Looking for treadmill workouts online for optimal fat burning, but also want to make sure they won’t draw too many strange looks. This might be effective, but I don’t see it being kosher at the Cleveland County Y.
Where/how did you get the cool add-ons for your Tumblr theme — specifically the facebook add-ons.
Those are all the basic widgets provided by Facebook. I’m using custom template option so I can easily add widgets to our sidebar in Tumblr. For Facebook widgets check out http://developers.facebook.com/plugins
Interesting video from MSN’s ‘Business on Main’ about zappos.com. What I particularly liked was the willingness to send a customer to a competitor’s website if it means they get what they want.
I will add this caveat: This is quite similar to what we saw from dot-com companies in the late 90s, early 2000s. The CEO, Tony Hsieh, takes a salary of only $36,000 for his role, but don’t let that fool you. The guy sold LinkExchange to Microsoft in 1998 for $265M.
Big fan of zappos.com but not such a big fan of the CEO taking “only a $36,000 salary.” It’s kind of condescending, like saying, “Hey, I’m just as peasant-like as you, with your $36,000 salary.” The better move would be to take NO salary and get paid via performance bonus at the end of the year.
That’s just a minor knock though. These guys are spot-on.
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Run/Walk: The 20-Minute Workout
Trying something a bit different today.
Over the past several months, when I have been disciplined enough to work out, I have often not met the standard for consistent cardio. For example, I play basketball. That’s good, and it’s a lot of stop and start, which is again good — but I think I need a base of regular cardio.
I’m not sure that it has to be a lengthy daily routine. Just needs to be challenging.
So, I’m doing this 20-minute workout I found on the website for Fitness magazine. Lots of variation in speed and incline. Read about it here: http://bit.ly/7D8k
I’ll let you know how awesome or underwhelming the workout was after I’m done. Off to the gym.
BP Should Have Accepted Cameron’s Offer
Have to admit I had no idea that film director James Cameron was actually qualified to help with the oil spill down in the Gulf. It makes sense in retrospect.
However, it seems that half the problem is in being able to maneuver at extreme depths.
More on NYPost.com: http://bit.ly/co3uge
Milsap, Lovett In Norman Soon
I tend to revere musicians who I feel are underrated. For example, Stevie Wonder is not underrated. He is greatness, and everybody knows it — and for whatever reason I don’t have that big an urge to see him in concert.
On the other hand, two of my favorite all-time musicians will be in Norman (Riverwind Casino) over the next month and a half, and I am quite tempted to go my own damned self if I can find nobody else with even the slightest interest.
On June 19, it’s Ronnie Milsap, who was the most soulful country music artist of a generation. Even though my styles as a pianist and songwriter all gravitate more toward Stevie, my musical upbringing was first exposed to pop music during the urban country years. This means Milsap’s hits like “Smoky Mountain Rain” touched my ears well before “I Wish” or “Sir Duke.”
Tunes like “There’s No Gettin’ Over Me,” “Any Day Now” and “It Was Almost Like A Song” transcended country. Listening to “There’s No Gettin’ Over Me,” I’m thinking to myself: How is this country? Not that Milsap wasn’t a bonafide country artist, but he was more soul a lot of the time.
For the record, I’m tempted to post a cover of the tune here soon.
My favorite Milsap tune was a song that my dad and his duo partner, Don Jo Wright, used to play periodically in church. A song written by Randy Sparks called “What A Difference You’ve Made In My Life.” This is oozing with soul.
Lyle’s concert here isn’t until July 9, and I dig him on another level. I’ll pick up the story soon and write a bit about what make that odd-lookin’ feller the talent he is.
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A test of Tumblr’s “call in audio” functionality. Kinda awesome if you’re asking me but potentially dangerous I suppose. I mean, you don’t want to give away too much about location — on the other hand, from a hyperlocal journalism perspective: How cool is it that I could hop on my phone and say, “Yo. Massive traffic jam at I-35 and Tecumseh Road southbound.”
That’s pretty groovy.
