General

NHL Bracket Challenge 2015

I have not been following the NHL very closely this year, Toronto’s season was just too brutal to watch after they fired Randy Carlyle. I have never been a big Randy fan but you can’t argue with the Leaf’s record with and then without him as coach. Given the above, here’s my WAG at who will win

Science

Myth of High-Protein Diets

This is a GREAT read! Many research papers sited. I highly suggest you read the entire article but here’s the key excerpt: What that means in practice is little or no red meat; mostly vegetables, fruits, whole grains, legumes and soy products in their natural forms; very few simple and refined carbohydrates such as sugar

General

March Madness

While I managed to get onto the Yahoo! website just under the wire and created this before the first games were played, I’ve been working on a project and so am only now posting my bracket. Of course, Baylor lost yesterday in one of the first upsets, so it’s already “blown up”. As I stated

Science

Pi Day!!!

As you probably have seen, tomorrow, March 14, 2015, when written using the standard US (short) notation 3/14/15, spells out the first 5 digits of Pi. As it turns out, you can go even further down the Pi “number” hole. Here are a couple of good references: Vox has a good (layperson) explanation of Pi Dayhttp://www.vox.com/2015/3/13/8205807/pi-day

Science

Vernal Equinox – March 20, 2015

The 2015 Vernal Equinox, which marks the first day of Spring for Northern Hemisphere dwellers, is almost upon us. This is the (one of 2) point(s) in the Earth’s orbit when the tilt of its axis (e.g. the North Pole) is neither pointing toward nor away from the Sun. In this situation, virtually all parts of the

Science

Climate Change

Sadly, Senator @jiminhofe knows nothing of what he speaks. http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2015/02/senator-refutes-climate-change-with-snowball.html

Auto/F1

McLaren 675LT vs Tesla P85D

I’m an F1 fan and can’t wait for the 2015 season to start at Melbourne in a couple of weeks. However, I don’t consider myself a “car guy”. I don’t fantasize about cool/fast cars, etc. but I did find this announcement by McLaren interesting. The McLaren 675LT Takes Off at Geneva Motor Show, Fast and Street-Legal

iOS, Programming

Creating a Transparent Modal UIViewController in iOS 8

I’ve just started to scratch the surface of all the cool things iOS 8 can do, so much to learn! One of my apps presents a modal view controller that asks the user to select a date from a custom calendar view I built. The app displays photos and this modal vc is presented over an

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