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admin — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 19:03:24 +0000

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Nutrition Tips from Dr. Weil

admin — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 20:28:41 +0000

I recently checked out an interview Kevin Rose did with Dr. Weil, and I found the video so worthwhile that I had to write this post about the nutrition and health knowledge it shares. Since watching this interview I have implemented a few supplemental suggestions from Dr. Weil into my own life. After having made these changes I've noticed an improvement in my overall health and mood. The two supplements that I purchased and have started taking since watching this video are fish oil, and vitamin D. Some research suggests that a vitamin D deficiency might underlie seasonal depression and I certainly agree that there is a correlation here. On some winter days when the sky is dark and my body is deprived of vitamin D I can feel the bleakness of the weather in my body. I have found that supplementing vitamin D and trying to get as much sunlight as possible has really helped with this. Exercise, of course, is another method I use to turn my mood around on any given day.

The Importance of Epic Adventures

admin — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 00:31:59 +0000

“Life is either a great adventure or nothing.” -Helen Keller The Longest way is a video of the epic one year adventure of Christoph Rehage. Christoph did not shave or cut his hair during his adventure and managed to grow a beard as epic as the adventure itself. Here is the long red line showing the distance that Christoph traveled on foot. I found a great quote from his travel blog: It doesn’t matter what dream you choose to follow, as long as you have one. Go follow your dream, and laugh while you’re doing it!

The Merchants of Green Coffee

admin — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 05:37:02 +0000

The other day I had a chance to visit the coffee shop that trumps all coffee shops, The Merchants of Green Coffee, and while there I drank the best coffee of my life! The Merchants of Green Coffee is tucked in beside the DVP just off of Queen st. East, in Toronto. For coffee lovers such as myself the trip is well worth the journey. The Merchants make the claim that 99% of all coffee is stale, and after tasting theirs, I agree.
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My Five Favorite Exercises

admin — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 01:38:35 +0000

Lately I have been making exercise and all around healthy living a central focus of my life, and on January 21^st I took up the challenge to do P90x and do at least one video from the program every day, for at least ninety days. Since then I have found that the other important responsibilities in my life have become easier to achieve, as my body and mind have been stress free. I have my first child, a son, on the way in about seven weeks and to say that I have had to deal with a little bit of stress is an understatement. Daily exercise has really helped and I have found that any stress I have seems to sweat itself away. My secret to exercising regularly, without getting bored or discouraged, is doing exercise that I enjoy. In addition to the fun and engaging P90x, I also focus on strength training at the gym, and play sports.

Jettison Photo Shoot at The Drake Hotel

admin — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 03:01:15 +0000

Today I had the good fortune of meeting Jared Hatch (@jaredhatch_com) for a food review. I am no food critic, but being the food lover that I am I was all over the offer like gravy on mashed potatoes. I met Jared shortly after I strolled through the front doors of The Drake Hotel at 1150 Queen st. west. I would have remembered to check in on foursquare but the conversation was too captivating for my attention to wander away from my hosts to my iPhone. Jared came from Chicago with Emanuel, and both were here to appreciate what the city has to offer, and to do a spot for jettisonquarterly.com. Jettison is a quarterly online arts, music, fashion, and design magazine, with an average issue containing between 200-300 pages. Read More

90 Day Fitness Experiment – P90x

admin — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 20:31:32 +0000

I take my health to heart, and am always looking for interesting and fun new ways go get and stay fit. Last week when my friend Joel told me about how using P90X could help P90X "eradicate every fat cell in the body" I decided it was time I try it out for myself. So far P90X is fun, and intense. The video recommends taking "before" pictures when you start, so I did, and I have included them in this post. P90X does not confuse the fact that fitness is part exercise, and part healthy eating, although it focuses on the former. Due to this truism of fitness I will be fighting a battle to improve my health on two fronts over the next three months.

10 Technology Trends for 2010

admin — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 10:58:11 +0000

Updated: January 27th, 2010 2010 is shaping up to be an exciting year of significant change. The following trends include my predictions about how tech will improve over the next twelve months. The 10 topics below are generating buzz right now on Twitter and across the social sphere of the web. It is safe to say that these topics will continue to develop as news surrounding these topics are released during the months to come. Read More

Pingdom.com: A Cool Service for Websites

admin — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 08:42:24 +0000

What is Pingdom?

Pingdom is a web site uptime monitoring service that tracks the uptime of your website and will alert you if and when your site goes down. Pingdom can alert you within one minute of your site going down, in a variety of ways, such as: email, sms, and even via iPhone push notifications.

Royal Pingdom

If you were not already aware, I have had the chance to write a few blog posts lately for the pingdom blog, Royal Pingdom. Royal Pingdom is a blog about technology and geeky talk and anything web or up-time related. The posts I have written include:

8 Tips for building a strong presence on Twitter (266+ Tweets)

10 of the most popular wordpress plugins (58+ Diggs)

5 awesome lists and 25 cool geeks worth listing

And I have a cool post about useful iPhone apps in the works. When I first signed my website up to be monitored by pingdom I made the recommendation that they integrate graphs into their iPhone app. Recently the new pingdom iPhone app was released, complete with plenty of graphs, and I was quite happy. If you manage any websites I recommend you use pingdom to monitor them. No installation is required and the service will give you the piece of mind that comes with knowing your sites are safe and sound.

How To: Custom Brand your Email with Google Apps

admin — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 22:48:19 +0000

Updated: Febuary 1st, 2010 I recently purchased a few new domains and I set them up with Google apps powered email accounts. Now I have a custom branded email address that ends in: @garinkilpatrick.com, so feel free to email me, and the message will go directly to my cell. By following the steps in this blog post you will be able to set yourself up with yourname@yourdomain.com and access your custom google powered email account from anywhere with the Internet.