Git’r Done
I find myself thinking that I should write more stuff down. The desire this website fills is to have a lasting memory of what was happening at certain points in my life. It is no surprise that right now, I'm very busy. I'll try to break down the highlights.
The van Zwaaij family and I went to Peru to finish off May. The trip ran the spectrum from amazingly beautiful and relaxing to very sketchy and nerve wracking. Over the time, I filled my Moleskine with notes, and took around 3200 pictures. The set has been distilled down to a select flickr set. I was also packing my GPS for the entire trip, and as a result was able to map the photos. I also merged the track logs from the Inca trail and created a Google Earth KMZ file. The trip was nice, although travelling outside of Lima means that Canadian Blood Services wants nothing to do with me for a whole year.
Another highlight of the last few months is the new addition to the household: Riley. Our American Staffordshire Terrier is a cuddly one. She is very content just being close to us, and quite often we indulge her by sitting on the floor so she can sit or sleep on our lap. She's decently house broken, although she's good for an accident every couple of days. Already she tipped the scale at 28 pounds, and judging from her paws she has more room to grow.
In other business news, the Beefyapps guys have released Version 1.1 of the iPhone Soundboard: BeefyBoard. The upgrade to OS 3.0 was not without it's hangups, and we ended up re-writing the recording portion of the application. We also added some community type features with ratings and comments, as well as the ability for a designer to link sound boards to skins. We've ramped up on our next project, which is going to be a game, so stay tuned.
Finally, I'm off to Ireland on Thursday. Andy and Sarah are getting hitched, and I'm making the voyage to be there. The camera and kidneys will get a workout I'm sure. Hopefully this trip won't take a month and a half to get the photography up.
