New Pixar short – Smash and Grab

I didn’t know that Pixar was publishing these shorts until this morning. Like usual, it seems like Pixar is king even in short form.  Check out Smash and Grab, a story about two robots that try to escape their everyday lives. From a story perspective l, I love what this film does with no dialogue. […]

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Terry’s Guide Service – Website design by JSwordSmith

I’m excited to reveal another project I’ve been working on. If you are in the Galveston, Tx area and you are looking for a great fishing experience, check out Terry’s Guide Services. I crafted the website design for Captain Terry’s new site look. I was lucky enough to get to work on Captain Terry’s relaunched

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What Is The Best Running App for Apple Watch 2019

The results are in, the races have been run. After testing out four running apps for Apple Watch, I have finally come to my conclusion on what I think is the best running app for Apple Watch. I’ll be honest, I haven’t run nearly as much as I wanted to this year. My time as

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Best Running App Diary: Strava

Man, the last couple of weeks have been jam packed. I haven’t really had much time to do anything outside of work and weddings for the past ten days or so. It was nice to actually have some time to go running yesterday. It was even better to be testing out the next and final

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Things That Stood Out At Apple’s Earnings Call

Apple announced it’s Q1 -2019 quarterly results today. After making an announcement a few weeks ago about Apple having to adjust Apple’s revenue guidance, many were worried about what would come out of this investor call. I listened to a bit of the Q&A section today (full discloser, I’m a small-time Apple investor) and reviewing

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Subscription Fatigue – Getting Worse Than Cable

Last week, there were a few new announcements about streaming TV that have me worried. Number one, Netflix announced that they would be raising the subscription price again. Number two, NBC announced that they would be launching a streaming service which would be ad-supported to cable subscribers or about $12 a month to those that

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More AirPod 2 rumors – Health sensors, coming soon

Digitimes released a new report this morning dishing out more possible news about the new AirPods expected early this year. While the details are sparse, Digitime’s news says that the new AirPods would be coming with health monitors. I would guess that they might be integrating a heart rate monitor. I honestly can’t imagine what

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About Me & An Update About the Site

Good Morning everyone, I wanted to take a moment to discuss the lack of updates on the site recently. I first off want to apologize for the lack of content in the last few weeks. I know the few of your that come to the site for news and opinions have probably noticed the lack

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Portfolio work: Emma the Dog’s Story

I was recently asked to help out writing some dog histories for the SPCA. I wanted to show off Emma and her bio. I’m not going to link to the site since Emma was already wanted for adoption the first day see was put up on the site. I’m not sure how long it will

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Best Running App Challenge: Run 6 – Runkeeper

I’m six runs and three apps into my best Running App Challenge. This week, I’m taking a look at RunKeeper. (Check out my opinions on the other apps so far – Workout App, Nike Run Club, and Strava). Runkeeper is actually one of my oldest used running apps. When I first started trying to run

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