Joey Gibson's Blog

Are You a Southeast Uker?

2013-01-09T03:57:13Z

Do you play the ukulele? Have you always wanted to? Do you live in or near Atlanta, GA? The Southeast Ukers are a group of ukulele players who get together twice a month to play and sing together. We meet at the Waikikie Hawaiian BBQ restaurant on the 1st and 3rd Sundays of each month. It doesn’t matter if you’ve been playing for 20 years, 20 minutes, or just played air uke in the shower, we would love for you to join us.

For more details, check out our Meetup.com group

Bohemian Rhapsody Parody

2012-12-12T02:26:05Z

This commercial cracks me up every time. This is the longer version, too.

Bleeding Board

2012-11-17T21:27:31Z

Thomas said I kicked the board so hard it bled. But the blood on this board is my own. I was channeling Jackson Pollock.

1st Dan – Boo-Yah!

2012-11-17T21:25:47Z

I am now officially a 1st Dan in Taekwondo. w00t!

I Just Voted For Obama

2012-11-06T16:08:30Z

I just voted to kill babies, bankrupt our grandchildren, turn “the greatest healtcare system in the world” into a giant socialst death panel, outlaw the saying of “Merry Christmas,” institute Sharia Law, implement the “Gay Agenda,” and burn the Constitution while dressed as Thomas Jefferson in drag. Or something like that.

GV Places Discontinued

2012-10-31T02:55:41Z

I hate to have to do this, but I have just pulled GV Places from the App Store, and I will not be selling or maintaining it any longer.

Some users have been experiencing problems with credentials and the various calls to the Google Voice back end. I have never had those problems, and thus have had a very hard time diagnosing the issue. I had planned to release a new version that included the ability to mail verbose logs to me, in the hopes that I could spot something that was going on. But then I got an email from Apple saying that it’s time to pay them again for the privilege of developing for the iPhone. And I just can’t do that.

I’ve spent hundreds of hours working on this app, and $200 in fees to Apple. I haven’t recovered more than 1/3 of that expense, so it just doesn’t make any sense for me to continue.

For those of you who bought it, thank you. I’m sorry I have to drop it, but I do.

Sunset Through the Trees

2012-10-31T01:41:17Z

IMG_1941, a photo by joeygibson on Flickr.

Another shot of tonight’s beautiful sunset.

Sunset In the Mirror

2012-10-31T01:39:45Z

IMG_1943, a photo by joeygibson on Flickr.

Tonight’s sunset was gorgeous. I took this while stopped at a red light.

Long Shot

2012-10-31T01:42:49Z

IMG_1939, a photo by joeygibson on Flickr.

A sort of “artistic” long-exposure shot I took last night at the gas station.

My 2006 Mac Pro Is Having Issues…

2012-10-27T02:18:46Z

I’ve loved this computer since I bought it in November 2006. It’s a massive workhorse, still. 2 dual-core 2.66GHz Xeon chips. 12 GB of RAM. 4 TB of hard disk. Still a fast machine. But it’s having problems. I think it’s just the video card, but I’m not sure. I ran memtest on it for about 20 hours straight, and it didn’t identify any problems. I am hopeful that replacing the video card will fix it, but that will still not be a cheap fix. Here’s what the video looks like right now