DM Blog

2023

May 2023

• Jack K5 Interlock Sewing Machine First Impressions

April 2023

• Kansai Special Coverstitch Machine Sewing Test

March 2023

• Sewing Throw Pillows with an Invisible Zipper Next to Welting

2021

December 2021

• Mayan Sweet Onions

November 2021

• Reupholstering Dining Chairs

October 2021

• A Frog Goes Into a Bank to Get a Loan

September 2021

• Jacob Collier Live at Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club

August 2021

• Grappling With a Severe Needle Phobia To Get My First COVID-19 Vaccine

June 2021

• Miguel Ángel: Before and After

May 2021

• The End of DM Stitches

April 2021

• Timesaving Shortcuts to Copy Delivery Orders from Square to DoorDash Drive

March 2021

• Sewing Nose Wires into Masks using a Beading Foot

February 2021

• Juki MO-654DE Unboxing

January 2021

• Analysis of Lady Gaga’s Star-Spangled Banner

2020

December 2020

• Alberto Alberto & Cuatro Gatos: Patria

September 2020

• DM Stitches Online Store

May 2020

• Selling Masks

April 2020

• Sketch of Miguel Ángel

February 2020

• Making Pizza at Home

2019

December 2019

• Cinnamon on Water

November 2019

• Singer Style-O-Matic 328 Sewing Machine Restoration

September 2019

• 500 Days

May 2019

• Tap Works Pub

April 2019

• Jessy’s Donair

March 2019

• Taquería Itacate

• Los Van Van Documentary

February 2019

• Miguel Ángel vs. Broccoli

January 2019

• Are Pop Lyrics Getting More Repetitive?

2018

December 2018

• Introducing Miguel Ángel

November 2018

• Rest in Peace, Cachita

October 2018

• Pedrito Martínez Group at Festival International 2012

September 2018

• Astrid Celeste: Hard To Say I’m Sorry

August 2018

• Messini Authentic Gyros

• Taste of the Danforth 2018

• A Dog Took a Ride On the GO Train, By Himself

July 2018

• Doug Ford’s Affront to Democracy

• Your Dog Really Does Love You

• Hidden Gem: Concha Buika’s Para Mí

• Rest in Peace, My Beloved Lorenzo

2016

November 2016

• Enchufe: A Modular WordPress Plugin

October 2016

• La Abuela Quiere Coco

September 2016

• Transposing Charts

August 2016

• Practice vs. Rehearsal

July 2016

• Bandleaders Should Charge More Than Double

June 2016

• Roberto Linares Brown + Roicel Riverón at Lulaworld 2016

• Toto Berriel + Mario Allende Group at Lula Lounge

• Stop Printing CDs Already, It’s 2016!

• Yoser Rodríguez CD Release at Lula Lounge

May 2016

• New Email Subscriptions

April 2016

• Homemade HDTV Antenna

March 2016

• Manny Cárdenas at Lula Lounge

February 2016

• PercussionTutor iOS App

January 2016

• Music Memos: Apple’s New Free iOS App

2015

December 2015

• Mi Amigo del Feisbuk

November 2015

• Cómo Fue

October 2015

• Tita La Guanaca Pupuseria

September 2015

• La Chica de Humo

July 2015

• Spanish Harlem Orchestra at Panamania

• Pupy y Los Que Son Son at Panamania

• Havana D’Primera at Panamania

• Adonis Puentes at Panamania

• Afro-Cuban All Stars at Panamania

• Salsótika at Salsa on St. Clair

June 2015

• Hermán Olivera at Dundas West Fest

• Jesús Alemañy y La Reunión at Dundas West Fest

• Jesús Alemañy y La Reunión at Lula Lounge

• Swatow Restaurant

May 2015

• Alex Acuña Drum Clinic 2015

• Manny Cárdenas — Mothers’ Day Performance

• Casa Imperial Fine Chinese Cuisine

• Phở Cửu Long Miền Tây

April 2015

• How iCloud Drive Should Work, But Doesn’t

March 2015

• No more charts!

February 2015

• Systemic Exertion Intolerance Disease

January 2015

• The Stockyards Smokehouse & Larder

• Chinese Dumplings

2014

December 2014

• O Christmas Tree

• Mister Scruffleuffagus

November 2014

• C&C Associattion

October 2014

• Nurse Michelle

September 2014

• Llegó El Pavo

August 2014

• Two Chips Animation

July 2014

• Dragon Delight

• CocoaLatte

• Inti Raymi Festival 2014

June 2014

• Rainbow Connection

• Taste of Little Italy 2014

• Javier’s World Cup Soccer Team

May 2014

• Dafnis Prieto Proverb Trio at Lula Lounge

• Richmond Court Restaurant

April 2014

• El Rincón Mexicano

• Spicy & Sweet Chinese Restaurant

• Wychwood Barns Greenhouse

• Wychwood Barns Farmers’ Market

March 2014

• No More Mowing!

• Pizza-Eating Squirrels

• Boots and Cats

• Sittin’ In The Lap of Luxury

February 2014

• Rosewood Chinese Cuisine

• Red Cardinal

January 2014

• Vaby, Vaby, Vaby, Oh!

• House of Gourmet

• Schwartz’s Montreal Hebrew Delicatessen

• 90’s Oldies…

2013

December 2013

• Toronto Ice Storm 2013

• It’s a Scandal!

• Six Years of Blogging

• Traveling With Dogs By Airplane

November 2013

• Extending the WP_Post Class

• WordPress Blog with Custom iOS Icons

• Mayor Rob Ford at Toronto City Hall

• Flash Photos

• El Pulgarcito

October 2013

• Backyard Photos — Spring 2013

• What happened to the other 3%?

• Toronto Photos — Spring 2013

• Bixi Bikes in Toronto

• Suck your Finger!

• Doggies in the Spring

• Oldies from El Salvador

• How to Create HTML Signatures for Apple Mail and iPhone

September 2013

• St. Lawrence Market

• Jazz Bistro

August 2013

• Toronto Reference Library

• Taquería Burrito Bar

• Scarborough Sunset

• Taoist Tai Chi International Awareness Day

• ¿¡Alguien que entienda español, por favor!?

• Momma’s Boy

July 2013

• Are you serious?

• Beautiful Sunday

• Grooming Lorenzo

• Toronto Pride Parade 2013

• Doin’ the Pigeon…

June 2013

• Ladybugs’ Picnic

• Daisy is Now Cachita…

• Grupo Coco — Salvadoran Cumbia

May 2013

• Yani Borrell’s CD Release at Lula Lounge

• Amhed Mitchel’s CD Release at Lula Lounge

• Bobby Carcassés at Lula Lounge

• Jimmy Bosch at Lula Lounge

April 2013

• Photographing Birds Doesn’t Always Go Well…

• Hot Dog

• Giovanni Hidalgo Toronto Clinic

• Partners in Crime

• Baby Raccoons

• Speedy Gonzales

• Elmer Ferrer Band at Timothy’s Pub

March 2013

• Canadian Music Week 2013 at Courthouse

• Italy Tomato With Stick

• Tony Succar: A Latin Tribute to Michael Jackson

• Funny Dreams…

• Hidden Gem: Lo Que Siento Es Le Lo Ley

• Banff in the Winter

February 2013

• Snow, Snow, Lotsa Snow!

January 2013

• Sky Dragon Chinese Restaurant

• Las Avispas — Salsa

• Silver Dragon Restaurant

• Essence of Saigon Garden

• The Three Dogs’ Bath

• DM Blog 2013

2012

December 2012

• The 3 Dogs’ Portrait, Again

• The Longest Time

November 2012

• Pearl Harbourfront Chinese Cuisine

• Shoppers Drug Mart Woes

October 2012

• Having a Positive Outlook on Life

• Omnibot 2000

• Javier Chasing His Bone

September 2012

• Lam Kee BBQ Restaurant

• Caribbean Favourites at Loblaws

• Apostrofail

• Robin at High Park

• Cherry Beach

• Javier Wearing Glasses

August 2012

• Pho Mi Gia Phung

• Albert’s Real Jamaican Foods

• Kitten & Puppy Snuggle Together

• Three Dogs Sitting For A Treat

• Milano Pizzeria

• Da Maria Pizzeria

July 2012

• La Carnita

• Tremendous Chinese Restaurant

June 2012

• Lee Chen Asian Diner

• Performing with Pedro Menéndez

• Sleep Like a Dog…

• Pupy y Los Que Son Son in Toronto

May 2012

• Ignacio Berroa at Lula Lounge

• Alain Pérez at Lula Lounge

• Puppy Sings and Plays the Piano

April 2012

• Rumbon Para Billy Bryans

• Hidden Gem: Nube Pasajera

• New Sky Restaurant

• When Backups Fail…

March 2012

• Hidden Gems in Music

• Show or Hide a Sidebar on iPad Based on Orientation

• Don’t You Put It In Your Mouth

• Michelle Making Pupusas

• Free Hugs

February 2012

• Animating Rotation With jQuery

• Doggy Haircuts

• Bones, Bones, Bones…

• Michelle Cooking

January 2012

• Diet and Exercise

• Union Station

• En El Cielo No Hay Hospital

• House Fire in East York

• Epic Drum Solo Fail

• No Ordinary Sale

• Lai Wah Heen

• Lee Garden Restaurant

• 13 Essential Table Manners

2011

December 2011

• Where the Sun is…

• Meeting Elmo

• Changuito & NG La Banda — Descarga (1990)

• Ven a Mi Casa Esta Navidad

• Crown Princess Fine Dining

• Lorenzo Sleeping

November 2011

• Sandy’s Restaurant

• TJO at The Rex

• Toronto in the Fall — 2011

• Mall Stroller Warning

• Gender Discrimination

October 2011

• Why Your Waiter Hates You

• Fluffy Javier

• Dog Navigation & Cesar Millan

• Michelle’s Black Forest Cake

• Homemade Doggy Treats

• Sunflowers

September 2011

• Taylor Creek Park

• Thai Wok

• Relish Bar & Grill

• Mike’s Fish & Chips

• Len Duckworth’s Fish & Chips

• Toronto Chinatown Festival 2011

• Juan Carlos Medrano — Bongo Solo

• Michelle’s Cake (and Pizza)

• Amhed Mitchel — Timbal Solo

• Pho Hung

• Javier Sleeping in Bed

• Sardinha O Rei Dos Frangos

August 2011

• Michelle’s Birthday Cake 2011

• How to Use Tweet Entities

• The Danger Bees — Good Year

• Taste of the Danforth 2011

• Sweet 16 Birthday Cars

• HTML5 History API

July 2011

• Math — Left to Right

• Luis Mario Ochoa at Beaches Jazz Festival

• Forestview Chinese Restaurant

• Woodbine Beach — Canada Day 2011

June 2011

• Pink Flower

• Daniel Huezo at St. Lawrence Market

• Woofstock 2011

• Date and Time Types in MySQL

• Waiting for Mommy

• Mother’s Dumplings

• Nurse Lorenzo

May 2011

• The Bulgarian Women’s Choir Sing “Oh Susanna”

• Javier’s Treet

• Raccoon on the Roof

• Sleeping Raccoon

• Homemade Chicken Stock

• Blue is Better Than Green

April 2011

• Lorenzo Before His Haircut…

• Toronto Subway Photos

• The 3 Dogs’ Spring Walk

• Hue’s Kitchen

March 2011

• Basil Thai Kitchen

• A Mi Me Gustan Las Pupusas

• Salad King

• Doggies in the Car

• HTML5 Threaded Comments

• Daniel’s New Monkey

• Mi Pueblo Restaurante

February 2011

• NY Steak at Mr. Greenjeans

January 2011

• Always a Puppy

• The Worst Chicken Wings Ever

• I Love Chinese Food!

• DM Rating Stars — WordPress Plugin

• The 3 Dogs Trailer

2010

December 2010

• Finding a Family Doctor in Canada

• Happy Third Anniversary DM Blog

• Los Van Van in Toronto

• Doggies Sleeping…

November 2010

• Cool Runnings Restaurant

• Someone Stole My Mayorship

• Happy Birthday Cachita

October 2010

• Stan Wadlow Skatepark

• Toronto in the Fall

• CSS3 on DanielMenjivar.com

• The Smartest Dog Ever…

• CBC Labrador Morning

• Rol San Restaurant

• King’s Noodle Restaurant

• Being the Middle Child

• Banana Boat Song

• My 30th Birthday…

• Not Just Any Sea Salt

• The Fluffy White Dog

• Eaton Centre Breakdancer

• Oak Park Avenue

• The 3 Dogs Play…

• HTML5 and Website Changes — Part 2

• TTC Now on Google Maps

September 2010

• HTML5 and Website Changes…

• Mr. Mister (AKA Javier)

August 2010

• Michelle’s Birthday Cake

• iPhone 4 vs HTC Evo

• Woodbine Beach

• Summer 2010

July 2010

• Toronto Centre Island

• The 3 Dogs…

• My First Teddy Bear…

• Toronto’s Chinatown

• HTML5 Audio with jQuery

• Jingle Bells… [Updated x2]

• That’s not what I was looking for…

• Mobile Arranging Studio…

• Javier Crying for Cachita…

• DanielMenjivar.com Technologies

• The 3 Dogs’ Portrait

• The New DanielMenjivar.com

June 2010

• Dutch Dreams

• The Relevance of Twitter and Facebook

May 2010

• PHP Code: Twitter CRON Job

April 2010

• Javier’s Backpack

• Bass Photos

• Eglinton Avenue West

• Twitter Location Info

• Fort Erie Barbeque

March 2010

• Happy Birthday Lorenzo

• Sheshatshui

• Nova Scotia

• Goose Bay, Newfoundland

• Labrador City — Duley Lake

• St. John’s Newfoundland

• Close to You…

• Having a Blog is a Lot of Work…

February 2010

• Peruvian Lamb Lung

January 2010

• Reduced Rent in Exchange for Services

2009

December 2009

• Crazy Birds Play with Doggies

• Con Cuatro Tragos…

November 2009

• Javier at the Bus Stop…

• Playing with Alabadlo…

• Little Red Devil…

• Pumpkin Carving

• Dia de Los Muertos

• Classic Wok n’ Roll Chinese Bistro

October 2009

• Honens Piano Competition 2009

• Misc Calgary Pics…

• Blog Archives

• Alex Acuña Drum Clinic

September 2009

• Finale 2010 — Review

• Michelle’s Photos

• Katelyn’s Tomato Fettuccine

• C-Train Disruption at Sunnyside Station

• How to Make Wontons

• East Village Master Plan

• Michelle’s Banana Bread

• Weaselhead Flats — Summer 2009

• Michelle’s 26th Birthday…

• Resume of Daniel Menjívar…

• Lost Pigeon…

• La Doña Mexican Restaurant

August 2009

• Javier’s First Birthday…

• August 9, 2009 — Photo Day

• Flower Photos

• Heritage Day 2009

• Doggies Go Swimming…

• Nikon D90 Photos

July 2009

• Your GPS Doesn’t Do Spellchecks

• Calgary Stampede 2009

• Boys Die in Circumcision Rites

• Calzada del Cerro…

• Javier Driving…

June 2009

• La Crisis…

May 2009

• AppleTV Wireless Keyboard: iPhone Remote

• Fretless Bass Conversion… Part V (Final)

• Fretless Bass Conversion… Part IV

April 2009

• Fretless Bass Conversion… Part III

• Fretless Bass Conversion… Part II

March 2009

• The Trouble with Twitter…

• Stolen for Fashion

• Si No Te Quieres Tu — Los Van Van

• Facebook Privacy Overruled…

• YouTube Clips as Instruments

• Can you say please?

February 2009

• Javier Wants to be a Model

• Calgary Transit Now on Google Maps

• Calgary Dodges Space Junk

January 2009

• Santaneca Tamales

• Calgary West LRT

• Javier — The New Puppy

• 2 Free iPhone Ringtones

• Twitter Hacked

• Man, I love Timba (AKA Cuban Salsa)

• Chill a Coke in 2 Minutes

• DM Blog Customizations

• Drunk Driving Video Game

2008

December 2008

• Extra Second Added to 2008

• DM Blog Re-Design

• Swing in shame, fat kids!

• Funky Flute

• Frozen Doggy

November 2008

• Mushrooms & Violins

• Bloody Lucky

• Don’t Vote

October 2008

• Rogers — Lines Crossed

• Dance Like No One Is Watching

• It Must’ve Been Great Sex…

September 2008

• Global Warming

• Singapore Sam’s

• WordPress Navigation Survey

• Photo Gallery

• Spare Change?

August 2008

• HSBC to Ditch Blackberry for iPhone

• Elite Wife = AIDS Vaccine?

• Taste of Calgary 2008

• Cachita Can Tell Time

July 2008

• Bow River Crossing

• WordPress for iPhone

• Rogers iPhone Launch

• Telus, Bell Must Explain Text Charges

• Rogers Announces iPhone Launch Details

• Publisher Makes Major Move to the Mac

• Apple Store WEM — Grand Opening

• Restaurant Inspections Online

June 2008

• New Drug Fights Cancer

• Stay in School Awards

• Food Blogs Galore

• Rogers Announces iPhone Plans

• iPhone Bad for IT

• Parental Discipline Overruled

• Guy Kidnaps Ex-girlfriend to Get Ironing Done

May 2008

• Drumheller & Waterton — May 2008

• Music Business 2008

• CIRA Changes .ca WHOIS Policy

• Peppino Subs in Kensington

• Regency Palace

• Pho Que Huong

• Birds in Spring

April 2008

• T & T Supermarket

• Won Ton Soup

• Rogers iPhone

• No More Brain Farts

• Lorenzo & Cachita’s Bath & Haircut

• Surprise Party

• Segregated Schools — Part 2

• Alexis Baro Sextet @ Beatniq

• Pulcinella

• Charly Chan’s

• No Dogs Allowed

March 2008

• DM Blog Design Changes

• Calgary Earth Hour

• Broken Plate Kensington

• Donairs at Jimmy’s A&A Mediterranean Deli

• Sample Arrangements

• Ten Places to Eat in Toronto

February 2008

• Upcoming Auctions

• New Canadian Music

• MacBook Pro Problems

• Winter 2008 Road Trip

• Earth Hour 2008

• Segregated Schools

• I’m Credulous, Not Gullible

January 2008

• The Ultimate Sacrifice

2007

December 2007

• What were you thinking?

• All I Want for Christmas…

• First Post