I started doing the Insanity workout program on January 11th. Today, day 15, was a day to test progress with the fit test. I’m feeling good and making improvements.
Move
Day 1*
Day 15
Switch Kicks
124
134
Power Jacks
55
64
Power Knees
80
94
Power Jumps
40
48
Globe Jumps
11
12
Suicide Jumps
10
16
Push-Up Jacks
15
24
Low Plank Obliques
36
46
* Some of the numbers for day 1 are too high because I was so tired [...]
I’ll be speaking at WordCampNYC next month, which is exciting and scary. Not sure what my topic will be, but I think it will be in the Newbie track. The speaker list is full of WordPress rock star talent, so if you are in the area make sure to sign up and come out. The [...]
Are you frustrated with your typing speed? Worried what your wrists and fingers may feel like 10-20 years from now? Perhaps it’s time for a switch.
In high school we are taught to type on the QWERTY keyboard layout.
QWERTY is what we grow up with and what we know. Every computer you buy comes with a [...]
Last night I walked into the living room and immediately noticed the clock was out on my MOXI (DVR). The device wasn’t getting any power, so I’m guessing the power supply finally died. That’s not all that surprising considering I’ve had it more than 5 years and it is never turned off.
I posted a tweet [...]
Bill and I have been playing together in golf leagues for at least 5 years. We’ve had a lot of fun, but were never close to the top of the standings. We decided to switch to a new course and joined a league not knowing anyone. We moved from Twin Oaks, a wide open easy [...]
I’ve wanted to get more use out of nickmomrik.com for a long time. Last week I decided to combine a bunch of domains and redirect them all here. The content from mtdewvirus.com, primaryrough.com, 2holecards.com, and docardtricks.com should all be available with the old URLs being redirected.
I’ve moved from a self-hosted WordPress.org install to WordPress.com. I [...]
Protein bars can be a great source of energy. They can also be very expensive and taste like crap. I must have looked through 50 recipes online over the weekend looking for a good one. Most of this recipe is from one I found at Stella’s Kitchen.
Ingredients
3 1/2 cups quick oats
1 1/2 cups nonfat dry [...]
I’ve decided to get back on the Twitter train. There are just too many easy ways to update a status quickly with Twitter and so many people in tech use it, that I couldn’t pass it up any longer.
You will still see Quickie posts here on mtdewvirus.com, but they are automatically being posted from my [...]
Leaving my old job at SVSU to work for Automattic has been great. I haven’t had a single regret with my decision.
The company has changed a lot in the short time I’ve been there. The number of Automatticians has grown from less than 20 to over 30. We acquired BuddyPress and IntenseDebate. One of our [...]
If you have never seen the video on YouTube, here it is:
Tomorrow afternoon I’m flying out to Las Vegas to work the WordPress / Woopra / Layered Tech booth at the Blog World Expo. It’ll be my first time traveling to an event as an Automattic employee, so I’m excited. It looks like a lot of great companies will be there to represent and there will [...]
I started attending Saginaw Valley State University in 1998. A year and a half later, I got a job in the IT Services Support Center as a Student Technician. In 2002 I was hired as a Help Desk Analyst and graduated with my Bachelor’s a few months later. A little over a year ago I [...]
Do your run poker tournaments at home? Do you also play in these tournaments? If you’ve answered ‘yes’ to both questions, you know how much work it can be to keep track of time, blinds, and everything else while still trying to concentrate on playing poker. The Poker Ace Portable Tournament Director (PTD) will make [...]
I’m not sure why I started, but I’ve been incorporating my actual name, “Nick” into the device name for all of my Apple devices. Currently I have:
NickBook – first generation black MacBook
nickPhone – first generation 8GB iPhone
iNick – 10 inch iMac purchased as soon as Leopard was released
nickTV – Apple TV purchased last week
I need [...]
While browsing through a friend’s photos from the holidays, I finally found one I liked. I did a quick crop and then a shitty job of fixing red eye. If you blow the photo up my eyes kind of look funny because one pupil is a very dark black and the other isn’t so dark.
In Mac OS X, some applications will install as a System Preferences pane. You can’t drag these to the trash like most applications. So how do you get rid of them?
Hold down the control key and click on the preference pane. This will display a menu with one option, Remove “Name of Application” Preference Pane. [...]
Tiger Woods has been dominating the PGA Tour since August of 2007. All of the sports coverage on TV and on the web is saying it will be a special year. I think we all can agree. Woods looks unstoppable. I’m willing to go out on a limb and make some predictions.
In 2008, I predict [...]
I just ordered a new driver. It’ll be my second driver from G.R.I.P.. I loved the first one so much I had to try out one with a lower loft and a stiff shaft, so I ordered the 9 degree with stiff graphite shaft. They had a special for $100 that also comes with a [...]
I'm a golfing geek hiding out in Saginaw, MI and working as a Happiness Engineer for Automattic.
WordPress Plugin: Comment Author URL Stripper
As promised, I’ve created a plugin which removes the URL from a comment author if it contains any of the words specified in the Options screen. Too many people have been leaving comments and putting in yahoo, gmail, hotmail, etc. as their web site and I got tired of editing those comments all of the [...]