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Brazil's Campaign Video

If you're still trying to figure out why Chicago lost the Olympic bid, this RIO 2016 commercial might explain it. 

Nicely done; short and compelling.  It certainly makes me want to visit.

Here are the iPhone Business Apps I Use Most

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).

Stock Market Info

• Bloomberg
• AOL Daily Finance

Business News

• WSJ
• Y! Finance

General News

• NYTimes
• NPR News

Reference

• Wikipanion
• Dial Zero

To-Do Lists

• Jott
• Toodledo

Calculators

• FastFigures
• Tip

Conversions

• Currency
• Units

Ideas

• Creative Whack Pack
• iChoose
  

Travel

• TripIt
• GasBuddy

That's it for now.  Let me know if I forgot your favorite or you found something worth sharing.

The Power of Old Habits

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.

Happy Dance Postcards From Around 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. 

Here is a link to several of his videos and a link to his website.

Travel IQ

Trip Advisor has an interesting game called Traveler IQ Challenge.

brought to you by TravelPod, the Web's Original Travel Blog ( A TripAdvisor Media Network member )

I thought it was fun. 

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.

Airfare Watchdog:  Up-to-date list of low fares from major airlines (including Southwest).  You can subscribe to alerts too.