Eat Before Working Out…

I’m sure that at some point, everyone has read an article that results in boosting their self-image, or at least providing some degree of credibility to something they are or are not doing.

This recently happened to me when a read an article that states that you should always eat before working out. As I continued to read, I felt really good about myself when I finished. This has never been a problem for me…I always eat before working out. Just think how great it will be when I actually start working out…!

 

Quote of the day:
What we become depends on what we read after all of the professors have finished with us. The greatest university of all is a collection of books. – Thomas Carlyle

Windows Phone Picks Up a New Award

Industrial Designers Society of America has just crowned Windows Phone 7 the winner in the Interactive Product Experiences Section.

What the heck is a “dooryard”?

As I near completion of my 68th year on earth, I was beginning to get that feeling that I’d done everything and there wasn’t anything I didn’t know….yeah, right .

Then along comes my wife with a term that I have never heard of. My first thought was, “here she goes again…trying to impress me with her vast knowledge from the rural Northeast”. I can’t remember how it come up….we were in the car talking about something that had to do with driveways and parking….then she dropped the bomb….park in the “dooryard”. What the heck is a dooryard? She said it was the yard around a house. At this point, I was laughing so hard as I knew that there was no such term as “dooryard”….I mean really…give me a break .

Of course when we got home, I had to look up the term. I typed it into the search box on my computer, knowing that it would return, “no results found”. Was I ever wrong…according to Merriam-Webster, the definition of dooryard is, “a yard next to the door of a house”. After recovery from my state of shock, I had to go to her and apologize. I think she forgave me, but to make sure I understood, I’m now in the dog house in the “dooryard” .  

Just goes to show you that you can teach old dogs new tricks!

Are we so ugly that we really need this?

As a child, I remember riding in the family car and seeing a construction site where a new gas station was being built. My father would say,  “Pretty soon, we’ll have one on every corner.”  He wasn’t far from wrong. In the community where I hang my hat, I’ve noticed something similar happening, but not with gas stations, but with beauty supply stores!

I have done some estimating based on our community population and land area. My estimate is that we have a beauty supply store for every 2,198 residents. This doesn’t account for those operating supply points from the truck of their car in several of the area shopping centers nor does it account for the beauty supply sections of the large department and discount stores.

My question is…do we really need this much beauty? 

Google: Bing Is Cheating, Copying Our Search Results

Wow…..a sting operation. You’ve got to be kidding me! Google apparently can’t believe that their search results have been and continue to head south. Sounds to me like they are feeling the heat and are looking for excuses.

Google: Bing Is Cheating, Copying Our Search Results

Microsoft’s 11th Hour Fix for Vail Beta Users

Microsoft, specifically the Windows Home Server Team, has done an extremely poor job of communicating the information contained at the link below. So, in an effort to get this to as many folks as possible, if you are using the beta version of Vail, you will find this information helpful. I’m sticking with v1 of WHS until they can get this mess figured out! Maybe by then, they’ll figure out how to communicate to their customers.

Microsoft’s 11th Hour Fix for Vail Beta Users – SuperSite Blog

Browser Use Comparison (2010 through December)

Based on visitors to my web site, the following chart clearly shows that IE remains the preferred browser. This is based on an average of 2,884 unique visitors and 326,168 hits per month.  Also, a list of the browsers accessing the site, based on user share, is provided.

 

Great Windows Phone comparison chart | Windows Phone Secrets

Thanks to Paul Thurrott for the following post on the Windows Phone Secrets blog:

ElektricForest has published a great chart comparing all of the currently available Windows Phone handsets.

 

Great Windows Phone comparison chart | Windows Phone Secrets

The winner of the most seriously misguided tech article of the day goes the New York Times…

In addition to a few other topics, I think you’ll find yourself rolling on the floor in uncontrollable laughter as you read Paul’s debunking of the NYT article, 10 Ways to Get the Most Out of Technology today. It’s sad the author doesn’t have a clue about what he’s writing about! 

SuperSite Blog Daily Update: December 30, 2010 – SuperSite Blog

Microsoft Wins Top Technology Innovator of 2010

Microsoft beats out Apple as the 2010 Top Technology Innovator.

TheStreet laid it on the line and called out Microsoft as its #1 technology innovator for 2010. Forget about the iPhone 4, the iPad and the iPod touch, Microsoft and its Xbox 360 is the game changer of the year. TheStreet points out that the Xbox 360, Xbox Live subscription service and now the Kinect have exploded onto the scene in 2010.

Read the full article here.