Tim Marman

no specific questions, but man I'm looking forward to this. I'm actually quite disappointed that Jason turned down the offer to speak at their conference - because that would be classic. Maybe he'll reconsider.

Just tear him a new one. I want to hear what they have to say. Arrington was pretty funny and direct when he interviewed them after the last round of financing.. and I have no doubt Jason can unlease some BK attitude :)

Another one who wants an audio feed. (Look, e.g., at what Diggnation does.) Since I have a nano, I'm subscribed but half of the episodes don't show up in iTunes - I instead have to manually download and copy.

Oh, and I may join the "fatblogging" movement - I'm trying to get back into "playing" shape as I'm getting married later this year - but as I mentioned above I'm not a big fan of the weight metric. I may start posting my Nike+IPOD results and lifting numbers if I can get on a more regular routine.

It would be cool if there were a social network that you could upload this info to ... maybe there already is and I'm just too lazy to look.

Others beat me to it (your site is blocked from work for some reason....) - but weight is not the end-all-be-all here. Especially if you've been inactive for awhile (as you've suggested), you'll find you'll lose weight initially and then actually gain weight (or stay flat) as you start to build muscle. (Muscle, after all, weighs more than fat). (You'll really notice this after doing something like spin for a few weeks, building mass in your legs).

This is especially true for me - I have a big frame, I'm very dense, and I "carry weight well". I've been 210 and fat and out of shape and 225-230 and thinner, so BMI is a terrible metric for me.

If you want to really lose weight and get fit, you should combine intense training (HIIT, weight training) with steady low-impact workouts like spin and the elliptical. The former are good because they stimulate the fast-twitch muscles, while the latter build the thinner, slow-twitch muscles. Like everything else in life, balance is key.

Exercise may burn relatively few calories, but it helps raise your metabolism even after you're done with the exercise.

Along the lines of Alan K's comment, I would recommend recording your workouts. Track every workout in a spreadsheet, or better yet get a Nike+Ipod (I just picked one up, it's awesome for $30 if you already have a nano) or a Pedometer/Heart Rate Monitor.

Do the same for your food - record everything you eat or drink. Things can add up, and you can often knock out a few hundred calories easily. You can also spot trends and - like the Google 15 tip - at least know when you're deviating and try to make it an exception and not a habit.

Good luck!

Another vote for the Uniden. I bought it a few years back after doing some research - I've heard poor things about the Panasonic.

Like Johan, I am struggling to find any sarcasm in the post and the first few comments (though I wasn't up at 3:36am like Johan to clear it up).

The Onion is, of course, satire (and hilarious satire at that). 100% fake. In other words, this wasn't supposed to be "hard hitting news" - it was a joke.

The Xbox 360 is more than a gaming console. I can see this being useful when the 360 is used as an HTPC/Media Center Extender. I had an old Philips Streamium that had this on the front, and it was nice being able to navigate your music without the TV on. Or, as Hammer suggested above, showing the time left on music/video without having to bring up the on-screen menu.

So no, it's not completely useless - it would be a nice feature, but I don't think I could justify paying too much extra for it.

But yes, it's of limited use - it's

I was just coming to post what ShortFuse did (#20). The games are "blocked" because there is no ESRB rating and Vista Parental Controls presumably treat an unrated game strictly (as they should). This has nothing to do with blocking spyware.

Well, isn't my kind of game but still looks pretty cool. If nothing else, maybe this will pull some of the kiddies off of COD3 :)