2022-10-30: Finished reading: Yesterday, I finished Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir. I enjoyed the first book in …
2022-07-15: I really like when Tom McCarthy and John Kruk call Phillies games. When someone else steps in, I …
2022-07-12: Tonight, I’ve made the mistake of dicing some really spicy jalapeños without gloves. That was …
2022-07-12: I finished listening to Audible’s original podcast series: The Big Lie. Really well-done …
2022-07-11: I’m not sure how I missed this, but this is a bit of a bummer. Stone Brewing acquired by …
2022-07-09: This morning’s torture devices
2022-06-15: Astro's Playground I’m a fairly recent PlayStation 5 (PS5) owner (last Christmas). Astro’s Playroom is almost the …
2022-06-12: WWDC WWDC 2022 was this past week and it was great. I didn’t get to watch enough sessions. There are a …
2022-05-11: 'The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past' I have a video game backlog that is about a mile long. So many new games to play, so what do I do? I …
2022-04-20: On Netflix To preface, we’ve been Netflix subscribers since the DVD days. I am not one to share our Netflix …
2022-04-19: 'Purchasing AppleCare+ on Child Accounts Part 2' This is the second and final blog post about purchasing AppleCare+ on Child Accounts. Part one …
2022-04-13: 'Beer Style Guidelines 2022.2' Beer Style Guidelines 2022.2 has been released. I’m on a bit of a roll with these updates. In both …
2022-04-12: 'Purchasing AppleCare+ on Child Accounts' In February we got new iPhones for me and two of the kids. My wife wanted to get the back of her …
2022-04-09: 'On Finishing The Expanse' I recently finished the final novel in The Expanse series by James S. A. Corey. This series was …
2022-03-20: 'Beer Style Guidelines 2022.1' I released Beer Style Guidelines 2022.1 today. It’s the first update of the year. The update …
2022-03-14: 'Walt Disney World' This is the final blog post about our trip to Florida from January. This post is all about our trip …
2022-02-24: 'Universal Studios (Florida)' In January, we took a trip to Florida. While we were there, we went to Gatorland (which I’ve already …
2022-02-20: Haven’t watched much of the Olympics this year. The coverage hasn’t been great. Every time I turn it …
2022-02-18: I am looking forward to watching season 4 of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. The first two episodes are …
2022-02-18: Power is back on. Happy for that. Also happy that we have a working generator for when it …
2022-02-18: About two weeks ago, I checked out the generator and made sure we had a full tank of gas. Just in …
2022-02-17: My oldest has been applying to jobs. I just remembered that I used to send out paper resumes. I …
2022-02-16: I always chuckle when I get a notification for “No Meetings Wednesday” while I’m …
2022-02-15: I find that I often read 2-3 books at a time. I’m currently reading: House of Leaves …
2022-02-14: From Polygon: Book of Boba Fett is so much better when you realize Boba Fett is the series villain
2022-02-12: Yellowstone A few weeks ago, we were looking for a new show to watch. We heard a lot of recommendations for …
2022-02-12: One hazard to owning Golden Retrievers (we own two). When you brush them (we do weekly), it looks …
2022-02-11: Finished reading Persepolis Rising (The Expanse Book 7) today. It took me a little while to get into …
2022-02-11: Finished watching Boba Fett (season one?) last night. It was a good show. Unfortunately, I preferred …
2022-02-10: 'Gatorland' On our recent trip to Florida, we went to a few theme parks. We had planned on Universal Studios and …
2022-02-10: Renewed my library card today. I feel oddly accomplished. 📚
2022-02-09: It’s National Pizza Day. My company (Slice) came up with this great retrospective on the last …
2022-02-08: I spent about an hour last night just wandering around in Pokémon Legends: Arceus collecting items …
2022-02-07: Reading Apple in 2021: The Six Colors report card. The Developer relations grade feels accurate. …
2022-02-05: I’m a long time Charles Proxy user. I’ve just started using Proxyman.io and I’m a …
2022-02-04: Gross. www.macrumors.com/2022/02/0…
2022-02-03: 'Trip to Florida' We recently took a trip to Florida. It was a mix of “business” and pleasure. This was a …
2022-02-03: Just when I think I’m in decent shape, burpees humble me. They are the worst. So many burpees …
2022-02-02: I’ve been playing Pokémon Legends: Arceus. I just don’t know how I feel about it. …
2022-02-02: Today’s lunchtime torture device.
2022-02-02: As much as I enjoy The Book of Boba Fett, I prefer The Mandalorian.
2022-01-13: The Matrix Movies Over the Christmas break I rewatched the original The Matrix trilogy. I haven’t seen these movies in …
2022-01-08: Will Smith - "The Best Shape of My Life" I recently finished watching Will Smith’s “The Best Shape of My Life” 6-part docuseries …
2021-12-31: Some of my favorite things - 2021 Edition I’ve consumed quite a bit of content in 2021. Here are some of my favorites. Not all of these were …
2021-12-10: Holiday Treats It’s the Holiday Season and around this time year, I usually indulge a little bit with some extra …
2021-10-04: From HomePod to Sonos I was a pretty early adopter of Apple’s HomePod. I got one as soon as they were available (to me) in …
2021-08-25: It’s a Santana kind of morning. This album is so good. music.apple.com/us/album/…
2021-08-22: 'Time For a Change' I’ve changed employers. I’ve been working for Warner Bros. Digital Labs (which used to be …
2021-08-19: Just added this (Async await) to a (new) side project of mine. Looking forward to using this more.
2021-08-18: New Sonos speakers arrived today. I went with two One SLs and a Sub. All of this in my office. …
2021-08-16: Wife has never seen any James Bond movies. We’re binging our way through the Daniel Craig ones. I …
2021-08-12: Oh man. The Eagles are ranked below the Jets in the power rankings. That’s when you know you’re bad. …
2021-08-09: Got a nice shot of the coast from the pier this morning.
2021-08-07: Not a bad way to start the day.
2021-08-03: 'New iPad Air' I recently bought a 2020 iPad Air. This new iPad Air is an upgraded from my (2016) iPad Pro 9.7”. …
2021-08-03: This morning’s listening is Nirvana: MTV Unplugged In New York (Live). It is such a great …
2021-08-02: Breaking in a new toy tonight.
2021-08-02: Sold off my old OG HomePod. I still have a pair of HomePod minis, but haven’t been super …
2021-07-16: 'Site Updates (Jul 2021)' I’ve just wrapped up a handful of changes to the site. The site mostly looks the same, but …
2021-05-31: 'Vacationing️' I spent the last few days on vacation. We didn’t go anywhere (other than a soccer tournament - in …
2021-05-22: 'Running 🏃🏻♂️' I started running a long time ago. The first run I logged into Nike Run Club was in August of 2006. …
2021-04-28: 'UIKeyCommand — Part 3: macOS Catalyst Menu Items' This is the final post in a series on adding UIKeyCommands (keyboard shortcuts) to an iOS app. In …
2021-04-26: 'UIKeyCommand — Part 2: Split View Controller' In the first post in this UIKeyCommands series, we went over the basics of UIKeyCommands and adding …
2021-04-21: 'UIKeyCommand — Part 1: The Basics' This post is the first in a series of three on UIKeyCommands on iOS. In this first post, we’ll go …
2021-03-30: General Update: March 2021 It’s been a busy month. I’m not even sure where the month went. I figured I’d post a general update …
2021-03-02: Super Mario Odyssey This past weekend, I finished playing through Super Mario Odyssey on the Nintendo Switch. The game …
2021-02-18: 'Site Updates (Feb 2021)' Over the past week, I’ve made a handful of changes to the site. It’s been a long time since I’ve …
2021-02-02: 'Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order' I recently finished playing through Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order. What a good game. I really enjoyed …
2021-01-15: MyCndwn - TestFlight This past weekend, MyCntdwn took a step forward. I sent a new build of it to Apple’s TestFlight. …
2021-01-02: 2021: Goals / Focus It’s a new year. I am trying something a little different this year. Instead of setting goals for …
2020-12-20: 2020: A Look Back 2020 has been quite a ride. I’m glad that it’s over. It hasn’t been all bad, but the bad has really …
2020-12-16: MyCntdwn Lives? Over a year ago, I removed MyCntdwn from the App Store. But I’m not sure that’s the end of the story …
2020-11-24: First full day of vacation and I already have no idea what day it is.
2020-11-22: Where the heck did this weekend go? Went from Friday straight to Sunday night blues time.
2020-11-19: It’s been a while. 👋🏻
2020-09-08: Pokémon Sword This past weekend, I finished Pokémon Sword. It was a good game. I bought the game at launch and …
2020-08-19: 'The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild' ![Photo by Ryan …
2020-06-10: Getting Out of My Technical Rut I’ve spent about six months in a technical rut. Not really learning anything new …
2020-04-28: Beer Style Guidelines 2020.5 Released My latest release of Beer Style Guidelines has just gone out. This version of Beer Style Guidelines …
2020-04-25: 'Hearthstone: Knights of the Frozen Throne' This is another post about Hearthstone and beating another Solo Adventure. I’ve done these sort of …
2019-12-30: Playing Relative Insanity which is like Cards Against Humanity lite.
2019-12-30: Playing pool, waiting to bowl.
2019-11-03: Beer Style Guidelines 2019.1 Released This past week, I released a new version of Beer Style Guidelines. It’s the first update to the app …
2019-10-28: On Quitting Star Wars Galaxy of Heroes I recently called it quits on Star Wars Galaxy of Heroes. I had been playing it for almost four …
2019-10-22: Sad Day Yesterday was a bit of a sad day for me. I retired two apps of mine from the iOS App Store. I …
2019-07-19: Summer 2019 Development Goals I’ve made a set of goals for the Summer. In the recent past I have been bad about making goals. I’ve …
2019-07-10: Finally Watching WWDC 2019 Videos I’ve finally had a minute (or 60) to sit down and start watching videos from WWDC 2019. I know, I’m …
2018-12-03: This morning I did not want to get up and work out. I managed to get it done though. Now it’s …
2018-12-01: Setting up the new (fake) Christmas tree at our new house. We’ve never had a 10 ft tree before.
2018-11-28: Recently, I’ve been starting my mornings with either a long walk, workout or yoga. I’ve …
2018-11-27: I’ve recently started learning rxSwift. Are there any good resources out there?
2018-11-26: I started playing Kingdom Rush Vengeance last night. It’s a fun game. I haven’t played a …
2018-11-26: Caught a cold while in Italy. Luckily it happened later in the trip. Still trying to fight through …
2018-11-25: Home after a marathon vacation through Italy. Wonderful trip. Wonderful country. Took almost 24 hrs …
2018-11-13: It’s definitely a Queen Essentials kind of morning. itunes.apple.com/us/playli…
2018-11-09: Working from a local coffee shop this morning. They have a coffee called Unicorn Tears that is …
2018-11-08: I’m really looking forward to the Disney streaming service. Disney announces a second live-action …
2018-11-08: Today’s work companion.
2018-11-08: It’s been a while. I’ve been avoiding social media of most kinds for months.
2018-04-12: Finished another one.
2018-04-10: I’ve been playing “The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild” off and on for a month or two. …
2018-04-09: It begins again.
2018-04-07: Family insisted on this puzzle and lost interest after the border. My dumb brain drove me to finish …
2018-04-06: Great post by Paul Hudson about a update to the Codable protocol in Swift 4.1: …
2018-04-06: I’m becoming overly fed up with Twitter. I think it’s time to really give this platform …
2017-05-03: I burned an audio CD for the first time in forever today. My car only has a CD player and radio. …