I got a very special gift for my birthday today: a Starbucks Verismo coffee maker. The Verismo is similar to a Keurig machine in that it makes coffee by shooting pressurized hot water through a small coffee pack to make a single cup of coffee at a time. The major difference is that the Verismo …
Thoughts on Tech – Slow Surface Sales & RIM Rebounds
Surface I mentioned in my last Thoughts on Tech that I didn't think that Microsoft's Surface tablet would be a success mainly due to its use of an operating system that tries to be the jack of all trades and master of none as well as the inherent difficulty in prying people off of their …
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18 Month Update
It's that time again, here's what the boys have been up to. Had their 18 month appointment. Zach is still somewhere in the 5th percentile for height and weight even though he's been eating like a moose lately. He literally will eat all of his food and then all of the food that Adam doesn't …
PowerBook Through the Years: The 500 Series
It's been a while since I published another article in my series chronicling the history of the PowerBook, but here it is: the 500 series. Released in 1994, the 500 series used an entirely new design full of curves an innovative features such as stereo speakers, a trackpad, dual batteries, and built-in networking. It was …
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Curious
Sometimes I sit back and marvel at the boys. They are so purely curious. They inspect everything new – they touch it, they tap it, they feel it, they walk around it, they pick it up, they inspect it. They do it with such purpose; it is the most important thing to do at the …
Setting the Clock Back
We set the clocks back an hour this weekend, giving us "an extra hour" with which to enjoy ourselves. The down side is that we've now entered the depressing winter season where it always seems to be dark out. The daylight hours have been getting gradually shorter throughout Autumn, bringing the evening hours closer to …
Thoughts on Tech – Executives, Surfaces, and the Nexus
Thoughts on Tech is a new posting category that I’m going to start using to comment on things in the technology world. I feel like I have a pretty good eye for tech and can make pretty good predictions. I’ll use this format to make quick commentary and then check back later to see if …
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What Have the Boys Been Up To Lately
When we last left you Zach owned all the books, ran away from us, and repeated everything that we said. Adam liked puzzles, helping, and watches. We purchased some Play Doh for the boys a few weeks ago and that has become a nice addition to our nightly routine. We have a toddler-sized plastic picnic …
Apple's New Products – Fall 2012
Apple held its "A Little More to Show You" event yesterday and with it introduced five new and updated products – an updated Mac mini, a brand new iMac, a 13" version of the Retina MacBook Pro, an updated iPad, and the much rumored iPad mini. The Mac mini The mini receives basically a hardware …
Open House #2
The boys participated in their second day care open house today! The last time they had an open house they were only 6 months old. They didn't do much and we were the only family that showed up so it was a quiet affair. Tonight was quite different. The evening started with our standard 5 …
Relatively Ambitious 