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Javascript Sucks: Timestamps, getTime, now

kelvin — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 23:23:33 +0000

Getting ms accurate time in Javascript is damn near impossible. You’ll be off by 100ms or more, usually. If you don’t care, here’s 3 ways to get the same sloppy value:

var yuck = new Date().getTime() //
var bleh = +new Date() //
var leastbad = Date.now() //

Slow Carb Diet – Week… the rest.

kelvin — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 10:09:21 +0000

Uploading pictures of my scale has gotten to be a useless pain in the ass, so I’m not going to do it anymore. Granted, photos of the scale are the fastest way to keep note of what I tipped every day, but the bandwidth to the blog sucks. So much so that I’ve neglected to post anything for a few weeks.

Anyhow, having not met my goal in mid January, I decided to just keep on keepin’ on since the diet isn’t that restrictive. I’m still cutting most carbs out of my diet during the week and I’m still binging on Saturdays. I’m still losing weight and fat. Keeping me straight are daily weigh-ins and bi-weekly 20 minute workouts.

Recently I went ahead and stuck all the data into a spreadsheet and whipped up some graphs. With the variability during the week, sometimes it’s hard to tell if I’m actually losing weight or not, but the graphs show the trend very clearly.

The bottom line on each graph represents the goal I set when I started My original goals were to lose 10Lbs and drop 4%(133Lbs, 16%). Edit: I’ve added the moving average here to give me a better idea where I stabilize. I list the % figure as “bioimpedance” because the scale doesn’t actually give you an accurate body fat percentage (only a reasonable guess useful for a relative measure of change).

The plan now is to just stick to the diet until I hit my goals, and then probably further still until I can see my full 6-pack abs most of the time. I don’t know how long that’ll be but it doesn’t seem too far off. Once I hit my weight/fat goals, I might switch to a muscle building plan however. I hadn’t really decided that one yet though as I think it may take more time/planning investment than just cutting things out of a diet.

Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3

Slow Carb Diet – Week 3

kelvin — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 08:00:47 +0000

This was supposed to be the last week. My initial goal was -10Lbs. in 3 weeks. This week breaks through 137, but doesn’t finish at 133 by my birthday on the 11th. Also, since I’ve found it increasingly difficult to remember what I ate, this’ll be the last week with meal descriptions.
week 2

1/3

Breakfast – 2XL eggs, Sausage Patty, Kimchi
Lunch – Red Thai Curry Tofu, Spicy Chicken with Peppers
Dinner – Steak Picado with Refried beans and Salad

1/4

Breakfast – 2 eggs, Sausage Patty, fiber+ Cottage Cheese, Kimchi
Lunch – Super Burrito Bowl
Dinner – Basil Asian Chicken (yuck), Ridiculous Spicy Beef and Onions

1/5

Breakfast – 2 eggs, Sausage Patty, fibre+ Cottage Cheese, Kimchi
Lunch – Safeway Select Chili
(roasted peanuts)
Dinner – Steak and Onions

1/6

Breakfast – 2 eggs, Sausage Patty, fiber+ Cottage Cheese, Kimchi
Lunch – Red Thai Tofu Curry, Spicy Basil Chicken
Dinner – Westlake Beef Soup, Ginger Chicken with Snow Peas

1/7

Breakfast – 2 eggs, Sausage Patty large, fiber+ Cottage Cheese, Kimchi
Lunch – Polish Sausage, Kielbassa, Hot Dog condiments.
(peanuts)
Dinner – XL Beef Shabu Shabu in Ginger Chicken Broth, Napa, Spinich

1/8 – Digesting 3/4Lbs. of meat…

Breakfast – 2 eggs, Bratwurst, fiber+ Cottage Cheese, Kimchi
Lunch – Salt & Pepper Pork, Steamed Rice, CC Lemon
(Coca-cola)
Dinner – Pepperoni Pizza, Hotwings, Coca-Cola,

1/9

Breakfast – 2 eggs, Bratwurst, fiber+ Cottage Cheese, Kimchi
Lunch – ???
Dinner – 3 Taco Bell Taco Supremes

Week’s recap and takeaways:

Remembering what I ate is too hard and I’m too lazy to take pictures.
Steak + Veggie (and and nothing else) gives me the biggest over night drop in weight.

Week X

Slowcarb Diet – Week 2

kelvin — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 08:58:04 +0000

In my continued effort to better fit my pants, I’m still running with this diet.
week 1

12/27

Breakfast – 2 eggs, Sausage Patty, fiber+ cottage cheese, kimchi
Lunch – Toa Yuen Mystery Chicken and Pork
Dinner – New Mongolian BBQ Chicken, Pork, Beef, Cabbage, Napa, Onions

12/28

Breakfast – 2 eggs, Sausage Patty, fiber+ cottage cheese, kimchi
*Missed Lunch :(
Dinner – Ceasar Salad, 9oz Victoria’s Fillet at Outback Steakhouse, Veggies

12/29

Breakfast – 1 Shoyu Egg, 5 Slices of cured Beef
Lunch – Panang Chicken with steamed veggies instead of rice
Dinner – Beef/Pork Shabu Shabu with spinach and napa, Green Tea
(I think I still have that 9oz fillet going through me. We’ll see tomorrow)
Tape – 96.5

12/30

Breakfast – 2 XL eggs, Sausage Patty, fiber+ cottage cheese, kimchi
Lunch – 3 Taco Supremes from Taco Bell
Dinner – Beef Bulgogi
(1 Tbsp Peanut Butter)

12/31

Breakfast – 2 XL eggs, Sausage Patty, fiber+ cottage cheese, kimchi
Lunch – Piazzas Turkey Dinner with Veggies
Dinner – Black Eyed Peas with Pork skins and Bacon, Rice, California Rolls, Chocolate Chip Cookies, Milk, Champaign, Coca-Cola

1/1

Breakfast – 2XL eggs, Sausage Patty, fiber+ cottage cheese, kimchi
Lunch – Beef/Pork Shabu Shabu with napa
Dinner – Salt & Pepper Pork, Clay Pot Chicken, Beef with Bok Choi
(Chocolate Chip Cookie, cheat!)

1/2

Breakfast – 2XL eggs, Sausage Patty, cultured cottage cheese (gross!), kimchi
Lunch – 3 Taco Supremes from Taco Bell
Dinner – Black Eyed Peas with pork skins and bacon

Week’s recap and takeaways

Chocolate Chip Cookies are fucking delicious.
Conversely, Cultured Cottage Cheese is disgusting (tastes exactly like vomit).
Not logging meals in the blog wastes a lot of time when trying to recall
Cravings are still harder immediately after binge day.

Standing in front of the mirror, my gut is noticeably smaller. It’s still a bit flabby when I’m sitting down however. Over all, I feel like I’ve lost a little bit of my gut, but I’m still not satisfied with the progress I’ve made. At this rate it seems like it’s going to take more than a month to get my gut down to the size I want it.

week 3

Slowcarb Diet – Week 1

kelvin — Mon, 27 Dec 2010 08:00:16 +0000

So, in an attempt to fit my pants better, I’ve started a new diet routine consisting of (my interpretation of) the Slowcarb Diet from The 4 Hour Body.
I’ve cut out all sodas during the week (save binge day) and am drinking a lot more water. My starting weight is somewhere in the range of 141 – 144Lbs. My goal is to lose my nascent spare tire, which translates into about 10Lbs. (I’ll consider it done if I can draw my fingers from below my bellybutton to my chest without catching flab). I’m also doing a few minutes of cold exposure before bed and have resolved to exercise at least once a week.

12/20 01:30
Tape – 98.5
*Missed weigh in (new routines are hard)
Late breakfast – 1 hard boiled egg
Lunch – Burrito bowl
(bag peanuts)
Dinner – 3 Taco supremes from Taco Bell

12/21 09:30

Late breakfast – 2 hard boiled eggs
Lunch – Turkey sandwich innards
Dinner – Beef/Pork, Napa, Spinach Shabu Shabu

12/22 09:30

*Missed breakfast
Late breakfast – 2 hard boiled eggs
Lunch – Horrible Vietnamese chicken
(bag of peanuts)
Dinner – Primerib, veggies, spinach

12/23 09:30

Tape – 95.25
Breakfast – 3 eggs, Sausage Patty, over +fiber Cottage Cheese, Kimchee
Lunch – Super Burrito Bowl
(bag of peanuts)
Dinner – Beef/Pork hot pot, bbq egg sauce, spinach, napa

12/24

(I’ve apparently been using the scale wrong.)
Breakfast – 2 eggs, Sausage Patty, fiber+ cottage cheese, kimchi
Lunch – Steak Fajitas
Dinner – Chicken Salad, Snowpeas, Teriaki Salmon, Pecan Pie & Vanilla Ice Cream (started my binge early)

12/25 – (Binge Day)
* Missed weigh in
Breakfast – Cruller Donut, 1/2 Glazed Donut, Milk
Lunch – Sparkling Apple Cider, Siu Mai, Chicken Salad, Tri-tip, Chinese Stickey Rice, Gailon, Apple Pie, Lemon Bar, Coffee w/Caramel Bailey’s.
Dinner – Hot & Sour Soup, Mongolian Beef, Salt & Pepper Pork, Steamed White Rice, Coca-Cola.

12/26

Breakfast – 2 eggs, Sausage Patty, fiber+ cottage cheese, kimchi
Lunch – In’n'out Protein-Style Double Meat w/Cheese
Dinner – Chicken Soba (William Sonoma a la Judy)

First week recap and thoughts:

This Omron scale sucks.
I don’t feel drastically different.
I don’t weigh drastically different.
I don’t really look drastically different.
Cravings are most difficult immediately after binge day.

week 2

Santa Brought Me a New Toy

kelvin — Sun, 26 Dec 2010 06:20:47 +0000

This year, Santa got me a Looxie ear-mounted bluetooth video camera.
I love new tech toys.
Surprisingly, the sound recording on this thing is very clear.
Fun. :)

Site security cleaned up

kelvin — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 07:57:26 +0000

I spent a few hours last wednesday cleaning up all of the domains on my VPS. I removed all non-essential software as well as upgraded all web software to the latest versions. And I cleaned up the second root kit … Continue reading →

Drive science

kelvin — Sat, 25 Sep 2010 01:22:25 +0000

So, for the sake of curiosity, I ran a little experiment: Last time I filled my gas tank I turned off my A/C and began driving ultra conservatively. i.e. shifting at factory recommended RPMs, using cruise control, and driving at the posted speed limit at a constant rate. I filled my tank back to full after 53 miles to find an average consumption of 32.3MPG for my round trip to work down the freeway; which is depressingly good compared to what I usually get, 26.7MPG (+20%!). Running the numbers, this translates into roughly $10/week or 7.4% of my commute budget. And, whence put in that perspective, I’ve turned back on my A/C and have returned to driving as normal. (As it would take 40 years of driving like that to save enough to buy my car again.)

Safeway makes delicious sandwiches

kelvin — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 04:06:20 +0000

Servicing Customers one email at a time!

Why, certainly!

The sandwich was delicious!

AT&T Servers asplode

kelvin — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 17:57:26 +0000

Trying to preorder a iPhone4 upgrade but AT&T servers are smoldering hole in the ground. You’d think they’d figure this shit out.