2009-01-19 Marshall Beach

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Protein Bars

Have you ever gone to the supermarket on a Saturday afternoon? When the lines are long enough that you have no hope of getting out without having developed a serious craving by the time you get to see the candy bars? Let’s face it, it would be wonderful if we could always eat healthily. We should always have fresh, raw foods with us; foods rich in proteins, “good” carbohydrates, vitamins, and a good balance of minerals. Continue reading

Calorie Counting - the Retrospective

On New Year’s Eve 2007, the worst job of my life was over. I hadn’t been there long, but pretty much everything that could go wrong had gone wrong, except the stuff where my team and I had control. Still, the stress nearly killed me and the ten extra pounds I gained were nothing compared to the solace provided by a freshly baked chocolate chip cookie at the end of a long day. Continue reading

How Do I Get My Content Back?

Have you ever done that? Created a content item that is of sufficient length that your session expired? You hit “Save,” Joomla tells you that you are not authorized to view the resource, and you are left there with a giant blog entry that is gone for good. You think. I had that problem several times. Joomla could react a lot better to a session timeout than by making you lose hours of work, wouldn’t you think? Continue reading

First boarding day of the season!

Go shredding! I can’t believe I waited this long, but 1/4 was my first day of boarding this season. I took bayareaskibus.com to Kirkwood, and had a blast. It was an amazing trip, with perfect road conditions, perfect weather, and really good snow. The most exciting thing was that I didn’t have to drive one mile! I just hopped on the bus, and four and a half hours later I was on the slopes. Continue reading

bayareaskibus.com

No car and snowboarder? What do you do? Take your bike up to Tahoe (hopefully it’s motorized) with your gear and your snowboard strapped on your back? Comes in handy when going downhill, you can use the board as your wings and fly above the crowd waiting in that giant parking lot that is I-80 on a Sunday evening. So far, I had three options: rent a car, go with friends that are willing to drive, or hitch a ride with unknown strangers on craigslist or one of the carshare sites. Continue reading

Low-Carb Diet

[Note: this is the first post in a new section, Diet & Health. As my pics prove, I used to be seriously overweight (108kg, about 240 lbs) and lost all the extra weight, replacing much of it with muscle. I felt I can add to the plethora of diet advice on the Internet, because I had to learn so much about weight management.] It’s time for New Year’s Resolutions, and this year I decided to try a low carb diet. Continue reading

2008

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2008-12-08 Hawaii

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The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court (J. Toobin)

I waited for the paperback edition of this book to come out, and I did well. This is a book best read with a bit of distance to the events described. A history of the Supreme Court of the United States of America in recent times. Once an institution of minor rank, over the 20th century the Supreme Court transformed itself into a powerhouse of societal transformation, pushing the nation forward towards equality and the rule of law. Continue reading