try This

Posted on July 1, 2011 by Joey Gibson

I use Google Chrome exclusively as my browser on both Mac and Windows, and I pretty much love everything about it. One of the things I love most about it is the ability to sync most of your settings between … Continue reading →

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GV Places 1.1 Now Available In the App Store

Posted on June 22, 2011 by Joey Gibson

After sitting in the to-be-reviewed queue at Apple for a week, I’m happy to announce that version 1.1 of GV Places is now available for purchase. The full list of changes is here.

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GV Places 1.1 Submitted To App Store

Posted on June 15, 2011 by Joey Gibson

Yesterday, I submitted version 1.1 of GV Places to the App Store for review. I am hopeful that it won’t take as long to get through this time, but I’m not holding my breath. The biggest news is that I … Continue reading →

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Downgrading Your iPhone From iOS5 to iOS4.3.3: It Ain’t Easy

Posted on June 9, 2011 by Joey Gibson

Like lots of other iPhone owners, I was excited about the announcement on Monday of iOS5, and all the new features. I don’t like to wait and since it isn’t going to be released until September, I had to get … Continue reading →

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GV Places Is Now In the iTunes App Store

Posted on June 1, 2011 by Joey Gibson

I am pleased to announce that my first iPhone app, called GV Places, is now available in the iTunes App Store. If you have an iPhone (preferably a 3GS or 4) and a Google Voice account, you might like it. … Continue reading →

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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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Current Events In the Fifth Grade

Posted on February 22, 2011 by Joey Gibson

I don’t know what made me think of this, but this morning while driving to the office, I remembered something from the fifth grade. It was 1980, and every Friday, we were supposed to bring in a news story, either … Continue reading →

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Dracula vs. Frankenstein: 1971 Bad-Acting Award-Winning Film…

Posted on January 12, 2011 by Joey Gibson

As I was downstairs this morning toasting a sourdough English muffin, I was flipping through the channels on the TV. I noticed a “film” on the MGMHD channel called “Dracula vs. Frankenstein,” from 1971, starring Lon Cheney, Jr, with this … Continue reading →

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My Grandma’s “Orange Stuff” Recipe

Posted on January 3, 2011 by Joey Gibson

We don’t have a name for this, so we just call it what it looks like. My wife calls this a “congealed salad.” I call it a dessert. We both call it yummy. Here’s what you need. 16oz tub of … Continue reading →

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WCBHM10 & Birmingham’s New Railroad Park

Posted on September 20, 2010 by Joey Gibson

For the third year in a row, I attended WordCamp Birmingham. And for the third year in a row, it’s delivered on great content. My favorite session was one that I almost passed on; Sara Cannon‘s “Beyond the System Font: … Continue reading →

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