Friday, November 1

Gimme a Blog Boost Please

When I lived in California I often started my day with a Jamba Juice smoothie. I'd wait in line, choose the Proteinberry Pizazz and then get to add a 'boost'. Here in Charlestown there's no convenient Jamba Juice so I get my morning boost from reading blogs. I cycle through my regulars and, without fail, one connects with something I'm currently doing or thinking about - like a post of Eminem lyrics the day kids in the computer lab were looking for that exact song, or a while ago when I clipped a photo of a spiral patterned shirt and discovered others simultaneously thinking about spirals. This past week links to 1880 online census information gave me a research topic to suggest for computer class, and to reminders about W3C standards and validation (I've got a long way to go yet on my own site) that will help start kids in web design class off on the right foot. Now instead of the femme boost from Jamba, I'm getting an idea boost from the blogs of others and being amazed by the constant relevancy of those connections.
posted by Judy at 10:27 AM|link
Monday, October 28
I've become a total Google junkie of late. Feeling the need to add to my gym training regimen, I came across Power Zen, part of a Reebok site devoted to core training. Before deciding whether the core trainer equipment sold at the site was necessary, I decided to simply try the exercises. What I like is that there's no writeup at all, but an animation that plays over and over so you can follow along and try to duplicate the movements with just your laptop watching. I may never get to the point of purchasing the 'core board' but the exercises all by themselves are great. I'm not giving up Google cooking. I'm just adding Google workouts to counter the effects.
posted by Judy at 6:48 PM|link