Ok, I don’t run. At least not currently. I do ride, hike, walk and exercise in various degrees though and track it all using RunKeeper. You may want to also if you’d like some extra motivation. Here’s how I got started… A few months ago I was a on a trip with a ridiculously fit and athletic friend of mine. How fit? His nickname is Super. Super pulled me aside and said: “You have to get moving. There’s...

If you’re not on a photo-sharing site then go with Flickr.  In fact, if you’re on Google’s Picasa and you’re not using their desktop software you might want to switch because now Flickr has integrated Picnik with robust tools for editing your photos right on the web.   This is a huge advantage if you’re just sharing your photos on Facebook or the like.  If you want to be able to print your photos or share...

Today I’m trying out Windows Live Writer, which is a free software package from Microsoft.  Yes, Microsoft does give away software from time to time.   This one is meant for putting up posts on Microsoft Live Blogs (this is not one) but it also supports other kinds.  So far it hasn’t allowed me to italicize a word but it does offer a groovy wysiwyg editor which is nice.  Oh dang, I couldn’t bold “wysiwyg editor” just now.  ...

In the wake of a post on the 37 Signals blog suggesting that we should more often call plans guesses I thought it was relevant to offer a free planning tool. Here’s the post on 37 Signals by way: http://www.37signals.com/svn/posts/1805-lets-just-call-plans-what-they-are-guesses 37 Signals is very often an insightful blog by the way and they are also makers of the hugely successful Basecamp software. The software I want to share with...

This is maybe, no probably the best free software on the web today.  If you don’t own Lightroom or Aperature this one pretty much does it all including RAW image support. (Which is for you photo enthusiasts).  For everyone else you’ll marvel at no more red eyes in your photos!  Go! Download it now.   Seriously. Yes the PC version rocks as...