Tasty Lentil Soup Diet (using a Slow Cooker)

After eating lentil soup 4 -7 days a week for dinner, I have found that I’ve been able to easily lose weight without feeling deprived. The easiest and most lost term way to lose weight is by changing your diet, not exercising. Exercising is better for toning and strength and takes a lot of time. In order to effectively lose weight by changing your diet, the following conditions must be met:

  • you must enjoy the food you eat so you don’t feel deprived of eating food you like
  • you must feel full when you eat low-calorie food
  • the food must easy to prepare and cook
  • the food must be affordable

Fortunately, lentils will make you feel full, are very easy to prepare, and if prepared right, can taste very good, and are super cheap. Unlike other legumes like red beans, lentils do not need to be presoaked. I try to eat healthy during the week and use the weekends to eat whatever I want. For me, current food consumption for a typical weekday is

  • Breakfast (at home)
    • blueberry granola cereal with almond milk
    • bread with butter and chocolate sprinkles
  • Lunch (outside)
    • pretty much whatever I feel like eating (burrito, pizza, kababs, sandwiches, chicken tikka masala, etc)
  • Dinner (at home)
    • the lentil soup described below

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Fast Data Transfer Between MyCloud NAS and Local Computer

If you need to transfer data quickly between your MyCloud and your local computer, here’s one way I found to work reliably and fast.

  1. Connect MyCloud to your local router via ethernet
  2. Connect your local computer to your router via ethernet
  3. Log in to the MyCloud. For me, it’s at http://192.168.1.254/UI/
  4. Under Settings > Network, enable FTP access
  1. Install a FTP application on your computer and create a connection to the MyCloud
  2. Disable wi-fi on your computer and transfer data over FTP

Change Order of HTML Elements Without Changing HTML

Sometimes, you might be in a situation where you have a web page showing one element above another as shown in the HTML code but you want the 2nd element to appear above the first element in the browser. One way to accomplish this using just CSS is by using flex, flex column, and order. Witness below. By changing the value of “order”, you can change the order the element appears in the browser.

See the Pen BzNmLp by Abdullah Yahya (@javanigus) on CodePen.

Fence Remodel

  1. Remove existing fence leaving the 4×4 posts
  2. Restraighten or replace 4×4 posts
  3. Run string from one end of fence to the other to serve as a guide for the top of the fence
  4. Screw in two or three 2×4 fence brackets per 4×4 post to hold the stringers in place. Or, use this kind of fence bracket.
  5. Screw fence boards to stringers
  6. Install solar light caps on top of 4×4 posts

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House Exterior

Colors

  • Two color scheme (light and dark brown)
  • Use same light color as rental property or same two colors as curtain or same two colors as Taco Bell above on Decoto road in Fremont
  • Paint light fixtures dark brown
  • Replace garage with wood design metal

Painting

  • Rent scissor lift
  • http://www.big-joelifts.calls.net/index.php/rental/rental_detail/Scissor-Lifts
  • https://www.hertzequip.com/herc/rental-equipment/aerial-equipment+platform-lifts+scissor-lift/branch/9729
  • http://www.neffrental.com/equipment/rental/aerial-equipment/electric-scissors/
  • http://www.pattersonlifttrucks.com/rentals.html
  • Rent spray gun
  • http://www6.homedepot.com/tool-truck-rental/20V_Cordless_Paint_Sprayer/16N657/index.html

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Computer and Networking Speeds

Wi-fi

Theoretical speeds

802.11b – 11 Mbps (2.4GHz)
802.11a – 54 Mbps (5 GHz)
802.11g – 54 Mbps (2.4GHz)
802.11n – 600 Mbps (2.4GHz and 5 GHz) – 150Mbps typical for network adapters, 300Mbps, 450Mbps, and 600Mbps speeds when bonding channels with some routers
802.11ac – 1300+Mbps (5 GHz) – newer standard that uses wider channels, QAM and spatial streams for higher throughput

Actual Average Speeds

Below is a breakdown of actual real-life average speeds you can expect from wireless routers within a reasonable distance, with low interference and small number of simultaneous clients:

802.11b – 2-3 Mbps downstream, up to 5-6 Mbps with some vendor-specific extensions.
802.11g – ~20 Mbps downstream
802.11n – 40-50 Mbps typical, varying greatly depending on configuration, whether it is mixed or N-only network, the number of bonded channels, etc. Specifying a channel, and using 40MHz channels can help achieve 70-80Mbps with some newer routers. Up to 100 Mbps achievable with more expensive commercial equipment with 8×8 arrays, gigabit ports, etc.
802.11ac – 70-100+ Mbps typical, higher speeds possible over short distances without many obstacles, with newer generation 802.11ac routers, and client adapters capable of multiple streams. Continue reading Computer and Networking Speeds

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