Linking Park: 2006-W47
The tryptophan edition, including Happy Thanksgiving, grocery shopping, extreme upper body strength, christmas-proofing, and more Lego.
The grocery store is the first stop on the road to muscle --
What's up with a fluffy grocery store piece appearing at Testosterone, the website devoted to hardcore muscle building, fat melting, and performance enhancing knowledge?
John Berardi's Kitchen lessons start with a valuable insight --
Berardi's First Law: If a food is in your possession or located in your residence, you will eventually eat it.
Check what and why at the nutrient database and for some interesting roundups and even more links, go to the diet and nutrition archives at Straight to the Bar. If you ever wondered about the reasons for the power and the efficiency of doing hindu squats, it is outlined in the art of the squat. Armed with this knowledge and motivated by amazing upper body strength feats coming via the Diesel Crew, you may want to start from scratch with the Get Shredded Diet.
Another great opportunity is the Fat-Off challenge, losing weight the Web 2.0 way --
So now that the tryptophan has settled, and the holiday eating season is upon us, I want to give you some suggestions on sites that can help you battle the bulge. I call it the Web Apps Fat-Off. These are apps that really hit upon many of the new Web 2.0 ideas and really are some great ways to help you lose the weight.
Please do not neglect the technical part of your mission and christmas-proof your blog -- provide appropriate and always fresh content, taking into account the five reasons why the list post is dead, update and hone your about page, and last but not least, make sure to optimize your blog for search engines.
Since the christmas-makeover is somewhat time-critical, be aware of how to complete things on time --
That is, you set a single deadline for your project (e.g. "Get Lisa's project done by the end of the week.") -- then you completely ignore the project until a few days before it's due.
In related news, I'd really like to change the world, 500 words at a time and even more so, Seth Godin's unforgiveable manifesto,
Mass taste is rarely good taste.
[Note: I know it's unforgivable.]Speaking of mass: A clone of the Million Dollar homepage is giving away Personal Development Pixels towards a better life...
Lego, as promised with very helpful building instructions and catalogs and the Vignette FAQ:
In terms of Lego, a vignette is basically a MOC scene built of Lego bricks on a small (usually 6x6 or 8x8) base.
Also, VignetteBricks and an example all while Joe Vig is oblivious to what is going on around him.You're still on? Once you master perception, predictions are easy and come for free. Why not enhance your predictions then?
Even with the most accurate predictions made, life is still full of surprises, asking you to comply when complying is not an option. Call it subversion through over-compliance and get it all...
One more. Keith Ferrazzi's Never Eat Alone is the book of the week. While not exactly talking about diet and nutrition, rather about How to Win Friends and Influence People, it is a classic in the making. You may want to go and get a copy from the WOW Bookshelf.
To your excellent life.

