Early Christmas Present for Linux Geeks

Posted by in Computing on December 4, 2013

For those of you who run Linux, I thought I’d post up a backup script I was using (in a modified form) to do completely free backups of my Linux box to Google drive and Usenet Newsgroups. While both of these might sound like horrible ideas, considering that Usenet is public and Google drive is […]

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Second Trip to the Track with the GT500

Posted by in Automotive on October 29, 2013

Well, my first trip to the track with the GT500 was pretty much a bust. I couldn’t get out of the 13’s, and only got three runs in total. For the second trip, instead of going to Infineon, we went up to Sacremento Raceway, and boy what a difference! Sac is a lot more ‘blue […]

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Five Great Hair-Metal Songs You Probably Missed

Posted by in Music, Review on October 15, 2013

Well, my obsessive listening habits have brought me around to hair metal from time to time (I am a child of the 80’s, after all), and it still shocks me how many obscure gems are out there to discover. So here are five that you probably missed when they came out that you shouldn’t have. […]

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Pure Alaska Salmon Review

Posted by in Nutrition, Review on September 30, 2013

As I’ll detail in an upcoming post (once I’m sure the dietary protocols are repeatable), I’ve been experimenting with Protein Sparing Modified Fasts (PSMF) in an effort to cut the most fat in the shortest amount of time possible. One of the things I really like about PSMFs are that they cut out all of […]

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Wisdom from a Master

Posted by in Exercise, Review on September 25, 2013

This week, I got the opportunity to get a training session from the current all-federation raw World Record holder in the 242lb weight class, Dan Green. The session was hugely enlightening, and after taking a few days to let some of it gel in my mind, I wanted to take the opportunity to review my […]

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Moving to the Dark Side: Linux vs. Windows from a Windows guy

Posted by in Computing, Review on August 29, 2013

For the last few months, I have done something that many of my geek friends would never have imagined: I have spent 90+% of my computing time using Linux. This is a huge deal for me for many reasons, but one of the biggest is that I have railed against Linux in the past. Furthermore, […]

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The reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated…

Posted by in Exercise, Review on August 20, 2013

For those of you still checking in, you’ll note I haven’t posted anything significant on the fitness side since March 5th, over five months ago now (yikes)! As I’ve eluded to in the past, this is mostly because my work schedule has changed, which caused my commute hours to change, with a net result of […]

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Finally ‘completed’ a new song…

Posted by in Music on July 15, 2013

I say completed in quotes because art is never really done, you just get tired of working on it at some point. Anyhow, this track is a song that my youngest son was doodling on one day that really inspired me, so we sat down and recorded his doodles. I then spent the next two […]

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Three Simple Rules of "Sensible Supplementation"

Posted by in Nutrition, Science on June 22, 2013

As is typical of Suppversity, this is an excellent writeup on how to evaluate supplements. Combine this philosophy with the info on examine.com, and you have a winning strategy. Three Simple Rules of “Sensible Supplementation”

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Full ROM = More Growth, More Strength, More Structural Changes & More Sustainable Gains & Fat Loss – Insights from Realistic 8 Weeks Leg Training + 4 Weeks Detraining – SuppVersity: Nutrition and Exercise Science for Everyone

Posted by in Exercise, Science on May 18, 2013

This is an excellent review by SuppVersity of a study on squat depth which basically agrees with what I said back here: Squatting deeper allows you to get the same stimulus with less weight (or greater stimulus with the same weight), which allows you to grow more without placing more stress on your joints and […]

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