Actually, not a whole lot of links, just a few from yesterday. I was busy, busy all day and didn’t have much time to scour the web.
Big ship, big radar, awesome guy photo
Best brand practices for twitter
Thinking of moving? What’s an equal salary in a different city?
I DONT CARE THAT YOU ARE MIRANDA FROM SEX IN THE CITY
You will probably see these on this site soon
So another day and another round of links as I’ve combed the intertubes to bring you the best of the Web yesterday.
What happens when you fly a robot eagle where real eagles live? Web video awesomeness.
I read this yesterday. It spoke to me. It applied to me. I learned something. (It’s hot)
Google vs. Facebook. Two companies that have shaped the Internet both try to rule the online world.
http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2009/06/23/common-car-dealer-tricks/
This is a cool list of how car dealers tend to scam newbies are car buying. Your negotiation skills suck compared to their skills.
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/06/22/alicecom-is-your-housekeeper-and-personal-shopper-rolled-into-one-easy-to-use-site/
A new way to shop for household goods. Alice.com offers up a clearinghouse for common household items and then sells them nearly direct from the manufacturer. No margin. They make money via ads. Brilliant!
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/06/22/former-deputy-national-security-advisor-twitter-founders-should-get-nobel-peace-prize/
Should Twitter get a Nobel Prize for giving a voice to tens of thousands in Iran?
http://www.niemanlab.org/2009/06/four-crowdsourcing-lessons-from-the-guardians-spectacular-expenses-scandal-experiment/
Got scooped by your competitor? Need to comb through hundreds of thousands of documents? Let the crowd do it!
http://www.justgareth.com/15-outstanding-but-simple-wordpress-themes-you-probably-have-not-seen/
Your daily WordPress theme list
http://www.instantshift.com/2009/06/23/40-sources-to-download-high-quality-free-photoshop-psd-stuff/
Free stuff for Photoshop junkies
http://lifehacker.com/5299994/rain-gutters-as-cable-management-tools
Once I get settled in a new apartment, I’ll have to try this. $20 fix for cord management.
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/06/19/ad-management-plugins-and-tutorials-f or-managing-ads-on-your-website
I stopped reading after the WP ad management tools, but this is a good list of stuff if you run ads on your blog.
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/06/23/iphone-in-app-purchases-already-leading-to-the-dreaded-two-words-bait-and-switch/
No, that turn-by-turn navi app really isn’t 99 cents.
http://lifehacker.com/5300374/whats-replaced-your-alarm-clock
Guilty, I still have an alarm clock by my bed. I never use it.
http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2009/06/23/the-personal-finance-chore-list/
Just like cleaning your house, your finances need a chore list as well
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/06/23/googles-wants-you-to-become-a-gmail-ninja-or-look-like-a-huge-nerd/
Learn Gmail in 5 easy steps!
http://pelfusion.com/tools/30-twitter-tools-for-managing-followers/
Got a lot of followers on Twitter? Here are some ways to help you manage them.
So I spend most mornings mindlessly trolling the inter-tubes for interesting stuff to read. I always lament that I can’t blog more seeing as I don’t have time. I realized yesterday that there really wasn’t one more thread on nafoom that I missed, so I can spend this time contributing more productive things to my blog.
So last night was my night to cook. I took another night off from the gym to try to get the week started (Wednesday, what?) and cleaned before the fiancee came over for dinner. I figured I’d try to improve on a quesadilla recipe I started last week. The goal was for it to be good, but easy and only utilize, at most, 2-3 pots, pans, cookie sheets etc. I think I succeeded.
Ingredients: (For two)
1 can Swanson canned chicken
1-2 cups favorite salsa
3-4 cups spinache, rinsed
2 tortillas
As much or as little of your favorite cheese as you wish (I used mozzarella and cheddar)
1/2 packet Old El Paso taco seasoning
Bake:
In a large skillet over medium/low heat combine salsa, chicken, spinach and season. Mix. I took the spatulate and poked at the chicken to break it up and it give it that ‘shredded’ feel. Be careful not to overheat this as the chicken is already cooked. You do want it warm, approaching hot. I had mine over heat for about six minutes.
Heat oven to 250 degrees and place tortillas on a cookie sheet to warm.
Remove tortillas and chicken mixture from heat. Take cheese and cover 1 half of tortilla. Add chicken concoction and spread evenly over half the tortillas leaving about 1/4th of an inch from the edge. Add more cheese on top of the chicken. Fold the tortilla over and press lightly. (Repeat for other tortilla)
Turn oven to 350 and place tortillas back in the oven on the cookie sheet and let warm for 7 minutes. (Melts the cheese)
Enjoy.
A few months ago I bought a book called ‘Workouts in a Binder, Swim Workouts for Triathletes.’ It’s a nice waterproof book that includes a ton of swimming workouts (for triathletes! Duh!). It has been a while since I’ve been in the pool so I decided to ease back into the pool. I picked a workout and decided I’d do half.
Well, it turns out that of the ‘Main Set A’ and ‘Main Set B’ you’re supposed to pick one to get to the assigned distance. I opted for Set A and cut a little off the workout here and there. It called for a 300 yd kick, I did 100, it called for a 500 yd main swim, I did 250. The majority of the set was alternating sets of fast 75s with easy 75s. In the hot tub after the workout I started adding up distances and realized I’d swam 1900 yards!
I’m spent, but not beat down. It was a good confidence boost considering I’ve been battling boredom lately with my treadmill workouts.
