Figured before the weather got too funky, I took D out to Corona Park / Meadow Lake. Reddit has an online photography class (reddit.com/r/photoclass2021/) and I’ve been slacking. I printed out the first camera class + assignment (focal length) and … Continue reading Learning Photography
Took D out to Corona Park to work on a photography assignment and take some photos (I’ll post mine up shortly, his may be tomorrow if he’s willing to share). We were going to head home then stopped at a … Continue reading Our First Hurricane
There are many articles written on this subject. Many of them suggest using Xcode’s memory graph debugger. Is there an easier way? I say yes! Unit tests to the rescue! The idea of the unit test is: Instantiate the object under test (“target”) and assign it to a nullable variable. Create a weak variable (“weakTarget”) and assign the target to it On the target, call a function to test for retain cycles Set target to nil Test weakTarget for nil, if it is not nil, there is a retain cycle For example, let’s say you have: To unit test for … Continue reading Swift Retain Cycles and Strategies to Prevent Them
D had his leveling up ceremony for kindergarten! Everyone is still remote so the ceremony was all remote. It was great to see the pictures of all the kids from all the school’s kindergarten classes. Great job D with all … Continue reading D’s Leveling up ceremony
NY ends COVID rules, after 472 days. Hopefully it will continue to get better and not make any turns for the worst! Continue reading Day 472: NY ends COVID rules
D got a new bike today! He outgrew his red bike. We went to Babylon Bike Shop. They had a good selection of kids bikes. Sadly, they were all out of mountain bikes for adults (due to COVID). No mountain … Continue reading New Bike
I decided to take a day off from work and spend the afternoon with D when he finished his afternoon class. The weather was nice so we chose to visit the NY Aquarium. We got there just in time to … Continue reading 20210514 NY Aquarium
We went to the park to get some biking in and flying some airplanes. D got a bit wet from the puddles so he took a break to dry out and flew some airplanes. One was a rubber band driven … Continue reading Taking Flight at the Park
We visited the Cradle of Aviation museum today. We spent a majority of the time playing games in their arcade museum (would HIGHLY recommend – 50+ arcade games spanning the 80s to recent). Continue reading Cradle of Aviation
It was a tad bit warmer today. We ventured out to our local playground. I think today was D’s first snowball fight. Two girls (friends of his) picked the fight. He also enjoyed driving his radio controlled monster truck. Continue reading Manton Playground
Whoa! I wasn’t even paying attention. I popped out on our balcony to get a feel for how cold it was outside. I look over and there’s a red-tailed hawk hanging out. I almost missed it. The first photo in … Continue reading Hawk!
We visited the Botanical Gardens Train Show today. The show didn’t have many people because of the capacity limits. It was nice to be able to wander around without bumping into people. We wandered around the grounds and saw a … Continue reading NY Botanical Gardens Train Show
We spent the last evening of 2020 at the Bronx Zoo’s Holiday Lights show. Capacity was at 25% so not as crowded as last year, which was nice. It’s been a crazy year. I’m definitely thankful for Being employed Being … Continue reading 2020 Holiday Lights @ Bronx Zoo
D finished his morning classes and my work had mellowed out. Timing worked out we were able to get outside to enjoy the snowfall. As a huge bonus, we were able to join our neighbor and their dog, Cosmo (he … Continue reading Snow Day
I’ve been hearing good things about Kissena Park. Primarily that it’s a great place to bike. D wanted to bike today and the weather was warm for November, so we headed over. I didn’t think to bring my bike. Instead, … Continue reading NYS COVID-19 Day 272 – Velodrome!
D’s first day of Kindergarten – COVID-19 style. Oof. It wasn’t as smooth of a start as we would have preferred. There was a mix up with which school D was to go to. It took a week to get … Continue reading D’s First Day of Kindergarten
It was a little too chilly to go swimming. It was a nice day to go hang out on the beach and play in the sand. D had a great time driving his truck around and doing some digging. (This … Continue reading Jones Beach
It was me and D and we didn’t have a car today. We wanted to do something new, but what? Ah, a park that was 1 mile away. It was bit further than we’ve explored before, but if we take … Continue reading Captain Tilly Park
Today we took a ride on the Catskill Mountain Railroad. It was their ice cream ride and gave everyone ice cream. We made it a day trip (it’s just under a 2 hour drive). D got to meet the engineer, … Continue reading Catskill Mountain Railroad
Olessia found Xenia Resort. It’s located in the Catskill Mountains and is right on the Schoharie Creek. The sound of the water rushing around the rocks was relaxing. The resort is Ukrainian and everyone spoke Russian. D had a good … Continue reading Catskill Mountains Trip