Author Archives: Grant

About Grant

I grew up on the mean cul-du-sacs of Troy, Ohio, USA. I first started "programming" at the age of five on an Atari 400 when I used BASIC to draw an ASCII picture of robot with wheels on his feet. Why the emphasis on feet with wheels? At the time it was a big deal, I didn't have wheels on my feet which forced me to walk everywhere. I would have been so much cooler to just skate around. Since then I've gone on to work on all manners of different technologies, but rest assured if I ever write another robot program he won't just be walking around. Perhaps some tank treads...

How Tudor England solved my installation problem

Posted on February 4, 2011 by Grant

Yesterday I used a piece of technology to solve a problem that I’ve never before used successfully. To call me shocked would be something of an understatement. But before I get to that, let’s get some background. One of the … Continue reading →

Posted in .Net, Apple, Installers, Tudor | Leave a comment

[self isNostalgic: YES]; [year2010 release];

Posted on December 31, 2010 by Grant

I read a story once about Steve Jobs and nostalgia in Wired: It’s the 25th anniversary of the Apple Macintosh, but Steve Jobs’ eyes are dry. At the company headquarters in Silicon Valley, where he was presenting a set of … Continue reading →

Posted in Cameras, iPhone, Looking Back | Leave a comment

Back with a new knee, different TV, a new product and bacon

Posted on December 15, 2010 by Grant

So there I was, minding my own business and happily ignoring my complete and utter lack of blog posts since May. Then Katie went and referenced my happily sleeping blog. On the bright she did call the blog “hilarious.” So in … Continue reading →

Posted in ACL, AppleTV, Bacon, Grails, Groovy, Netflix | 1 Comment

In honor of Star Wars day

Posted on May 4, 2010 by Grant

May the 4th be with you.

Posted in GPS, Star Wars | Leave a comment

No PC should be without it

Posted on May 4, 2010 by Grant

Watch and you’ll never get this five minutes of your life back. Consider yourself warned.

Posted in Marketing, MS-DOS, Pretty Darn Useless | 1 Comment

Just imagine if it was an iPad instead of a camera

Posted on April 16, 2010 by Grant

If that was the case he wouldn’t have stopped to get the spear instead. Although, upon reflection, now the octopus is armed (Ha! Get it? ARMED! Octopus. I need to take this act on the road) he can steal anything … Continue reading →

Posted in Pretty Darn Useless, Unbelievable | Leave a comment

A bit (or eight) of Atari

Posted on April 8, 2010 by Grant

So when you wear an Atari shirt like this to work: …you get two things. 1. Comments like “Man, that’s old school!” Translation: You’re old. 2. Links to awesomeness like this: PIXELS by PATRICK JEAN.Uploaded by onemoreprod. – Discover more … Continue reading →

Posted in Atari, Video games | Leave a comment

Ubuntu, upgrades, insanity and me

Posted on April 1, 2010 by Grant

“Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” —Albert Einstein “‘Holy crap no way that actually worked’: doing something, failing, ignoring it for years, coming back, trying again and having it work.” —Grant Lammi “Insane … Continue reading →

Posted in Linux | 1 Comment

Not GTD

Posted on March 27, 2010 by Grant

One of those overdue OmniFocus tasks is to write a blog post. Talk about taking the cheap and easy way to cross something off my list. On the plus side WordPress for iPhone seems to work.

Posted in Productivity | Leave a comment

Windows 7, new computers, and Mom

Posted on November 13, 2009 by Grant

The other day I went to check my email and found this waiting for me: From: Mom Subject: Guess what? Always interesting when something like that comes through your inbox. I opened it up and was greeted with this line: … Continue reading →

Posted in Unbelievable, Windows 7 | 2 Comments