If you can find this wine, it will become your new favorite wine.
The dinner scene from the movie Big Night. My friend Barb, inspired by this movie, made Timpano. It weighed 18 pounds and it was delicious.

My cats prove, once again, that it requires very little effort to create a highly entertaining event.
| — | Carl Jung |
I came into the year 2009 with the goal of becoming better at product development, as a project owner, a project manager and as a developer. Reflecting back on the year, I’m pretty stoked about what I was able to accomplish (of course, with the help of some fabulous people):
1.2009 - Released the beta version of the Shizzow API
2.2009 - Released a middleware platform for OCP
3.2009 - Launched Shizzow to the general public
4.2009 - Migrated SMWW to the Drupal platform
5.2009 - Added oAuth authentication to the Shizzow API
6.2009 - Began consulting with Mozilla
7.2009 - Developed Lifestori.es, an obituary aggregator (for my father, who is a retired mortician)
8.2009 - Released the Mozilla Creative Collective
9.2009 - Took a 2 week vacation in British Columbia (Yes, taking a vacation is an accomplishment)
10.2009 - Released the Jetpack Gallery with Mozilla
11.2009 - Launched the redesign of Foodgeeks
12.2009 - Launched the redesign of Winegeeks
Looking forward to 2010, I have laid out the following challenges for myself:
1. Fine tune models for rapid development of great products
2. Implement 3 business models for my side projects
3. Become more proficient in defining and working towards measurable goals for products post-release
4. Enjoy a vacation in Europe, perhaps Italy?
5. Plant a victory garden in my front yard
6. Provide more room for quality time with friends and family


