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February 20, 2008
Whew, long time no type. I’m not sure if it’s winter, or the tape worm, but I just don’t seem to have any energy to do things. I usually wake up at 05:00, knock out some PT (Physical Training), and hit the ground running. Not lately.
I’ve been pulling myself out of bed at the crack of 6:30, then in the evenings, after the kids go to bed, I’m in a semi-comatose state.
Of course, I haven’t been keeping up with my news feeds, so I apologize to everyone who has been posting.
I figured the least I could do for you is share a couple of links that I’ve ran across lately. Here we go:
Big Think - This is a pretty neat idea. Site visitors ask questions, and Big Think asks various experts. The answers are shared in video. I can’t honestly say that I’ve spent a whole lot of time on the site, but it does look cool.
10 Ways to eat Quick, Healthy and Green Breakfasts - I am a huge fan of eating breakfast. Heck, I’m a big fan of eating.
Some of the suggestions on that list are pretty good, they even have a link to make your own Fruit and Granola Bars, if anyone makes them, you’ll have to let me know how they turn out.
Now, I said that I’m a huge fan of eating breakfast, I didn’t mean that I’m huge, and a fan 
I find that if I want to lose weight, I have to really start eating a lot of good foods. Ask Art, I eat like 6 times a day. Granted, they are small meals. At first it’s a lot of work to get myself to eat like that, but if I keep it up, I notice that I start to really get hungry every couple of hours. Then, I have to make sure that I have enough food around to eat.
Popcorn Hour is a stand alone Video file player. You load it up with your AVI files, as well as a million other supported formats, and you can watch the files on your TV. Retails for about $179, without a hard drive. Of course, people are buying them up like, well, popcorn.
I hate watching videos on my computer, and I haven’t been able to afford a computer to put in my living room, this is a really nice alternative. It has Wi-Fi, and supports streaming video, like youtube, google video, etc.
Of course, if you convert the DVDs that you legally own to some open format, such as xvid, then Popcorn Hour will play them too. I’m going to keep an eye on them.
That’s all for now, let me know if any of you are playing with video files on your TV.
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February 26th, 2008 at 5:40 pm
Yo Mike! I’m thinking you’re just dealing with the winter doldrums. I know we are (and we’re not dealing with crappy weather). And if I make those bars, I’ll let you know. I’ve always wondered how they’d turn out considering the cost I fork over for them in the grocery store.
February 26th, 2008 at 7:32 pm
Thanks Kelly, I hope so.
Absolutely let me know, I buy enough of them myself. Alton Brown had a good eats episode where he made energy bars, I meant to look those up too.
March 19th, 2008 at 4:03 am
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