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Guess I’ll be moving to Adobe Creative Suite soon. Figures right after I plunked down the $ and made the switch from iPhoto to Aperture. http://www.macworld.com/article/2375212/apple-retires-aperture-and-iphoto-to-be-replaced-with-photos-for-os-x.html

I am raising and echucated child. He’ll be typing and coding in no time.

Unimpressed with iOS 8 announcement and in need of a new phone, I took the plunge and went with a Samsung Galaxy S5. While plain Android is boring, so far I’ve really enjoyed the TouchWiz interface. I’m super impressed with the large bright screen and the the massive battery life in such a light-weight/thin package. […]

Hanging out in Georgetown watching all the peeps stroll along with Google Glass and all the rest of the cutting edge tech. Kinda wish I could transport myself 50, 100, 150 years in the future just to get a glimpse of future tech. Probably wouldn’t even be able to figure out how to take a […]

Hard to avoid being sentimental and longing for the good ol’ days when one developer could work magic in his/her basement. http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2457290,00.asp

Decided to go for broke and mount the flat screen on the wall vs. having it sit on the stand. Finished product looks clean. It seems trivial, but do to the way the studs lined up in the wall and the weight of the 60″ screen, I had to create a fully custom mount for […]

One of the better articles I’ve read on how to make your iPhone more power efficient and more private. Note that the 1st item around push v. pull email will not be appropriate for many business folk, but the rest of the tips are very practical. http://www.payetteforward.com/why-does-my-iphone-battery-die-so-fast-heres-the-real-fix/

This afternoon my “sim card kit” arrived from T-mobile. The process of unlocking my phone was time consuming due to a conflict between Norton 360 and iTunes on my Macbook, but was otherwise painless. After unlocking the iPhone 4s, I simply popped in the new T-mobile sim card and booted up. The phone immediately found […]

After receiving a $225 electric bill for the month of December (on top of the $250 gas bill), I was curious to see what my various pieces of gear in the house cost/month. I ordered a clamp amp meter and started sleuthing. I first pulled out the old Pepco bill and after some simple math […]

If you want to take better photos, browse through these and read the comments on the more interesting ones. Beautiful and humbling to the amateur shutter bug! http://500px.com/popular