iPhone App

A while back, I had an idea about an app.  I tried looking for something similar in the App Store of Apple but couldn't find any, which kind of set off a light bulb in my head.  Either 1) nobody has thought of this app or 2) it's not useful, so nobody created it.

Again, a while back, I started looking into learning how to program for the iPhone...looked at books, looked online.  It didn't really go anywhere at the time.

I just recently started seriously considering developing this app again.  I'm writing out a plan for myself and seeing what's involved in creating this app.  The two biggest issues in my way are 1) To create an iPhone App, you need a Mac computer, and I don't have one and 2) Learning how to prorgram using the language of these apps.

#1 can easily be taken care of with the use of money, and technically, so can #2.  There are tons of developers out there that are willing to charge you per hour to write the code.  I feel like since I have some sort of programming background, that I'd be able to do it myself.  The challenge now is to learn it.  

My first step is getting permission from the place that I plan to do the app for.  Once I get cleared on that, I'll move to my next step of purchasing a Mac somewhere.  Once that happens, it'll be my first inventment into the app, so I'll feel obligated to find out how to program it and keep moving forward so I don't waste money.

You heard it here first!  The date is March 09, 2011; let's see how fast/long this will take me!

- Dennis.

Pages

If you haven't noticed, we added some new pages at the top!

That's it.

- Dennis.

Deals, Deals, Deals!!!

I was first introduced to the online deals a few months ago. Our friends bought a deal online and we used it. From then on, I signed up to anything and everything. I'm currently signed up to six different websites that provide deals:

Dealfind

Kijiji Daily Deals

Deal of the Day

Groupon

WagJag

Delicious

These places usually have a new deal each day, so I get between 4-8 emails each morning about these potential fantastic savings. These deals could save you 50-90% off the regular price, however, the businesses that have these promotions aren't so familiar to the average person. I've purchased one deal of out all of them, and I know of other friends that have purchased other deals.

My point is...I don't really have one, actually. I just like viewing them each morning and hoping one day there's a chance of a really good deal so we can snag it up!

- Dennis.

Food.

Both of us love the Food Network; it's one of the first channels we change to when we turn on the TV.

Devika usually cooks during the week because she's quick at prepping and cooking, and of course, tastes great. I usually cook on the weekends because it gives me time to organize everything and I get to take my time.

I had my midterm last week, so I studied most of the weekend. Devika let me study and she did all the stuff we would normally split up or do together, by herself, like cooking, cleaning, and groceries.

Devika has her midterm tomorrow, so I returned the favour this weekend and did (most of) the cleaning, cooking, and groceries.

This morning's breakfast was Nutella French Toast. I saw it on a cover of a cooking magazine so I thought I'd make it. It was really easy to make! In my opinion, it looked much better on the magazine than it tasted. Here's the final result:

For Sunday's dinner, we decided to make our own sushi! We used to do it this way all the time when I lived back home with my parents. We don't make maki rolls out of it since it doesn't really turn out that well, so we eat it as we would like fajitas.

- Dennis.

New Hobby

I recently made an impulsive decision to join a knitting class at the Knit Cafe. Over the past 5 weeks i've spent 2 hours each week learning how to knit, purl, knit, purl which resulted in a hat and scarf that you will see my wonderful husband modelling. The scarf was my first project and it's not perfect but I love the colour and I put in about 8 hours to complete it. The hat was for my mom and she actually wore it last weekend. I'm currently working on a scarf for Dennis and then i'll be moving onto another knitting class.

I'm surprised at how much I actually enjoy knitting. So if anyone is interested in starting a knitting group let me know :) I'm also up for a book club.

Samsung Focus

I just want to say the customer service and their rules suck. They don't seem to care to satisfy their customers simply because they're big and powerful. Their reception is great though! I'll give them that.

It's been almost three weeks since I've had my new phone. I don't care to tell the story, again. I've learned to deal with the circumstances and starting to enjoy my phone.

Hopefully the first update that's coming out in March will help better the phone. I'll just be patient with it since it's a first of its kind so I should expect minor kinks with it.

I just hope that one day, I win something huge like a trip or TV because there's a random contest that requires someone to pull out their Windows phone! Ya!

- Dennis.

Sweeter Things in Life.

I bring a handful of snacks each day to munch on throughout the day. They can range from cookies to fruit to yogurt. Devika is lovely and sets aside these snacks for the both of us so I'm spoiled.

I tend to eat the sweeter snacks first and work my way to the healthy ones. For example, Devika made brownies last night so she gave me a piece and I also stole another piece for good measure. I ate the first piece at around 1000am this morning and ate the other about 45 minutes later. I have Dad's Oatmeal Cookies and a banana left. The cookies will most likely be the next to go and the banana will be saved for a snack later on today when I'm desperate.

Happy long weekend! Unfortunately I have a midterm on Tuesday so I get to study this weekend! Yay!

- Dennis.

5 Tips for the Users at my Work

1. Unless your mouse is physically broken, clicking harder on the mouse button will not help
2. Take some typing lessons and stop finger punching
3. Read emails from the IT Department, because we're not going to send you anything that's not worth reading
4. If a program isn't opening when you double click it, double clicking it more and more won't get it working
5. Restarting your computer usually fixes things...really, it works.

- Dennis.

We crumbled

Wow, HDTV really makes a huge difference.

We were watching Wheel of Fortune during dinner one night and everything was so crisp! You can see Pat Sajak's face so clear, and everything's sort of brighter too.

We get MovieTime in HD as well, which makes those movies that much more enjoyable. It's almost like blu-ray.

Basketball games in HD is the biggest change from what we had before. Games were literally fuzzy without HD but now it's as if I'm courtside watching the game!

We don't have the extra "HD Pack" of channels, just the regular free channels from Rogers. We wish Food Network was free in HD since we always watch that.

Oh ya. We didn't cancel our cable :)

- Dennis.

Photo Challenge

We started the photography challenge in the office again in the New Year. Each week, we have different people, either the photographers or the judges, choose a theme. It was my turn to choose the theme, so I chose "stairs".

Like always, I waited until the last minute to take my shots. I went with Devika to a building at UofT because she said it should have some nice, old stairs. So we went, and I took various shots. I went back to work and uploaded them, and I had about 20 shots, but in my opinion, only about three were worth submitting as my picture. I ended up choosing this one:

And guess who came in first place? I did! My first first place! Hopefully I can defend my title for this week's theme, which is jewelry.

Here are the other submissions:

- Dennis