• Downsizing our house

    [This is the first post in a series of posts that I've been saving up until our house sold.]

  • Review: iFrogz Luxe Original Case

    Last time I was in Portland for work, one of my co-workers had an iFrogz Luxe Original case on his iPhone 4S that he had picked up at the AT&T store during a closeout of cases. Up until then I hadn't been using a case for my iPhone. Since I run fairly often, I put my iPhone in an armband holder and having a case on it would make it hard to fit in. Furthermore, most cases are difficult to get off and I didn't want to have to go through that everyday.

  • Facebook app ruined design

    This past week, we launched a major update to an app where we got to start over from scratch with a new design and a completely new code base. While I never encourage a developer to read reviews on the App Store (the reviews are sometimes written by clueless people who have an axe to grind; some are legitimate gripes).

  • Review: Vitamix 5200 - Overpriced Blender

    Over a year ago, my wife started bugging me about getting a Vitamix 5200 blender. She said someone she knew had one and couldn't stop raving about it. So, I indulged her and bought a Vitamix from cost a year ago last December.