Category Archives: Gadgets

Reviews and tips about various gadgets.

Files Gone on Drobo FS with OS X Lion? Get ‘em back!

Posted on September 23, 2011 by Walt Stoneburner

Using DroboFS and OSX Lion only to discover that your Drobo shares have no content!? Yikes! But fret not, you merely have a small corruption problem brought on by the firmware, and in moments you can force a rebuild of that database and all your files will be back safe, happy, and sound with no data loss. Here’s how. Continue reading →

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TheFlip: files in the root directory? Come on….

Posted on January 27, 2011 by Walt Stoneburner

Were you aware that the Flip video camera you have is writing stuff to your root directory? Continue reading →

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Absolute Genius

Posted on December 26, 2010 by Walt Stoneburner

Here’s an Apple Genius recommendation you wouldn’t have expected. (IMG) Continue reading →

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Mysterious Copyright

Posted on October 10, 2010 by Walt Stoneburner

This is clearly one of those things I did to myself as a good idea, then forgot about, only to be plagued by it later. I noticed that all of my photographs on my camera were reporting a copyright with … Continue reading →

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WebCams on OS X

Posted on September 23, 2009 by Walt Stoneburner

Lots of cool software exists for webcams on OS X. Continue reading →

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iPhone 3GS Compass

Posted on June 22, 2009 by Walt Stoneburner

So, if your game uses the compass and it’s being played in a moving vehicle, what happens…. Continue reading →

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Found: The Best iPhone Development Book So Far

Posted on January 27, 2009 by Walt Stoneburner

Want to write your own iPhone applications but Objective-C, XCode, Interface Builder, and the steep learning curve of Cocoa getting in the way? Have I found the book for you. Continue reading →

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Changes at the Apple Store – For the Better!

Posted on December 23, 2008 by Walt Stoneburner

Apple has changed the Genius Bar policies and procedures. INCREDIBLE IMPROVEMENTS! Continue reading →

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Garmin WebUpdater

Posted on November 2, 2008 by Walt Stoneburner

I own a Garmin GPSmap 60CSx in order to geoencode my photography using HoudahGeo. Garmin now has a means up updating the firmware in their GPSs by using a WebUpdater, of which I use the version for the Mac. I … Continue reading →

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Aurora Feint: Recovered

Posted on August 1, 2008 by Walt Stoneburner

For some unexplained reason, Aurora Feint would no longer start on my iPhone. Starting the game exited back to the main menu. Here’s how I restored the game and recovered my previous game play. Continue reading →

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