January 2008
18 posts
If I want to help the environment, should I buy... →
“There comes a point in your life when you realize who matters, who never did,...”
Personal Performance Review #3
Three weeks into following my resolutions and it is still not quite routine. Turning new behaviours into habits is going to take a bit longer then.
Having a short week made it easy to keep the dog-walking resolution MTFSS. Still the same walk as usual but at the new faster pace. Saturday was doggie playdate and we extended our exercise by walking there (and getting a ride back)
Had a good yoga...
Who would Jesus vote for? →
“It is not just that the Patriots have not lost any games; it is that they seem...”
– Chuck Klosterman explains why losing the Super Bowl would make the Patriots immortal
Edward Tufte’s iPhone →
The following is in response to an interesting and thoughtful video and essay by Edward Tufte, posted on his blog/site, in which he argues, among other things, that many of the applications on the Apple iPhone do not adequately take advantage of the iPhone’s screen resolution and its compelling and easy-to-use zoomable UI paradigm.
In one specific case, he advocates replacing the iPhone’s Stocks...
Seeing is Believing -- Researching the effects of... →
People who were given taller avatars behaved more aggressively in a virtual bargaining task than people with shorter avatars. People with more attractive avatars hit on hotter partners at a mock dating service.
Personal Performance Review #2
Hard to believe it’s already January 20!
Walked the dog 3 days, each day I was in town, FSS. On Friday and Sunday, did the same walk I have been doing, but at a slightly faster pace. Saturday is doggie playdate day so although we were out quite a while the walk was not as long
Missed doing yoga Monday. Early flight combined with late evening laziness makes it tough to get motivated on...
Personal Performance Review #1
The idea behind taking little steps to big change is that by doing small things that I can turn into habits I can make start down the path to taking better care of myself and then gradually begin to build on this (rather than committing to some huge and then pooping out). So, how’s it going?
Walked the dog 5 days, each day I was in town, MTFSS. Current walk is about 30 minutes and 1.25...
Little Steps to Big Change
2008 has begun and lots of people have new year’s resolutions that they know will be history within a few weeks or even days. Others, like my fabulous twitter budz, are kicking off the year with a bang, cooperatively encouraing each other to workout for 25 days in January with the Twitter PT Challenge.
What am I doing? I’m taking small bites out of a big theme: Take Better Care of...
Buy Personal Carbon Offsets
In the new year, make and keep your resolution to be friendlier to the environment. Buy personal carbon offsets at DrivingGreen.com or at TerraPass to make up for all your driving, flying and even for events.