Daily Archives: January 5, 2010

Random Thoughts

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Google Nexus One - Yeah it looks cool but can it brew me fresh beer?

Google Nexus One - Yeah it looks cool but can it brew me fresh beer?

Not much going on today on digitalflood.com. This is one of our rare “idle” days. As such, I figured I’d catch you up on some random things I’m following on the web that you may have missed in the “Around the Web” news feed on our site.

  • Google announced its new Nexus One Smartphone/Mobile device – While arguably very cool with a 1GHz processor, WiFi, 3G, and motion detection/GPS capabilities right out of the box; I couldn’t help but shiver when I heard HTC was the underlying manufacturer of the hardware. With their horrid record of buggy hardware and strange crashes, I don’t know if having HTC is an advantage. I’d rather stick with my LG Envy3 Touch or the slower, but more stable Google Android (running Motorola hardware underneath). Just my personal opinion. You can get the low down on all the specs at this MaximumPC.com article.
  • The world is pretty obsessed with this whole would be terrorist kid – Yeah, I’m not happy to hear US officials ignored his Dad’s warning, but I also cannot even try to imagine how many of these would nut jobs the CIA and NATO collective intelligence forces are tracking who haven’t done anything yet. Seriously, there are going to be terrorists who get this far– that’s a fact. There’s like 100 million nut jobs out there with access to chemicals to make a simple bomb. The real story here is that he didn’t get too far. As soon as he lit himself on fire some Dutch guy kicked the crap out of him. And all you thought they did over there was smoke dope in wooden shoes, shame on you! 😉
  • We have a new world’s tallest building – The Burj Dubai in Dubai is over 1,200′ tall and dwarfs every man made structure on Earth and rivals even the greatest natural treasures in sheer size. The video in the link shows you what it’s like to be 1/2 mile in the air. Many people were outraged by the Burj Dubai because Dubai itself recently fell into utter financial turmoil and ridiculous projects like this are to blame according to those aforementioned critics. I (as a skyscraper fan) cannot help, but smile– regardless of where it is, the tower is engineering excellence at its best.
  • The Mets attempt to look like they’re building a team – Carlos Delgado is in Puerto Rico trying to rehabilitate his recently repaired knee, but that doesn’t keep GM Omar Minaya sleeping sound. How does he rectify that? He signs Jason Bay to fill the iffy left field spot that has been arguably open for three seasons and reliever Kelvim Escobar. Meanwhile the majority of the bullpen is still up in the air, but hey– if it was a sure thing it wouldn’t be another Amazing Mets season, now would it?
  • Want to unlock all your features in Windows 7 – Then as shown on this article all you have to do is make a folder on your hard drive (anywhere on the hard drive as oddly as it sounds) named: GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C} That’s it– you’ll now have too many options in your Control Panel to configure and lots more you can break. Joy!
  • Thank you Gods of Horsepower – Yeah, the auto industry is a mess like every other industry right now, but nevertheless there are reasons to rejoice:

And that my friends is the world we live in… as well as the hands we give in to (thank you Mr. Phil Collins).

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Shoulder Surgery – 11 weeks in

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Upward Strength Training - Courtesy CommercialAppeal.com

Upward Strength Training - Courtesy CommercialAppeal.com

In my last post I recounted my continued progress towards being allowed to begin strength training some ten weeks away from Open Bankart Surgery on my right shoulder. This past week started off continuing those efforts and climaxed with my visit to my orthopedic surgeon yesterday afternoon (1/4/10). During that visit he checked both my upward and outward ranged. He was pleased I met both my goals (180 degrees inward and 30 degrees outward). With that, he lifted all previous limitations on my physical therapy with an updated prescription.

When I went to the my PT session later that day I was told we would begin strength training. I was told to drop the inward movement exercises (the pendulums and isometrics), as well as, the shoulder shrugs in favor of more intense exercise. With that we began with the normal massages. Since I could now (as of this week) lay on my stomach we also did a lot of back work on my right shoulder blade. The therapist was finally able to get to a spot along the inner ridge of my right shoulder blade that has been sore for sometime, but unable to be treated with full force. That of course changed with my ability to lay face down. We then had me lay flat on my back. I had to with both arms reach upward over my head holding a cane with both hands. This worked my upward motion and strength. We then stretched my arm upward to its limit. We then did upward and outward stretching. The therapist also ran me through a battery of outward motion stretches that literally pushed my arms to its limits. I then did the pulley with an outward motion. I then did scapular crunches against the wall with a towel between my shoulder blades. Finally I laid on my left side and did arm lifts away from body outward. I was pretty fatigued by the end of it, but not as sore as I thought I might be. I did not get either heat or ice. Again, we’re weaning me off those comforts.

I’ve been told the next six weeks will focus on additional outward flexibility and overall strengthening of my arm. I’m pretty excited to move forward onto new exercises and ultimately even closer to normality.

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