I enjoy going to sporting events in person but I do not like sitting out in the sun the entire time. I attended the Orioles vs Yankees game with family and I was tasked with finding the seats for everyone. This was a responsibility I took seriously. I want to share how I went about finding seats that were in the shade the entire time the game was played. This also serves as documentation for…
I recently helped a family member fix an issue they were having with their iPhone 15 Pro, they were unable to send or receive any photos (SMS/MMS) if they were texting a person that has an Android device. If they disabled iMessage, then the photos were being sent as HTML code to the Android device. I was one such person affected, I would text them photos, and on my end, it shows up as being sent.…
Recently, I was able to upgrade to an M1 Macbook Pro and I do not need to go into detail about how awesome this machine is. There are plenty of others who have already done detailed reviews. So I suggest you Google for the reviews if you still have any doubts. I was super excited to get this laptop that I kept checking out the window for UPS to deliver it. When it finally arrived, I quickly…
I enjoy gardening and growing my own food. The freshness of the fruit and vegetables is unbeatable. I do not have a large backyard so for the past few years, I was limited to the little raised garden bed that I created. I also used a bunch of pots for plants that would not fit in the garden bed. The way the sun rises and sets over my property meant that my garage would be in plenty of sunlight for…
I am not a big fan of wearing clothing that has large logos/branding, nor do I like to write about products I use. However, this is a special circumstance. There are two products I have been using for some time now that have changed my life. Hyperbole? Probably. I am not a fan of cold weather but I can be warmed up to it as I do enjoy snowboarding. I do not enjoy everything that is involved in…
As an engineering manager, one thing I spend a lot of time doing is reviewing code that my team ships. According to Pull Panda I am often a top reviewer for the team. There are many things I look for when reviewing the code such as does this architecture make sense? Is it flexible for future changes or will we have to redo a lot of it? Does it do what you think it does? Are we already doing…
I want to take a moment to share how I have been able to purchase multiple PlayStation PS5 and Xbox Series X without using a bot. Hopefully this will help you get one of the new consoles since they are still hard to get 9 months after they were released. The first time I purchased the Xbox Series X was pure luck. I happened to be on PTO on a Thursday and I noticed a trend that BestBuy would have…
Recently, I participated in the 2014 StartupBus. I took a bus from New York City to San Antonio and then spent a few days in Austin for SXSW. I had an unforgettable experience and look forward to being active in the StartupBus community. A simple way to explain StartupBus would be: A hackathon on steroids with lots of unknown side effects. There are buses from all over the United States that…
A small and simple feature you can immediately add to your Android application is the functionality of maintaining the ListView position. When your user switches to a different Activity/Screen and then back to the ListView, they will not have to scroll through the ListView items again to get back to where they were. Android Studio (as well as Eclipse) offers a few nice default templates via ADT to…
Recently, I developed a 7 Minute Workout application for Android , which is my first Android application on Google Play. I decided to open source the application so that I can start to build a portfolio of software that I have developed. Feel free to fork, modify, and create a pull request! I decided to develop this application because part of my resolution for the year of 2014 is to get in better…