Injury Update–Final Surgeon Weighs In, EMG Preliminary Results
Well, Monday morning I went to see the final surgeon for his opinion on whether or not I need surgery for my extruded/herniated C6/7 disc. This surgeon is Dr. John Lettice, who comes highly recommended by HealthGrades, Dr. Armen, and the CEO of the company I work for. Dr. Lettice was very calm and patient […]
Troubleshooting Common Networking Problems with Wireshark, Pt. 4: Application Layer Inspection Problems
NOTE: You can now take course by the author with video and example traces on Wireshark. Check this post for more details. Author’s Note: This is the fourth part in a six-part series about finding and solving many networking anomalies using the Wireshark network protocol analyzer. If you are new to the series, you can […]
Be Careful Who You Get Your Supplements From
As a public service announcement for those who don’t get over to Reddit very often, here’s an interesting thread where an enterprising lad took a sample of the very cheap, very concentrated American Pure Whey protein product and ran a chemical analysis on it. The results? Well, roughly, a sample of APW that should have […]
Which is Better for Increasing Strength: 1, 4 or 8 Sets Per Exercise?
Interesting research review that examines a study that not only tracked strength differences but also mass differences on identical regimens of squats (only differing in sets performed) with three groups of previously trained lifters. The results are pretty interesting. Not that I’m strongly considering switching to squatting 8×8 two times a week, but doing 5×5 […]
Random Thoughts, Injury Update
As I was clearing out a spam comment on a post last night, I happened to run across this comment in my progress post. Originally, I responded to this in typical ‘thanks’ fashion and didn’t think much more of it. But last night, the byline, ‘Matt P’, caught my attention. I looked closer at it […]
Troubleshooting Common Networking Problems with Wireshark, Pt. 3: MTU Problems
NOTE: You can now take course by the author with video and example traces on Wireshark. Check this post for more details. Author’s Note: This is the third part in a six-part series about finding and solving many networking anomalies using the Wireshark network protocol analyzer. If you are new to the series, you can […]
The American Scholar: A New Theory of the Universe – Robert Lanza
Posted by in Science on June 3, 2012
This is without a doubt one of the more interesting articles I’ve read recently, intersecting nicely with my own thoughts on the nature of existence. Taking the position of Devil’s Advocate briefly, I will say that I believe most scientists shy away from this type of outlook (the Anthropic Principle in general) not because of […]
Four Rookie Lifting Mistakes, and a Simple Guide to Success
Posted by in Exercise on June 1, 2012
This is an article that’s been floating around in my head for over a year now, as I’ve seen people , over and over, despair over their inability to have any major success at lifting. In some cases, these folk just started, but in others, they have perhaps been lifting for years and still haven’t […]
Troubleshooting Common Networking Problems with Wireshark, Pt. 2: TCP Retransmissions
NOTE: You can now take course by the author with video and example traces on Wireshark. Check this post for more details. Author’s Note: This is the second part in a six-part series about finding and solving many networking anomalies using the Wireshark network protocol analyzer. If you are new to the series, you can […]
Troubleshooting Common Networking Problems with Wireshark, Pt. 1: TCP Checksum Incorrect ‘Error’
Author’s Note: This is the first part in a six-part series about finding and solving many networking anomalies using the Wireshark network protocol analyzer. I originally wrote these for the Microsoft Enterprise Networking team back when I worked there to help new engineers understand and resolve common cases, so they are written for people with […]
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