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Jun 13, 2025: Open the door, get on the floor. Everybody…
Jun 6, 2025: I’ve been using Codex with one of my side projects and while it’s amazing how it can go off to implement changes, I find very little joy in the …
May 20, 2025: Just caught up with a days worth of social media posts (~250 posts). In summary: we are cooked.
Feb 28, 2025: Why are we posting Severance spoilers on a Thursday night?
Feb 11, 2025: John Gruber writing about Fox’s new scorebug that debuted during Super Bowl LIX: Imagine the outcry if Fox had broadcast yesterday’s Super Bowl …
Dec 19, 2024: MURPH!!! THE DUST IS YOUR DADDY!!! jakeg.micro.blog/2024/12/1…
Dec 18, 2024: Seeing Interstellar in IMAX at 9:45pm. Wondering if I’ll make it to the end.
Oct 2, 2024: There are lies, damned lies, and FedEx estimated delivery times.
Sep 29, 2024: The #Chiefs 🏈 WR group wearing custom t-shirts to support Pacheco & Kelce remind me of when our marching band section would take white t-shirts …
Sep 20, 2024: I released a new app on Tuesday as part of RevenueCat’s Ship-A-Ton. It’s called Smart Choices and you can download it here: …
Aug 28, 2024: Finished reading: The Return of the King by J. R. R. Tolkien 📚 Started this one off on audiobook then switched to physical near the end. I wish I had …
Aug 25, 2024: Smart Choices - rewarding good behavior Teaching and rewarding kids for good behavior is difficult and many tactics can be used to accomplish this. I want good behavior to be the expectation …
Aug 20, 2024: I don’t think I’ll ever get over the fact that we’ll never get Fez 2.
Aug 10, 2024: Went to a minor league soccer game last night. Watching Olympic soccer right now. Going to watch little league soccer this afternoon. I don’t think …
Jul 11, 2024: Jumped in the pool with the phone in my pocket. Let’s see just how waterproof these things are. 😬
Jul 3, 2024: Threads is already a year old? Wtf.
Jun 29, 2024: Finished reading: The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien 📚 So that’s why it’s called the Two Towers! 😅
Jun 27, 2024: This morning I replaced the capacitor in the AC unit that went out yesterday. Now we have cold air from the cold air machine again!
Jun 24, 2024: My favorite iOS feature of all time: Live Photos I love seeing the context around a photo, especially ones of my kids. Seeing their mannerisms and …
Jun 21, 2024: I started working on a new app earlier this week and told myself to only focus on functionality. I usually get hung up on UI and it becomes a huge …
Jun 20, 2024: Gettin hot outside, time for cold brew.
Jun 18, 2024: Finished reading: The Stand by Stephen King 📚 I loved this book but it’s hard to recommend such a tome. I’m being derivative and doing the book an …
Jun 16, 2024: 🍿 We took the whole family to see Inside Out 2 and we all liked it. Except for the 4 year old who didn’t like the new emotions 🤣. It was a great way …
May 27, 2024: The dishwasher overflowed last night and we woke up to standing water in every room except one of the kid’s room. I didn’t know we were gonna spend …
May 25, 2024: The tinyPod teaser trailer really makes me want Apple to bring back the click wheel as part of an AI focused device. I want an iPod nano with the …
Apr 20, 2024: Finished reading: The Fellowship Of The Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien 📚 Now I know why people get obsessed with this series/world. The setting is so well …
Feb 8, 2024: I am so late to the game with cross posting but THIS IS A TEST OF CROSS POSTINGS
Jan 1, 2024: Finished reading: The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton 📚👥 Another interesting spin on the whodunnit genre. This one was a little …
Nov 27, 2023: The kids were on the verge of revolt if we didn’t watch Polar Express today. They put on their PJs and we made hot cocoa. We even lit a fire … at 3pm. …
Oct 31, 2023: It’s gonna be a chilling… I mean chilly Halloween! 🎃🥶
Sep 4, 2023: Got one of those silly, inspired software/web dev ideas that would make me giggle to no end but I have no time to actually implement it.
Sep 2, 2023: 📸 September 2023 photo challenge. Day 2: buildup
Sep 1, 2023: 📸 September 2023 photo challenge. Day 1: Abstract
Aug 29, 2023: Finished reading: Upgrade by Blake Crouch 📚 I think Recursion is a better book, but this one is almost as engrossing. I’d recommend it to anyone …
Aug 25, 2023: These Athletic NA brews are pretty good.🍺
Aug 23, 2023: I have several messaging apps installed on my phone and each one is dedicated to a single chat. Since I’m trying to declutter my digital life this …
Aug 20, 2023: Finished reading: The 6:20 Man by David Baldacci 📚👥 Read this for book club and we all concluded this was a book you pick up at the airport; it’s …
Jul 13, 2023: clearing cruft I’ve amassed so much digital cruft on my phone that I set a recurring daily reminder to delete 1 app and close 1 browser tab. I might have to add …
Jul 10, 2023: Here are the first apps I downloaded when the App Store launched 15 years ago:
Jun 5, 2023: Hey, take off the headset when you are interacting with your family that’s right in front of you. #WWDC
Jun 5, 2023: Quick Thoughts on AR/VR Ahead of an Apple AR/VR headset announcement, I am simultaneously excited and worried about a future where we might wear a headset for most of the …
Jun 1, 2023: Took a short hike this morning with the family at a nearby “lake”.
Jun 1, 2023: Ted Lasso and Succession, two great shows I’ve enjoyed following, released their final episodes this past week and they both “stuck the landing.” Both …
May 21, 2023: Finished reading: This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar 📚👥 Sci-fi love story presented as poetry. Difficult but rewarding read.
May 21, 2023: Finished reading: Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz 📚👥 Finished at the beginning of the year. Modern take on classic whodunnits. Loved it!