Seems there are a bunch of great fitness articles there. Here are a couple I stumbled on thanks to 24 Hr Fitness.
Archive for the ‘learning’ Category
Fitness articles at MayoClinic.com
Sunday, March 14th, 2010Found a wholesale protein store
Thursday, January 14th, 2010Two great things: 1) good prices and 2) good advice. Found both at Nutrition Zone last night.
I was running low on protein powder and had done a little research on other proteins I might try. I thought I’d go for Muscle Milk or something more muscley than my basic protein powder. Found out they had that at Walmart so I went there after work.
At Walmart I was checking out the muscle powders, reading the usage instructions and whatnot, when a stranger comes up to me a says “don’t do it”. I smile and he says, “Don’t do it. That stuff tastes bad. Go to Nutrizone by 7-Eleven and get the more natural stuff that tastes way better.”
Of course it was unusual that a stranger would come up to me and do that. I was inclined to take it as I didn’t want to offend him by seeing me leaving the store with the “bad tasting” stuff. So I departed empty handed for the place by the 7-Eleven.
Found it. It was packed with different protein powders. Jackpot.
The guy at the register greeted me. I told him I needed advice. He was very proficient in nutrition practice and muscle building. He even gave me a meal plan (!) and told me they were a wholesaler so the prices were cheaper than GNC or whatever retailer. Plus those places don’t have fitness experts, I’m betting.
His name is Luke. Smart guy. How rare to get good help like that these days. That’s how you get customers! I will certainly be returning there for my protein needs. And next time I see a guy at Walmart pondering the Muscle Milk, you can imagine my intention.
The Mystery of CSS Float Property
Monday, October 19th, 2009The Mystery of CSS Float Property « Smashing Magazine.
Leave it to Smashing Magazine. Awesome ideas for common CSS challenges with the wonderful float property.
Speed up the Wordpress blog
Monday, July 13th, 2009I think 10 seconds is too long to wait for a low traffic blog page to load. Don’t you? Imagine if it was put under any stress.
Page load speed has to be a factor in visitor satisfaction. Nobody likes to wait.
Here’s how I made it at least twice as fast.
First, I converted the header of my theme from a bunch of PHP function calls into static HTML. View source, copy, paste, save.
Then I used Firebug to figure out how long it was taking for each HTTP request to happen.
Then I started turning plugins on and off until I found the right blend of utility and efficiency. Decided there were a few I could live without.
Next step was installing WP Super Cache. That made the HTML kick out at least 5 times faster after the page got cached.
I am satisfied with the results. There is more I could do. I could remove the ad. I could remove PayPal. I could try moving the scripts to the bottom of the page. I could move all the images to Flickr. Maybe next time.
What tricks are you aware of to speed up Wordpress?
About time for another redesign
Sunday, June 7th, 2009This was going to be a weekend for other projects. One thing led to another and now I’m rolling out yet another redesign to my homepage and this blog.
The last design had/has (still transitioning as of 6/7) some problems.
First was inconsistency. Homepage, blog and inside pages all looked different.
Second was my fat mug was getting old, even for me. My profile pics are adding up and it is time to narrow down, find a new, normal-looking profile pic. Decided to take the picture during my new pastime; both the picture of my head and the landscape shot are from a bike ride this weekend.
Third, the technical implementation of the buttons wasn’t right. I figured out a more right way, thanks to cssvault, and look I forward to using this method of mouseovers on all foreseeable projects. Nice blend of real links, unordered lists, image sprites, and popular CSS. This was the biggest reward of the project.
Forth, I need to keep pushing towards a “Web 2.0 feeling” site. Even though some would say Web 3 is upon us, better late than never. Play with the new navigation. That’s a big part of this attempt. There is a big orange drop down when you hover over “web design”. Somewhat reminiscent of vimeo I guess, or one of these.
Fifth, I need to hone my cross-promotion of superwebguy.com. There was a definite style divergence on the homepage that I wasn’t happy with. Now the homepage has its own feel and doesn’t try to feel half like SWG.
What I ended up, while perhaps not as in-your-face and a little text-heavy, is solving the above issues. Like?
