We started planning the kitchen remodel at the beginning of the year. We'd been saving up for several years, the boys were out of day care, and now was the time. We came up with a desired layout, found a contractor, and modified our layout several times until we were in agreement on features and …
Happy Birthday Mom
Dear Mom, Happy Birthday! You've made it to 74 years old! You're just as feisty as ever but you love all of us so deeply. We talk on the phone a lot and I really enjoy talking to you for hours. When you spend time with the boys I see the joy on your face. …
Time for a New Apple Watch
I got my first Apple Watch almost three years ago, but it wasn't actually mine. It belonged to work and was used to evaluate the watch as a platform. We entered a developer raffle and won the opportunity to purchase one prior to widespread availability. Apple stipulated the exact model we received, right down to …
Four Assassin’s Creeds
I posted about my holiday tradition playing Assassin's Creed III and noted that I wasn't sure if I would finish it before moving onto the next game in the series or if I'd start playing them in parallel. Well I decided to play the next game in the series... and then the next... and the …
Christmas 2017
Another Christmas season has come and gone. The boys have another set of memories to add to their childhood experience. They are 6 now and this season has been the most, "high definition", of them all. Emotions Like most children, the boys love the holidays. It snows, we decorate, there's Santa, and of course, presents. …
Three Years of Assassin’s Creed
The first time I saw Assassin's Creed was at a Game Stop on a PlayStation 3, sometime in 2007-2008. I played a few minutes and died a bunch of times because I'm terrible using console controllers, but came away impressed. The game was so cool. It had a big beautiful world that you could run …
Gaming PC Revisited
I bought a dedicated gaming PC three years ago. I needed something more powerful than my iMac to play games on but didn't want to shell out $2k for another Mac that would be limited in terms of future upgrades. My iMac can be used as an external display to another machine which meant that …
My iPhone Lineage: The Final Chapter (For Now)
I’m celebrating the history of my iPhones! Read Part Four here. With the iPhone 5 Apple hinted that Android phones might be onto something with larger screens but wasn't ready to admit that the iPhone needed more screen space in both directions. By 2014 the Phablet market that Samsung pioneered was extremely hot and iPhone …
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My iPhone Lineage: Part Four
I’m celebrating the history of my iPhones! Read Part Three here. UPDATE! I received my iPhone X today! But I'm still going to finish this series off. Another year, more progress. After years of Android manufacturers trying every screen size known to man, Apple finally caved... a little. The iPhone 5 introduced a new form factor with …
My iPhone Lineage: Part Three
I’m celebrating the history of my iPhones! Read Part Two here. A lot happened since I purchased my 3GS. The iPhone 4 was splashed all over the internet after Gizmodo found a pre-production model laying around in a bar, Steve Jobs told us all how to hold it, a Verizon model was born, and a …
Relatively Ambitious 