iT Guy Technologies

10/08/2024

I just got an email from Google stating that they had marked our business as Permanently Closed. We are not closed and are approaching our 20th year in business.

How can they be allowed to do this?

I assure you we are not closed

03/18/2023

Core Data can be a challenging and complex framework to get a good handle on. This book does a great job of demystifying some of the seemingly archaic features. Take for example Sorting and Predicates. These are dissected and individually examined and explained. I could see the pages about Predicates becoming the go to resource to this often arcane looking language....

Core Data can be a challenging and complex framework to get a good handle on. This book does a great job of demystifying some of the seemingly archaic features. Take for example Sorting and Predicates. These are dissected and individually examined and explained. I could see the pages about Predicate...

09/25/2022

The events discussed here happened 28 years ago, on this day. "I still don’t like it, but I’m ok!" - Anne’s cousin, age 8. We had three ancient maple trees around our house in Oakville. They were a pain to mow around when doing the yard work. They deposited a phenomenal amount of leaves on the lawn every fall. It would take weeks to rake them up to the curb for the city to pick up....

The events discussed here happened 28 years ago, on this day. “I still don’t like it, but I’m ok!” – Anne’s cousin, age 8. We had three ancient maple trees around our house in Oakville. They were a pain to mow around when doing the yard work. They deposited a phenomenal amount of leaves ...

05/24/2022

Originally published in Graphic Arts Magazine. My friend and I regularly share files. Can we use a USB stick or is there something else we can use so that we don’t burn CDs? He’s on a PC and I’m on a Mac. Yes, you certainly could use a USB stick, or thumb drives. They’re usually formatted for use on Windows PCs, which means your friend can also read and write on it using a Mac....

Originally published in Graphic Arts Magazine. My friend and I regularly share files. Can we use a USB stick or is there something else we can use so that we don’t burn CDs? He’s on a PC and I’m on a Mac. Yes, you certainly could use a USB stick, or thumb drives. They’re usually … Continue...

05/23/2022

So here we are more than halfway through the year and over 5 million iPads have been sold. Consumers are rapidly snatching up all the available iPad and iPhone 4 devices as fast as Apple can make them. As a publishing professional you’re asking yourself “what does this mean to me? What impact does this have on the publishing industry and how do we as publishers get involved?”...

So here we are more than halfway through the year and over 5 million iPads have been sold. Consumers are rapidly snatching up all the available iPad and iPhone 4 devices as fast as Apple can make them. As a publishing professional you’re asking yourself “what does this mean to me? What impact do...

03/06/2022

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10/23/2021

As a somewhat independent developer, I toil and worry about the users of my apps. As I work on my products, I am always thinking of how my apps will be used and how I can make sure that the user's data is safe. I think that's my responsibility as the creator. My users are placing their faith in my work and it's by job to give them the best experience that I can....

As a somewhat independent developer, I toil and worry about the users of my apps. As I work on my products, I am always thinking of how my apps will be used and how I can make sure that the user’s data is safe. I think that’s my responsibility as the creator. My users are … Continue reading "D...

10/23/2021

Posted on July 27, 2014 by Rick_S I did a quick design of an adapter board to take the 14 pin connector from the Printrboard to connect to the two 10 pin connectors on the RepRap Smart LCD Controller. This will give you the display and encoder functionality like in the official Printrbot LCD. The reset, buzzer, and SD Card will not function as those signals are not broken out on the Printrboard’s 14 Pin EXP2 Header....

Posted on July 27, 2014 by Rick_S I did a quick design of an adapter board to take the 14 pin connector from the Printrboard to connect to the two 10 pin connectors on the RepRap Smart LCD Controller. This will give you the display and encoder functionality like in the official Printrbot LCD. The...

10/23/2021

Posted on July 26, 2014 by Rick_S Recently I purchased a Printrbot Simple Metal and have been learning the art of 3D printing. One thing I realized up front was the benefit of having an LCD display on the printer to show status and allow for menu driven printer control w/o using a computer host. At the time I purchased my printer, the Printrbot store was out of stock of the official LCD....

Posted on July 26, 2014 by Rick_S Recently I purchased a Printrbot Simple Metal and have been learning the art of 3D printing.  One thing I realized up front was the benefit of having an LCD display on the printer to show status and allow for menu driven printer control w/o using a computer host...

04/11/2020

Homemade Face Masks – How To Make

I have modified slightly the original instructions from Michael Garron Hospital mask challenge. inside pocket is to allow for a filter to be added. They suggest: Vacuum cleaner filters, coffee filters, paper towel or Kleenex.They recommend that the masks be washed daily in hot water an...

03/09/2020

App development, like art, is an expense of creative energy and effort. Once published, maintenance and upkeep takes a considerable amount of time and skill. Keeping up with changes in technology that Apple and Android add complicate a developers life. Imagine having to update a painting or redo a sculpture in a new medium because the galleries change how your work is to be consumed. [ 402 more words ]

App development, like art, is an expense of creative energy and effort. Once published, maintenance and upkeep takes a considerable amount of time and skill. Keeping up with changes in technology that Apple and Android add complicate a developers life. Imagine having to update a painting or redo a s...

10/28/2019

From a legacy iOS universal app to macOS with Apple’s Project Catalina. Always planned to make a macOS version of Device Tracker. Stay tuned.