A “No-Gym” Workout

September 14th, 2011 No comments

Lifehacker had another good post that consolidated information, videos and exercises that could all be done without a gym membership or any equipment – with nothing but your body.  It includes exercises for all different parts of your body too – so whatever your need you should find some good tips.

Source: Lifehacker

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Repair projects you should do yourself

September 8th, 2011 No comments

Lifehacker had a post about common repairs that you should not hire someone to do for you – they are simple enough to do on your own.  It includes video tutorials.

Source: Lifehacker

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Where to watch soccer in the DC area

August 12th, 2011 No comments

Need to watch your favorite European teams in DC? Check out these locations.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/gog/best-bets/best-soccer-bars,97954.html

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Cool tool for history buffs

July 15th, 2011 No comments

The Washington Post had an article in “The Buzz” on a neat new site that shows/annotates pictures at different locations at different points in time.  It’s called HistoryPin, and it’s a collaboration between Google and a UK based website.  Check it out.

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My first GAO testimony

May 24th, 2011 No comments

What was supposed to be a relatively straightforward testimony on health care costs turned interesting…

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U.S. (and State) Debt Clocks

April 18th, 2011 No comments

A good post at infosthetics on the debt clock for the United States.  If you want to know what our current deficit is, how much the average person owes, and other interesting statistics, head on over to debtclock.org and take a look.

Source: http://infosthetics.com/archives/2011/04/us_debt_clock_all_the_relevant_statistics_in_real-time.html

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The end of an era

April 12th, 2011 No comments

The Space Shuttle program has come to an end.  NASA decided where to “store” each of the four shuttles – luckily for me one of them is going to Udvar-Havy.  Watch the 14 minute video on the space shuttle, narrated by William Shatner.

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Fitness truths and lies

April 12th, 2011 No comments

Mens Journal had a really good, comprehensive article on fitness.   The header reads:

Gym machines are boring, CrossFit is sadistic, and dieting sucks. Luckily, none of them is essential to being truly fit. Through years of trial and error — and humiliation at the hands of some of the world’s top trainers — the author discovered the secrets to real health.

Source: http://www.mensjournal.com/everything-you-know-about-fitness-is-a-lie/

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Google releases data visualization challenge

March 7th, 2011 No comments

From Infosthetics:
The latest contestant in this search for the best visualization
designer (or should I say, the next employee?) is Google, who,
together with Eyebeam, just announced their profound interest in both
federal tax numbers as well as interactive bubble graphs

http://infosthetics.com/archives/2011/02/google_releases_data_viz_challenge.html

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Test your Rock-Paper-Scissors strategy against the machine

March 7th, 2011 No comments
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