philipstraatsma.com – Low-Fi

One thing I always liked about Firefox was the ability to always show the tab bar even if you had only one time open at a time. Sadly since version 3 of Safari that option is no longer in the preferences menu. However you can enable this option in the property list file for Safari.

Close Safari.

Download and install PlistEdit Pro 1.5 from Apple for free (Mac OS X 10.5.8 or later) http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/development_tools/plisteditpro.html

Open your Macintosh HD and browse to Library => Preferences and open com.apple.Safari.plist in PlistEdit Pro (should be the default action).

Expanded out Root by clinking on the triangle icon and click on the word Root to highlight it.

Hit the “New Child” button, enter AlwaysShowTabBar for the name, set the Class drop down to Boolean and the Value to Yes.

Select File in the menu bar and hit Save.

Open Safari and you will notice the tab bar is always open.

Workout Summary: 04Feb10

Back and shoulder day.

cycling
Set 1, 10(Duration), 145(Avg HR)
situp
Set 1, 0 lb for 10 reps inclined
Set 2, 0 lb for 10 reps inclined
Set 3, 0 lb for 10 reps inclined
dumbbell shoulder press
Set 1, 30 lb for 10 reps
Set 2, 50 lb for 10 reps
Set 3, 30 lb for 10 reps
kettle bells bent over row
Set 1, 24 lb for 10 reps
Set 2, 40 lb for 10 reps
Set 3, 40 lb for 10 reps
upright row
Set 1, 100 lb for 12 reps
Set 2, 120 lb for 12 reps
Set 3, 120 lb for 12 reps
shrug
Set 1, 80 lb for 12 reps
Set 2, 100 lb for 10 reps
Set 3, 80 lb for 12 reps
lat pulldown
Set 1, 87.5 lb for 12 reps
Set 2, 112.5 lb for 5 reps
Set 3, 87.5 lb for 10 reps
cable straight arm pulldown
Set 1, 50 lb for 12 reps
Set 2, 90 lb for 10 reps
Set 3, 70 lb for 12 reps
dumbbell lateral raise
Set 1, 30 lb for 10 reps
Set 2, 50 lb for 4 reps
Set 3, 50 lb for 10 reps

Mostly all new workouts thanks to iFitness, still feeling very sore 1 day after this workout.

Workout Summary: 02Feb10
cycling
Set 1, 20(Duration), 150(Avg HR)
situp
Set 1, 0 lb for 11 reps inclined
Set 2, 0 lb for 11 reps inclined
Set 3, 0 lb for 11 reps inclined
cable crossover
Set 1, 100 lb for 10 reps
Set 2, 100 lb for 10 reps
Set 3, 100 lb for 10 reps
arnold press
Set 1, 50 lb for 10 reps
Set 2, 50 lb for 10 reps
Set 3, 50 lb for 10 reps
dumbbell incline bench press
Set 1, 50 lb for 11 reps
Set 2, 50 lb for 11 reps
Set 3, 50 lb for 11 reps
dumbbell side bend
Set 1, 25 lb for 12 reps
Set 2, 40 lb for 12 reps
Set 3, 40 lb for 12 reps
toe touch
Set 1, 0 lb for 10 reps
Set 2, 0 lb for 10 reps
Set 3, 0 lb for 10 reps
bar upright row
Set 1, 50 lb for 10 reps
Set 2, 50 lb for 10 reps
Set 3, 50 lb for 10 reps
pulse up
Set 1, 0 lb for 10 reps
Set 2, 0 lb for 10 reps
Set 3, 0 lb for 10 reps

A couple of weeks ago my wife and I had our 21 week ultrasound and found out that we are having a girl!

After seeing the picture of her cute little face on the ultrasound it really hit me that I am going to be a father soon. While I like to think I live my life rather responsibly there are a few things I would like to change before the baby is born and number one on that list is fitness. While I am not obese by any means I would like to drop some fat-pounds and put on some muscle before I become a father.

So here I begin using this blog as a driver to record each day that I work out posting my successes along with my struggles and hopefully get some advice on the way from you, my readers.

The goals and terms of my fitness plan are thus:

Workout 3-4 days a week starting

1 hour per workout

20 minutes of cardio

40 minutes of weight training

I’ll post more on day two including my current workout plan.

Here is the scenario; you are stuck on a desert island with a solar powered CD-player and only one mix CD to list to, what songs would you pick? The rules are basic; you are limited to 10 tracks and no two tracks from the artists.

Here’s my top 10, in order:

01. Sneaker Pimps – Half Life

02. Collective Soul – She Said

03. Red Hot Chili Peppers – Under the Bridge

04. All-American Rejects – Move Along

05. Massive Attack – Butterfly Caught (RJD2 Remix)

06. Linkin Park – Bleed It Out

07. INXS – Need You Tonight

08. Counting Crows – Hanginaround

09. Bush – Machine Head

10. Tomoyasu Hotei – Battle Without Honor or Humanity

Now let’s see your list, feel free to post them in comments.

I’ve sat myself down in front of photoshop these past couple days staring at my layout in progress and I can’t find inspiration anywhere. This really bugs me because I used to be all about the design flow. But now none of my ideas seem good enough for myself. I have this massive content hole on my website that I cannot fill. I’ve tried a few things here and there, but nothing seems to work. To top things off I think the color pallet I chose for my website is too washed out and I wonder if it is to late to inject some bright colors. le sigh