Almost! But not quite. I'll remain an Adidas guy for now; but I absolutely love the "Chalk" commercial with Lebron James. It's just a nice, feel-good clip; and they did a great job taking advantage of Lebron's famous ritual of tossing chalk in the air before each game.
Every time I see it, I get just a little swell of emotion. I like commercials that are inspiring, featuring athletes that are even more inspiring. Great job, Nike.
In this post, we hear from Definition 6 (the home of my first web programming gig) on how blogs can work for your organization; and they use the Obama campaign as a prime example of how successful they can be.
http://blog.definition6.com/blog/definition-6/0/0/the-power-of-blogs
I agree. Times are changing, and I believe that blogs will be around for a long time. You'd be amazed at the people you can reach by having a blog; I know this because I'm surprised every week when I get wonderful comments from people I don't know. The Internet is a powerful force, man.
When I do work for our client downtown, I hook up my laptop to a monitor so that I can have two screens. If you haven't tried yet, I encourage you to do so! The only thing that bothered me was the wallpaper on my monitor screen; it didn't match the resolution on my laptop, or it was ugly whenever nothing was on it. Fortunately, I was able to Google a way to resolve it; and I feel much better.
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows/dual-monitors-use-a-different-wallpaper-on-each-desktop/
Here's some pictures of my son Coleman playing in a freshman football game, taken by one of the parents. He plays Corner. If you click the Close link, you can see some of the other pictures - but who cares about the other kids? I'm just jokin'. :-) BTW - they won 42-7 at home; they're 1-1 for the season.
I'm trying lose 40 lbs, which is hard for a developer like myself that sits more than 10 hours a day. No, I don't have a new program especially for computer geeks; but I have been trying to come up with one that works for me. I personally believe that the important thing for me (or anyone for that matter) is that I find a way to make healthy eating and being active part of my lifestyle.
In regards to healthy eating, I've started counting my caloric intake using TheDailyPlate, which is now part of the LiveStrong website. So far, it's been very revealing - it has helped me to realize how much I'm eating; I'm doing much better now. Instead of consuming 3000+ calories per day, I am now able to stay within about 2250 calories (which should help me to lose 2 lbs. a week.)
As far as staying active, I've been going to the gym about 3-4 times a week, doing both cardio and weight training. According to Lifehack, there are five exercises that computer people should stay away from. The point of the post is that a person that sits all day at work on a computer have to be careful of the exercises he puts in his regimen. The main reason is posture. Since there are exercises on the list that I actually do, I will give it some thought; but in the end, I need to do what works for me. I just need to make sure that I stick with something.
Thanks for visiting "Rafael on ASP.NET & Beyond". This is where I'll be blogging about everything in my life, primarily about my career in programming using ASP.NET. I will also blog about my thoughts on my favorite sport ever ... basketball. And of course, I will also give you occasionally I'll let you know what's happening in my family and otherwise.
This is actually my second blog site; my first one was about creating better documents using Microsoft Office. However, I haven't posted anything on it since May 2007; apparently, there's only so much you can write about documents. So though I still have a passion for documents right, I'm afraid I'm going to have to retire this blog.
I'm confident that I'll have plenty of stuff to write about creating web applications using ASP.NET, my real passion and what has put food on my family's table for the past 10 years. Plus, I also get to blog about anything else that I want - so I should be able to do a better job of updating this blog site.
My second post will be available in the next few days, where I'll tabl about the 2008 NBA Finals and why it's so special to me. Until then, I'll see you around!