Workout - Functional Patterns

The title says it all: "This is not CROSSFIT this is FUNCTIONAL PATTERNS". This is an extremely ergonomic and healthy way to workout. CrossFit is not safe. Seriously, it isn't. Most instructors are not knowledgable enough which is why CrossFit is so popular. It takes a few days to get a CrossFit certification. Lots of cling and jerky movements where as "Functional Patterns" is very round, front back side to side. Simply awesome!

Exercises to do at your Desk

We now know that sitting all day isn't good for you. So here is a graphic with a bunch of desk-based exercises.

Back from my Blog Hiatus

I had a run in with a few viruses and bacteria over the last few months and haven't posed much (one post I think). So, I'm just now getting some time and feeling up to the task of adding more content to this blog.

C++ Ordered Map

The std::map class is not ordered. Coming from any other programming language with a nice standard library this seems like a serious hole in C++. Boost has one, but not everyone can use Boost. So, here is one a threw together. Sure it's missing things, but that's what you get for free. Enjoy!

#ifndef ORDEREDMAP_H
#define ORDEREDMAP_H

#include <map>
#include <vector>
#include <assert .h="">


template <typename _t1="" _t2="" typename="">
struct pair
{
    typedef _T1 first_type;
    typedef _T2 second_type;
    
    first_type first;
    second_type second;
    
    pair(first_type Value1, second_type Value2) {
        first = Value1;
        second = Value2;
    }
};

template <typename tkey="" tvalue="" typename="">
class OrderedMap {
public:
    typedef TKey key_type;
    typedef TValue mapped_type;
    typedef pair<key_type mapped_type=""> container_type;
    
private:
    typedef std::map<key_type container_type=""> map_type;
    typedef std::vector<container_type> list_type;
    
    map_type FMap;
    list_type FList;
    
    typename list_type::iterator FindListItem(const key_type Key) {
        typename list_type::iterator result = FList.end();
        
        for (typename list_type::iterator iterator = FList.begin(); iterator != FList.end(); iterator++) {
            container_type *item = *iterator;
            
            if (item->first == Key) {
                result = iterator;
                break;
            }
        }
        
        return result;
    }
    
public:
    OrderedMap() {
    }
    
    ~OrderedMap() {
        for (typename list_type::iterator iterator = FList.begin(); iterator != FList.end(); iterator++) {
            container_type *item = *iterator;
            delete item;
        }
    }
    
    void Append(key_type Key, mapped_type Value) {
        container_type *item = new container_type(Key, Value);
        item->first = Key;
        item->second = Value;
        
        FMap.insert(std::pair<key_type container_type="">(Key, item));
        FList.push_back(item);
    }
    
    void Insert(size_t Index, key_type Key, mapped_type Value) {
        container_type *item = new container_type(Key, Value);
        item->first = Key;
        item->second = Value;
        
        FMap.insert(std::pair<key_type container_type="">(Key, item));
        FList.insert(FList.begin() + Index, item);
    }
    
    void Remove(key_type Key) {
        typename list_type::iterator iterator = FindListItem(Key);
        
        if (iterator != FList.end()) {
            FMap.erase(Key);
            FList.erase(iterator);
        }
    }
    
    void Remove(size_t Index) {
        typename list_type::iterator iterator = FList.begin() + Index;
        
        if (iterator != FList.end()) {
            container_type* item = *iterator;
        
            if (item != NULL) {
                FMap.erase(item->first);
                FList.erase(iterator);
            }
        }
    }
    
    mapped_type &operator[](key_type Key) {
        container_type* item = FMap[Key];
        assert(item != NULL);
        
        if (item != NULL) {
            return item->second;
        }
        
        throw std::out_of_range("Index out of range");
    }
    
    mapped_type &operator[](size_t Index) {
        assert(Index >= 0 && Index < Count());
        container_type* item = FList[Index];
        assert(item != NULL);
        
        if (item != NULL) {
            return item->second;
        }
        
        throw std::out_of_range("Index out of range");
    }
    
    size_t Count() {
        return FList.size();
    }
};

#endif //ORDEREDMAP_H

Update: March, 25 2015 - The code was not escaped properly and didn't show up right. Now it should be better.

New Years Resolution #1 - Be More Healthy by Not Drinking Soda

If you stop drinking soda you will loose 5lbs in the first month. Seriously. Don't switch to diet soda, drink water instead.

Search Google and you'll come up with thousands of links such as the first three that support what I'm saying:

The-Daily-Cost-Of-Your-Soda-Habit
Want to Lose Weight Fast? Cut Out Soda from Your Diet
Can You Lose Body Fat by Stopping Drinking Soda?

If you replace it with anything that contains calories such as lemon aid it won't help. Replace the soda with water or maybe tea. Obviously the occasional soda is fine, but once you cut it out and water becomes your new habit, you won't be able to finish an entire 12oz soda. I have friends who have done this and it has worked for them. Make this your number one New Year's resolution and you won't be disappointed.

New Years Resolutions

Every year millions of Americans declare New Year's resolutions. Here is a great article about how this whole tradition started:

The Surprising Reason We Make New Year's Resolutions

Since most people I know always have losing weight, staying fit and healthy and enjoying life on their list, I'm going to dedicate all my posts in January to things that I do (or wish I did) to satisfy a fit and healthy lifestyle. Everything will be published under a new label Lifestyle.

I'm also hoping to get my sister who is a physical therapist to write a few posts because she has a lot of extremely valuable detailed information from her education that most of us would only dream of knowing. Or maybe we wouldn't want to know because once you know you have to do things better!

So stay tuned and check back often because this should be fun!

iOS Paralax

To disable parallax in iOS 7 and 8, open Settings and navigate to General, Accessibility and turn the “Reduce Motion” option on.

I had this turned off prior to the latest iOS 8.* update.

How To Tie a Bow Tie With Bill Nye

Bow Ties are cool. Here's how to tie one.

Bash Script to Cleanup File

This bash script will do three things: 1. Remove Carriage Return (\r) 2. Replace tab character with four spaces (configure as you want) 3. Add a trailing line feed to the file

#!/bin/bash

platform='unknown'
unamestr=`uname`
if [[ "$unamestr" == 'Darwin' ]]; then
   platform='MAC'
elif [[ "$unamestr" == *CYGWIN* ]]; then
   platform='WIN'
elif [[ "$unamestr" == "Linux" ]]; then
   platform='LINUX'
fi

file=$1

# Remove \r
tr -d '\r' < $file > $file.new
rm $file
mv $file.new $file

# replace \t with space
tr '\t' '    ' < $file > $file.new
rm $file
mv $file.new $file

if [[ $platform == 'MAC' ]]; then
  # On Mac, add trailing \n
  sed -i '' -e '$a\' $file
else
  sed -i -e '$a\' file
fi

Star Wars Monopoly

You know what's awesome? Star Wars. Monopoly is also awesome! Combine the two, get some Star Wars costumes and you have one heck of a Monopoly party!

Next you are going to ask if I took that picture. Yes, yes I did! However, I borrowed everything in it to play Star Wars Monopoly. I do silly things like that.

Five Popular Myths about C++ (Part 1) by Bjarne Stroustrup

This is a good read by by Bjarne Stroustrup

https://isocpp.org/blog/2014/12/myths-1

Objective-C Auto Reference Counting

There is a lot of code out in the wild that uses automatic reference counting (ARC). You'll see this error when trying to build such a project with Xcode: "NSAutoreleasePool is unavailable"

You can disable ARC on an existing project in build settings.

• Click on the project, in the left hand window of Xcode.
• Select the target.
• Select the Build Settings tab at the top.
• Search for "Objective-C Automatic Reference Counting"
• Change to yes or no depending on what you want.