We think it’s been about 2 weeks since D and I made it outside. Olessia had been out to grocery shop. D and I ventured out, masked, and armed with cameras. Before hand, I had been introducing D to the … Continue reading Photo Practice + Walk Outside
We’re stuck inside. We played some video games (Rocket League). We watched a Disney+ movie. Olessia and D made croissants. I taught D a little bit about DSLRs and how to take photos. He took some photos. Some photos of … Continue reading Easter
I think today is the first time at seeing a glimmer of hope. The number of hospitalizations and intubations have been trending down for the last couple days. The true test is to see if they continue to trend down over the next week or so. We got luck with an Amazon order earlier this week. I ended up staying up till near midnight to finally get a delivery time slot for Amazon Fresh. We received the delivery just fine. I tried to place another order since we forgot a bunch of items and no luck. Olessia had ventured out … Continue reading NYC COVID-19 Numbers, Day ?
It is Saturday. We’ve been inside, I think, for most of the week. The temperature outside climbed just a bit over 50F and was mostly sunny. We donned our masks and ventured out into the neighborhood for a short walk. … Continue reading COVID-19, Weekend Edition
I’ve kind of given up on counting the days… This is going to take a while. They say the first NYC case of COVID-19 was around March 1st (a month ago). It was around March 10th when word came at the office that if we could work from home, to work from home. I was in the office on the 11th. I didn’t realize that would be the last time I’d be there for a good while. Fortunately, there wasn’t much I needed from there that I could find at home or order. We’ve been inside most of this time. … Continue reading NYC COVID-19, Wednesday
I’ve watched a video of a forklift loading bodies into a truck trailer. I’ve seen bits of video of the Elmhurst hospital and how swamped they are. I’ve seen bits of video from the Jamaica hospital, which seems packed, but … Continue reading NYC COVID-19
The USA has surpassed China in the number of COVID-19 cases (making it the country with the most cases now). We’ve spent the week inside the apartment. We’ve stopped taking walks outside. Our apartment has a small balcony (you could … Continue reading COVID-19, Day 17
We had a bit of a scare at the beginning of the week. Turns out everyone is healthy and doing fine, if a bit cooped up. We’ve been making a point to briefly get outside and go around the block several times. Olessia took D out to the beach today. I’ve been working from home. Today the governor of New York stated non-essential businesses are to close and if they don’t, they’ll be fined. Self quarantine is recommended and to keep a distance of 6 feet from non-family members. Olessia has been great carrying for D. He’s getting all the … Continue reading COVID-19, Work From Home Day 10
I’ve opted, for the safety of my family, to switch to working from home today. The trains and platforms were pretty full yesterday. It just adds unnecessary risk. I’m very fortunate the work I do can be done from just about anywhere. So today was spent getting work as well as settling in a more robust work space than the couch I’ve been using for one-off work from homes. So far D is still going to pre-k. He just started martial arts training this week and I got to watch him train today. As far as we know, he will … Continue reading COVID-19, Day 1 Work From Home
Ah, my work made it into the ESPN iOS app! It’s in version 6.17. There’s a “Suggested For You” player/team recommendation carousel. I worked on that! There are some improvements in the the works to make it a bit better. … Continue reading ESPN iOS App Contribution Ships
First biking trip of 2020! View the route here: strava.app.link/Gfz4wip7I4 We found a playground and D had fun exploring and playing. Afterwards, we headed over to Friendly’s for dinner and ice cream. D made some faces here as he enjoyed … Continue reading Biking + Playground
I forgot I had autocross videos. Scroll to the bottom for a YouTube link to all my autox video. So here’s a small sample. None of these 3 were clean runs – I goofed and got the car sideways (which … Continue reading Autocross Videos Posted
It’s been a while… Family posts have been getting posted to Facebook. It works. It’s free. But Facebook has my data. I’m not quitting Facebook just yet. But I’d like to have the data originate from here first. So I’ll … Continue reading And I’m back!
He’s SWIMMING! D swam on his own – both on his front and back! Lot’s of smiles from both D and his instructor! See more here: http://www.rsb0.com/piwigo/index.php?/category/649 Continue reading 2020-02-15 Swim Class
D’s friend had a birthday party today. Slides, ball pits, trampolines, pizza, cake, and space to run around – it looked like it checked off all of D’s boxes! The entire album can be found here: https://www.rsb0.com/piwigo/index.php?/category/648 Continue reading A Friend’s Birthday Party
Olessia posted about our visit to the Long Island Aquarium today. Here’s a few more pics and some more can be found here: https://www.rsb0.com/piwigo/index.php?/category/646 Continue reading Long Island Aquarium
Had a treat today! We went to the Bronx Zoo to see their holiday lights display. We met an owl, had a train ride, went around on the merry-go-round, had dinner, and watched seals be seals. View the rest of … Continue reading News Year’s Eve @ Bronx Zoo
D’s class had their holiday performance today. It was quite a show. They sang songs in English, Russian, and Spanish. Olessia, did I miss any? It was standing room only so I was parked on the floor with not the … Continue reading 2019 Holiday Performance