Jumped in the pool with the phone in my pocket. Let’s see just how waterproof these things are. 😬

Threads is already a year old? Wtf.

Finished reading: The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien 📚

So that’s why it’s called the Two Towers! 😅

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!

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 hearing their voices are priceless.

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 distraction. Especially considering that I’m not great at design 😐

But I think it’s already been a successful experiment.

Gettin hot outside, time for cold brew.

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 injustice, but if you want Stephen King’s take on a modern day Lord of the Rings - this is that book. The characters are memorable and human (well, most of them).

🍿 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 to spend Father’s Day.

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 Memorial Day at the lake.

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 AI-juiced Siri where I can still text and call. Basically, Apple’s take on the Rabbit R1 but use that iconic click wheel.

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 planned and developed. Little morsels of an ancient time. Also a good adventure story that involves an interesting hike.

I am so late to the game with cross posting but THIS IS A TEST OF CROSS POSTINGS

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 convoluted at times but the book’s main “mechanic” gave a new way to tell these types of stories.

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. 😂

It’s gonna be a chilling… I mean chilly Halloween! 🎃🥶

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.

📸 September 2023 photo challenge. Day 2: buildup

📸 September 2023 photo challenge. Day 1: Abstract

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 wanting to read a sci-fi page turner.

I finished Part 1 some time ago and then life got in the way of me finishing the rest in a timely manner.