Technology

Running in the States!!

7 November 2011

Soon… Very soon… I will get to take my mid-tour Rest and Recuperation (R&R) leave. Of course, due to a variety of reasons, my mid-tour leave is actually 9 months into my 12 month Afghanistan deployment. But… The one thing I am looking forward to is running at 300-600 above sea level versus more than [...]

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Post-workout Drink? Chocolate Milk – YES!!

30 October 2011

Love milk! Especially love extra cold CHOCOLATE milk! Now? I have an extra good reason to drink it…. some studies have shown it is better than sports drinks for post-workout recovery. Yummy! I know… someone is going to respond that we are the only animal in the animal kingdom to drink another animal’s milk. My [...]

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My Next Camera – Canon EOS-1D X

19 October 2011

Canon U.S.A. Introduces The New Canon EOS-1D X Digital SLR Camera, Re-Designed From The Inside Out Featuring a Completely New 61-Point Autofocus, Fast Shooting up to 12 fps, 18-Megapixel Full-Frame CMOS Sensor, Full HD Video Recording and Much More LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y., October 18, 2011 – Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging, is [...]

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The Sage – Twain

17 October 2011

“There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics,” Mark Twain (in his autobiography). In the last couple of days, there have been a number of stories espousing proof through numbers … through statistics. Today, the wireless communications industry implemented rules to help the stupid consumer. Why? Because they were under pressue from [...]

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Plan for Blogging

16 October 2011

Usually, I try not to blog just concepts or ideas because I want to do my research and present complete discussions. However, I watch these other people toss ideas out in the ether all the time and never seemingly follow-up. I do not want to do that, but I do want to get ideas out [...]

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iPad Stand – “Green” Style

16 October 2011

Looking for an iPad stand? Don’t want to spend $40 or more? Make your own!!! Sitting here in Afghanistan one day, I thought I would like a stand for my iPad. Went on various sites, but they all cost too much. Plus, I couldn’t get a good sense for what they were REALLY like. What [...]

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Wicked Lasers!

15 October 2011

Laser pointers are an almost essential — albeit annoying — requirement in today’s modern military. They are undoubtedly much the same in corporate world with PowerPoint (and Apple’s Keynote) seizing the discussion away from open conversation. Laser pointers provide the means to highlight specific talking points or areas of interest on the respective “slide”. It [...]

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