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First 5K Journey – Changing it up a bit

February 10, 2016 / Joseph / 0 Comments

Changing it up a bit!

I’m taking a week off from the Couch to 5k training. I’m doing so because I want to get some pace numbers for myself. Basically each week I have been successfully completing the C25K challenges but I have been pretty conservative with my runs. Meaning I’ve been completing these challenges but at a very slow pace in my opinion.

According to 5k Pace Comparison the average pace for a 5K runner is around 11:47 minutes per mile (give or take) which comes in somewhere around 33 minutes to complete a 5K race. So if that’s average and considering I’ve never done this before I’m hoping to at least complete mine within the 35/45-minute range.

According to my calculations I’m currently running at a 20 minute a mile pace. So at my current pace it would probably take me a hour to complete a 5K. I need to do better and see if I can cut this in half.

So this week I ‘m going take a break from the C25K program and focus on seeing if I can get my numbers down to somewhere within 12/15 minutes per mile range.

2 Fruit Smoothie – Peach Banana

February 8, 2016 / Joseph / 0 Comments

Peach Banana Smoothie

.. Okay as you can tell from the photo above I was too lazy to slice and bag the bananas and peaches this go around.

2 cups of Apple Juice

1 tablespoon of Greek Nonfat Yogurt

1 cup of sliced Peach

1 cup of sliced Banana

So I decided to continue with the banana theme because my previous blend was pretty dam good.

Buttttt I have to be honest this mixture did not come out as well as I anticipated.
Even though I added a cup of each fruit the taste of banana overpowered the peaches.

I’m gonna give this blend another try. I’m hoping if I reduce the amount of bananas then this blend could possibly come out a bit better.

2 Fruit Smoothie – Banana Pineapple

February 1, 2016 / Joseph / 0 Comments

Banana Pineapple Smoothie

2 cups of Apple Juice

1 tablespoon of Greek Nonfat Yogurt

1 cup of sliced Banana

1 cup of sliced Pineapple

.. Okay this one was delicious. I really enjoyed this blend. I have a few things I need to point out regarding the photos above.

1.) My girlfriend bought this pink sandwich bags so you really can’t seen the diced pineapples. That’s way I’ve added the Doles original packaging in the photo.

2.) The container of Greek Nonfat Yogurt is missing from the photo. It’s added to the blend I just forgot to add it to the photo.

2016 Goals – Hoping to run my 1st 5K

January 26, 2016 / Joseph / 0 Comments

One of my goals for 2016 was to run and complete a 5K. For some I’m sure running a 5K is no big deal. But for me this is a bit of a challenge considering I have been sitting behind a desk for the past 4 years.

I officially started working towards this goal last week. What I mean by officially is that I’ve been going to the gym pretty much ever day since the beginning of the month. It wasn’t until last week when I decided to draw a line in the sand and said okay I’m doing this.

Based on a recommendation from my previous boss I downloaded the Couch to 5K app. A mobile app that helps beginner prepare for their 1st 5K. (I downloaded the free C25K app. I guess there are multiple versions in the app store)

So far and granted that I’ve only completed my first week I think this app is pretty awesome. In my opinion the app was like having a personal trainer with you during your runs. For me this is great. Most of the time my mind drifts off so the Run and Walk notifications helps a ton.

The Couch to 5K program goes on for 9 weeks. So hopefully if everything goes well I should be done somewhere around the middle of March. Which on another hand would be great because the cold weather should finally be coming to a end.

I’m starting week 2 today so wish me luck. I will post a status update next week around this time.

2 Fruit Smoothie – Mango Orange

January 25, 2016 / Joseph / 0 Comments

Mango Orange Smoothie

2 cups of Apple Juice

1 tablespoon of Greek Nonfat Yogurt

1 cup of sliced Mango

1 cup of sliced Oranges

.. I have to be honest. This blend was not one of my favorites. I think next time I will substitute the Apple Juice for Orange Juice.

2 Fruit Smoothie – Orange Strawberry

January 19, 2016 / Joseph / 0 Comments

Orange Strawberry Smoothie

2 cups of apple juice

1 tablespoon of Greek nonfat yogurt

1 cup of sliced oranges

1 cup of strawberries

.. I know I’m a day late on this

2016 and nothing is really the same

January 19, 2016 / Joseph / 0 Comments

As of today I am now 19 days unemployed. A contract that I have been working for the previous 4 years has finally come to a end.

I’m both sad and happy. Sad that I’m no longer around the people I considered friends but hella happy that I can now pursue the projects and technologies that I’m most passionate about.

My goal is to take sometime away from corporate america (at least 5 month). so that I can reboot. Maybe do some volunteer work.. who knows. Afterwards, say the 6th month I’ll start a soft search. I’ve always wanted to work in Silicon Valley even if it’s for a short period of time. I have no idea how I would make the transition. You rarely hear about companies paying relocation packages nowadays. I have some money saved but I know since things are sooo expensive over there that if I miss step I could blow through it all.

I would be lying if I said I wasn’t just a little bit scared of what the future holds.. but sometimes it’s good to shake it up, be uncomfortable.. and scared.

Hopefully when 2016 comes to a end I’m not somewhere regretting these decisions.

Things I would like to accomplish during my time away.

Get in shape. Sitting at a desk for 4 years, 8/9 hours a day can put a toll on you.
Conferences/Meetups. Technology moves fast and this is a great way to keep up with what’s current.
Web projects. I have a few half done projects that I previously didn’t have time to complete.

JQuery Phone Number Mask

December 25, 2015 / admin / 0 Comments

So it’s been ages since I’ve made a blog post but its been even longer since I’ve submitted anything to Github.

I was recently coding a project for work and needed or at least convinced myself I needed a date mask to better show people how to format the month and year for this search function I was building.

Somewhere along they way I decided to morph the date mask into a phone number mask. I didn’t spend much time with this so I’m sure someone could make it a 100 times better. But as for right now this was what I needed.
Plus it gave me a chance to submit a project to Github.
Thanks

Phone number Mask with JQuery

I’ll add a link to a demo sometime after the Holiday’s
Merry Christmas

AngularJS Map Points

July 22, 2015 / Joseph / 0 Comments

Hello Friend (mr robot quote)
Disclaimer.. So I’m new to AngularJ, but I’m really digging it so far.
I started putting this together late last night, I guess technically this would be considered a Single Page Application (SPA). I really don’t expect to be working on it past today. It was intended to be a simple project I could crush out quickly. It’s basically a application to help me get through my day to day at work.
Through out the work week I deal with a lot of coordinates and Google maps questions. Having a tool that can help me investigate location points is incredibly helpful. Sure I can use Google maps… but this gives me a excuse to do something more about AngularJS.

For about 2 years now I’ve been using Itouchmap.com/latlong.html. It’s a great tool but it can be a bit aggravating at times. Meaning the site has ads strategically placed along the rails of the site so there are times when you find your self accidentally move your cursor across a ad which then triggers a pop up video. Those things are the worst!

As far as the domain. I use Dynadot.com sometimes to purchases domains because Godaddy is becoming a bit too gangster for me. I still had a few dollars in my account and they had .co on sale for $5.99. I danced around with the idea of purchasing a .co for a long time. Yes it’s cheap but the renewals price in most times end up being something crazy. With .coms you can kind of bet on the price being the same if not close to the purchasing price the following year.

yada, yada, yada.. I went with Latlon.co for right now.

Tools used include:
Bootstap of course
Google Maps API because I found a AngularJS directive. (I really wanted to use Mapbox they have a great set of API’s)
Ipinfo.io to give me a users roundabout Latitude and Longitude via IP address.

Learning Swift

April 20, 2015 / Joseph / 0 Comments

Finally my swift skills are coming along. This is a app idea I built over the weekend. There were a few things that I struggled with (i.e. setting the background color in the navigation bar) but for the most part I think I’m catching on. The idea is basically a demonstration on how to pull TV show listing using Swift and TVMaze’s APIs. I plan to post the source later tonight on GitHub.

TV Show Listing

TV Show Summary

Date Picker

I have a few more goals that I aiming to cross of my list.

How to submit to the App store
How to use the push notification feature
How to swipe and delete items from a list.