Hi, I’m Andrew Grant and I’m a software engineer living in San Francisco. I was born and grew up in Scotland, before stints in Bristol, Brighton and most recently, Los Angeles led me to sunny California!
I recently moved to the Bay Area to join LucasArts, where I’m part of a team working on something utterly and unbelievable exciting… and completely secret and confidential for quite a while 
In my spare time I like playing with most things technology related, watching movies, reading, and cooking – before a career change I spent several years as a chef at the famous Balmoral Hotel in Edinburgh, and their award winning restaurant, Number One.
2007/12/09, 02:41
Hi Andrew,
hello from Edinburgh, found your site while doing some research into my future project. I am contemplating building a windows home server, this would store all my media back ups and help serve them up to my current media extender an xbox 360.
I am limited by the xbox inability to serve up divx files.
A couple of question in regards what the home server would be able to achieve.
Would I be able to set up my newsreader program?
Still deciding whether a hs or a dedicated media player would suit me better.
Hope the weather is better there!
Richard
2008/02/05, 16:26
Dear Andrew,
I head up an indie company called Gothic Games. We’re working on a turn-based fantasy strategy game. If you can imagine “Risk” with individual units, spells, diplomacy and economy, that’s the main idea.
We’re looking for a couple more programmers to join our small team. As this is an indie company, the plan is to sell the game as a download and then everyone takes their fair percentage of sales. While that has its upsides and downsides, the team itself is comprised of dedicated industry professionals coming from such companies as Micro Forte, Wizards of the Coast, and GSC Game World. The artist who did our map also created the maps for New Line Cinema’s “Lord of the Rings” trilogy.
I won’t get too much further on the game here but am attaching an image of the interface (info panels extended), so you have an idea where things are going.
If you’re interested in learning more, do let me know.
Best regards,
Nikolai Soderstrom
Designer, Founder
Gothic Games
2008/08/05, 09:21
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Regards
Elsa Wide
2008/11/15, 16:08
One of your distractions, Internet Radio Pack for Windows Media Center, has to be updated. Virgin Radio has been rebranded to Absolute Radio on 29 September 2008.
Regards,
Pieter
2009/01/15, 22:10
Hi Andrew,
I was just on CNET and found the video about syncing an IPOD with 2 computers. It was mentioned that you had the instructions written out on your website but I can’t seem to find it. Is it in the archives? If so what month?
Must be great to be in California. I am a transplanted Texan living in Iowa and it is currently -24 degrees. That is the actual temperature, not even the wind chill, which is a -47! But, on the bright side, it will be a balmy 8 degrees tomorrow.
Thanks for your help, Tina
2009/01/16, 12:07
You can find it here;
http://www.andrewgrant.org/2008/03/30/how-to-sync-an-iphone-with-two-or-more-computers.html
2009/01/31, 23:24
Hi, Andrew,
I would like to tell you about this website -
http://www.webEbenezer.net. It writes C++ marshalling code based on user input.
Brian
2009/02/19, 06:02
Hi,
I saw you give the reply below about how to get your current workspace in Mac OS. This works if you have a window in your app that you assume is in the current workspace. But how do you get a WindowRef to start with, without assuming your app has an open window in the current workspace?
Use HIWindowGetCGWindowID to get the CGWindowID for your WindowRef.
Use that ID with CGWindowListCreateDescriptionFromArray from CGWindow.h to get information on your window.
Look at the returned dictionary and extract the (optional) kCGWindowWorkspace key. That is your space ID for your window.
2009/02/20, 03:59
Andrew
We love Whiist
Got a question for you – we are showing off Whiist – please see :
https://tranquilpc.homeserver.com/
As you can see there is a ‘blip’ above the support portal
we think this was created whilst adding a ‘link’ that for whatever reason failed.
the problem is, we can’t see it in the local or remote web page setup on your tab, so how do we get rid of it ?
is there a txt file / reg key that holds your links ?
thanks
David
2009/02/26, 03:10
Hi Andrew,
I found a link to this site through the “We got served” website. I was wondering; are you running the andrewgrant.org website on your whs?
Cheers,
Dave
2009/02/26, 03:13
Andrew
Could you please make contact – i have a few questions to ask ?
Thanks
2009/03/19, 07:57
Looking for some more info on post-queue. I use ecto for blogging, which doesn’t make it easy to set the publish date. Any way I can get post-queue to control the publication of *all* posts on my blog (that is, give up the ability to post things immediately)?
2009/04/01, 07:03
Hi Andrew,
I see that a woman named Elsa Wide left a response on your blog. She also contacted me. The website she gave seems innocuous, but I wanted to validate that the website wasn’t a scam or something. If I don’t hear from you, I’ll just assume it is. haha.
Good luck on your projects!
Leah
2009/05/02, 12:56
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2009/05/12, 08:28
I need to know how I can snyc my Ipod touch to different computers without lossing my music
2009/06/28, 18:29
I accidently deleted the file from the 2nd computer to sync Iphone, so how do I get the “hex” editor to find the file and replace with the one from the 1st computer? Please help, should I just delete Itunes and re-download?
2009/07/26, 02:27
been trying to find a use for media center maybe now i have.the first time i used a computer was a couple of months ago.I found a bunch af people like yourself creating plugins for no other reason than the joy of creation. I think its great.thanks for the help….oliver
2009/10/06, 15:08
Hey Andrew, great website. I am a teacher in Saskatoon, SK, Canada. Can you send me the link to your explanation of how to sinc an ipod to two computers. I can’t find it. Will this also sinc the calendars on both computers as well? Thanks,
Curt
2009/10/14, 10:35
Andrew,
I’ve been trying to buy your app Better Christmas List but the app store doesn’t have it.
Any suggestions?
Mary
2009/10/24, 23:42
Hi Andrew,
I love the add-in. Is there a way to add a log off or “Home” button to the Photo Gallery page. Seems like there is no way to get back to the server home page from the gallery, unless I’m missing something.
Thanks in advance
2009/10/27, 10:15
can i still get whiist? download lonk is broken thanks
2009/11/12, 23:20
Hi there,
It looks like your Get Post Image for WordPress download link is broken: http://www.andrewgrant.org/wordpress/download-manager.php?id=3
Is this file still available for download?
Or, is downloading the file no longer necessary?
Regards,
Aaron
2009/12/23, 18:01
Testing wp-catchpa-free…
2009/12/28, 09:42
Hi Andrew!
I want to publish some modifications I’m making to your Post Queue plugin, but you don’t seem to have indicated a license.
Can I treat it as GPL code?
(I would have posted this on the page for the Post Queue plugin, but the last post there was in 2007)
2009/12/28, 09:56
Hi Andrew!
I want to publish some modifications I’m making to your Post Queue plugin, but you don’t seem to have indicated a license.
Can I treat it as GPL code?
(I would have posted this on the page for the Post Queue plugin, but the last post there was in 2007)
2009/12/28, 09:57
Sorry about the double-post; I forgot to subscribe to the first one
2010/01/28, 08:11
Hi Andrew,
Thanks for leaving the performance tips for VMWare Fusion. I just starting using Fusion 3 with XP home–Macbook Pro 2.26 CPU, 4 gb RAM.
I installed the XP with boot camp, so Fusion is running off that. To be honest, I’m pretty disappointed with how slow XP is with Fusion–it’s way faster in boot camp.
Is this because I still have the boot camp partition? So…if I use the Fusion option to get rid of the partition, things will run faster?
Thanks in advance if you can help
2010/02/05, 05:03
I wondered if you could help me.
everytime I try to synch my Iphone with my computer, the comouter crashes with a fatal error and i have to system reset to bring it back to life.
This is a recent phenomena. The Iphone works and the computer(windws XP)also works but the Iphone keeps knocking it out.
Any suggestions. I would be grateful for a reply
regards curtis
2010/03/02, 11:10
Hi Andrew,the hosting company I consult for would be interested in paying for advertising at the bottom of this post http://www.andrewgrant.org/2008/12/17/virtualizing-media-center-on-windows-home-server.html
Email me back and let me know whether you’d be interested or not.
Cheers
2010/04/20, 14:01
Hi Andrew
I have an iMac and a PowerBook (2 years old). I want to copy the email contacts and book marks from one machine to the other (as I am going overseas and want the contacts and bookmarks with me).
I have a Targus file share cable and I also have the iMac data (that I want on the PB) synched to my iPhone.
What is the simplest way to do this – if you can help me please give easy instructions for an old lady to follow!
I looked at your synching 2 Macs to an iPhone but it was a but too advanced for me LOL.
2010/06/02, 11:03
Dear Andrew,
I am with a pr firm that is very effective in publicizing apps with online media, blogs, and national and local media outlets. We currently do the pr for Zinio.com. Would you like to discuss what we can do to give you more exposure? Let me know.
Regards,
Nikki
2010/06/03, 13:32
Hi Andrew,
I have read a post of you at stackoverflow, writing that you had developed an iphone application 100% using only windows. Can you please describe the process – I have been searching and trying different methods for about a month but could not manage to make it work.
2010/06/09, 11:21
Andrew,
My name is Anne Mueller. I’m the HR Manager at mFoundry in Larkspur, CA, and we’re currently hiring for a number of positions. It sounds like you have a job you love (congratulations!), but since you are local, I wanted to leave you a message asking that if you know of anyone looking for a job in our field, please have them contact me. The address is hr@mfoundry.com.
mFoundry’s award-winning mobile platforms are used by some of the largest banks, payment companies and merchants in the US. The company is a recognized leader in mobile banking, mobile payments and secure mobile transactions, earning numerous accolades including “Best Virtual Prepaid Card” for the Starbucks application, the number one “Technology Company to Watch” by Bank Technology News, one of “10 Emerging Mobile Players to Watch” by IDC, and one of Fierce Wireless’ “Fierce 15”. mFoundry is based in the heart of Marin County, Larkspur, next to the Ferry Terminal. It is an easy commute from Highways 101 and/or 80. For more information, go to http://www.mfoundry.com
Thanks!
Anne
2010/06/30, 13:21
Hi Andrew.. I’m researching an article about setting up a Windows Media Center PC and found your Internet Radio Pack via a google search.
When I try to download the package though, the link goes to a ‘page not found’ message?
Is the pack still available?
thanks.
2010/07/17, 02:22
Andrew Grant – good luck with LucasArts and the top secret thingy. I liked the method for syncing an iPhone with multiple machines. I have a slightly different problem which I am confident you will be able to solve. I have a bar in Vietnam (i.e. no copywrite issues) and use Macintosh computers with iTunes. I have a very large music and movie collection. Travelling customers bring me their mp3 players and I put fresh music or movies on for them. Everything works well with iPods, iPod Touches and other Sony, Samsung or whatever music players. My problem is the iPhone always asks to be erased. How do I enable my iTunes library to Manually Manage any iPhone plugged in to it. Easy one for you – I think.