Tracking your movements and your body’s vital signs. You’ll live longer and healthier if you track your body’s vital signs. Your doctors will help you more when they have your stats. At least that’s the theory . There’ll soon be zillions devices to help you. For now the best device, according to Jim McDonald of the tech blog, The Wirecutter is the $130 Garmin Vivofit. McDonald singles out the Vivofit as the best all-around, commercially available fitness tracker. With pinpoint accuracy, it records your steps, calories, distance, and sleep and never has to leave your arm because the batteries last for a full year.
You can read more on this field of tracking your body in a totally engrossing piece called Tracking Max Levchin, who co-founded PayPal, became the first backer of Yelp in 2004 and sits on the Yahoo board. For the Men’s Fitness interview with Levchin, click here.
My brain is still addled by a heavy cold. But I feel progress. My self-indulgent web searches shows there’s nothing you can do for the common cold, except wait it out and complain. There are nice words for chicken soup which helps the stuffiness.
Wimbledon continues. Live TV is on ESPN and ESPN2 in the mornings. Repeats start at 4:00 PM on The Tennis Channel.
Random thoughts
+ I’m not saying let’s go kill all the stupid people. I’m just saying let’s remove all the warning labels and let the problem work itself out.
+ I changed my car horn to gunshot sounds. People move out of the way much faster now.
+ You can tell a lot about a woman’s mood just by her hands. If she is holding a gun, she’s probably angry.
+ You know that tingly little feeling you get when you really like someone….. That’s common sense leaving your body.
+ I don’t like making plans for the day because then the word “premeditated” gets thrown around too much in the courtroom.
+ I didn’t make it to the gym again today. That makes five years in a row.
+ I decided to stop calling the bathroom the John. I renamed it Jim. I feel so much better saying I went to the Jim this morning.
+ To the paranoid people who check behind shower curtains for murderers: If you find one…..what’s your plan?
Harry Newton who notes that yesterday’s “brochure” from a Chinese hotel is probably fake. But, who cares? It was funny and didn’t hurt anyone. If you missed it, it’s here.
You should try Vietnam
Trust me Harry…..In my many years of traveling in and around China that was one of the better translations I’ve seen.