9.20.2006

wednesday

Websites

  • www.itrain.com
  • at this site, you can download all kinds of guided workouts from running, to weight lifting, to hip hop dance and upload them to your ipod or any mp3 player. i’ve been using the itread workout, religiously, since the beginning of july and have totally reengergized my treadmill workouts. the workouts are updated every month so they never get stale. you can also preview the workouts.

  • www.9.yahoo.com
  • get the top 9 websites, based on entertainment value (i guess), as rated by yahoo. that's how I found this site http://terragalleria.com that provides breathtaking nature photographs from around the world. maria sansone, the cute hostess, delivers the top nine with lots of wit and energetic enthusiasm. updated daily.

    Podcasts – podcasts are great when you don’t feel like listening to music or want to learn something, take a walking tour to another city or be entertained. they are great when i’m looking out for the bus in the morning. i’ve tried reading, but i had to keep looking up to see if the bus was coming.

    Grammar Girl’s Quick & Dirty Tricks for Writing
  • www.qdnow.com – if you care about writing good, i mean well, listen to to this podcast. as the title says, it’s quick and dirty, which is so perfect for my short attention span.

    National Geographics 50 Walks of a Lifetime - this morning while waiting for the bus, i took a walking tour of tribeca, in new york city. yesterday, i was in boston. tomorrow…paris.
  • 2 comments:

    Anonymous said...

    Since you're a fan of THE 9, you might want to check out this behind-the-scenes post on show. It's a veritable cornucopia of up-close-and-personal with Maria Sansone.

    Nicki Dugan
    Yodel Anecdotal
    (Yahoo!' company blog)

    Fern said...

    nicki, thanks for the links. maria is certainly a very accomplished young lady. i think she should take her gig on tv.