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Back in December I decided to get a Macbook Air to develop my iPhone/iPad apps on. I ended up buying the 11″ version upgraded to 4GB of memory. It is a really nice machine.  Not much bigger than the iPad and it is so quick.  the SSD combined with 4GB of RAM mean that it [...]

Over the weekend I added some new features to my web server backend that supports my iPhone Apps. The server provides a number of APIs which the apps use to get updated content, change settings, register for notifications etc.  There are now two new things I can do with my server: Every API call now [...]

Pilsner urquell is the original pilsner style beer that spawned off what is currently 50% of the beer market. I’m not a huge pilsner drinker but this one is good.

Banana beer made in Belgium is surprisingly delicious.

Earlier this week I was on a webinar. I wasn’t expecting to get much out of it. But figured there might be one or two nuggets in there to help out with my iPhone business. Turns out I had a eye opening experience and got several ideas for how to take my business to the [...]

Home made fresh pasta.

This past weekend Heather and I picked up a bunch of weight plates to start lifting weights in the basement. I’ve always wanted that lean runners body, but sooner or later I just had to face the facts that my legs are just too short and thick to really do well in that sport.  However I [...]

For the last month or so pressure has been growing to kick the iPhone app business up a notch.  More and more I’m finding myself running into a fundamental wall where I just don’t have the time or the skills necessary to do all the work required.  I need a team. Specifically the graphic and [...]

Things have been building up ever since Christmas and when we decided to signup for Netflix.  It’s so easy to sit down at the TV in the evening while eating supper to catch a show and then suddenly find myself several hours later having watched 5 episodes and be ready for bed. Starting tomorrow I’m [...]