Intentionally Unexpected
Sets:
For a total of 71 pushups in about 10 minutes. I had to take longer breaks after being out of the loop for almost two weeks, but I got the full set.?
I think I’ll repeat this set (week 3 day 1) one more time before moving on. I’m not sure I’ll be able to pull off 14/19/14/14/19 without a bit more lead-up.
So much fail!
An important lesson to learn is that if you’re going to undertake something that requires regularly repeating activities you MUST stay “in the groove”.
Having gotten out of the habit for just two days, I have competely failed in the quest. It’s been 2 weeks apparently. How does time go so quickly?
Perhaps just after this weekend vacation I will resume.
Took another whack at the next day’s worth of pushups, but I upped the time between by 30 seconds: (90 second breaks)
So, not quite up to snuff yet for this week. Will try again tomorrow or Tuesday. Need to do the complete set with 60 second breaks before moving on.
Fail! Today’s sets: (60 second breaks)
Sets 3 and 4 were supposed to be 13 each, and set 5 was minimum 17. I just couldn’t hack it though. Maybe that’s what I get for doing my workout so late at night. I’ll try again tomorrow, and maybe it won’t be so bad.
Found this? photoshop tutorial which showed me how to fix two little issues I was having. Realistic woodgrain, AND “bevel lines”!?
The bevel line effect is exactly what I was looking for, and I don’t want to forget how to do it, so here it is:
The effect is one that I’ve been searching for, but couldn’t seem to find the right keywords. It’s really super-simple to do!
And it’s Just That Easy! This is a technique I’v been looking for to create nice smooth buttons-on-a-bar.
Got interested in learning the? SproutCore? (SC) Javascript framework. Looks like it’s been used to do some pretty spiffy stuff. I have a few hesitations though.
SC looks like such an interesting framework, and I’d love to actually get in on the ground-floor of something for once before it’s been done to death. So what I’m going to try, is taking apart SC as much as needed to learn how to use it, and while I’m at it, write some better tutorials. I’ll need to keep in mind the “running target” aspect of things, but hopefully the core concepts don’t change too much too frequently.
I’ve already started experimenting, followed the intro tutorials, checked out the example source. None of the examples provide sufficient complexity however. For example, the “photos” demo app doesn’t even let you blow up a photo to full size. (Which would illustrate how you use views, something I’ve been having trouble understanding.)
Time to create my own demo app!
Did the week 2 test to see how many pushups I could do in a row without a break or pause. End result: 22. Just squeaked by to stay in level 2.
A few minutes later I did another set of 10. About 10 minutes after that I decided I hadn’t had enough and did 2 sets of 5 diamond-pushups. Those pretty much totaled my shoulders so I quit for the day. ? 42 is a good number anyway.
Sets: (120 second breaks)
For a total of 60 pushups in 10 minutes. Once again, ended feeling like I could do another set or two. So I did. (Last time I did this I hurt myself quite badly, so I’m trying to be careful this time, but I really feel like I could do more!)
Bringing the GRAND TOTAL? to: 100 pushups in 15.5 minutes! Officially the most pushups I’ve ever done “in a row”. My arms hurt now, rather a lot. I really hope my chest doesn’t cave in and keep my heart from beating like it did last time I pushed too hard. :-/ (I? exaggerate? slightly, but it *did* keep me home for 3 days because I really? couldn’t breathe and it hurt a lot.)
Okay, between my nice newly cleaner workspace/desk and doing all these pushups I’m feeling pretty good about myself today!
After several more tries at mockups in Photoshop I’ve realized that my real problem with doing “design” isn’t a problem with HTML, but with photoshop. When I have the images to use, HTML can look really good fairly easily. But I can’t seem to generate “good enough” images in photoshop.
Sets: (90 second breaks)
For a total of 55 pushups in 8 minutes. Maybe it’s because it’s right after I got up, but these wore me out a little bit more than I expected. Arms are a little wobbly. I did do Min+2 on the final (as many as you can) set again though!
I will now reward myself by sharing a delicious huckleberry mocha with Bev. If I can hold the cup without splashing all over myself…