You might have heard that Radio Shack is rebranding as “The Shack.” The Shack aims to keep people connected through connectivity and mobile technology. As part of their rebranding launch, The Shack is hosting a bi-coastal three-day event in New York City and San Francisco on Thursday, August 6th through Saturday, August 8th.
In New York’s Time Square and Justin Herman Plaza on the Embarcadero in San Francisco, huge 11 foot x 17 foot laptops with always-on web cams will be sharing sights and sounds across the country.
So what does this have to do with fitness? Well in conjunction with the …read more

I just read a really interesting article talking about why everyone seems to hate Microsoft, and why that hatred is pretty much useless to making any real change or improving anyone’s situation.
The article states that Linux and Apple have both stated that there’s no need to try and compete directly with Microsoft.
Similarly, I spent many years working with grizzled old *NIX developers and administrators who also realized that railing against the then-emergent Microsoft hegemony was a waste of time. What did they do? Spent hours bickering over the relative superiority of emacs and vi.
and Steve Jobs said
I remember many years ago, …read more