mimosas!

my thanksgiving contribution

mixed greens, feta cheese, pomegranate, roma tomatoes, avocado and walnuts topped off with some homemade vinegrette dressing (martha stewart's fav).

tv update goes live!

yesterday we released an update for the apple tv, launching some new features (i was only involved in the third party remote support). i work on a lot of "cooler" things but this is our only project that isn't a team effort, it was all me. although there will be more releases, this first one will always be special. i cracked open a bottle of bubbly in celebration of the success. cheers!

sashimi grade fish

i need to hang out with deep sea fishermen!

gotta love community white boards

oil change

i'm on an oil change high. i would never have thought that i would ever change my own oil but i did it and it felt awesome. my car drives smoother and knowing that i changed the oil myself just makes me feel so much more satisfied. i've learned so much and without a good teacher (and the help of a headlamp), there's just no way i would have even known where to begin let alone have the confidence to do it.

i was so proud that today at work i told everyone about my accomplishment but much to my surprise, i got a lot of, "this was your first time? oh, congrats" like it was an experience that should have happened ages ago. i mean, come on people! it wasn't brain surgery but this is no easy task. they were more impressed by my ability to change the water bottle for the water cooler. is changing your own oil more common than i thought? i guess i come from a place where car maintenance is something you don't do yourself. but i didn't let them get me down. i'm still super proud of myself. jacking up the car, putting it on a jack stand, draining the oil, changing out the filter...man, i'm reliving the excitement just thinking about it. hooray for me! it saves me some money, guarantees me full synthetic oil and it's fun. i can't wait to do it again!

now THAT'S a sandwich!

to open up a sandwich and see something as good looking as
this...takes my breath away