Matt's Blog

David and I have successfully moved from Kirkland to Seattle (woot!).  When I arrived “home” the first night, I decided to get rid of our two old Amazon Fresh bins (which were hanging out in our entryway for months) by ordering more groceries.  I put the bins outside and sent in a small order for a few groceries to get the fridge stocked up a bit.  I had no idea that the next morning I was going to wake up to THIS:

The funny part is that things were not packed very efficiently at all.  One of those two blue bins contained nothing more than a bag of frozen veggies (and some dry ice to keep it cold)!  Another mostly-empty bin, as an unexpected surprise (likely a part of the promotional code I used), contained a cute floral arrangement which is now brightening up our dining room table!

Overall, I’m not sure what to think of Amazon Fresh.  I was fairly pleased with the ordering and delivery experience.  Even better, I had been thinking about ordering Season 4 of The Closer on Amazon.com for a while now – it turns out I was able to add it to my Fresh order so essentially I got free 8-hour shipping on it to boot!  Now, the melon I ordered was a bit of a disappointment… I’d need to try a few more produce items to see if things improve before I get hooked.  The prices are also nothing to scream about… I compared and Safeway’s delivery service would be far cheaper.  I also miss being able to quickly compare products in my hands.  And furthermore, it turns out there is a Safeway AND a Trader Joe’s just blocks (or just over a block) away!  That makes it really tough to justify buying groceries online.  🙂

Thanks to Darshan for this cute little guy on my whiteboard…

I think it’s funny how everyone that goes to use my whiteboard insists on leaving the monkey up and works around him instead.

This genius at work named Igor created an awesome new game called RoboZZle that has me completely hooked… it’s got everything I could ever want and is far more exciting than Sudoku!

puzzles + nerdiness (functions + conditionals + recursion) = procrastination

FTW: I'm glad it doesn't have a clock showing how long this puzzle took me to solve...

Go get hooked on it NOW!

John Booze is turning 26th on Tuesday, and we took advantage of the beautiful weather on Sunday to celebrate in full style.  If you haven’t seen the Saturday Night Live “I’m On A Boat” video, this is where we got our inspiration:

So a bunch of us got together and rented a little electric boat and had our very own “Booze Cruise”!  Here are some shots of the party and the Yacht Cake I made for the event: