{"id":26740,"date":"2014-06-24T09:48:29","date_gmt":"2014-06-24T13:48:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/?p=26740"},"modified":"2014-06-24T09:48:29","modified_gmt":"2014-06-24T13:48:29","slug":"tracking-your-body","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/?p=26740","title":{"rendered":"Tracking your body"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tracking your movements and your body’s vital signs.<\/strong> 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<\/em> 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.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

You can read more on this field of tracking your body in a totally engrossing piece called\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>T<\/span>racking Max Levchin, <\/strong>who co-founded PayPal, became the first backer of Yelp in 2004 and sits on the Yahoo board. For the Men’s Fitness<\/em> interview with Levchin, click here.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

My brain is still addled by a heavy cold.\u00a0<\/strong> <\/span>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.<\/p>\n

Wimbledon continues.<\/strong><\/span> Live TV\u00a0 is on ESPN and ESPN2 in the mornings. Repeats start at 4:00 PM on The Tennis Channel.<\/p>\n

Random thoughts<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

+ 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.<\/p>\n

+ I changed my car horn to gunshot sounds. People move out of the way much faster now.<\/p>\n

+ You can tell a lot about a woman’s mood just by her hands. If she is holding a gun, she’s probably angry.<\/p>\n

+ You know that tingly little feeling you get when you really like someone….. That’s common sense leaving your body.<\/p>\n

+ I don’t like making plans for the day because then the word “premeditated” gets thrown around too much in the courtroom.<\/p>\n

+ I didn’t make it to the gym again today. That makes five years in a row.<\/p>\n

+ I decided to stop calling the bathroom the John.\u00a0 I renamed it Jim. I feel so much better saying I went to the Jim this morning.<\/p>\n

+ To the paranoid people who check behind shower curtains for murderers:\u00a0\u00a0 If you find one…..what’s your plan?<\/p>\n

\u00a0\"HarryNewton\"<\/a>
\nHarry 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.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n