Shin Splints
October 28, 2009
Among recreational runners, “shin splints”, technically Medial Tibial Stress Sydrome, is one of the most diagnosed injuries. Shin splints are a periostitis (“itis” = inflammation of) of the lower 2/3 of the leg, usually along the inside edge. The periosteum is a connective tissue membrane that lines the bone and serves as an attachment site [...] http://bit.ly/B1GZw
What You Can Do About Knee Tendonitis
October 24, 2009
What is knee tendonitis?
Tendonitis of the knee refers to inflammation of the tendons that surround the knee joint. In general, the patellar tendon, or the tendon that connects your patella (knee cap) to your tibia (shin bone) can become irritated when asked to meet the high demands of physical stresses and loads. The patellar tendon [...] http://bit.ly/wXgfo
Released WP Minify 0.4
October 24, 2009
WP Minify version 0.4 is here!
What’s new this release?
This version of WP Minify has the following enhancements.
Automatically exclude CSS conditionals.
Automatically exclude CSS media != all, or screen.
Automatically exclude https URLs.
Added sanity checking for buffer start & stop.
Moved buffer start to init with priority 99999.
Fixed “strpos()” warnings when settings have empty lines.
Where do I download and [...] http://bit.ly/20AlR1
How to Hack Google Analyticator Plugin to Display Page Views
October 1, 2009
If you haven’t noticed, I have an advertise page on this blog that displays various OMNINOGGIN statistics for any interested advertiser to see. If you visit that page, you will also notice a little section under “View Counts” that displays the number of page views on my blog in the last 30 days. [...] http://bit.ly/YxgOB
Incorporate Soft Tissue Work into Your Routine
September 24, 2009
Stretching helps prevent injuries by increasing the length of your muscles, but it does not improve the quality of your muscles. If you exercise regularly, you are bound to develop trigger points, adhesion, scar tissue, and other negative things in your muscles. When ignored, these things build up over time and can cause [...] http://bit.ly/n9iph
Are You Ready to Deal With the U.S. Economic Crisis?
November 20, 2008
As you may know from my about page, I am a full-time software engineer working in a startup company of about 50 other people. To my surprise, eight of my close colleagues were laid off today. I shouldn’t have been that surprised given the current economic conditions, but it is still shocking to see some of my close friends leave without being able to shake their hands. (continue reading … http://ping.fm/gBozH)
Employees Versus Office Filled with Random Things
October 29, 2008
What’s a programming blog without office humor posts? A boring blog that nobody reads. That being said I would like to share a few office pranks pulled at my workplace (Coral8)….(continue reading…)
Programming for Halloween 2008
October 25, 2008
To get into the 2008 Halloween programming spirit, I would like to share an email my co-worker, Russell, sent me this morning. Here is what was in the email:
One of my friends down in LA likes to put on a “light show” every Halloween… of course l… (continue reading…)
Ways to Increase Visitor Activity on Your Blog
September 4, 2008
The goal of this post is to help you increase visitor activity on your blog. First let me define the term “activity” as anything your visitor does to interact with your blog. An activity can be a variety of things, but the ones I … (continue reading…)
3 Web Design Mistakes That You May Need to Fix Right Now
August 13, 2008
In this post I will discuss some of the web design mistakes that I have done on this blog, and what I did to fix them.
A few months ago, I was fortunate enough to get free advice from a friend of mine, Emily Luong, … (continue reading…)