Archive for February, 2009

preparation for planting

Monday, February 23rd, 2009

I spent some time in the vineyard this weekend trying to get things ready for planting.  Three rows are looking pretty good, but the fourth is still a bit of a mess.  Lots of large rocks that still need to be moved.  I also started dismantling the portions of rows one and two where I will be [...]

the corn works

Monday, February 23rd, 2009

My daughters have been watching the animated version of  Star Wars:  The Clone Wars.  They don’t have the words just right yet, so they call it The Corn Works.  Bwhahahahahaa!!

theater: gran torino

Friday, February 20th, 2009

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1205489/ My reaction:  It was pretty good. Worth mentioning:  It seemed like all the actors besides Clint Eastwood sucked.  The story was good, though somewhat predictable. Post Viewing Research:  None. Wife reaction:  She enjoyed it.

ll cool j concert

Sunday, February 15th, 2009

My wife and I wen tto the LL Cool J concert at Harrahs’ Rincon for Valentine’s Day.  Our buddy Jon Schimke hooked us up with tickets.   It was a great show, he went with a good mix of the classic jams, as well as some of the newer stuff.  He paid tribute to Dr. [...]

my vines have arrived

Saturday, February 14th, 2009

I was able to pick up 20 Petite Sirah from Frank Bons over at Sunfresh Vineyards on Wednesday night.  Very cool.  I still have quite a bit of work to do to get my rows ready.  Now I just have a little more motivation.

dvd: la misma luna

Friday, February 13th, 2009

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0796307/ My reaction: It was OK. Worth mentioning: Another movie where a child’s life nose dives into a potential tragic ending. In the bonus features one of the actors describes how Enrique’s character is like Han Solo. So then I spent the rest of the evening trying to draw as many parallels to The Empire [...]

wp-syntax plugin

Friday, February 6th, 2009

After seeing the mess I made of this blog entry, a friend recommended that I install the wp-syntax plugin to make my code snippets cleaner. I was somewhat hesitant, but gave it a try.  What a sexy plugin! Took me about 5 minutes to get it working.

dvd: flashbacks of a fool

Friday, February 6th, 2009

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1037218/ My reaction:  Liked it. Worth mentioning:  Now that I am the father of three girls, movies where little girls explode and die are a real buzz-kill. Post viewing research:  None. Wife reaction:  Liked it.

watch me fumble my way through objective-c

Thursday, February 5th, 2009

  I have been doing some amateur iPhone development.  I really have no idea what I am doing.  I am what some people might call a hack.  I don’t really do much studying when it comes to any type of development.  I like to learn through doing and through reading and executing sample code or [...]

iphone test post

Thursday, February 5th, 2009

This is my first post from my iTouch using the free WordPress app.