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Oct 16, 2023: Egg on my face for not checking system requirements before updating. Got approval to update to Sonoma on my work laptop, but we are still stuck using …
Sep 12, 2023: If all they do is bring back the 30 pin connector for the iPhone 15, then I’ll call that a win. 😁
Sep 9, 2023: Getting ready for the opening ceremony of the Invictus Games. 🇺🇸🇩🇪
Sep 4, 2023: No matter how tired I am, I can never sleep the night before a trip.
Aug 17, 2023: It’s gonna be a long day. I forgot my wedding ring on the sink, and now I feel lost and disconnected. I will probably rub my finger raw trying to find …
Aug 10, 2023: Today was a bit emotional. Actually this entire week. Our daughter started school this week and it is hitting harder than I thought that it would. She …
Aug 6, 2023: Rainy day this afternoon.
Jul 30, 2023: Triggering content warning. 😬 I know a lot of people don’t like wearing socks with sandals. Admittedly I’m one of those. It does feel …
Jul 26, 2023: Loving our GraphQL team right now. Just found out that I can refactor part of our app state and remove some complexity, by merging two network …
Jul 24, 2023: It’s amazing what a week off will do. I was having some issues implementing withCheckedContinuation() and handling cancellations. Read through a forum …
Jul 24, 2023: Today must be a good day. I remembered the password for my work computer on the first try after a week vacation.
Jul 23, 2023: Now that that refactor is out of the way, I can focus on the main changes for the Drafts action.
Jul 23, 2023: The positive side about having my changes overwritten is that it revealed a bug I had overlooked when I was adding everything back.
Jul 23, 2023: Forgot that I was editing an action in Drafts on my iPad and made a lot of changes on the Mac. When I opened Drafts on the iPad it overwrote all of …
Jul 23, 2023: My plans to tinker on an app idea last week didn’t go as planned. I ended up spending the week getting sucked into a JavaScript rabbit hole to …
Jul 17, 2023: Since we have the week off, I want to try and do some digital cleanup and adjust some workflows. Also want to try and continue with a little side …
Jul 13, 2023: I know better than to check email when I wake up at 4 in the morning. Especially when it’s work related. Now can’t go back to sleep because I’m …
Jun 5, 2023: Missed the iPadOS, watchOS, and tvOS announcements in the WWDC keynote. Will have to recap those before the State of the Union. #wwdc23
Jun 5, 2023: Prepping all of my devices for loading the betas today. 😬 #wwdc23
May 24, 2023: Took me a little longer than I intended, but I finally pushed out some updates to my Drafts action for posting to Micro.blog. Fixed a but with the …
May 14, 2023: Nothing fancy to see here, just testing some cross posting fixes for my Drafts action. 🤞🏼
May 14, 2023: Trying to figure out the best way to introduce changes so that it is backwards compatible, but without making the code a nightmare to maintain, is …
May 14, 2023: I am so grateful and blessed that I have this amazing woman in my life. Through all of the ups and downs of loosing our first born and the emotional …
May 1, 2023: I’m waiting for my daughter to ask me to start her a YouTube channel. She’s starting to ask me to record her doing funny things that she …
Apr 15, 2023: The Super Mario Bros. movie was super fun. I loved the soundtrack.
Apr 15, 2023: It’s-a Mario time.
Apr 13, 2023: The Pixelmator Photo app has been rebranded to Photomator. I like the new UI changes in this update. It’s still familiar, but fresh at the same …
Apr 8, 2023: Pure joy during the Easter egg hunt today. 😍
Apr 6, 2023: Forgotten!
Apr 4, 2023: I am a bit jealous that iOS doesn’t have a fun little mascot, like Android.
Apr 4, 2023: Morning commute.
Apr 3, 2023: Beautiful morning at the office.
Apr 2, 2023: I’ve been going down a themes rabbit hole in Drafts. So many good ones to choose from. So far I’ve narrowed it down to two that I like …
Apr 2, 2023: Posting to Micro.blog with Drafts There are a few Drafts actions that allow you to post to Micro.blog, but none of them did everything that I wanted in one place. That led me to create …
Apr 1, 2023: Took me a bit longer than I thought that it would, but finally got my Drafts action working how I want it to at the moment. Need to clean up the …
Apr 1, 2023: Just another test post. 🤞🏼
Apr 1, 2023: Testing out cross posting from my Drafts action.
Mar 26, 2023: How is it, that my five year old daughter can pronounce Parasaurolophus better than I can?
Mar 25, 2023: Playing around with some macro photography. Need to work on keeping my hands steady.
Mar 24, 2023: Fun playing after the rain today.
Mar 23, 2023: 📷 Micro.blog Photo Challenge day 23: chance. What are the chances that Ken makes it?
Mar 23, 2023: Had a parenting first the other day. My daughter picked some gum off of the bench, at the train stop, and started playing with it. At least she …
Mar 22, 2023: 📷 Micro.blog Photo Challenge day 22: insect. I was trying to get a photo of this blue butterfly for several minutes. When I gave up, he photo bombed …
Mar 21, 2023: 📷 Micro.blog Photo Challenge day 21: tiny.
Mar 20, 2023: 📷 Micro.blog Photo Challenge day 20: houseplant. This is the only houseplant that I can keep alive.
Mar 19, 2023: 📷 Micro.blog Photo Challenge day 19: Analog. I love playing board games with my family.
Mar 19, 2023: 📷 Micro.blog Photo Challenge day 18: Portico. Missed posting yesterday’s challenge.
Mar 19, 2023: Twelve hours of sleep felt nice, but not enough. Let the jet lag adjustments begin. We adjusted pretty quick last time. Hoping for the same again, if …
Mar 18, 2023: After 32 hours of traveling, we are finally home. 🥱
Mar 18, 2023: Beautiful sunrise over London this morning.
Mar 18, 2023: Lovely evening for a flight.
Mar 17, 2023: 📷 Micro.blog Photo Challenge day 17: Early. It’s late in the day, but it’s early in our trip. About 28 hours before we are home.
Mar 17, 2023: I would love to see Books included in the Apple One subscription. It doesn’t have to be immediate access to every book. It can be like a digital …
Mar 16, 2023: 📷 Micro.blog Photo Challenge day 16: Road. Roads? Where we’re going we don’t need roads.
Mar 16, 2023: Been a while since I’ve fallen. Slipped on some water in the kitchen this morning. Somehow grabbed the corner of the counter, which helped a bit …
Mar 15, 2023: Time for some Hibachi. 🤤
Mar 15, 2023: Question about sharing Shortcuts for iOS and macOS. If I generate a sharing link and then I update the shortcut, are those changes automatically …
Mar 15, 2023: 📷 Micro.blog Photo Challenge day 15: Patience. Learning something new and over coming fears takes patience and determination.
Mar 15, 2023: I don’t think I’ll be called papa or daddy again. This whole trip, all that I’ve heard from my daughter, is Donny, Donald, or Uncle …
Mar 14, 2023: Micro.blog Photo Challenge day 14: Horizon. Playing around with black and white.
Mar 14, 2023: I forget to include a link to the Micro.blog photo challenges page, to give context of what the photo is for. I decided to throw together a quick …
Mar 14, 2023: My connection to the world.
Mar 11, 2023: Fun with Draft Actions I’m having some fun working on this Drafts action for Micro.blog. I’m horrible with JavaScript, but I’m fumbling my way through it …
Mar 11, 2023: I don’t have any regular routines or rituals. The closest would be sitting down each evening this week and working on a new Drafts action.
Mar 10, 2023: I almost put deodorant on my toothbrush instead of toothpaste. How’s your day going?
Mar 10, 2023: Good food together with family. ☺️
Mar 10, 2023: Finished reading: The Martian: A Novel by Andy Weir 📚 Admittedly, I saw the movie before I read the book. However, I did enjoy both.
Mar 10, 2023: That moment when everything falls in place and I have a working Drafts action and I’m using it to post this. 😃 Figured out my issue that I was …
Mar 9, 2023: I’m working on a Drafts action for Micro.blog, but having some issues with the category selection. I added a prompt to select the blog to post …
Mar 9, 2023: Taking a walk by Vecna’s house. What could go wrong? 😬
Mar 8, 2023: I hate pollen. Forgot to take allergy medicine this morning too. 🤦🏼♂️
Mar 8, 2023: I love that she is expressing interest in learning to play. She keeps asking to take lessons.
Mar 8, 2023: I’ve been wanting to read more, but keep putting it off. We finally went and got new library cards and set up the Libby app to check out books …
Mar 8, 2023: These two make my heart whole. ❤️
Mar 7, 2023: I love the engineering in clocks.
Mar 6, 2023: I forgot to post my photo for yesterday. The new tile in my moms house.
Mar 5, 2023: After a long day of zipping around, it’s time for some quiet time with cousins.
Mar 5, 2023: It’s been a long time since I’ve used personal photos as wallpaper on my devices. However, I’ve been using the photo shuffle …
Mar 4, 2023: True story. 😂
Mar 4, 2023: Playing around with Drafts again after a few years. After finding this post, it’s safe to say that my last experiment failed. I may have a …
Mar 4, 2023: After spending the day with kids running around and chilling in the bathroom for thunderstorm and tornado warnings, I wonder if I can find some …
Mar 2, 2023: After a few weeks of sun and warm weather, it was cloudy and rainy today.
Mar 2, 2023: Not super secure when the key breaks off and you can’t lock the box anymore.
Mar 1, 2023: My birthday was last week, but had a small birthday cake at my moms. Not sure how I feel about the candles situation at this point. My daughter did …
Mar 1, 2023: I forgot to remove the auto renewal on an old domain that I don’t use or want anymore. 🤦🏼♂️
Feb 28, 2023: I love visiting with my nieces. I get to be viral famous on the twitsnapbooktock.
Feb 28, 2023: There is no reason that an app should be asking for your Wi-Fi password. My mom got some smart plugs and this is what it’s asking in order to set them …
Feb 27, 2023: One thing that is nice a out Twitter, is that if someone shares a link, then I can view it in the web without logging in. That is not the case for …
Feb 25, 2023: Found this letter from my grandparents, from 1998. Seeing my grandfather’s handwriting again after all these years brought a smile to my face.
Feb 24, 2023: I was really hoping that I wouldn’t have to deal with pollen or allergies for another month or two. 😔🤧
Feb 23, 2023: When flying last Friday, our five year old got sick on landing, from some slight turbulence. After she threw up, she looked at me and said “I know …
Feb 18, 2023: Today is going to be one of those days. Happy birthday to our first born, our sweet little peanut. My heart is overflowing with all of the feelings …
Feb 8, 2023: It’s always funny to me to look at our app metrics and see what versions are still being used. Noticed today that a version is still being used …
Jan 19, 2023: Trouble with NSDiffableDataSourceSectionSnapshot I’m running into issues when trying to use NSDiffableDataSourceSectionSnapshot. I want to have this UI, where we have multiple sections and each …
Jan 9, 2023: It is definitely a case of the Mondays today. I was thinking that I broke push notifications, only to realize that I was using the device token from …
Jan 9, 2023: What a way to start a Monday. Could not remember how to pass a type as a function parameter and had to look it up to remind myself to add .Type. …
Jan 4, 2023: My stress eating food of choice today is salted chips. I have almost eaten this entire bag today.
Jan 3, 2023: I’ve managed to survive the annual work password reset without locking myself out. 🎉
Jan 3, 2023: That’s two days in a row that I’ve slept through my alarm. I think my body is protesting getting started in the new year. 🥱 😴
Jan 2, 2023: Time for the annual forget your work password after returning from Christmas vacation.
Jan 1, 2023: Happy new year! 🎊🎆 Frohes neues Jahr!
Dec 25, 2022: Got one of the coolest gifts ever this year. 😁
Dec 25, 2022: Merry Christmas everyone. Hope that you are having a good holiday. 🎄🎅🏼
Dec 23, 2022: Slowly but surely I am learning to bend UICollectionViewDiffableDataSource to my will. Still have a lot to learn, but figuring out the best way to …
Dec 23, 2022: Staring at a newly created project in Xcode is, to me, like a writer staring at a blank piece of paper.
Dec 22, 2022: It’s definitely going to be some kind of day when the car driving down the street is blasting “Ice Ice Baby” at 8:30 in the morning. 😁
Dec 21, 2022: How has it taken me this long to discover the magic of fleece lined jeans for winter? These things are amazing and so comfortable.
Dec 9, 2022: Emma’s sleep schedule has been adjusting lately. No matter what time she goes to bed, she is now waking up between 6 and 6:30 instead of 7 and 7:30. …
Dec 8, 2022: Number of days that I forgot to set translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints to false? Zero. 🤦🏼♂️
Dec 7, 2022: Falling down the rabbit hole of refactoring some code thinking that it can, or should, be cleaned up a bit only to end up back where I started and …
Dec 2, 2022: I spent an embarrassing amount of time, this morning, trying to figure out why my collection view cells weren’t refreshing when I updated the …
Nov 24, 2022: I really enjoyed giving a talk at our Tech Get Together at trivago. Something that has been terrifying to me, as I hate speaking in front of a lot of …
Nov 23, 2022: Surprised that I actually slept last night. Been nervous all week about giving my first conference talk at our Tech Get Together today. Gonna share a …
Nov 22, 2022: Finally having the trivago Tech Get Together in person again. Looking forward to the talks over the next two days.
Nov 20, 2022: The weather is turning frigid cold. I’m missing the warm, sunny weather of Hawai’i. ☀️
Nov 19, 2022: Plugged my M1 iPad Air into my M1 MacBook Pro to charge. Apparently you have to pick the correct USB-C port. Since the MacBook can still charge …
Nov 18, 2022: You should always assume that there is a good chance that I am going to do something stupid with anything lying around the apartment. Such as putting …
Oct 20, 2022: Went snorkeling, for the first time yesterday, at Kapo’o beach in Oahu. It was amazing and so much fun.
Oct 16, 2022: ❤️ #BLAW2022
Sep 29, 2022: Can’t believe that Emma is 5 today. Where does the time go? Also registered for school today as well. I feel like she’ll be wanting to drive and move …
May 23, 2022: Getting ready to head to bed and I made the mistake of opening my email, you know, b/c that shiny red dot was beckoning. The email was about a …
May 17, 2022: Our 4 year old daughter woke up this morning with a slight runny nose and cough. She looked at me and said, “daddy, I have issues”. 😂
Apr 20, 2022: I groaned, while standing up, and stumbled as my foot had fallen asleep. My daughter, 4, proceeded to laugh and say “my daddy’s old.” 😏
Apr 19, 2022: Trying to get started after a four day weekend is always so much fun.
Apr 18, 2022: Looks like some photos are still updating, but overall, the domain update went pretty smooth. So smooth, that I was sure that I did something wrong. …
Apr 17, 2022: I finally pulled the switch and talked myself into getting a new domain name. Not that having .net is bad, but I have been a bit jealous of sites that …
Jan 1, 2022: Happy New Year! 🎊🎉 Wir wünschen euch einen guten Rutsch ins neue Jahr. ☺️
Dec 25, 2021: I can’t believe how fast today has flown by. I think I need a vacation from our Christmas vacation. 😂 I hope that everyone had a merry Christmas. …
Dec 16, 2021: Morning drive to the wildlife zoo at Rovaniemi. This place is so gorgeous. Love all the snow. 😍 It’s going to take some adjusting that sunrise is …
Dec 15, 2021: Had a one-day turn around to rest and repack. Now heading off for vacation trip part two. Heading to Finland to visit Rovaniemi and Helsinki. Excited …
Dec 13, 2021: Made it back home after a fun weekend in Heidelberg. Now a day to rest before we are off to Finland.
Dec 12, 2021: I saw someone, walking through the airport this morning, wearing a Save Ferris T-shirt. That made my morning.
Dec 11, 2021: Had a little fun walking the Schlangenweg in Heidelberg, but it was a bit steeper than we expected. Emma said, “this is nicht a good idea.” Her …
Dec 11, 2021: Heidelberg is such a beautiful city. I love the feel of it, tucked away in the mountains.
Dec 10, 2021: Had a nice evening stroll in Heidelberg tonight.
Dec 9, 2021: I have totally let this week slip by. December 5 marked 5 years working at trivago and living in Germany. While I was a developer before, this is my …
Nov 28, 2021: One thing is very obvious. I am not equipped to properly carve a turkey. 😂
Nov 23, 2021: How do you have an early Black Friday sale? Isn’t that just a sale on a Monday or Tuesday? If that’s possible, can today be an early Saturday so that …
Nov 22, 2021: Don’t judge me, but there may be Christmas music already playing in the house. 😬
Nov 13, 2021: Emma, 4, heard the phrase “Ooh la la” on one of her shows. She has been going around saying it all day. It is hilarious. I tried to say it and she …
Oct 27, 2021: It has been nine years doing life, side by side, with this remarkable woman. I’m not sure how I got so lucky. Especially with all the corny jokes and …
Oct 17, 2021: I’ve never gone to a pumpkin patch before to pick pumpkins for Halloween. At least, I don’t remember it if I have. We took Emma today and it was so …
Oct 15, 2021: #WaveOfLight 2021
Jun 20, 2021: This is such good advice. I have always felt like it’s not ok to ask in an interview. That if I needed to ask, then I didn’t know anything and wasn’t …
Jun 17, 2021: Just watched as my three-year-old daughter worked up the courage to let go of me in the pool and float on her own. Then started paddling to try to …
Jun 14, 2021: I am not sure who needs to hear this. At 42, I still deal with imposter syndrome. Asking for help can, sometimes, be such a challenge. There is no …
Jun 8, 2021: I still haven’t watched the SOTU yet, but I’m excited for what I’ve seen teased during the keynote. I’m really excited to play around with Xcode 13 …
Jun 7, 2021: These last few hours before the WWDC keynote always feel like that time on Christmas morning waiting to get up and see what presents you get. Ready to …
May 9, 2021: Only getting to see it from the airport, but the weather in Lisbon, today, is gorgeous. 😃
May 9, 2021: First stop Lisbon, then on to the U.S.
May 9, 2021: Checked in and ready for the first leg of our flight. Obviously, a bit nervous traveling at the moment, but so looking forward to it. It’s been two …
Apr 24, 2021: One of the perks of being a girl dad. Some excess polish washed off already, but she did a decent job for a three-year-old. 🥰 The glitter effect …
Apr 14, 2021: I was doing good with my journaling, with a little over 100 days consistently writing something. I realized, this afternoon, that I missed writing …
Apr 11, 2021: Pretty sure that we left Emma’s backpack on the train Friday, while on our way home from Kita. First time that we’ve forgotten anything on public …
Apr 10, 2021: I’ve been having some soreness in my ear this week, and it got bad yesterday along with a sinus headache. Shannon thinks I may have ruptured my …
Apr 8, 2021: I had to turn the M1 MBP test device back in at work today. The performance is really nice and the Xcode build times compared to my current 2017 MBP …
Apr 4, 2021: The weather today is making me so drowsy. 😴
Apr 4, 2021: Happy Easter. He is risen. Frohe Ostern. Er ist auferstanden. Bible.com
Apr 3, 2021: Mommy mommy mommy mommy. Daddy daddy daddy daddy. I think these are the only two words that Emma knows this week. Doesn’t even ask for anything. I …
Apr 3, 2021: We are a bit late to the party, but we finally got around to watching The Greatest Showman a few weeks ago. The movie was good and I enjoyed it. But …
Mar 18, 2021: We got an M1 MacBook Pro at work as a test device and I’m getting to tinker with it. So far I’m really enjoying it. Having a few issues working in …
Mar 2, 2021: Our daughter has a small cowlick in the front of her hair and it kind of swirls. It makes it challenging for me to brush. I made a comment about this …
Feb 20, 2021: After a freezing winter, the past couple of weeks have been down to -13C, today was beautiful. The temperature got up to 17C and was like a heat wave. …
Feb 20, 2021: Celebrating my birthday now will forever be bittersweet. However, this year I guess that I am supposed to learn the meaning of life, the universe, and …
Feb 7, 2021: Emma asked me to play with her and when I asked what she wanted to play, she said church. We then had to set up some of her toys as the congregation …
Feb 7, 2021: Watched church service on YouTube this morning. When it was over, Emma(3) says, “Yay, I like that show.” 😍
Jan 27, 2021: I had planned to do more writing at the beginning of the year. I had thought that would be here on my blog. Instead, I revived my journaling and have …
Jan 17, 2021: It was a nice morning waking up to some snow. Building a snowman and making snowballs was so much fun. 🥰
Jan 16, 2021: I have been very slack on keeping up with my email. Letting my inbox get a bit out of control again. Taking a few minutes to sit down and triage and …
Jan 6, 2021: Praying for a peaceful end to this.
Jan 6, 2021: I shouldn’t be surprised about what is happening in D.C. right now, but I really can’t believe that this is actually happening. This is like a coup …
Jan 3, 2021: I know that sidebars on iPad are not new, but I really like the updated sidebar behavior and design in iOS 14. The more that I see it used, it makes …
Jan 1, 2021: Happy new year. 🎊🎈 Wir wünschen euch einen guten Rutsch ins neue Jahr. 🙂
Dec 25, 2020: Merry Christmas everyone. Frohe Weihnachten “For a child will be born for us, a son will be given to us, and the government will be on his shoulders. …
Dec 23, 2020: I think that this year is officially the year of pajamas. Or at least for pajama pants or sweat pants. It’s safe to say that I’ve worn this for about …
Dec 23, 2020: I can’t believe that this year is almost over. It has felt like a blur.
Dec 1, 2020: Such a fun surprise gift from work. @Lifeattrivago
Nov 30, 2020: I like to read up on coding topics, specifically iOS related. One thing I need to do more of is practicing those topics in some form to reinforce what …
Nov 29, 2020: I enjoy being a pedestrian more in the Spring and Fall months. Walking when it’s really hot or cold is just no fun. #mbnov
Nov 28, 2020: Wearing my glasses with a mask is always a challenge. I have the option of not being able to see clearly by not wearing glasses or having glasses that …
Nov 27, 2020: My big dilemma every Friday, which to watch first, The Mandalorian or Star Trek Discovery? Both shows are so good. Obviously The Mandalorian wins. 😉 …
Nov 26, 2020: We’ve all had to make lots of adjustments this year. I’m very thankful for an amazing family by my side to get through it with. #mbnov
Nov 26, 2020: Happy Thanksgiving to everyone today. Hope that everyone has a great day. 🙂🦃
Nov 25, 2020: I feel very fortunate to be living abroad at this time compared to 10+ years ago. Having access to so many options for video calls to stay in touch …
Nov 24, 2020: I don’t tinker with provisioning profiles that often, so when I do, I feel like it’s my first time. If it actually works on the first try …
Nov 23, 2020: This is from a few days ago, but had to capture this moment where our daughter did not want to get up for day care. She pulled the covers up over her …
Nov 22, 2020: Crossing borders is a regular thing for me, having family that is spread across multiple states in the U.S. However, crossing borders to different …
Nov 21, 2020: We finally turned the heat on, a little bit, today. It’s been getting cooler, but still not cold. Feel like today was finally getting into some …
Nov 20, 2020: As much as we’d like to let 2020 fade into distant memory, I really hope that we can learn from everything that’s happened this year and …
Nov 20, 2020: Navigating the daily grind is only possible thanks to the support I have from my amazing wife. She’s my rock in so many ways and I love her to …
Nov 18, 2020: I’ve definitely noticed an increased dependence on caffeine lately. Starting to get headaches if I go without for a few days. 😔 #mbnov
Nov 17, 2020: Walking with my daughter to the train every morning for my wife to take her to Kita has been really nice. I love this little time as a family to get …
Nov 16, 2020: My memory can be so bad. I walk into the kitchen to get my wife a refill on her drink and come back with the chips and dip that I decided that I …
Nov 15, 2020: Traveling far distances with or the year old daughter is definitely a lesson in patience. I love that she wants to walk more and continues to build up …
Nov 14, 2020: Whenever I hear a sound in our flat coming from a dark room, I say I’ve seen too many spooky movies. No way I’m gonna be the first one to check it …
Nov 13, 2020: I guess I know what my streaming plans are for the weekend since I’m behind on both The Mandalorian and Discovery. #mbnov
Nov 13, 2020: Don’t judge us. It’s 2020 and the rules don’t matter anymore. 😬😂
Nov 12, 2020: One benefit of working from home is not having to worry about what to wear. It’s so nice to lounge around in comfy sweat pants all day. 😬 #mbnov
Nov 11, 2020: I have to say that today was a good day. We’ve had a dependency in our app that has been a pain to update in the past. It’s now available as a Swift …
Nov 11, 2020: I always had this perception that the elderly just commanded respect and wisdom. Not in a negative way, from what they have accomplished and lived …
Nov 9, 2020: Sometimes, I really wish that I could force dependency updates in our app to magically work without any issues. #mbnov
Nov 9, 2020: I really like the screen savers on the Apple TV. Especially the underwater theme. I sich that they had a seasonal theme that changed for seasons and …
Nov 8, 2020: I can’t come up with anything for bind. But I don’t want to miss a day for Microblogvember. So maybe I can just say bind a couple of times and it will …
Nov 8, 2020: This is pretty accurate. 😂 twitter.com/sidneydek…
Nov 7, 2020: I’m glad that we found our balloon pump. As much as our daughter enjoys balloons lately, I’m exhausted from inflating them. #mbnov
Nov 6, 2020: I really shouldn’t be surprised, but everyone’s behavior during this election is really puzzling to me. It is really sad to see so much hate and …
Nov 5, 2020: I’ve never lived in a place with a stoop, only front porches. I try not to stoop to someone else’s level. For some reason the Disturbed song Stupify …
Nov 4, 2020: I’m nearly finished with the current feature ticket that I’m working on and excited that it should be wrapped up before the weekend. Then QA pings me …
Nov 3, 2020: I’m constantly astonished at how much our daughter learns every day. It’s so fun watching her discover everything for the first time. #mbnov
Nov 2, 2020: When the lockdowns started, earlier this year, it was a challenge to learn how to concentrate and focus, while working at home with a two year old. …
Nov 1, 2020: The weekend started out with nice weather but then turned dreary. All I wanted to do was nap the whole weekend. #mbnov
Oct 17, 2020: Finally got some more decorating done. Emma wasn’t too excited about the spider at first, but she eventually thought that it was funny.
Oct 15, 2020: Remembering our Stella Rose tonight for the annual wave of light for baby loss awareness week. #WaveOfLight
Oct 5, 2020: Tried to start up the laptop today after the water fiasco Saturday. Was hoping that letting it dry and drain for two days would be ok. Surprisingly, …
Oct 2, 2020: I’m finally ready to join the “I spilled a glass of water on my MacBook Pro” club. Trying to be optimistic as it lays here drying out. However, the …
Aug 18, 2020: Hello beautiful. 😊 First day back in the office in about 5 months. Feels like my first day all over again. @Lifeattrivago
Aug 17, 2020: Beautiful rainbow this evening during the rain. The picture doesn’t do it justice since we have a mesh screen over the window. It was so bright that …
Aug 16, 2020: Me: Emma, what would you like for breakfast? Emma: Chips and cheese please. Me: How about cereal or yogurt? Emma: NO!!! I said …….. …
Aug 16, 2020: Writing Challenge #100daystooffload I was inspired to give this writing challenge a try after reading this post by Maique Madeira and comes from this challenge. I always seem to fail at …
Aug 13, 2020: Sunset in Hamburg. The duck photobombed my reflection shot. 😂🦆
Aug 10, 2020: I think that this is great. EPB providing internet for students. EPB was still rolling out all of their fiber internet plans when I moved away from …
Aug 8, 2020: Giving light mode a try again since going all in on dark mode since it was released on iOS and macOS. With the sun making some big appearances this …
Aug 7, 2020: You know that your 2 year old is not feeling well when she says no to chocolate and ice cream. 😔
Jul 23, 2020: I don’t know if anything will wake you up quicker than hearing that gag reflex from your sick daughter in the middle of the night. Especially when …
Jul 22, 2020: One of the hardest things in being a parent is when your child is sick. It hurts to see her so miserable and I feel helpless that I can’t make it …
Jul 20, 2020: Decided to give Gluon a try. I have to say that I’m really enjoying it so far. Lots to like about the app and, as an iOS developer, im excited to see …
Jun 22, 2020: One thing that I was really excited for was the ability to update existing accounts to use Sign In with Apple. I really hope that it is easy to …
Jun 22, 2020: I really enjoyed the WWDC keynote this year. It was really well done. Also, kudos to Apple for all of the new shiny that’s coming. The new macOS …
Jun 22, 2020: Here we go. #WWDC2020
Jun 21, 2020: Happy Father’s Day to all the dads out there. Especially to those that are struggling today due to the loss of a child. You are not alone. ♥️
Jun 16, 2020: Things I never imagined saying to another person before having kids. Please don’t lay your face in the puddle of pee on the couch. 🤦♂️
Jun 14, 2020: One of those Sunday afternoons where you think you will take a quick nap and it turns into a four hour slumber fest. 🥱😴
Jun 6, 2020: When a piece of metal on a picture frame gets pushed under your finger nail and your daughter wants to help, you get the fancy band aid. 😂
Jun 5, 2020: Excited to dive into this book from D.A. Horton. 🙂
May 30, 2020: Watched the NASA SpaceX Dragon launch with our two year old daughter. She was so excited and thought it was cool seeing the rocket and astronauts. She …
May 27, 2020: Waited up till 22:30 to watch the NASA SpaceX launch. Turned on the tv just in time to hear the announcement that the launch was scrubbed. 😭 Looking …
May 26, 2020: I’m so glad that our two year old has discovered the Find My app and can trigger the alert sounds on every device in the list. 😳
May 26, 2020: How have I not watched Community before? We’ve watched the first couple of episodes and I think I’m gonna really enjoy it.
May 20, 2020: Adventures in Quarantining Day 1 I guess that the clock is starting over. We found out yesterday that we were exposed to a Covid-19 over the weekend. After following the rules for …
May 17, 2020: Micro Challenge colors day 7/7 - violet 📷 Cheating a bit from yesterday. 😬
May 17, 2020: When you’re trying to stream the church service but you have a 2 year old that wants your attention. You compromise. 😂
May 17, 2020: It’s so cute and funny watching kids try to pronounce new words. Emma is starting to say “Bless you” when someone sneezes. However, it comes out like …
May 16, 2020: Micro Challenge colors day 6/7 - I think there’s some indigo in there somewhere 😬 📷
May 16, 2020: Importing all the things I finally sat down this morning and imported all of the posts from my Wordpress site into micro.blog. I didn’t have many posts there so it …
May 15, 2020: Beautiful day for today’s Micro Challenge colors day 5/7 - blue 📷
May 14, 2020: Almost missed today. Micro Challenge colors day 4/7 - green 📷
May 13, 2020: Micro Challenge colors day 3/7 - yellow 📷
May 12, 2020: Micro Challenge colors day 2/7 - orange 📷
May 11, 2020: Micro Challenge colors 1/7 - red 📷
May 11, 2020: It can definitely be challenging working from home right now, especially with kids. Our daughter is two, and it’s a struggle at times since she …
May 10, 2020: “The ability to speak does not make one intelligent.” — Qui-Gon Jinn (Star Wars) 💬
May 10, 2020: What can I say about this amazing woman? I still can’t believe that she said yes and decided to walk along side me in marriage. I feel as blessed …
May 9, 2020: “Sometimes we must let go of our pride and do what is asked of us.” — Anakin Skywalker 💬
May 8, 2020: Found my quote for the day. “That’s how baths take a cat.” — Me 💬
May 5, 2020: That moment when you change your 1Password master password and then forget it. Yeah, that’s a fun one. 😂🙄
May 5, 2020: “May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one.” — Malcolm Reynolds 💬
May 4, 2020: “You know, sometimes I amaze even myself.” - Han Solo 💬
May 3, 2020:
Going All In On Micro.blog
I had planned for this to be my first post on micro.blog but I kept putting it off to see how I would like it. I have tried a couple of times now to …
May 2, 2020: When reading bedtime stories, Emma wants to hold the books and keeps spinning them around playing. Then it occurred to me that reading a Dr. Seuss …
May 2, 2020: Special toilet paper for special times. 😂
May 1, 2020: I keep putting off exercising. I just don’t feel any motivation for it even though I know that I need to get in better shape. My wife finally got me …
Apr 29, 2020: Now that lockdown restrictions are starting to be relaxed a bit this week I have noticed more car traffic the past couple of days. It’s very …
Apr 26, 2020: I’m really enjoying The Mandalorian, but in a different way than I had expected. To me everything about the show, even the soundtrack, has this Wild …
Apr 25, 2020: Weekend project. Finally ordered a canopy for the balcony and got it set up. Put up some accent lights as well. 😃
Apr 22, 2020: The closer we get to June the more excited I start getting for the new iOS and macOS versions.
Apr 18, 2020: Rediscovery I’ve recently started discovering, actually rediscovering, something about my devices. They make a lot of sounds. For years I’ve been …
Apr 18, 2020: One issue I struggle with when posting is organization. I feel that I want to use categories to make it easier to focus on certain topics, but at the …
Apr 17, 2020: It’s been a while since I’ve used Drafts. Giving it a try again to see if it sticks. Main appeal at the moment is that it allows posting …
Apr 12, 2020: Such a beautiful day today. Glad that we were able to have a small family Easter egg hunt with Emma. 😃
Apr 12, 2020: Happy Easter! ✝️🌄 Frohe Ostern!
Apr 11, 2020: We needed to go to the grocery store this morning and it was such a weird experience. We’ve gone out several times for walks around the neighborhood, …
Apr 10, 2020: Got a new drill and finally getting some pictures hung around the flat.
Apr 10, 2020: Hearing the birds chirping outside this morning was a nice way to start the day. So peaceful and pleasant. Spring is finally here. 😃
Apr 9, 2020: We rotated our dining table yesterday and it gives a completely different feel and layout for the room. It’s kind of making me want to move other …
Apr 8, 2020: Not going to lie. I love her choice in shoes tonight. 😍
Apr 8, 2020: We had to walk our dog tonight. 😂
Apr 5, 2020: Taking the time, while cooped up at home, to start potty training our daughter. Day one wasn’t too bad, only had a couple of accidents. She already …
Mar 30, 2020: I’m really enjoying these evening walks with the family. We’ve been doing this the past several days since there isn’t much else to go outside for at …
Mar 29, 2020: The weather this past week has been so nice, but I’ll admit that I’m kind of enjoying the rainy day today.
Mar 27, 2020: Went out for a walk after being cooped up all week. The weather is beautiful today. Birds are chirping and flowers are blooming. So much beauty to …
Mar 23, 2020: I was excited and ready to binge some Disney+ today only to be upset that it wasn’t working. Then I realized that today is the 23rd and it’s not …
Mar 23, 2020: As someone that grew up without HD video, it’s hard for me to consider the decision by Apple, Netflix, and YouTube to only provide standard …
Mar 22, 2020: I’m really excited that Disney+ is finally coming to Germany tomorrow. We’re already signed up and preordered and ready to start watching. I’m curious …
Mar 21, 2020: I have worked remote before and have the opportunity to, occasionally, work from home at my current job. However, being forced to work from home is …
Mar 20, 2020: I want to give a big thank you to @manton and the rest of the micro.blog team for helping me the past couple of days to get my account configured. I …
Mar 20, 2020: Now that everything is properly configured on micro.blog there’s no excuse to start posting more. It’s really nice to own my own domain …
Mar 18, 2020: I’m a bit excited that I finally talked myself into setting up a micro.blog site. I have been wanting to do this since January but keep putting it …
Jul 6, 2019: Day by Day I sat down to write this on Father’s Day but obviously that didn’t happen. It felt like an appropriate time but I let myself become overwhelmed and …
Jun 9, 2019: Getting Started (Again) What is it about a blank page that is so intimidating? That little blinking cursor so taunting? For as long as I can remember I have had this desire …
Jul 5, 2016: I'm Done It’s hard to believe that this is it. Last week marked the end of my twelve week journey through The Iron Yard. I’ve spent the last three …
Jul 1, 2016: Agency Week Well week 8 has come and gone and they lovingly referred to this week as agency week. The design class from the Austin campus shared some designs with …
Jun 6, 2016: Two For One Since I didn’t get anything written down for weeks six and seven I decided to throw them together here. Both weeks had a strange feeling to me …
May 22, 2016: Switching Gears Better late than never on getting a post in for week five. I can handle the intense learning schedule that we are on but for some reason putting my …
May 6, 2016: Drinking From The Firehose Here we are at the end of week four of our journey through The Iron Yard. I had intentions of writing about my journey thus far but writing …