In an earlier dog running post, I talked about how my favorite running partner is a 2-year-old black lab named Jack. He’s an awesome pup (most of the time!), and an enthusiastic runner. Until this summer, Jack would accompany me on runs once or twice a week, and it was usually at times when I […]
Archives for 2009
LinkWithin Widget: Add Related Post Links to Your Blog Posts in Blogger
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I’ve been tinkering with my blog design quite a bit lately (hopefully for the better!), and just came across another really useful widget that allows you to add links to related posts from your blog to the bottom of each of your blog posts. The links are generated automatically, and if there’s an image in […]
MyFreeCopyright: Protect Your Blog Content
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I’ve been reading some blogging tips on the Playgroups are No Place for Children blog (very helpful!) and noticed a badge on the site for a service called myfreecopyright. I’ve been thinking about copyright issues relating to this blog a lot since I’ve already found a few sites through Google Alerts that have strange mashups […]
What’s Up With This Weather???
The picture below from The Weather Channel pretty much sums up this summer so far for me. Nothing else to say…
Firefox 3.5: Shadow Effects
Image via Wikipedia With the official arrival of Firefox 3.5 yesterday (I’ve been using the beta for awhile), one of the features I’m most excited about is the ability to add shadow effects to webpage elements using CSS. If you’ve installed FF 3.5, you can see the “box-shadow” effect in action on the header, top […]
Nike Free Commercial: Bear Butte Running Camp
I’ve been running a bunch in Nike Free 3.0’s lately and came across this Nike commercial for the shoes. This takes miminalist running to a whole new level – have to give Nike credit for pushing the envelope with this ad :)
Running Humor: Running Superfans from Brooks Running
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Below are a few funny videos from the Running Superfans website by Brooks Running. You can visit the site for more good stuff here: http://runningsuperfans.com/. As a parent of two little ones, the last one is my favorite. Enjoy!
Blogger Tip: Drop Down Menu and Corner Peel Animation
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I’m a firm believer in giving credit where it’s due. As I have worked on developing this blog, I’ve found number of immensely helpful fellow bloggers who have posted tutorials on how to customize your blogger blog. I had no idea when I first started out that blogger blogs could be customized to such an […]
Running in Heat: Crashing and Persevering with the Help of a Camelback, Energy Gel, and Cellphone
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Today’s run sucked. In the two years that I’ve been running seriously, this was easily one of the top five in terms of overall suckitude. It was hot, it hurt, and I nearly bailed out on it halfway through. Sometimes, though, the worst runs can be the most satisfying, and today’s was very much one […]
Wired Magazine: How Technology can Keep You Running
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I just read an interesting article from the July 2009 issue of Wired Magazine titled “The Nike Experiment: How the Shoe Giant Unleashed the Power of Personal Metrics.” The article, written by Mark McClusky, discusses the development of the Nike+ training device, and how it has revolutionized the running experience for many people (view my […]
Running Blisters: Horrific Footage from "The Distance of Truth"
Over the past few weeks I’ve been dealing with the fallout from some nasty foot blisters resulting from running the Vermont City Marathon in the rain (see my blister photo if you dare). I thought I had it bad, then I watched this YouTube video of Ferg Hawke’s feet after his running of the Badwater […]
New Runblogger RSS Feed: Please Read if You are a Subscriber
Quick post – as part of the process of converting this blog to a custom domain (www.runblogger.com), I have set up a new feed: http://feeds.feedburner.com/Runblogger. If you are subscribed to the old feed (This View of Life), please update to the new one if you wish to keep receiving updates from this blog. You can […]
Why Runblogger?: Reasons for the New Blog Title and URL
I’ve been struggling a bit lately with a number of issues related to my newfound passion for blogging. When I first started out earlier this year, I set up one blog with no real idea of where it would take me or what the blog would ultimately focus on. As my blogging interests began to […]
Blog Tip: Using Who’s Amung Us to Track Blog Visitors and their Locations
When I first started this blog, one of the initial things I wanted to know was if anyone was actually reading what I posted here. There are a number of ways one can track blog visitors at no cost, ranging from simple hit counters to more sophisticated services like Google Analytics. However, while surfing the […]
Obesity in America: 2009 Rankings Are In
Image via Wikipedia Just read a report on the state of obesity in America titled “F as in Fat: How Obesity Policies Are Failing in America 2009“. The study, conducted by the Trust for America’s Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, showed that “adult obesity rates increased in 23 states and did not decrease […]