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I'm Back!!!!!!
Posted on Wednesday, January 20, 2010 at 9:16 AM by Robby Roberts
OK, I've let this sit idle WAY too long. I've had myself in a bit of a personal funk, I put back on about 25 lbs of the weight I lost... It's been a rough year.
But, I've met someone that has changed my life. The funk is gone! I'm hitting a local gym, 4, sometimes 6 times a week. I'm back on the diet. And, I'm getting ready to move to a new, hopefully much better place.
What really got me was the election of Obama. It really just killed my hope for this country. But, last nights victory in Mass, a REPUBLICAN taking the seat held by Teddy Kenndy for so many years, in the MOST LIBERAL state in the union, has re-energized me! Let's hope that Scott Brown's victory is repeated in many other Congressional Mid-term elections this year!
FourSquare
Posted on Wednesday, January 20, 2010 at 8:38 PM by Robby Roberts
OK, well I just found out about FourSquare, and well, I like it. It seems fun. Almost like a cross between Geocaching, Facebook and Twitter.
What is FourSquare? Here's what they have on their "HELP" page:
What is foursquare?
foursquare is a cross between a friend-finder, a social city-guide and a game that rewards you for doing interesting things. We aim to build things to not only help you keep up with the places your friends go, but that encourage you to discover new places and challenge you to explore your neighborhood in new ways.
Basically, you check in when you are out. Kind of like a Tweet on Twitter. You can do it from your mobile phone @ m.foursquare.com, you can do it by TXT message, or, they have an app for iPhones, Android Phones, BlackBerry Phones and the Palm Pre phones.
You earn points for checking in, and badges for doing certian things.
It's all in good fun and meant for you to link up with your friends and compete for points and badges.
If you join, be sure to add me as a friend!! Just be sure to link it to your FaceBook or Twitter Account, and have me as a friend on one of them to find me.
BIM Active
Posted on Friday, January 22, 2010 at 3:17 PM by Robby Roberts
OK, I'm trying out another new program on my BlackBerry. And, it's more than that, this is a free service that supports a lot of different phones from different cell providers.
It's Called BIM Active. What it does it allow you to track your outdoor activites (Walks, Runs, Bike Rides....), caclulate distance, time, calories burned, and keep a log of them. It will even publish a "Blog" of them on their site. Here's mine.
I have linked my blog there, to this Blog. While the formatting is a little different here than what it displays there, It's basically the same info. I'm going to start using this to help motivate me and keep me more accountable as spring get here.
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Walk 02:39 PM
Posted on Friday, January 22, 2010 at 3:28 PM by Robby Roberts
ActivityPerformance
Route: -- Elev. Avg: 1229 ft Location: Gainesville, GA, Elev. Gain: -3 ft Date: 01/22/10 Up/Downhill: [+108/-111] Time: 03:01 PM Difficulty: 1.3 / 5.0 Weather: Cloudy 46 F temp; 87% humidity 46 F heat index; winds SW 6 mph Map
Distance: 1.00 miles Time: 0:22:21 Speed: 2.6 mph Pace: 23' 05 /mi Calories: 234 
Elevation (ft)
Speed (mph)
Splits
Mile Pace (min/mile) Speed (mph) Elevation
Gainactual +/- avg actual +/- avg end 23' 04 -0' 00 2.6 +0.0 +4 ft Versus average of 2.6 mph: Slower Faster
Walk 02:39 PM
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