Matt & Jen Simerson

When the first iPhone was released, it was expensive, limited to 2G (EDGE), and didn’t offer tethering. I was out of contract but I was in graduate school and tethering was my killer app. So I waited. Nine months later the price dropped, the first jailbreak was released, tethering was possible, and I ordered one.
It [...]

The iPad size is excellent. It’s just right for toting around the house. The dock is a great feature, I’d buy one for the kitchen counter and another for my nightstand. I would not buy the keyboard dock. I’d buy the bluetooth keyboard instead, since it can be used with a Mac and the iPad. [...]

It’s a bittersweet day. We bought the Fusion a year ago, as the Jetta replacement, but we really like the Jetta and have not been eager to part with it. But we’re cleaning house and it was on the list. Last week a kindly fellow from Canada responded to my craigslist ad and now the [...]

10-13-2009
Jen complains about the difficulty of cleaning an old muffin tin.
Matt suggests getting a new muffin tin.
Jen says, “I don’t need it, I already have another one.”
Later that night, the old muffin tin finds itself outside with the rest of the recycling.

10-16-2009
A box from Amazon.com arrived. I wonder if it has a 5-star rated [...]

As with all systems, the results reflect the [lack of] planning that went into them. Since I had goals greater than just getting rid of all the paper, the next step was defining what exactly I wanted. In a nutshell, I wanted all my paper documents more accessible (ie, find them faster on the computer [...]

Remember this incident next time I’m in Africa. Wild elephants are not to be trifled with.