Jeff Stuart - Memoirs of a CPUNERD

Yes, I worked on Google Earth for the iPhone this summer. You should check it out at the iPhone app store. It’s free, and I helped with it!

Funny, I just got my first recruiting email ever. A company called IMO asked if I was interested. I’d never actually heard of them, but after visiting their site, maybe they offer a better product than Pidgin or Meebo. Anyone else tried IMO before? If only they could take care of randomly-targeted IM spam…

Shakeh and I got a little adventurous and decided to try our hands at some pumpkin dishes. We didn’t use a fresh pumpkin, we just used the pumpkin purée that one can buy from Safeway, and lots of sugar. Seriously, who would think that pumpkin bread and (well, this one was obvious) pie would have so much freaking sugar? Anyways, the stuff turned out great. The bread was really good, and not too sweet (despite the mound of sugar). The pie was superb, but Shakeh complained about the bottom crust being somewhat moist (it’s a freaking pie!). Maybe we should have a bake sale.

No, I didn’t actually lick the spoon. Raw eggs and pumpkin purée, not exactly an appealing option.

The “apron” was not my idea…

WTF?! How did that picture get in here?

P.S. Shakeh wished not to be portrayed here. I, like the good boyfriend I am, granted her request. Then she goes and gets a picture of me with the whip cream. Seem fair?

If anyone was in Davis this past Spring, you know that Baskin Robbin’s started charging $1.50 for their $1 scoop night (you could get a half-sized, kid’s scoop for $1 still). Shakeh and I both said that within a month, their $1 scoop night would come to a screeching halt. Behold, six months later, $1 scoop night is back to normal. I asked what happened, the worker there said that within a month they had lost 90% of their business on $1 scoop night. F*&^ing told you, bitches!

My friend Brian released his first app for the iPhone today and it’s pretty nifty.  It’s a color picker and conversion tool called Colors, and it’s surprisingly useful, especially for anyone in web design. It’s also really easy to use. Also, he was telling me about some of the stuff that’s gonna be released in a couple weeks and it sounded intriguing. Right now it’s probably an app that’s suited for web designers and developers, but I think eventually more people will find some use from it. And if you couldn’t guess from the title, Brian’s company is called cliqcliq You can check out Colors on iTunes. Good job Brian, now just port my thesis to the iPhone.