Hauling my stuff back and forth to work is sometimes a laborious process. Packing my MacBook Air and MacBook Pro into my old canvas messenger bag worked but I was fearful of damaging them and also the bag was kind of ugly. Yea, yea… first world problems. Scotia and I braved the holiday weekend and headed out to the [...]

I have been wanting USB power outlets for a few years now. Unfortunately, until recently a couple of specialty companies made them and the alternative was piecing one together with a dermal and a solder kit. Somehow plugging a $400 plus device into a homemade charger seems like a bad idea. The other day I [...]

A little over a year ago I was asked by my dad to help him out with the RPOA.ORG site. The old site was something right out of 1993, and the company that had put it together made it as easy to edit as connecting to the internet back then… unreliable, slow, and frustrating. I [...]

When I started at TapIt, I knew what they did but when I tried to explain it to friends or family, they just gave me a confused look. I wanted to create something that said: “What does TapIt do?”, something that would get people’s attention even if mobile advertising isn’t something they find interesting. I [...]

For the past few years when people ask me what I would like for Christmas, I usually say ‘whatever’ is fine. This year I actually said what I always wanted… an Oregon Scientific Weather Station and an inexpensive webcam. I put it on the top of my list as adamantly as Ralphie asked for the [...]

Thanks to the Brummet family, we got 6 tickets to LegoLand California in Carlsbad. For Scotia and me, this was our first time to Legoland. Yes, you would think a Lego enthusiast like myself would have season tickets. But alas, that is just not so. No, this was our first trip to this magical land, [...]

Last week we were planning to spend the week in San Francisco for Thanksgiving. Our plan was to leave on Sunday and stay through the Saturday after the Thanksgiving. I got a call Friday afternoon from Tapit for a job interview so our plans quickly changed after I was scheduled for an interview on Monday [...]

I entered a drawing for some free Moo Cards over at WebDesign Tuts+ and I won! I recently redesigned my resume and wanted to get some new business cards to reflect my new branding. It’s no doubt that Moo Cards are the coolest but winning the free cards got me doing a little reading about [...]

This year was my first coaching my son’s U10 AYSO soccer team. As a new coach I found a tool that made coaching just a bit more productive, the Coach It iPad app. The app has some great features that allow you to manage your practice as well as games. If you are interested in [...]

The weather this week brought not only cold temperatures, rain and wind but also the flu for me. Unfortunately I also had soccer commitments since this weekend started the winter tournament. Our team is now in 5th place in the league and we have more games scheduled next weekend. When not at soccer games or [...]