The Unbroken Path: June 2011

Thursday, June 30, 2011

Blog Recommendation

Just stumbled across this stream of conciousness blog -

You've Broken The Internet

ePatient Dave on TED

A friend of mine, Dave DeBronkart was fortunate to be invited to speak at TED - check out his amazing story and what he advocates:

e-Patient Dave at TED

Olympus PEN E-P3

Olympus announced three new micro 4/3rds cameras - this one being the most interesting - they also announced a number of new, interesting lenses:

Olympus PEN E-P3 via dpreview.com

Wednesday, June 29, 2011

The Paleo DIet and Multiple Sclerosis

More proof that a lot of our autoimmune diseases have roots back to our diet:

Dr. Cordain on Paleo and MS

The Case For Mars

An update to the book and compelling case for more Mars research -

Why we must plan to settle on Mars via io9

Make Facebook look like Excel

Can't stand the obsession with Facebook and think that it's a huge productivity suck at work - but this is cool:

Disguise Facebook as Excel via Unplggd

A New Crossfit Podcast

I can't get enough of Crossfi, I love the training program and the lifestyle evolving out of it. The UnRx Podcast is a new entry in a relatively unpopulated field, check them out:

UnRx Podcast

Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Two Google Projects Get Shut Down

This is a bit sad, Google is shutting down Google Health and Google PowerMeter - two very influential and groundbreaking projects due to lack of user involvement. I think Google was just ahead of the curve on this one and I wish they kept them going until a real legitimate business developed. It's not like it was killing them from a cash flow standpoint:

Shutdown via Mashable

MAKE - 10 Projects to do with Kids

I like this list of projects to do with the kids, now that summer is here, not sure I have the skill for someof these but, worth a shot:

MAKE: 10 Projects

John Doerr - How to be a Remarkable Leader

I ran across this video through a Quora question asking if John's take on "family First" was genuine - it's a great video and Chi-Hua Chen's response on Quora is excellent and concise:

Youtube

Quora

Monday, June 27, 2011

Young Me Old Me

Ze Frank is an interesting guy and his site is a constant source of amusement. Even though this is by no means a hidden treasure, I love visiting Young Me Old Me every once in a while:

Young Me Old Me

Kettlebells

Rogue Fitness makes very high quality gym equipment, and is the "Sears Christmas Wish Book" for Crossfitters, check out these Kettlebells:

Kettlebells via Rogue Fitness

Dr. Faustman sees remarkable Type I Diabetes Results

This is amazing and very encouraging, Dr. Faustman has been working on a cure for Type I diabetes using an off-patent TB drug that she has succesfully used on mice. She now has published a successful trial on humans:

Dr. Faustman

Scrivener

Just downloaded a 10 day trial - writing software that is a very different take than Word

Scrivener

Friday, June 24, 2011

Anne Frank - Only Known Video

I showed this one to my kids after they read The Diary of Anne Frank, it's pretty powerful. It's a short clip showing Anne Frank looking out a window prior to WWII, in 1941 - about 4 years before her death. Guess what - she looks and acts like an ordinary, innocent, excited little girl:

Anne Frank Video Link via All Things Digital

Awesome People Hanging Out Together

This blog perfectly sits in the crossroads of really cool, bizarre and WTF photos of celebrities and amazingly famous people photographed together in casual settings:

Awesome People Hanging Out

Merlin Mann - Cranking

Merlin Mann lays it all out there in a very personal, very deep and amazing short piece on his site, 43folders.

Cranking

Gary Taubes Rules

I watched the first part of this debate between Gary Taubes, Dean Ornish, Barbara Howard and Dr. Oz. I love how smart and well researched Taubes comes across in this discussion, while Howard, the AHA rep appears dismissive, angry and ultimately unfounded:

Youtube Video

Pale Blue Dot

Check out this amazing thread on Quora and really examine the photo of earth from 3.7 billion miles away, Carl Sagan said, "From this distant vantage point, the Earth might not seem of particular interest. But for us, it's different. Look again at that dot. That's here, that's home, that's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives."

Iconic Images

Everyone needs a pocket knife

Pocket knives are extremely useful and anyone can find the right knife in the blog post, via Red Clay Soul:

Pocket Knives

Drawer Organization from Daily Grommet

Interesting way to organize your kitchen drawers

Custom Drawer Organization

Thursday, June 23, 2011

Not your fathers resume

Check out this post on 7 different resumes to give you inspiration over on Mashable:

7 Ingenious Resumes

Lilliputian Raise Money

A company I once worked at has raised additional VC money:

Lilliputian via Xconomy

Steve Martin, more than comedy

In his own words, on Smithsonian.com back in 2008, this is really interesting stuff and there is a lot more there than comedy:

Steve Martin

Pottermore

Who isn't excited about Pottermore - I love that Rowling has kept ownership of the digital rights to her books and she has figured out a way to extend the brand:

Pottermore

iHealth

Came across this Blood Pressure cuff via Gear Patrol, connecting to an iphone and enabling you to track readings is interesting:

iHeath

Everyday Carry

I love this blog, posts are carefully composed shots of equipment, electronics, etc that people carry in their pockets every day.

EDC

Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Timeboxing and more procrastination links

Reading through the earlier blog post on procrastination led me to this site, All Japanese All The Time, and the article below. I really like his writing style and am going to dig into the site a little more - in the meantime:

How to Accomplish Great Things

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