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The seasons are a-changin’

Following our recent successful launch of Menuism.com, we’ve been asked by many, “what’s next?” For the past few months we’ve been heads-down on building the site and the functionality, and in most techies’ minds there’s a (mis)belief that all you need to do is build “it”, and “they” will come. Early on, Justin [...]

Being more visually enticing

This post is an attempt to start making the blog more visually appealing and enticing.  People have been asking for more pictures, so we’ll try to make an effort to upload some to our flickr account and link to them in the posts.  Here’s a picture of some pineapple fried rice from Joy Yee’s Noodle [...]

Springtime in the Second City

I’ve been out here in Chicago for about a week now on yet another working session, and like always it’s been quite a productive episode, both in terms of work accomplished and calories consumed. The weather in Chicago has been absolutely gorgeous, unlike the 0-degree wind chill that welcomed me the last time I [...]

Taking a break with the new MacBook Pro

Not too many big developments lately, just coding along and still being pretty productive. Although, I think the hours are starting to take a toll on us. Hopefully this weekend will be restful enough to carry us through another 2 week face-to-face session, which starts Monday afternoon when John arrives in Chicago.
I thought [...]

Monkey see, monkey do

We haven’t been posting lately since we’ve started getting deep into the technicals. We’re both in Chicago now playing the part of code monkeys. Basically we stay indoors and stare at the screen all day interrupted only for brief workouts, eating, and the heart-wrenching emotional rollercoaster known as the Olympics (which was incredibly [...]