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This can not be stressed enough. Slow, consistent weight loss is much more healthy, much easier to maintain, and a more realistic goal than all of the get-thin-quick diets you see advertised at 2am on TV. Made Fit TV‘s Jennifer DiDonato is an expert in the field of fitness. She recently a no-brainer video and…

This can not be stressed enough. Slow, consistent weight loss is much more healthy, much easier to maintain, and a more realistic goal than all of the get-thin-quick diets you see advertised at 2am on TV. Made Fit TV‘s Jennifer DiDonato is an expert in the field of fitness. She recently a no-brainer video and…

This can not be stressed enough. Slow, consistent weight loss is much more healthy, much easier to maintain, and a more realistic goal than all of the get-thin-quick diets you see advertised at 2am on TV. Made Fit TV‘s Jennifer DiDonato is an expert in the field of fitness. She recently a no-brainer video and…

This can not be stressed enough. Slow, consistent weight loss is much more healthy, much easier to maintain, and a more realistic goal than all of the get-thin-quick diets you see advertised at 2am on TV. Made Fit TV‘s Jennifer DiDonato is an expert in the field of fitness. She recently a no-brainer video and…

This can not be stressed enough. Slow, consistent weight loss is much more healthy, much easier to maintain, and a more realistic goal than all of the get-thin-quick diets you see advertised at 2am on TV. Made Fit TV‘s Jennifer DiDonato is an expert in the field of fitness. She recently a no-brainer video and…

This can not be stressed enough. Slow, consistent weight loss is much more healthy, much easier to maintain, and a more realistic goal than all of the get-thin-quick diets you see advertised at 2am on TV. Made Fit TV‘s Jennifer DiDonato is an expert in the field of fitness. She recently a no-brainer video and…

So this is a bit to chew. My friend and follow Viddler team member Kyle Slattery, a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, suggested on my suggestions page (which has a little spam on it right now, sorry about that) that I write about some "favorite places you’ve visited less than 2…

Roz Savage, the Ocean Rower I linked to the other day, recently mentioned that she was a feature on Bing.com’s home page. Since I’m a few days behind on reading her posts she was no longer featured on the home page by the time I got there. I noticed that Bing.com’s home page features have…

Talk about a job title. Ocean Rower has to be one of the best ones I’ve come across yet and Roz Savage, who is currently in the Pacific Ocean rowing solo from Hawai’i to Tuvalu in her second stage of her Pacific voyage, has the privilege of owning it. I’m still reading her daily posts…

I’ve never used labels but Google’s recent updates to Gmail may lead me to use them. Do you use labels? If so, how?

I consider Roger Ebert to be an excellent movie critic. His reviews have caused me to rent many a film – and I’ve enjoyed nearly all of them as much as he did in his reviews. Recently, however, he crapped all over Transformers 2. I saw the movie over the weekend and enjoyed it very…

Photo: Left to right – A nice guy that worked at AT&T whose name escapes me, Tim Ferris, and I. Tim Ferriss, who I had the pleasure of sharing some barbecue with in Austin a few years ago, is preparing his second book – with the working title – From Rapid Fat Loss to Strongmen:…

Shaun Inman, the very same lad that brought Mint to the world, is now throwing his hat into the feed-reading arena in a very different way. Fever is a download-and-install Web-based feed reader that has a "what’s hot" twist. Keeping up with a lot of feed subscriptions is a challenge and so Shaun has created…

For those that may have missed it, or for those of you that use Tumblr on a regular basis and wish to see this site’s posts show up in your Tumblr Dashboard – You can follow me on Tumblr. I’ve made some adjustments over there recently and I like the results. As a side note:…

First of all, I’d eat just about anything. Lets get that out there right off the bat. I mean, I helped a friend start a show called Eat Weird. That is how much I adore trying new things. Yes I have been known to eat fish eggs right out of the fish. I don’t do…

Ever since Google release Chrome, their browser, I’ve been waiting with bated breath for Chrome for Mac. Thanks to my friend Jake Dahn I got a copy of the developer preview. Its really fast. Faster than Safari on the Mac. I’m excited for a more stable and complete beta at which point I plan to…

What the Wii brought to gaming can not be denied. Movement, realism, and let’s face it – fun. Project Natal, for the Xbox 360, is going to attempt to do the same thing but with less hardware – meaning; absolutely no controllers. [viddler id-44771808 h-278 w-420] What makes this project even more interesting is that…

If you’re a skimmer, this is worth reading every word – Lukas Mathis noodles the way several Operating Systems have tackled the task of creating new documents and in doing so comes up with an elegant solution to the problem. I find the irony of the post striking. Lukas’ site is called Ignore The Code…

Eliza and I are big fans of The Biggest Loser, a reality show about people trying to losing weight, and so when I saw that Jennifer DiDonato (Viddler member whom I interviewed on The Viddler Spotlight many months ago) interviewed the Season Two "at home" winner Pete Thomas I knew I just had to share…

Howard Hall, whom I’ve mentioned before and whom also leaves really great comments here on First initial, last name, is asking for some handwritten haiku for his fantastic haiku blog (non-breaking space). It couldn’t be more easy to participate: "I’d love to be able to post a few guest haiku of the handwritten variety. Anyone…

[viddler id-2e3a01e h-280 w-420] Random 60: Stop complaining! Favorite on Viddler. In the world of social media everyone has a voice. If you only have 1 follower on Twitter (I’m cdevroe, btw) or the only friends you have on Facebook (I’m on there too) are your relatives – it doesn’t matter – you have a…

I’ve done it before and I’m doing it again – I’m bringing all of my media back to this site (now called First initial, last name by the way). I’m going to be making small adjustments, enhancements, and do some all-out-late-night hacking in order to get this site up to snuff to handle notes, links,…

From the "why hasn’t someone done something like this until now" category comes Crowd Favorite’s latest venture; The WordPress HelpCenter. Alex King, who has been hacking on WordPress even longer than I have, has more details about the launch of this service. Great idea, I hope it works out well for them.

Jacob Burke, like me, is taking a Brightkite break. His reasons are very close to my own. He writes: "There are things about the site that had me hooked for quite a while. But, I am starting to notice that it gets annoying to update my status on Brightkite and then go and check Twitter…

Kyle Slattery, friend and coworker who is studying in Germany this semester, recently wrote "How to take better photos" which is a small compilation of tips that he’s gathered over his few years of taking photographs. Blog posts like this are everywhere. Page through my Photography tag and you’ll see a ton of tips and…

I’ve decided to take a short Brightkite break. I have a laundry lost of things that I would love to see Brightkite do (search my site for Brightkite) and it has been a while since they’ve done any updates. Presumably because they’ve been in the middle of a business deal (which is understandable). I have…

The entire purpose of The Diet is to help myself, and everyone else on the diet, stay motivated to get to a healthy weight and stay there. Usually this goal is somewhat shrouded under the veil of a competition. But for good reason: competition usually motivates people. But that isn’t the case with everyone. Some…

I’ve wanted to have a bird feeder on one of our windows for a while. I’ve looked a few times for one and somehow turned up empty handed. Last week Eliza returned from a shopping trip with a $1, suction cup powered, bird feeder for our window! Thanks Eliza! This morning at 8:30AM I hung…

Another fantastic entry in the journal of Henry David Thoreau (which [I’ve mentioned a few times before](http://cdevroe.com/?s=henry david thoreau)) this time dealing with being able to use "cars", or wheeled wagons, in late-March in Concord, Massachusetts. Here is the snippet from Mr. Thoreau’s March 26, 1856 entry: "They are just beginning to use wheels in…

Another fantastic entry in the journal of Henry David Thoreau (which [I’ve mentioned a few times before](http://cdevroe.com/?s=henry david thoreau)) this time dealing with being able to use "cars", or wheeled wagons, in late-March in Concord, Massachusetts. Here is the snippet from Mr. Thoreau’s March 26, 1856 entry: "They are just beginning to use wheels in…

Another fantastic entry in the journal of Henry David Thoreau (which [I’ve mentioned a few times before](http://cdevroe.com/?s=henry david thoreau)) this time dealing with being able to use "cars", or wheeled wagons, in late-March in Concord, Massachusetts. Here is the snippet from Mr. Thoreau’s March 26, 1856 entry: "They are just beginning to use wheels in…

Another fantastic entry in the journal of Henry David Thoreau (which [I’ve mentioned a few times before](http://cdevroe.com/?s=henry david thoreau)) this time dealing with being able to use "cars", or wheeled wagons, in late-March in Concord, Massachusetts. Here is the snippet from Mr. Thoreau’s March 26, 1856 entry: "They are just beginning to use wheels in…

Another fantastic entry in the journal of Henry David Thoreau (which [I’ve mentioned a few times before](http://cdevroe.com/?s=henry david thoreau)) this time dealing with being able to use "cars", or wheeled wagons, in late-March in Concord, Massachusetts. Here is the snippet from Mr. Thoreau’s March 26, 1856 entry: "They are just beginning to use wheels in…

Another fantastic entry in the journal of Henry David Thoreau (which [I’ve mentioned a few times before](http://cdevroe.com/?s=henry david thoreau)) this time dealing with being able to use "cars", or wheeled wagons, in late-March in Concord, Massachusetts. Here is the snippet from Mr. Thoreau’s March 26, 1856 entry: "They are just beginning to use wheels in…

Another fantastic entry in the journal of Henry David Thoreau (which [I’ve mentioned a few times before](http://cdevroe.com/?s=henry david thoreau)) this time dealing with being able to use "cars", or wheeled wagons, in late-March in Concord, Massachusetts. Here is the snippet from Mr. Thoreau’s March 26, 1856 entry: "They are just beginning to use wheels in…

You may have seen me quip about MarsEdit the other day on Twitter. Really, though, it is an excellent piece of software that should be given a go by anyone that writes a lot. I’m spoiled by a rich-editor in WordPress, that saves drafts automatically and even has multiple revisions, and so I’m sticking with…

The FAIL meme strikes again! This time it is my friend Albert Yee, whom [I’ve mentioned before](http://cdevroe.com/?s=albert yee), that is setting up a fail blog for SEPTA (or the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority). He aptly calls the site SEPTA fail. He’s looking for help too. So if you deal with SEPTA on a regular basis…

[viddler id-7eba55b5 h-357 w-420] Random 60: Reading. Favorite on Viddler. In this fast paced, Twitter-powered world it seems like all we do is consume shorter, and shorter bits of data. First it was blog posts, now it is micro-blogging with services like Twitter (I’m cdevroe by the way). I believe reading books can really slow…

Pat Dryburgh, my dieting nemesis, wrote up what I think is a thoughtful approach to his diet. He explains how he measured his current caloric intake and then researched what his intake should be. He also explains how he is planning to lose 1-2 pounds per week by simply eliminating 500 calories per day. This…

Guess who’s back? Back again! The Diet is back, tell some friends! You read that right. The Diet is back. And, like a Phoenix, it is back in a whole new way once again. Sort of like last time, what started out as a friendly challenge between a few ended up becoming something much larger,…

My friend Tony Green, whom [I’ve mentioned before](http://cdevroe.com/?s=tony green), has done an excellent job covering his experiences at Philly Beer Week 2009. I’ve always had aspirations to attend this event in Philadelphia and have yet to make it. So I live vicariously through Tony. Thanks for the coverage Tony!

This is an excellent post by the hardest working blogger Jason Kottke, who just so happens to be a big David Foster Wallace fan, about writing from a book by James Tanner, whose book is ironically entitled Kicking Ass Being the Result of One Man’s Fed-upped-ness With ‘How to Write’ Books Not Actually Showing You How to…

I’m all for advertising on the Web. But lately it seems that the content to ad ratio isn’t in favor of us readers. So, Arc90 is taking matters into their own hands. They’ve created a simple bookmarklet (or a small piece of JavaScript that you run by clicking on a bookmark in your browser) called Readability. In…

I just finished reading Stephen Fry’s thoughtful essay and strategy regarding Retweeting. If you are a Twitter user (like me) I suggest you give it a read. Most of us do not have 296,000 followers as Steven Fry does (as of this writing), but we do have a responsibility for what we Retweet, link to,…

This coming via Justin Blanton who says "mind == blown" after linking to a fish with a transparent head.   The fish, Macropinna microstoma or barrel eyes, is a bit of an oddity.  Most fish have their eyes on the sides of the head, giving them a much better view of the things going on around…

In fact, it could be argued that Atlantis was ever lost at all – but that isn’t why I’m writing this post. How awesome is this blog post from Google? A few weeks ago (and I’m just getting the chance to read this now) there was some rumors being spread around the Interwebs that some…

Photo: My friend Sameer on a Photo walk of sorts in Carbondale, PA. Something I’ve wanted to do for some time was to have a Photo walk in Scranton, PA. I would like to have one in Carbondale some time in the near future, but I think we’ll get more support in the Scranton area…

Every now and then I experience a 500 Error when trying to access and older post. I really have yet to figure out what is causing this problem but it seems to happen only on old posts. Really old posts. Posts at least 2 or 3 years old. Mainly the posts that I imported from…