Archive for February, 2008

Quizno’s now has nutrition available to the public.

Friday, February 8th, 2008

For the longest time, the general public’s main gripe with Quiznos was it’s lack of nutritional facts. Most have always enjoyed the tasty toasted subs, but many health advocates condemned the national chain for keeping the nutrition of their sandwiches from the general public. I am happy to announce (more…)

The keys to a successful treadmill session.

Thursday, February 7th, 2008

Each week I make sure to do one day of heavy cardio as part of my weight lifting routine. For this workout, I do leg machines, run a few miles on the treadmill and do some stretching afterwards. When using a treadmill, they are a few important rules I follow to ensure that I get a strong workout:

  1. Vary speed setting every (more…)

Great resource to use when creating websites.

Tuesday, February 5th, 2008

How many times have you been developing a web application and want to use some filler text to enable yourself to see what paragraphed content will look like in your design? I recently came across a handy resource that generates (more…)

Super Bowl Ads 2008 - Boring!

Monday, February 4th, 2008

The Super Bowl was a great game and was actually enjoyable, but one thing was lacking: quality ads. This year’s crop of commercials were some of the worst I have ever seen! If I were going to burn 2.7 million on a 30-second spot, I would make sure I got my money’s worth. The E*Trade Financial commercials with (more…)

The anatomy of the fair-weather fan.

Sunday, February 3rd, 2008

As a resident in New Jersey, I am in the final torture stage of having a professional sports team in close vicinity compete for a championship. Over the past two weeks, I have seen so many Giants shirts, sweatshirts and jerseys that I could go without seeing the color blue for a year. What is interesting about this is the phenomenon known as the “fair weather fan”. I have lived in the same town (more…)