Inspiring and Fun! Seems appropriate for the start of the Holiday Season.
Beware, these three short videos may encourage you to travel, learn something new, move your body, or create something.
3 guys, 44 days, 11 countries, 18 flights, 38 thousand miles, an exploding volcano, 2 cameras and almost a terabyte of footage… all to turn 3 ambitious linear concepts based on movement, learning and food.
It was over 100 degrees, here in Texas, as my son graduated high school.
Our out of town guests weren't buying the "But it's 'dry' heat" line. So, much of the weekend was spent eating and searching for air-conditioning.
Sometimes it is just too hot to trot.
Exercise Frequency Goes Down as the Heat Goes Up.
The Economist recently printed a chart showing that people who live in colder states exercise more than those who live in warm ones.
A recent report by the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention declares that only 64% of Americans surveyed can be described as physically active (defined as over 150 minutes per week of moderate exercise or half as much vigorous activity). Almost a quarter get no exercise at all outside the workplace.
The report offers a breakdown of exercisers by state. In general, it seems that people who live in cold states like Alaska are more likely to get their weekly work-out than those in sunny Florida.
The biggest outliers from this correlation are Hawaii, where 70% are energetic, and Tennessee, which has the lowest percentage of active people despite a lower average temperature than several other states.
Holiday travel can pose challenges, and the new security requirements add to them. The TSA is just doing their job. Here are some humorous ways to look at it.
This week I'm listing the iPhone business and productivity apps that I find worth using.
Click here to explore last week's list of the fun stuff.
At first I wanted to create a list of the coolest iPhone apps. However, cool doesn't necessarily mean useful. Instead, this is a list of the applications that I use most. I limited myself to the top two applications per category.
For more information about these applications, click the links to go to the developer's site. Even if you don't have an iPhone, check-out the links to see what is
available. I am amazed at how much of my computing and basic research
are now done on my phone (as opposed to laptop or desktop computers).
Seeing my mother made me feel young ... like I was twelve.
This past Friday I organized and cleaned things more thoroughly than usual. Why? Because my mother was coming to town; and I still want her to think I'm a good boy. How funny?
Here's another anecdote worth sharing. At breakfast today - my wife, Jennifer, dropped some food and responded by saying something in Indonesian.
My mother asked her if she just swore. Jennifer replied that she didn't.
So my mom asked what she would have said if she swore in Indonesian. Jennifer explained that Indonesians swear in English.
So there you have it, in case you think jazz music is the only form of expression that we've invented, now you know we also brought swear-words to the world.
I found this strangely compelling and fun to watch.
Been there, want to go there, hadn't even heard of there ... I've flown over 4 million miles, and enjoyed realizing I haven't even scratched the surface, yet.
Why watch a video of a guy doing his happy dance in various places around the world? See for yourself.
On a related note, here are some of my favorite Travel sites.
Farecast: This site has lots of nice features. This link shows cheap fares from a city. The graphic to the right shows other features to look for on that page. For example:
when to travel (which days have the lowest fares), and
where to travel (which cities have the best deals).
Kayak: Search 140+ travel sites at once to find and compare the cheapest fares from all sites together - great grids and filters to find what you are looking for fast.
