August 24th, 2009 | 
Early this summer, I promised Jason Jacobs, the founder of FitnessKeeper (the creators of RunKeeper), that I would try RunKeeper for cycling. Well, it’s been a crazy summer and I just got around to it (sorry, Jason). When we spoke, Jason told me that the company’s focus today is on running, although they plan [...]
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Even though I’m a boater, I generally ignore weather forecasts. Not they they aren’t important, but in my experience they’re frequently inaccurate or, at least imprecise. I find myself often waiting around for the forecasted inclement weather to happen, blowing off whatever I had planned for the time. Unfortunately, it often doesn’t show up [...] [Danger: football analogies used with abandon in this post.] As the 2009 NFL season opened, Michael Vick, ex-Atlanta Falcons star quarterback and infamous dog torturer/killer, was hired by the Philadelphia Eagles after spending a short time (too short) in prison. In my opinion, this situation is proof, once again, that truth is far stranger [...] I’ve been an active angel investor for about 15 years now. Like most non-professional investors, I go into each investment fully and unrealistically expecting it to return some huge multiple of my original money. While I’ve certainly made enough investments to know better, having high expectations for every investment I make is only one [...] I spend most summers with my family on Lake Winnipesaukee in New Hampshire. This year, we haven’t spent much time at the “Lake,” but this hasn’t disrupted my pattern of yearly visits to the local hospital in Wolfeboro. There was the summer with the broken neck (a smith machine fell over on me at [...] On Sunday, I completed a 342 mile, 7-day bike ride across Italy. I had two simple goals: to raise money for the Dana Farber Cancer Institute’s Jimmy Fund and to survive. Thanks to the help of many caring donors, I raised $6,400 for cancer research and care this year (so far). Since you’re [...] |
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