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I recently picked up a Withings scale because I am tracking as much data as I possibly can while using the Perpetual Progress protocol.  It is neat and everything, but it has one massive design flaw.  It is a Wifi scale that uses AAA batteries. Suffice to say it chewed through a set of batteries [...]

Setting up Apple Qmaster and Compressor to use as many machines as you have for rendering can save a ton of time when compressing video for the web.  You’ll need to install Compressor on each machine, and then load up the Qmaster preference pane.  Here are the settings.  One absolutely crucial thing is the Cluster [...]

I started using Foursquare about a year ago. It was neat, and I hoped that it would catch on in a bigger way with more of my friends. I can imagine a world where you check Foursquare to see where your friends are out and about and go meet up with them. That world hasn’t [...]

I want to repost this story my Dad sent me out of the blue today. Here it is, unedited. Please note that my father started learning English at age 41, having immigrated from Italy.  My dad is 67. Before I get into why I think anyone can benefit from kettlebell training I must tell you [...]

There is a lot I could write about this past weekend, in a way I don’t even know where to start. I could write a whole post about the new friends I made like Mark Wilson who runs a Bootcamp in Fargo, Josh Hanagarne who is the World’s Strongest Librarian, or Adam T Glass whom [...]