Category Archives: Tools

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Remove Invalid Ruby Gem Source

By TechKnow | March 20, 2012

I was trying to install a Ruby gem and it keep failing. I keep getting the following error when installing a gem. ERROR: http://gems.datamapper.org does not appear to be a repository ERROR: could not find gem thin locally or in a repository Because of the above error I couldn’t install a gem or even update [...]

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iOS Missing Feature: Multiple Device App Management

By TechKnow | February 13, 2012

I have over 100 iOS apps in three different devices, an iPod running running iOS 4.2, and an iPhone and iPad on iOS 5. As much as possible, I always sync all devices to my laptop so that they all have the latest updates. I know that since iOS 5, apps and songs purchased from [...]

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Retweet December 2011

By TechKnow | January 2, 2012

From time to time I just blast tweets about software development, project planning, team dynamics, or whatever else comes to mind. Here is a synopsis of recent tweets and rants. If you want to follow the conversation follow me at techknow and/or juixe. Software Development Being into computers today is not the same as it [...]

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Enable Siri on iPhone 4S

By TechKnow | December 29, 2011

A family member received the iPhone 4S for Christmas and the first thing she wanted to try was Siri. She didn’t know how to turn it on so she called me, the local family tech support. To turn on Siri on the iPhone 4S go to the Settings app. Once on the iPhone Settings, drill [...]

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Reclaim Disk Space With Spacie

By TechKnow | December 19, 2011

Recently I noticed that I had less than 3GB of free disk pace on my laptop. I have and take a lot of photos, in addition to that I download and install a lot of different development tools and IDEs. I also have a lot of music and listen to a lot of podcasts. In [...]

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