Tinypliny's Journal

07/19/2011 22:24 #54741

Armstrong 190711
Category: goals

Day 3: 16x
Reason for stopping: My knee started paining!
Status: I think I stuck to better form today but unfortunately did the push ups on the wood floor instead of on my yoga mat. Result: nasty knee pain and somewhat less arm pain. Maybe it's like the principle of the counter-irritant. The knee pain was so much that it masked the arm pain. Anyhow, this whole process of building up strength is painful... Probably the only thing that encouraged me to do it today was reporting about it here.

As John Wayne once never said, "A tiny-armed person's gotta do what a tiny-armed person's gotta do".

metalpeter - 07/20/11 17:00
That guy was still of an athlete and on a beer ad..... Think he might have got away with it cause he never endorsed it he was just one of the group.... Or maybe the Tour De France doesn't take place here so it is legal?

leetee - 07/20/11 10:08
simply because it is that time of year, when i read "Armstrong", i immediately think of the Tour de France :::link::: then i say, wait, Lance Armstrong retired (for the last and final time, we think!).

07/19/2011 20:15 #54740

Fry Pan Excitement, Part I
Category: eating in

I am so excited about this 7+ pound 12 inch multiclad Fry Pan with a dome lid (which means I can not only make bread in it but additionally heft a nice weight around while making bread!).

It's not even healthy to be this excited about some inanimate object but I can't help it. It gets home this Saturday!

Jul 19, 2011 10:36 AM
Departed FedEx location
CITY OF INDUSTRY, CA

Jul 18, 2011 8:06 PM
Arrived at FedEx location
CITY OF INDUSTRY, CA

Jul 18, 2011 4:47 PM
Picked up CITY OF INDUSTRY, CA

Jul 18, 2011 11:07 AM
Shipment information sent to FedEx

PS: It's made from steel by JSW, one of the largest steel producers from India at a plant in Texas

Whoever said all jobs are moving from US -> Asia needs to take a look at JSW that did just the opposite.

tinypliny - 07/20/11 18:09
I did that once and my pancake ended up stuck to the roof. I don't do extreme versions anymore. Besides my stove top is ceramic, I am not sure its wise...

metalpeter - 07/20/11 16:57
Do you cook things like on TV where you flip the pan and that moves the food......

07/18/2011 22:18 #54736

Armstrong 180711
Category: goals

Day 2: 20x
Reason for stopping: Severe arm exhaustion
Status: I followed the Mayo technique that (e:heidi) linked yesterday for modified push ups. However, my back keeps sagging to the ground and I am not sure I felt my pectoral muscles and abdominal muscles stretch or even work. The only thing that is probably dying is my upper arm muscles, particularly the biceps. And they said it exercises your triceps. I am definitely doing this wrong... I will try again tomorrow to see if I can achieve proper form.

Till then, big OUCH. I hope my arms don't fall off in my sleep today. It feels like it.

tinypliny - 07/20/11 18:10
Thank you. In a few centuries, I might end up competing for the muscle woman crown.

metalpeter - 07/20/11 17:16
I'm not sure.... It was many years ago for me.... But my memory is that triceps it is the resistance so you might not feel it... In any event wish you luck with this....

tinypliny - 07/19/11 22:26
I don't think I am using my whole body weight because most of it is spread over my knees... And (e:metalpeter), I did them slowly today and still couldn't feel my triceps working.. hmm.

metalpeter - 07/19/11 16:37
If memory serves me correctly the triceps get worked by slowly letting your body down ..........

paul - 07/19/11 10:22
Your whole body weight seems like a lot to start with considering how tiny your arms are. I have two ten pound weight you could borrow to start out with.

07/18/2011 20:50 #54734

Neverending Web App lists.
Category: i-tech

I was looking up the sheer number of "distraction-free writing" applications and software that exist today when I came across this

What a hoot!

I never realized that there were as many or even more App review sites and listing sites as there are apps themselves... It's amazing how fast they have sprung up everywhere. There are so many of them that you can make a list of the listings of web apps. For eg.

and a million others. The list just goes on.

Hell, I just created one here.

07/17/2011 23:49 #54726

Wachet Auf!
Category: music

Love this version...

metalpeter - 07/18/11 17:40
That is way to calm it reminds me of Like master piece Theater that I don't watch.... Would be good with right electric guitar though! Ok also reminds me a bit of Bugs Bunny as well... Very Soothing....