Google and OpenDNS working together on The Global Internet Speedup Initiative

On slashdot dot com was published about the news that Google and OpenDNS Work On Global Internet Speedup, many articles has written in with news of Google and OpenDNS working together on The Global Internet Speedup Initiative. They've reworked their DNS servers so that they forward the first three octets of your IP address to the target web service. The service then uses your geolocation data to make sure that the resource you’ve requested is delivered by a local cache. From the article: "In the case of Google and other big CDNs,'

there can be dozens of these local caches all around the world, and using a local cache can improve latency and throughput by a huge margin. If you have a 10 or 20Mbps connection, and yet a download is crawling along at just a few hundred kilobytes, this is generally because you are downloading from an international source (downloading software or drivers from a Taiwanese site is a good example). Using a local cache reduces the strain on international connections, but it also makes better use of national networks which are both lower-latency and higher-capacity."

This service then uses the geolocation data to make sure that the resource that has been requested is delivered by a local cache



and the result is it will make censorship much easier. No more corrupt foreign data in the oppressive country

Facebook Adds Translate Menu In Status update and Comment Stream

Facebook Adds Translate Menu In Status update and Comment Stream. Recently Facebook adds new feature. now it has been added Translate option menu in status stream, so if you can understand what your friend wrote in her status you can translate it .there is no optional where into translate,

you only can translate in english.this is not add on from previous like add on mozilla , this is officially from facebook itself.for previous one the add-on is using Google Translation API so you don’t need to worry about any third party usage inside your facebook as its your friendly Google only ; ). If you remember, lastly we have added bubble translate to translate languages inside browser. Now I think this one will be the most helpful to translate facebook status and comment updates.the translate service is mutual relationship between facebook and bing,

Facebook Status Now customizable Like Google Plus

Facebook Status Now customizable Like Google Plus .Recently Facebook adds Google+ style options along with new security features.today Facebook announced a number of changes including the ability to share posts with select groups using a new inline drop-down menu.and also you can add places into your status,Details change, the social network released a statement saying:
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Blazing Internet For a Reasonable Price

My two year contract with Verizon Internet expired last month. I was paying them $19.99 a month for 1 megabit per second (mbps) download speed, and when the contract expired, I was billed on a month to month basis for 21.99. Last Wednesday afternoon, a door-to-door Charter Communications salesman knocked on my door to ask if I needed cable, phone, or internet service. Normally I would just brush them off and say I don’t need cable because free antenna TV is enough for me and I already have internet service. Since my two year internet agreement expired, I was interested in listening to what Charter had to offer. The guy said he can offer me internet service for 19.99 a month and I asked him how many megabits per second speed, expecting only the same 1 mbps that Verizon offered. To my surprise, he said it would be 12 mbps! I couldn’t believe my ears so I said “are you sure?”, and asked him to repeat it. So what’s the catch? Do I have to pay for monthly modem and router rental fees on top of the 19.99? He said, no catch, I only had to pay an extra 10 dollars for the first month for installation. He also mentioned that it was a back to school promo. I made sure he wrote all that in the work order form. (It bears mentioning that pre-recession, I had 3 mbps service from Verizon for 29.99 a month but that got too expensive for me so I had to downgrade.) We set an appointment for Friday between 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. for the installer to show up. The salesman called me later and said that Friday was full, so we switched it to Saturday morning between 8 to 12 noon.

Come Saturday morning (hmm, wasn’t there a song that started with that line?), I awaited the arrival of the installer while doing my cycling/elliptical/abs workout. I even made it to the shower before he showed up at 11 o’clock. He looked around and asked me where the preinstalled cable wires were. I showed them to him and told him I hadn’t had cable in more than 20 years and those were the only connections I knew. When he tested the wires, there was no power coming out of them so he went outside to look for the cable box. It turns out they had rewired the system and my more than 20 year old connection doesn’t work anymore. He ended up having to drill a hole in my bedroom wall to run a cable from outside, around my bedroom, under the carpet, and into the living room so he could connect the modem/router device. Having finished that at quadruple the time it would normally have taken if my old cable connection still worked, he proceeded to set up my wireless connection. I thanked him very much and apologized for the extra work he had to do. After some instructions from him, I managed to change my wireless network SSID name and password.

One of the first things I did was check the internet speed. It was not quite the advertised speed of 12 mbps but more like 10 mbps. Still blazingly fast compared to the previous 1 mbps. Next I tried downloading a large file while talking on the MagicJack phone. There was nary a drop off in the sound quality. Oh, by the way, that phone call was to Verizon to cancel their service.

That brings me to this question. At that speed, why not share internet service with the neighbors? You can share the password and split the monthly fee. That’s a lot of speed to go around for maybe up to three households. Has anyone heard of such an arrangement or maybe do you yourself share with your neighbors?

I know there are much faster internet services out there but it seems like I got myself a pretty good deal with this arrangement. I hope there will be no surprise extra fees when I get my bill.

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Thursday’s Urban Walkabout

Well it seems like it’s back to walking for me. My ankles haven’t really recovered from the 9 mile run three weeks ago and I didn’t even start doing a walking workout on the treadmill until early last week. I happened to have awakened earlier than usual on Thursday morning after being off from work the previous night, and thought I’d walk outdoors maybe for 2 to 2 ½ hours, which would have made me catch up to the training mileage for the Long Beach Half Marathon.

So I headed out towards the Virginia Country Club area and planned to crisscross the streets and maybe throw in some loops. I was only aiming or at least hoping  for a pace of 15 minutes per mile while doing 4 minutes of aggressive walking with 1 minute of slower recovery. After all, I haven’t done a walking workout in a while and besides it was a hot day. The first couple of miles were uneventful but, darn it, when I hit three miles my left ankle started to hurt, and I thought I would have to abort the workout. Going into the fourth mile which I thought I was on my way home, the ankle started to stabilize, so I pressed on. That’s when the maybes started: maybe one more block, maybe 5 miles, maybe 6, maybe 7, okay, let’s try making it 8 and that should do it. When I hit 2 hours, I was slightly past 8 miles so I went for 8.5 to even it out. But wait, there’s more – I ran up the time to 2:15 and completed 9.13 miles. The first 7 miles were right on the money at my goal pace of 15 minutes per mile, but the last 2 miles were way faster because at the end, the average pace dropped down to 14:48 for the whole distance. So I didn’t make it to 10 miles, but it wasn’t bad at all for not having walked for weeks.

Even though I was surprised and excited to have completed that distance, I didn’t write about it right away because I was afraid of the aftermath. Often my ankles hurt more the day after, so I had to wait and see how it would turn out this time. Well, it seems like the tendons recovered much faster than when I subject them to the pounding of running because the pain is not as much.

After experimenting between a short, quick heel-to-toe stride and my more normal longer walking stride, I found out that my pace is faster with the longer stride, so maybe I’ll keep it that way. It isn’t as pretty as the swiveling hips of racewalkers, but it seems to work better for me.

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HP touchpad android only for $99

This is about cheapest android phone ever HP touchpad android only for $99,Nowadays HP Hawlet Packard,announced that will discontinue operations for The webOS devices, and it become in the $99 firesale of the HP Touchpad. Even if webOS might be dead, the tablet is a steal considering the hardware bang for the buck. The TouchPad features a 9.7 inch LED multi-touch display, dual-core 1.2 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon S3 processor, 16GB or 32GB internal storage, 1.3 megapixel front-facing camera, and Beats audio.



Another reason you might want to consider the TouchPad is the likely port of Android. A group of hackers called The TouchDroid Team has already formed with the goal of building Gingerbread for the device from the Android Open Source Project (AOSP). Google does not plan to release the source code for their tablet OS (Honeycomb), so the TouchDroid Team will have to wait for the next version of Android (Ice Cream Sandwich) to be released this fall.

The work won't be easy -- there's the matter of hardware support for all the "peripherals" like sensors and wireless, file partitions need figured out, and all other manner of geeky things under the hood need tweaked to even get it booting up. But we've heard from several people who are planning to do just that, and we wish them the best of luck. Hopefully, some of the users that will be flocking to Android from webOS will have some know-how

What Is Taskhost.exe and Why It Is Running

Do you ever find TaskHost exe on task manager. when it s run it drain your resource of CPU about 50 %.but surely it is not viruses. it came from windows , you can right click and fond logo of microsoft.and what if taskhost exe run 50 % of your CPU, for my experience it coused by antivirus running, then i closed the taskhost. and it has no problem.you can try it.

taskhost problem,

Windows uses taskhost.exe as the host for all DLL based services that are run. The process is very similar to svchost.exe (which we talked about earlier) in that it’s a generic process used to load other entities. Because of this, taskhost.exe may open multiple instances of itself in order to handle DLL’s that may be unrelated to one another. and How do we can fix taskhost.exe errors?

Most errors experienced with taskhost.exe is caused of corrupting the DLL files or a fake malware masquerading around your system under the taskhost.exe name. In either case you’ll need to track down the bad DLL or malware and replace or remove it. If you are experiencing taskhost.exe issues while running certain programs (video editing software, games, etc..) then it is likely that the corrupted DLL is related to one of your hardware drivers for either your Video or Sound device.

Gifted But Not Well Guided Runner?

There’s this girl who loves to run and she is a gifted runner despite what seems to have been a late start at the sport. If she had grown up running in high school, I don’t know. She loves running hard, mostly long distances. If I read her posts on Facebook correctly, she pushes her limits all the time. Do you know the Staples “EASY” button? I don’t think she has one. I don’t know her that well so I’m not aware if she has some guidance from any kind of running mentor or coach (which would have helped if she started running in high school). All the people in the club seem to just praise her for her speed and not give her feedback about how she pushes too much without the required easy days. I could of course be wrong about that. As a frequently injured runner myself and not knowing her that well, I’m not in any position to address her training techniques. Not that the techniques are incorrect. They are all good principles but they are not supposed to be done on consecutive days. Normally, an interval session, a tempo session, and a long run during the week comprise of hard workouts with the runs in between as being done as easily as possible to enable the body to recover. I think she even does 2 a day runs and they are both hard ones. I don’t know if this girl is doing it that way but like I said I could be wrong. Now she is injured a second time in about 4 months and people are asking her what happened and what she did. From my point of view the people who are asking her are already well aware of what happened and know the answers to their questions. I’m not saying she’s not going to get injured if she trains properly. All I’m saying is that she trains too hard too often.

G, you gotta push that EASY button sometimes..

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Thoughts About Retirement Revisited

It’s time to revisit my thoughts about retirement  two years after I first wrote about it here: http://aboutlifeandrunning.blogspot.com/2009/04/thoughts-of-retirement.html . From time to time when I think as if I’m getting tired of the rat race, my thoughts wander to what it might feel like to retire early. The primary considerations of two years ago still stand as documented at that link above.

            My mortgage is due to be paid off in about 6 ½ years and by then I would also be able to start drawing funds from my retirement savings without penalty, other than taxes, depending on the type of account. I won’t go into the differences between Roth and tax deferred IRA’s and 401K or 403B plans, all of which I have had in the 30 odd years I’ve lived and worked in the U.S. Certainly, paying off the mortgage will be a big reduction in my expenses. It is after all the biggest monthly expense which covers about 60 % of my self imposed strict budget. If and when that expense disappears, will I be able to retire then, or continue working lesser hours just so I can keep my health insurance going? See, health insurance is my biggest concern because without an employer contributing to the cost, it is something very expensive to maintain, if you pay the whole cost out of your own pocket. Just before I wrote this, I looked it up and the costs terrified me. If I retire at 60 when I pay off my mortgage, the monthly payment which used to go to the mortgage lender  will be used to pay for health insurance instead, at least until I qualify for Medicare five years later. Of course the other option is not to retire early.

            But what if I really, really, want to retire early? Will moving back to the Philippines still be an alternative? The dollars go farther there as I previously mentioned. In recent weeks, I have surfed the web to look at the cost of homes in different areas of the Philippines. Metro Manila is definitely out of the question because it’s expensive to live there. Even if that is to be considered, the most I could possibly afford would be a studio condominium unit, which is so tiny I would feel squeezed in. There have been suggestions about living in the following cities: Dumaguete (a lot of expatriates supposedly live there), Davao, Cagayan Do Oro, and Zamboanga were among the ones I looked at. Compared to homes in the U.S. which would cost more than what I have saved so far in my lifetime, for the price of about 1/7^th of what I have, one could have at least a 2 bedroom condo or house depending on what city you choose. Even though I looked at Zamboanga where my mother lives, it was not one of the suggested places because it is not as safe as the others mentioned. The homes are cheaper there though. There is just one problem with this scenario. Only Filipino citizens can buy a house and lot in the Philippines, although condominiums are exempt from that law. If anyone from the Philippines reads this, please correct me if I’m wrong. I have no qualms about living in a condo, mind you. I live in one now.

            Ok, now let’s say I decide to retire at 60 and move to the Philippines and buy a home there. There is still the health insurance concern. An expatriate living in the Philippines mentioned in his blog that he set aside $10,000 in case he develops any catastrophic illnesses that requires hospitalization and other expenses that follow.

            After the initial major expense of buying a home, I could possibly live on $500.00 a month until I turn 62 when I can start collecting a reduced amount from Social Security . That would still more than double my budget, that is, if Social Security would still be available then. Farther down the road at 65, I start qualifying for Medicare, which is no good in the Philippines. So what now? Move back to the U.S. just because? By that time, out of pocket Medicare premiums may no longer be affordable to me, and besides, where would I live?

Am I thinking too far ahead? ASTAGPIRULA! This is giving me a headache, LOL!

            Another thing I wondered about is if I can retire now. Well I looked at my net worth a few days ago and the available cash I have which are not part of my tax deferred retirement plans. Here is the nitty gritty: I cannot retire at this moment because if I pay off my mortgage, I would hardly have any money left that’s not tax deferred. And I don’t foresee selling off my condo so quickly that I can vamoose to the Philippines right away. If however I can sell my condo, I may have enough to make it last until I can draw funds from the retirement accounts when I turn 60. So darn complicated. Hmm, unless I win big in the Super Lotto soon. Otherwise, forget about tax deferred and think about retirement deferred instead.

            Having said all that, here are some homes that have piqued my interest because of the price and location. There’s just one possible problem – I don’t know anyone there other than a former classmate from elementary and high school: http://www.philippine-real-estate.net/Camella_Lessandra_Residences.1643.0.html

                Does anyone have thoughts on the matter? Your feedback is appreciated.

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Facebook Messenger 1.0

Facebook Recently added new feature on its Application, it is facebook messenger 1.0, from some android phone , you can not download the application for some reason , not compatible. but you can force to install with facebook messenger 1.0. my experience. my phone for the first time can dwnload facebook messenger, but after my phone get some trouble and i do some factory reset, my phone android is not compatible with the application, , i was confuse, then i search n google and get this Shared Application facebook messenger, and it is free and safe

Top Features

- Message friends, groups of friends or anyone in your mobile contacts

- Map your location, find your friends and make plans on the go

- Get mobile notifications so you never miss a message

- Include photos so friends can see what you’re doing! you can download the application on market

if you can not find you can download it on this alternate mirror Facebook Messenger 1.0

Android Tag Heuer Link Smart Phone

Tag Heuer manufacturer recently launched Android named Tag Heuer Link Smart Phone. it is not watch , it is exlucive debut of the link Smartphone.

 $5,000  Android Tag Heuer Link

It began with the Meridiist luxurious telephone in 2008 and now comes the Link Wise Telephone - the next big cell phone from Tag Heuer.

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Complacency, Laziness, or Apathy?

I dare say all of the above. I’m terribly disappointed and angry at one of my coworkers whom I feel is not pulling her weight even to the point of shirking minor duties. Even for her, I found it hard to believe what she did last Sunday night. Up till now, I haven’t said a bad thing about this woman, but it appears that as time goes on she has become too complacent with what needs to be done in our job. I dare say that complacent is too mild a word for it. Complacency is something I don’t give in to and that just differentiates my work ethic from others. It’s not as if our jobs are physically strenuous, although it could be mentally tiring, but there are some tasks that just require a little common sense. Let me tell you about last Sunday night that raised my ire unnecessarily.

 I was assisting a couple of patients by putting their clothes in the washer and dryer. While I was in the laundry room, I heard a knock on the door. It was a patient asking me if I could take them outside to the patio for a fresh air break. I told the patient to ask the staff sitting out in the hallway who were doing nothing other than talking with each other. The patient said the mental health worker in the hallway sent him to me. This person had to gall to tell a patient to follow me to the laundry room and ask me to take the patients for a fresh air break in the patio when I was already busy with something else, while she was just sitting there talking?! It’s not as if she didn’t see me carrying two bags of clothes to the laundry room because I walked past her on my way there. She could have easily monitored the fresh air break while the other person monitored the hallway. Instead she told the patient to ask me?!!! I don’t know if she expects me to be in two places at one time. I asked her why she couldn’t escort the patients to the patio and she said because she was watching the hallway. I brought it to her attention that there was an LVN sitting with her who could have done that. She replied that the LVN was passing out medications. Well, that response was not justified because the LVN finished passing meds half an hour earlier. By the way, she doesn’t just reply, she retorts, even though they’re not logical. More like response to cover guilt.

Wow! I still can’t believe up to now that it happened. How can one be so lazy? All because she didn’t want her conversation interrupted for a 15 minute break to assist the patients? That doesn’t even require physical or mental work! It’s difficult to comprehend that kind of thinking and that’s why I was so angry about it. This is not good for me because it spikes my blood pressure and it takes awhile for me to get it back down.

Being the one who does most of the heavy lifting on our work shift and don’t complain about it, I think I’m justified about my complaints about the other person here. Please forgive me for my rant but I’ve been bottling it in and I just needed an outlet.

Here is a draft I wrote a few weeks ago regarding another incident. I was going to title it – Blissful Incompetence:  I don’t know what to think about some of my coworkers anymore who have been working in our hospital for several years. Is it laziness or apathy? Despite being here for years, some of them don’t seem to know or haven’t learned how to do things properly. Even when you delegate the simplest jobs to them, they seem to bungle it. They also take more time than necessary to finish, and not even finish it correctly at that. The diligent ones really shouldn’t have to check up on the others to make sure they did the job right the first time. I guess some people just want to get paid without earning it.

Do you have any coworkers with similar work habits? How do you handle the situation?

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Skytex Primer Pocket now available for $89 (4.3 inch Android device)

The Skytex Primer Pocket is a handheld device with a 4.3 inch display and Google Android 2.2 operating system. But what makes it special is the low price. You can pick one up today for $89 from Abe’s of Maine.

That’s actually $10 lower than the price Skytex had promised when unveiling the little device earlier this month.

For the most part, it looks like you get what you pay for. The Primer Pocket has a slow processor, a low resolution display, and a resistive touch panel. But if you’re looking for a pocketable Android device that’s not a phone and doesn’t come with a voice or data plan, it doesn’t get much cheaper than this.

The Primer Pocket features a 600 MHz MIPS Xburst processor with a 400MHz DSP for video playback. It has a 480 x 272 pixel display, 4GB of storage, and 256MB of RAM. The device has a headphone jack, microSD card slot, and a built-in mic and speaker. It supports pinch-to-zoom and comes with the GetJar app store preloaded instead of the Android Market. You can also install other third party app stores if you’re looking for a wider selection of apps.

Dell Vostro 1450 Specification & Price

Dell has launched a new business class laptop, Dell Vostro 1450. Dell Vostro 1450 sports a 14.0 inch HD WLED Anti-Glare Display with 1366 x 768 pixels screen resolution.

Dell Vostro 1450 is powered by 2nd generation Intel Core i3/i5 processor, Intel HD Graphics/AMD Raedon HD 6470M graphics with 512MB RAM, 4GB RAM, 500GB SATA HDD and it runs on Windows 7 Professional OS. Dell Vostro 1450 features 1.3 Megapixel webcam, Fingerprint reader, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 3.0, USB 2.0, HDMI and Gigabit Ethernet network.

Dell Vostro 1450 Features & Specifications:

• 14.0 inch HD WLED Anti-Glare Display
• 1366 x 768 pixels screen resolution
• Intel Core i3/i5 processor
• Intel Mobile HM 67 Express chipset
• Intel HD Graphics/AMD Raedon HD 6470M graphics with 512MB RAM
• 4GB DDR3 RAM
• 500GB Hard Disk
• 3-in-1 card reader
• Optical Drive: 8xDVD+/-RW
• Altec Lansing speakers
• Inbuilt 1.3 MP Camera
• Digital microphone
• Fingerprint reader
• Ports: 3 x USB 2.0, RJ45 LAN, HDMI, VGA
• Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
• Gigabit Ethernet network
• Bluetooth
• Dimensions (W x D x H): 13.5×31.5-34.7×9.6 cm
• Weight: 2.36 kg

Dell Vostro 1450 Price in India:

The new Dell Vostro 1450 Laptop Price Starts from Rs.37,990 /-

Apple plan invest $1 billion in Sharp LCD plant: sources

According to a sales note by MF Global FXA Securities released on Wednesday, Sharp may get an infusion of about a billion US dollars from Apple for its LCD manufacturing plant in Kameyama.

Apple routinely uses its massive cash reserves to shore up supplies of critical components from manufacturers in China, and is considering the investment in order to secure a stable supply of LCD panels for its iPads and iPhones. According to local media reports, Sharp is expecting an investment of 300 million yen ($1.3 billion) from the Cupertino company. That’s a lot of iPad screens.

Reports last week indicated that Apple was considering switching from LG to Samsung for the supply of iPad 2 screens owing to quality issues; perhaps Sharp has trumped Samsung in contention for Apple’s business. Or maybe Apple is looking at Sharp to supply the panels for the upcoming iPhone 5, or even the next iPad, whenever that arrives.

Microsoft confirms Windows 8 will have an App Store!

This is one of those posts in which the title nearly says it all: Microsoft has confirmed the existence of a coming application store (ala Apple’s App Store) for Windows 8.

The truth came out in an entry that Microsoft posted on its new blog that focuses on Windows 8. While it has been generally known in the market for some time that such an app store was being built, today’s revelation is the first completely ironclad mention of the product’s existence.

In a list of the teams that are working on the coming operating system, Microsoft listed “App Store” as one of the groups. The post promises that each group will eventually make itself better known through the blog. To be even more sure, we have put in a request to Microsoft Windows team to ensure that we are not, and we don’t even think that this is possible, misreading the situation.

Earlier this year at the AllThingsD event, Steven Sinofsky noted off the cuff that Windows 8 will have an app store, but today’s news is the first hard, official, unquestionable confirmation.

TNW Microsoft would like to apologize for being late to this story. We read the blog post that contained the fact hours ago, but missed the crucial line. The very intelligent NeoWin brought it to our attention.

We have, of course, known about the coming app store in Windows 8 since April, but Microsoft took its time confirming it for reasons that it has yet to share. Also, as we have previously reported, Windows 8 apps will be built with HTML5 and Java. As a final addendum, it would be remiss to not note in this piece that the coming BUILD conference is where we expect to see such things as the app store fully unveiled. TNW Microsoft will be covering the event live, of course.

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Apple to Start Selling iPhone 5 in Stores on 7th October (Friday)!

Apple is reportedly planning to start selling its next generation iPhone 5 in stores on 7^th October (Friday). It has been just reported by our friends at 9 to 5 Mac. The site notes that Apple was a little bit confused for iPhone 5 launching date, considering either 7^th October or 14^th October, but the latest  fine conditions of iPhone 5 massive production has convinced Apple to launch it on an earlier date i.e. 7^th October.

We’ve independently heard that Apple has plans to begin selling the next-generation iPhone on Friday, October 7th; the date first reported by TiPB. According to our sources, Apple has been weighing between launching the new iPhone on October 7th or October 14th, but with the product’s latest stages of pre-mass-production currently moving along nicely, Apple is presentlyshooting towards a launch on the 7th. On top of this, unlike with the iPad 2, Apple plans to offer pre-orders for the new iPhone.

Pre-orders of iPhone 5 are said to begin at the end of September. Apple is reportedly weighing Thursday, September 29^th or Friday, September 30^th, though the later one seems more optimum.
It means Apple September Event would be the best time for the announcement of iPhone 5.

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Google buying Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion

Well, that's what we call a good start of the week – Google and Motorola Mobility have announced a $12.5 billion deal under which the search giant will acquire the phone maker. This translates into a per share price of $40, meaning that Google is ready to pay 63% over Motorola Mobility's share price as per the company's Friday's closing price. This puts the search company on the same foot as Apple and other Android handset makers as Google will turn into more than just a platform maker.

The deal is expected to close by the end of 2011/beginning of 2012. But it's not just Motorola's handset expertise that this deal brings - it's a transaction which is equally about patents. Just a couple of days ago Motorola said it wants a piece of that patent pie and that might have been one of the reasons for the acquisition. Motorola Mobility reportedly owns more than 17,000 patents and is among Google's best options for defending its mobile OS. Google's Larry Page himself points out:

"Our acquisition of Motorola will increase competition by strengthening Google’s patent portfolio, which will enable us to better protect Android from anti-competitive threats from Microsoft, Apple and other companies." Page was also excited about the possibilities this brings for Android, "supercharging" the platform.

Andy Rubin heading Google's mobile efforts reaffirmed the company's commitment to Android as an open source platform as well as to the open source community. The deal would only elevate the platform, while Google itself will continue to work with its Android partners and continue distributing devices running the OS.

What were the reverberations among Motorola Mobility's fellow Android phone makers? The chief executives of HTC, LG and Sony Ericsson all welcomed the news as the move both defends and strengthens Google's case for the platform. But this opens a ton of questions starting with the future of Motorola's Blur skinning and ending with how this affects rival platforms and most notably Microsoft's Windows Phone. Not all answers will come right away, but Motorola Mobility's conference call is live now and will definitely add more clarity to the picture - we'll update you soon, so stay tuned.

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Post-Crooked Running Workouts

After doing all that crooked running two Saturdays ago, my ankles couldn’t quite recover even though I kept myself from running again since then. The pain in the past week was just too much despite all the icing, compressing, and elevating. That means I didn't even bother preparing my running gear on Friday night and missed the AREC training run this past Saturday morning. I even avoided walking so as not to put pressure on the sore tendons, so the workouts for the past week have been limited to the stationary bikes with a few bouts on the elliptical machine and rowing machine. I even had to go overtime on the bikes one morning because I lost control of my eating the previous day. There was a sale on cookies with lemon flavored cream filling and they were so yummy that when I started eating them, I found it hard to stop. I’m now trying to keep it down to three cookies as dessert after a meal. Just one bout of mindless eating and you pay for it dearly.

I don’t know if I’ve mentioned it before now, that I’ve started using the rowing machine again. I find it hard to do a rowing workout for extended periods of time so I do a sort of circuit training among all the machines in my living room. I usually start off with rowing for 5 minutes, followed by 5 minutes each on the elliptical machine, spinning bike, and recumbent bike. That makes one set. I do three sets and I’ve done an hour long workout while avoiding the boredom of doing it on only one machine. Heck I only usually do 40 to 50 minutes on the recumbent or spinning bikes if I use those by themselves. Five minutes increments on each machine at medium intensity makes it more manageable and easier on the mind, rather than thinking of it as a whole hour of working out. I turn the TV on for the rowing portion, then turn it off and read the newspaper on the other machines. It’s not as satisfying as finishing an hour run, but it’s enough to keep the endorphin cravings at bay.

This is life with a bad case of PTTD. Run a few weeks as the tendons allow, stop a few weeks when they protest. By the way, I bought a roll of Kinesiotape from Walmart a few days ago but I haven’t applied it yet. It was a surprise to find it at that store because previously you can only buy them online or locally from podiatrists and chiropractors. Although I think my PTTD is beyond help from Kinesiotaping, I’m willing to give it a try. I’ll let you know how it works out.

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Retitling This Blog and Other Changes

Well, I’ve retitled this blog to aboutlifeandrunning.blogspot.comon 7/26/11. Why? Because when I started doing this, I didn’t know any better so I just used my first name and last initials. I wanted to use lifeandrunning.blogspot.com but that was already taken by someone who hasn’t updated it since 2008.  I also updated the About Me section to briefly reflect what has been happening in the recent past. Although it appears like the people who follow this blog is still on the main page, I think they are being sent to the old webpage name. If you are one of them and I’m mistaken, please let me know. If not, I hope you find me again. I noticed that I also have to restore my blog list or the list of bloggers I follow because they disappeared from my main page. Sorry for the changes.

Another thing I updated is the background because I finally found one on blogger.com that had a running theme. I also removed the infolinks ads. If I found them irritating when they pop-up in other websites I visit, I’m pretty sure you feel the same way. In spite of that, I earned about $10.00 from those links, but which I will not be able to collect because their minimum payout is $25.00. Oh well, that’s life. This is more of a journal for me than something to earn money from. Also gone are the amazon.com ads because when California started mandating sales tax to be collected for internet purchases, Amazon discontinued payouts to residents here. Anyway, I don’t think I have any earnings from the Amazon ads. I’m trying a new contextual ad site called Affinityclick. The type of ads that will appear will depend on what I write about. So far none of their ads have appeared on this page yet.

If at all you find anything interesting, please feel free to share it on Facebook, Google+, Twitter, or whatever else social networking site you are a member of. Thanks in advance.

In the past three years of blogging, most of the hits I get are from topics regarding Virgin Mobile and Starbucks. I haven’t quite figured out yet the right labels or tags to use that can get the most hits. Unfortunately, it appears that with the name change, I’ve lost traffic from readers. It has become lost in the blogosphere and may take awhile before I get the number of hits I used to get, which is by the way, not much, LOL! Although I lament this loss of readership, I believe in the long run, the new title better reflects what I write about. If you are new here, I hope you have the chance to check out the archives and perhaps find something that suits your fancy. It has more than 400 posts.

Well, that’s all there is to it. I’ll keep writing about running as long as my body and all its ailments will allow me to run. The rest will be about daily experiences that I feel are out of the ordinary for me. If you’ve made it by reading this far, thanks again and have a wonderful day!

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Google+ for Mac Application Released, Hits 2,000 Downloads in a Day

Sully Taylor, Creative Director for Teens in Tech Labs and Founder & CEO at Sully Creative, has yesterday released a Google+ application for Mac users. The app is a very simple one, however. “Just a ported browser,” he says, “not a native app.”

Sully said that the apps has just reached 2,000 downloads.


System Requirements :Google Chrome and Mac OS X.

Taylor is a member of the Google+ Developer Program and has access to the private API’s, but this app was built using the Web interface.

He also notes that this app is a just temporary solution. He’s working on bringing Google+ to the desktop via a true native app, and wanted something in the meantime.

[Source: Google+, Via: TechCrunch]
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Facebook launches Messenger app for iPhone, Android

 

It’s fantastic news for iPhone and Android users! Facebook has launched a mobile app on Tuesday that lets iPhone and android users send instant messages to different groups and individuals, as well. The name of this instant facility is Facebook Messenger.

A Separate App

On one of the social networking site’s blog, Lucy Zhang, a Facebook engineer has announced Messenger as a separate app through which messages can be sent or received in a one click. People will receive messages in texts and notifications within no time on their smart phones.
She informed that the program can be reached all your contacts, whether at Facebook or on your mobile contact list, just type the person’s name and send it. The iPhone users can easily get this app through App store and android users via the Android Market. Users can get better information on Messenger at Facebook’s help page.

Features of this App

Zhang was the co-founder of Beluga that Facebook purchased in the previous spring season, and it formed the basis for Messenger. It has become so easy to see all the messages in one place, including chats, email or text messages. Actually, Messenger app is an extended version of Facebook messages.
The importance of this app is further witnessed when one is moving, it’s so easy to create a group chat, add your site on the map and find each other. Just imagine! It could be so funny sharing photos on your gadgets and getting the comments about your evening look.
Add more and more collection of photos to your Messenger; you can attach a picture to your group conversation too.



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Latest Android based tablets in Indian market- Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 730 & Galaxy Tab 750

 

Watch new Android based tablets in market- Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 730 & Galaxy Tab 750. Samsung’s much awaited two Android based tablet PCs i.e. Galaxy Tab 730 and Galaxy Tab 750 have been launched today in India. They are tagged respectively with the cost of Rs. 33,990 and Rs. 36,200.

Last year in the month of October, Samsung launched a 7” Galaxy Tab of Rs. 38,000. Smart mobile phones are the first choice of the customers all over the world. Senior Vice-President of Samsung Marketing Division, YH Lee told reporters that they launched these smart phones in India, as it is one of the best markets all over the world.

Apple and Samsung

Other reports have revealed that Samsung has lost a Court Case regarding intellectual property rights with Apple in Europe and has been banned from selling Galaxy Tab Tablet PCs in the European region, except Netherlands.

Apple has filed another lawsuit on Samsung for similar infringement based on a number of Apple’s patents. Apple alleged Samsung for copying their iPhone and iPad gadget designs for making Samsung’s Galaxy mobile phones.

Functionalities

This Tablet PC has all PC like functionalities except its smaller size. Both of these Galaxy tablets are well equipped with 1GB RAM, 16GB internal memory, 3MP rear and 2MP front camera and 3G functionality with the Android 3.1 Honeycomb Operating Software. The size of Galaxy Tab 730 is 8.9” and Galaxy Tab 750 is 10.1”.

Samsung’s Country Head of Indian region, Ranjit Yadav believed a tremendous growth in the Indian market of about 2.5 lakh -5 lakh units in the year 2011. This is one of the reasons for capturing Indian market, last year Samsung Galaxy Tab shared around 25% of market share.

 

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Nokia’s First Symbian OS 1GHz Processor Phone – Nokia 500(Features & Specifications)

Nokia is famous for announce the mobiles with full specification and great features at truly affordable prices.now Nokia is going to use the new OS on their upcoming phones. Now Nokia has just announced Nokia 500 with 1GHz processor phone with Symbian Anna OS at an affordable price. Nokia 500 has first Symbian OS phone from Nokia which comes with 1GHz processor.

 

Nokia 500

Nokia 500 comes with aggressive and stylish features. Nokia 500 runs under Symbian Anna OS and powered by 1GHz ARM 11 Processor. Nokia 500 has a 3.2 inches capacitive touch screen display with resolution of 640 x 360 pixels. It supports both 2G and 3G networks. Nokia gives a stylish look to nokia 500 with cut edges and smooth Touch screen.

Nokia 500 comes with amazing features, Nokia Maps pre-loaded with free walk & drive navigation, Internet Radio, 2GB of internal memory storage and 5MP of rear camera and good video quality. It also supports Wi-Fi, Bluetooth GPRS and USB slot. Nokia 500 has not comes with front camera.

 

Features & Specifications

• Network: 2G & 3G with HSPDA @14.4Mbps, HSUPA@ 5.76Mbps
•  Symbian Anna OS
• 1GHz 11 ARM Processor
• 3.2 inches TFT capacitive Touchscreen with resolution of 360 x 240 pixels and 16M colors
• 5MP camera with resolution of 2592 x 1944 pixels with feature of Geo-Tagging
• Supports video recording VGA @15fps
• Bluetooth v2.1 with A2DP and EDR
• Wi-Fi 802.11b/g
• RAM of 256 GB , ROM of 512MB
• 2GB of internal storage
• microSD card support with 32 GB of expandable memory
• microUSB v2.0 support
• GPRS, GPS with A-GPS , Java supports, FM Radio

 

Nokia 500 Price & Availability

This handset will be available at affordable price less than Rs. 9000 in India and of US $150. The phone will be not available in India yet.

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New Facebook Messenger App For Android Now Available

Hello guys Facebook Officially launched Facebook Messenger, Although the official Facebook app for Apple's iPad leaves a lot to get preferred, Android and also the social network are already doing work very well together for rather sometime. Now, besides the Facebook app there's a new official Facebook Messenger app obtainable for download in the Android Sector (Free!).

Facebook Messenger app for Android

The Facebook Messenger app hopes to become a more rapidly strategy to message in comparison to the official Facebook app for Android. With Facebook Messenger, it is possible to achieve good friends appropriate on their phones, get and mail messages swiftly, message every person at the same time and even more.

Main characteristics contain: Message friends, groups of close friends or any person inside your cellular contacts; Map your area, find your mates and make blueprints about the go; Get cellular notifications so that you by no means pass up a message; and consist of images so associates can see what you're doing.

Whilst it can be better compared to Facebook app, you will find a few tiffs we have now with it. For just one, you cannot seem on-line so consumers will just really need to assume you are once they initiate a conversation

Mac OS X Lion supports HD calls with Skype 5.3

Skype has just announced that it has today released Skype 5.3, bringing support for OS X Lion and HD video calling. The update is available now by opening Skype for Mac and choosing Check for Updates. It is also now available for direct download on Skype’s site. The addition of high-res HD calling is a welcome one and official support for Lion should fix some bugs that people have been experiencing.

Skype reccomends a minimum upload speed of 1.5mB/s to use the HD video calling feature. You will, of course, also have to have a third-party HD capable webcam or a those built into the newest Macs.

We tested out the service and found the video quality to be very good initially, but had difficulty retaining the HD stream, even on solid wired connections. Skype’s automatic quality adjustment kicked in fairly soon after the call began. You can see that the quality is decent, if not great, in the first shot below, but then degraded significantly over the next few minutes
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The upgrade to support Lion is a welcome one, although the much-maligned Mac interface has not recieved any significant changes in 5.3. The HD video calling is also a great upgrade, although the jury is still out on how well Skype is able to maintain an HD stream, even over a solid connection.
If you try out Skype 5.3 for Mac’s HD feature, let us know how it works for you in the comments below.

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Apple is Now the Worlds Most Valuable Company!

Apple’s market capitalization reached $341.5 billion today in trading, becoming the worlds largest and most valuable company. Apples new position in the top spot just barely edges out oil giant Exxon Mobil’s $341.4 billion, and is more of a function of the skittish behavior on Wall Street than any particular news today since both stocks are down quite a ways from their 52-week highs. Nonetheless, this is quite an amazing feat for a company that was just $7.68 a share a decade ago and on the verge of bankruptcy.

If you really want shareholder envy, check out what your net worth would be if you had invested in Apple stock rather than buying Apple equipment.

Just look at Apple’s 10 year chart when compared to cash-cow Exxon:

Anyone else wish they owned Apple stock?

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Archos G9 Android tablet to ship with hybrid 250GB HDD

Due to the cost and space considerations, it’s unusual to see a tablet with more than 128GB of on-board storage. 16 or 32GB are more common, with anything above that being a premium option at a premium price. You can also argue that a tablet really doesn’t need storage beyond those levels.

Archos disagrees though, and will be offering its G9 Android tablet with the option of a 250GB hybrid hard drive. It’s a hybrid because Archos wanted more than the performance of a standard hard drive, so they added a 4GB flash memory chip to speeds things up a little. This is a technique some hard drive manufacturers have experimented with in their standard drives, with Seagate even going so far as to say 80% of hard drives will by hybrids by 2015.

As you’d expect, the inclusion of a hard drive makes the tablet a little heaveir (599g or 755g) and thicker (14.7mm or 15.6mm), but the use of a Seagate Momentus 7mm 2.5″ drive means it still remains a very portable unit.

The 250GB option will be available on both the 8-inch and 10-inch models of the G9, which cost $369.99 and $469.99 respectively. If you consider that getting 64GB of storage in an iPad 2 costs $699, the G9 could be considered a bit of a bargain. Alternatively you can opt for a 16GB flash-only G9 model if you really don’t want or need the additional storage.

As for other features of note, you get Android 3.2 running on an ARM Cortex A9 OMAP4 1.5GHz, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, and a camera capable of recording 720p.

The question is, does any want 250GB of storage in a tablet? It would certainly come in handy for a long holiday where watching movies is your best form of entertainment and there’s no internet connection for streaming. As a media center it sounds ideal.

Source: geek.com 

Google Chrome is the fastest Web Browser in the world, Research tells

Gomez which is a Compuwares division was carrying a website measurement project which was aimed to find which web browser is the fastest for desktop users. In this research only broadband users were included. Gomez released figures regarding to it. It took one month to complete the project. 1.86 billion individuals were measured over 200 websites. And the results were in favor of Google Chrome.


Google Chrome won it. The average load time measured for Google Chrome was 3.433 seconds. Second in the rankings is Mozilla Firefox followed by Apple’s Safari. On number fourth is Internet Explorer.

However, when comparing the time taken for the visible portion to load in web browser, Safari takes even lesser time than Apple. Seeing the general user experience about performance of different browsers, Google Chrome is surely the best.

Incoming search terms:

• Gomez chrome

Source: techlik.com

Nokia N9 Camera Features

Here is a demo video of the Nokia N9 camera features. Check it out !

Facebook Discussions About High School

Former classmates from our little town of Jolo (in the province of Sulu in the Philippines), and I have been having a discussion on Facebook about happenings in our lives during those days. Even though I say classmates, it wasn’t true in the real sense of the word because we were divided by great distance into the Notre Dame Girl’s Department run by the Dominican Sisters, and Notre Dame Boy’s Department, managed by the Marist Brothers. The discussions centered on secrets people had in high school regarding crushes, admirers, real or imagined relationships, and such. It’s so funny at our age to be pondering these things (we are all in our mid 50’s). Could that mean that we are still young at heart despite our chronological ages? So far, few if any have spilled the beans. Some of these supposed secrets were already known back then but they were never overt. Apparently, a few people knew more about them than others. Those who were in the loop are beginning to drop hints about what purportedly happened. Most, including me were either innocent, utterly clueless, or just lived  sheltered lives under the constant supervision of conservative and very strict parents.

So that got me digging into the deep recesses of my mind to try to remember what I did in high school and why I wasn’t socially active (and still not to this day). Well, I was more involved in sports back then. As a freshman, I played basketball, then learned tennis in my sophomore year, broke my left ankle in a motorcycle accident as a junior, then it was back to tennis as a senior. A lot of my free time was spent at the Bureau of Public Highways tennis court initially, then Jolo Tennis Club, and at the Notre Dame gymnasium tennis courts. In between, there was hunting birds with my cousin (he shot the birds with his BB gun and his maid dressed and cooked them. We even ate a bat and a kingfisher once). There was also table tennis at the house of one of our teachers (Mr. Villanueva) on some weekends. All those physical activities left me no time to be socially involved with male peers or girls. That, and the aforementioned constant supervision of conservative and very strict parents. But then again, that may be just be my reserved personality. My younger brother turned out socially much better under the same parentage after all. By the way, nowadays I socialize better while running. There is something about opening up my sweat glands that make me open up my vocal cords too.

Addendum 8/10/11 @ 400 P.M.: I was not with the boy’s department students taking the jeepneys  from Plaza Rizal to Gandasuli because I usually hitched a ride with the Nangquils  whose father was the district engineer, from their house in BPH. This made miss admiring the PYT’s from the girl’s department while the jeeps circled the plaza.

So my dear classmates who by chance happen to read this -  sorry for not having any juicy secrets to divulge to you, however I’m intrigued to hear about yours. I can only offer you this Beatles song:

Listen,
Do you want to know a secret?,
Do you promise not to tell?, whoa oh, oh.

Closer,
Let me whisper in your ear,
Say the words you long to hear,
I'm in love with you.

p.s. Diana A. in early high school and Ohara N. much later, and one other who happens to be on Facebook who shall remain nameless… I started to type in their last names but I decided otherwise to protect the good names of the innocent. Thanks for letting me share.

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The Crooked Runner

If you told me four weeks ago that I would be running 9 miles this past Saturday, I would probably tell that you must be more delusional than I am. But that’s exactly what happened during AREC’s training day so I could debunk such delusion. I didn’t have anybody to pace with so I had to run mostly by myself except around 5 miles when I tried to keep up with this lady who’s name I learned later was Elsie. The problem with trying to keep up with her was that she would throw in some surges ever so often and I’m more of a rhythm runner. Besides, surges don’t sit too well with my injured ankles. So I had to let her go and I trailed about 50 meters behind her after 7 miles. I had to take a couple of 40 second walk breaks in the last mile but in spite of that I was surprised that my pace became quicker so much so that I was able to catch up and pass Elsie and also Rick who was about 75 meters ahead at the 7 mile mark. Those two walk breaks really helped make my ankles recover somewhat. Now I’m wondering if I should just do that for the whole distance instead of taking the breaks when my ankles start hurting. I was very elated to finish strong and for being able to cover the distance when I’m not supposed to be covering any distance at all. But oh, the soreness the morning after! Because I’m not able to run as often as required to avoid the said muscular soreness. There is a minimum of three runs a week to avoid the soreness but once a week of supreme effort is all I could muster. And that’s not even mentioning the tendon pain. Like I said before, I don’t mind muscle soreness but it takes longer for tendon pain to recover. I question myself sometimes if one day of running is worth the rest of the week in pain. With the type of injury I have, everything can change tomorrow and I’d be back to walking, if that. But last Saturday morning, I truly appreciated what my body allowed me to do.

p.s. As you can see in these photos, I’m mostly leaning to one side when I run nowadays due to muscular and joint imbalances, thus I am a crooked runner.

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Tips How to scroll on the new Facebook Chat

scroll on the new Facebook Chat,Facebook recently launch new design for chat on facebook, and it has effect that you can not scroll your friendlist chat.it is terrible.The new chat eliminates scrolling and instead displays all contacts in one shot.i think They need to fix it very soon because everyone hates it!

it is just tips so you can chat with your online friends on facebook, try to install facebook chat application, it is third party,using api to chat, for example you can use yahoo messenger and integrate your facebook account on it, there are many chat application facebook you can use it.

see the screenshot for many third party application which has facebook chat

Happy 20th Anniversary for World Wide Web

Today is birthday for Our WWW, WWW is abreviation from World wide Web,the creator and develop for world wide web is Tim Berners-Lee's, The proposal preceded the Web's public debut by a couple of years. it was On August 6, 1991--20 years ago--Tim Berners-Lee posted a summary of a project for organizing information on a computer network using a "web" of hyperlinks: the "WorldWideWeb," or W3. At the same time, the W3 made its debut as a publicly available service on the Internet. Now, as the Web turns 20, those of us here at CNET and sister site CBS News.com are giving it a big thank you for revolutionizing the world as we know it.

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Facebook Aplication for Java Phone

Something different when i open my opera browser on my sony ericssson g502i, whe  i was opened m.facebook.com, i got new screen i have ever seen before, and it is download link for facebook application for java phone, this is aplication for older phone,based java with extention .jar .jad,

so  i download it  it s about 120 kb, and then i installed the software, i run it and now i have facebook application for my g502 sony.

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Snickers Marathon Bars – A Reconnection

A quick post : Last week I wrote about someone giving away energy bars (http://aboutlifeandrunning.blogspot.com/2011/07/running-afterglow.html). This is Kathleen , a very speedy runner who is sponsored by Snickers Marathon Bars. We both know another speedster named Marigold who now lives in Corpus Christi, Texas and is pregnant with her first child. I ran with Marigold about 7 years ago when she trained for her first marathon. I met Kathleen about 4 years ago at the Long Beach Marathon which she ran with Marigold and we reconnected at the AREC training run last week. Too bad I couldn’t keep up with their pace anymore. Thanks for the Marathon Bars Kathleen. They made for a good dessert that day!

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Running Aimlessly

Having not recovered from last Saturday’s 8 ½ mile run, but itching for a different type of workout other than what I’ve been doing indoors in the past three days, it was a gamble deciding to put on my running clothes and venturing to the sunny outdoors of my neighborhood. I really wanted to run on Tuesday but had to put it off for Wednesday because my ankle tendons were still tender. I figured I’d just stop and go back home if I started to hurt too much so I wanted to keep it in the vicinity. I wasn’t even sure which direction I was going when I got out the door but started heading North, then West, then it became aimless after that point. All that mattered was running slowly for four minutes and taking a one minute ankle-recovering walk break afterwards. Maybe I’ll turn down this street, wait, maybe a couple more streets down past this construction zone. Make a left, a U-turn, a right on a street where a friend used to live, then ten minutes South on the L.A. River bike path. At this point thirty minutes into the run, my GPS watch indicated that the lap memory was full so I had to stop and walk until I figured out how to reset it to zero. Resuming the run, I headed back North, down another street, into the neighborhood park, added a few minutes by running up and down a couple of short hills, then headed back home to finish fifty minutes of meandering and aimless running. Finally! A relief from indoor cycling, rowing, and from the elliptical machine. Let’s hope the ankles will have healed enough to run on Saturday. Weight training having been done yesterday, now to start my abs workout…

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iPhone 5 Launch October Not September?

We have been hearing a number of rumors over the last few weeks that the iPhone 5 would launch in September, first we heard it would launch on September the 5th, and then we heard that it would launch in the first two weeks of September.

Now according to the guys over at All Things D, we will see the iPhone 5 launch at the start of October, this follows on from a recent Gizmodo report which said it would land at the end of September after they received some information from an AT&T employee.



So it could be the start of October rather than September, but who knows with Apple, one thing I suspect that will happen is that Apple will announce the iPhone 5 in September at the same time as iOS 5 and the new iPod Touch, but it could go on sale anytime after that announcement and the beginning of October.
The above image is an iPhone 5 concept design.