Web Tech Talk : Head Rush AJAX

I know there are tons of resources all over the web that will help you with AJAX.

But if you're just breaking into the AJAX world and you're looking for a book that covers all the basics and help you address some of the more intermediate problem then Head Rush AJAX is the book for you.



It covers everything from creating an XMLHttpRequest Objects to controlling the DOM of your site to provide feedback to users waiting for page content to update.

You can check out details on the book here : http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/headra/

Improved Body Relationship

Here is the workout routine for week 12.

Monday, Wednesday and Friday.

Instructions

All exercises are done in a super set between upper body and lower body.

Do NOT rest within the
super set, but rest 30 seconds after the lower body before repeating the
super set again. Repeat for a total of 2-4 rounds total. Proceed to the next
super set.

Aim for lower reps: 6-10 reps
Aim for 2-4 rounds for each super set
Again, take no more than a 30 second rest in between.

Here is the routine for the week:
Make sure to watch the video several times and observe my form

A1: Push ups with hands on the ball (with band to add resistance)
A2: Jump Squat with weights
*Aim for 3-4 rounds

B1: Spiderman push ups with bands
B2: Alternating Split squat jump with weights
*Aim for 3 rounds

C1: Pull-ups with weights (you can use a backpack with books in it for weights)
C2: Squat hold with weights (hold for as long as you can)
*Aim for 3-4 rounds

D1: Recline Pull with the rope (one leg up)
D2: Calf Raise with weight
*Aim for 3 rounds

E1: Bicep curl with the rope (using your body weight for weight)
E2: Stability crunch with bodylastic bands
E3: Ball Plank

*Aim for 2 rounds

Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.

30 to 45 minutes of walking and 10 to 15 minutes of interval cardio.

On Vacation

I am officially on vacation. I get to spend 10 days doing whatever I want whenever I want.

So I decided to go to Nova Socita with my girlfriend. Today is day number 2 of my vacation and it's great. Right now we're on Cape Breton Nova Socita. Tomorrow we'll get in the car and drive down to Halifax.

I'll be sure to post some pictures soon.

Cheers.

YouTube Friday - Internet Commenter Business Meeting

Normally I post clips from YouTube on Friday but today you're getting one from College Humor.

I wish I had a meeting like this just once.



http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1771556

line up from heaven...

2007 is the year of the band reunion. From The Police to Van Halen to 'The Smashing Pumpkins,' everybody seems to be getting in on the act. But, who cares about those guys? These are the bands that we actually want to reform.

25 bands that should reunite

no fucking shit eh?

Web Tech Talk : Testing your web applications

When it comes to testing web applications there are quite a few tools out there but the really good tools are few and far between.

Lately project are getting to point where they're big enough to required automated testing. After search around the net and trying out tons of software I have found a tools that is very useful.

Selenium IDE

What is Seleniun IDE? Well if you look at the OpenQA site here's what it says about Selenium IDE.

Selenium IDE is an integrated development environment for Selenium tests. It is implemented as a Firefox extension, and allows you to record, edit, and debug tests. Selenium IDE includes the entire Selenium Core, allowing you to easily and quickly record and play back tests in the actual environment that they will run.

Selenium IDE is not only recording tool: it is a complete IDE. You can choose to use its recording capability, or you may edit your scripts by hand. With autocomplete support and the ability to move commands around quickly, Selenium IDE is the ideal environment for creating Selenium tests no matter what style of tests you prefer.

Features:

* Easy record and playback
* Intelligent field selection will use IDs, names, or XPath as needed
* Autocomplete for all common Selenium commands
* Walk through tests
* Debug and set breakpoints
* Save tests as HTML, Ruby scripts, or any other format
* Support for Selenium user-extensions.js file
* Option to automatically assert the title of every page

This is, in my opinion, by far one of the better testing tools available to web developers.

Be sure to try it out. OpenQA : Selenium IDE

Improve Body Relationship

Here is the workout routine for week 11.

Monday, Wednesday and Friday I will do the following:

Instructions:

All exercises are done in a superset between upper body and lower body.
For example, push-ups with feet on the ball (with bands to add resistance)
are in a superset with a one leg squat with the rope. Do NOT rest within the
superset, but rest 30 seconds after the lower body before repeating the
superset again. Repeat for a total of 2-4 rounds total. Proceed to the next
superset.

Aim for lower reps: 6-10 reps
Aim for 2-4 rounds for each superset
Again, take no more than a 30 second rest in between.

A1: Pushups with feet on the ball (with band to add resistance)
A2: One leg squat with rope (both sides)
*Aim for 3-4 rounds

B1: Spiderman pushups
B2: Deep Squat with plates
*Aim for 3 rounds

C1: Pull-ups with weights (you can use a backpack with books in it for weights)
C2: Squat hold with rope (hold for as long as you can)
*Aim for 3-4 rounds

D1: Recline Pull with the rope
D2: Forward Lunges with weight
*Aim for 3 rounds

E1: Tricep extension with the rope
E2: Weighted Ab Crunch
*Aim for 2 rounds

F1: Right Side Plank
F2: Left Side Plank
*Aim for 2 rounds

Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday I do 30 to 45 minutes of walking and 10 - 15 minutes of Interval cardio.

YouTube Friday - The Ten Movie Tailer

I saw this when I was looking at the trailers on Apples site.

It is definitely worth the watch.

YouTube Friday - Dan In Real Life Trailer

I'm a fan of Steve Carell and I'm always excited to see the work that he's doing.

So be sure to check out this trailer for Dan In Real Life.

heartbeats...

it's the weekend, grab your longboard and rock it out.

the knife

OpenID

There's a lot of buzz around the net talking about OpenID.

To be quite honest I haven't hear too much about it other than the fact that you'll use one username and password for all your sites you have an account on.

I'm sure there are many other features and advantages to using OpenID.

Here are a few sites that will help get you up to speed.

http://openid.net/
https://www.myopenid.com/
http://iwantmyopenid.org
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenID

Grilled Bruschetta Chicken

I found this video on how to cook Grilled Bruschetta Chicken.
It looks very tasty to me and I'll definitely have to try it out.
Here is the ingredients list:

• 1/4 cup of KRAFT Sun-Dried Tomato Vinaigrette dressing (divided)


• 4 small boneless chicken breasts halves


• medium tomato (finely chopped)


• 1/2 cup of shredded Mozzarella Cheese


• 1/4 cup of chopped fresh basil

Improve Body Relationship

I'm going to stop counting the days of improving my body relationship. I feel I have come to point where it's just second nature to me now.

I will however continue to count the weekly progression of the 16 week workout routine I'm going through right now. After these 16 weeks I'll share with you my regular work out routine and 4 week exercise rotations.

There is the new work out routine for week 10.

Monday, Wednesday and Friday I will do the following:

Instructions:

All exercises are done in a superset between upper body and lower body.
For example, push-ups with bands (pushing) are superset of Pull ups (pulling). Do NOT rest within the superset, but rest 30 seconds after the lower body before repeating the superset again. Repeat for a total of 2-3 rounds total. Proceed to the next superset.

Aim for lower reps: 6-10 reps
Aim for 2-4 rounds for each superset
Again, take no more than 30 seconds rest in between.

Superset:
A1: Push-ups with Bodylastics band
A2: Pull-ups with medium size towel
*Aim for 3-4 rounds

B1: Staggered alternating push-ups
B2: Lat Pull-down swimmer with Bodylastics band
*Aim for 3-4 rounds

C1: Squat and Press (use any weights that you can find) For example: rocks,
C2. Alternating Split Squat Jump. (use any weights that you can find) For example: rocks,
*Aim for 3-4 rounds

D1: One Leg Calf Raise with weights.
D2: Bicep Curl:
*Aim for 2 rounds

E1: Weighted Abdominal Crunch:
E2: Plank with leg lift:
*Aim for 2 rounds

Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday I will to 30 - 45 minutes of walking and 10 - 15 minutes of interval cardio.

fast forward....

if i had a time machine i would use it to travel to 2008 so i could see these movies.

fuck censorship...

well well well...another shining example of hypocritical awesomeness from our neighbours to the south.



official statement from pearl jam

for a country who claims to thrive on freedom of speech and has this idea that their way is the best way, no matter what country they're in...they don't really practice what they preach. the nicest thing i can say about the united states right now is that it is one of the most delusional places i've ever visited.

fuck america.

Blizzard Announces World of Warcraft Expansion II

It was announced at BlizzCon that World of WarCraft is going to get a little bit bigger with Expansion II : Wrath of the Lich King.

Here are some of the features of Wrath of the Lich King:

• Master the necromantic powers of the Death Knight - World of Warcraft's first Hero class.


• Quest to level 80, gaining potent new abilities and talents along the way.


• Learn the craft of spell augmentation with the new Inscription profession.


• Brave the harsh new continent of Northrend, the icy domain of the Lich King.


• Engage in epic siege warfare, deploying mighty siege engines to lay waste to destructible buildings in your path.


• Transform your hero's look with new character-customization options, including new hairstyles and dances.


• Explore perilous new dungeons filled with some of the deadliest creatures -- and greatest treasures -- on Azeroth.


• And much, much more...

Be sure to check out the official expansion site : http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/wrath/index.xml

Web 2.0 and Business.

Some of you my be into the hype of Web 2.0 and some of you may not. Personally I believe that as long as technology helps to enhance our lives the hype surrounding said technology doesn't really matter.

Take a look at the business point of view and how Web 2.0 will enhance business.


Perspective: Web 2.0 and the CEO.

But there's always a flip side so check out this article.

Attacking Web 2.0 at LinuxWorld.

Improve Body Relationship - Day 154

Health and Fitness Monday's. It's time for the new workout routine. Week 9.

Monday, Wednesday and Friday I will do the following:

Procedures

All exercises are done in a super-set between upper body and lower body.
For example, explosive push-ups (upper body) are a super-set of squats (lower body).

Do NOT rest within the super-set (between the upper body and lower body), but rest 30 seconds after the lower body before repeating the super-set again. Repeat for a total of 2-3 rounds total. Proceed to the next super-set.

Exercises

Explosive Push-ups
Wall Squat with resistance
Chest Fly with Tubing
Single Leg Curl (on ball)
Chin-ups
Bodyweight Reverse Lunge
Seated Row with Bands
Front Raise with Band
Stability Ball Crunch

Off-days

Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursdays I walk for at least 30 - 45 minutes and interval cardio for at least 10 - 15 minutes.

if there was a reason....

guess what day it is kids?
that's right.....it's youtube friday!!!
gather 'round...this week we have a lovely
double bill selection made by cakebaker.
enjoy and love each other.










ed is it.