health, wellness, and technology in harmony

Wii fitness is definitely in big time! I haven't tried the Wii fit yet, but will buy it one day....for sure :). Though I have been a constant user of the Wii fit using the Wii Sports version. The fitness in the Wii sports features a fitness test that calculates a player's fitness age based on player's balance, speed, and stamina. I have yet to beat my actual age in the test! Though I must admit, it's a neat way to pull yourself into an exercise regime. Otherwise, there are times when you have to motivate and push yourself into doing and burning those extra calories in the gym.

I've at times borrowed several workout DVD's from our collection to follow the regime, but it is always hard to strictly abide by the schedule. I usually try to workout atleast twice or thrice in a week, but lately I am falling behind schedule... sniff sniff!

Talking about calories, I use this Web site to determine the calories of a food item. Simply put the search term of the foot item in the text field and hit enter. Simple and easy!

OCLS Learn 2.1- back in action! Yay!

Hooray!! Tom is back! Welcome back Tom. We sure miss you around, and it's good to see you are back in touch with all of us. I am sorry for joining in late for the course, but as they say “better late than never”.

I am so glad to see the course back in action and in full swing. This time talking about Web 3.0! Fascinating. This is the first time I am hearing the term Web 3.0! And I thought I am pretty well informed and up-to-date with technology! Whoops, not anymore I guess. Thanks Tom, for helping us open our eyes to the upcoming new stuff. It’s so hard to keep abreast with all the new stuff and only Learn 2.1 can help us beat that race. Thanks again. I’ll be looking forward to learn some exciting new stuff in this course.

I am not sure, if you noticed but I changed the look of the blog again! Well, new class should be accompanied with a brand new look as well!

Some places in India that I have visited...

Pinjore Garden, Kalka, India




Rock Garden, Chandigarh, India



Rats at Karni Mata temple

View from Sinhagad Pune, India:



I will post more.... keep watching!!

Podcasts and Audio - Week #10

Gosh- its almost the end of the OCLS 2.0!!! Thanks Tom, for sharing such great info and apps! Though I personally am an explorer, but most definitely, i came across some really good stuff while going through the course.

Downloading an audio book is a one job I tell you!! But yes, I did try it out :)

And now to a million dollar question, you asked Tom- How am I going to use the new MP3 player?

Well, I am a traveler- and with that that comes some accessories. Listening to music is one such hobby that most of the travelers consider a good pass time. And yes in deed, I am one of them. I travel by bus to get to work, I walk around Lake Eola during my lunch hr and I guess with this new gizmo stuff in hand, listening to some good music and some e books would come more handy. I see it the most optimizing way of doing stuff.

I can't wait to see my new MP3 Player :). Yeah!!

Blog settings

Did you notice the new look and feel of my blog? Yes it is based out on the theme of Ratatouille (2007). I really like the graphics of this new movie and while browsing thought of going through some template sites, I came across this link to download and installed this new look n feel. I did it, but I guess I was so much in hurry, that I missed reading the last dialog box that appeared on the screen and boy, I lost all those extra stuff (ex-widgets etc.) I added in my blog :(.

Should I have to do the installation of all those apps all over again? I wish I am being told "No" as an answer...or is there any quick solution??

Widgets- Week # 9

I am a music lover especially soft rock, and apparently I have got so busy with other stuff, that I hardly get to listen to my fav songs. I do have the IPod at home however I didn’t get time to even unpack it. I know its really very sad but I guess that’s how busy our lifestyle gets!! No, I am not going to whine about my situation but will start acting upon it!

DRM- Digital Rights Managent thing is a good tool to control copyright issues, but it is quite sad coz of it limitations and also that Apple won't support DRM. Coz of this very reason, many of our patrons get frustrated! Just coz the of DRM issue, they can’t listen to audio books on there iPods!

Jim shared a a lot of information on the copyright issues, and laws and it was a refresher course to go through it again.

Tom, thanks for including Emily Wallace site :). Its good – and her music is always pleasing to ears. Now that she is taking a plunge to continue her music career full time, I wish her all the best and Emily, we sure are going to miss you here at the library.

Mmm onto widgets, well I never knew before today about widgets. This is the first time I explored these. And it is fun to see so many options available within different categories!

I added one from both Springwidgets and Yourminis. Take a look – they are on the side bar!

Flicker and Prototype Page- Week # 8

I looked up for OCLS pictures on the Flicker and I am amazed to see the resolution and different views sizes of photographs that are available! I have been a fanatic of kodakgallery and was under the assumption that they have the best picture quality but seems Flicker beats all! There are so many options actually to choose from. To begin with I used to use, Yahoo Photos followed by Shutterfly and then finally switched to Kodak, coz it gives a provision of saving your friend's/family pictures too as they are shared. So it made sense for me to make that switch. Now after looking at Flicker, I am wondering I should make a switch to Flicker or not !! I have also heard about Picasa. I sure have tried it for organise pictures on my computer but have never tried exploring it on the web.

And... about the protopage, it's is fun and nice. It is a great way to organize your stuff under one area. I guess thats what taming technology is all about. Here is a snapshot of what it looks like:


About the course, I sure am lagging behind the rest of the group, but I am hoping to catch up soon. Wish me luck. I am not taking any help to take the lessons and no one to my knowledge is seeking guidance (not atleast in our group).

The course is so far very interesting and I like the group activities and activities each week it brings along.