Nathan Chitty weblog

Reading Aloud NYTimes OpEd

I really enjoyed reading this NYTimes OpEd about reading aloud for greater understanding and benefit of the experience. I have for 9 years now subscribed to http://audible.com getting two books a month for download from a large selection. It is really nice to be able to relax and listen to a book being read to you. My device is an IPOD Touch. I recently listened to the New Testiment and read it on my IPOD using the http://www.olivetree.com/ software for the IPOD. It was just great. The audio program was Inspired By...The Bible Experience: New Testament which was the Winner of Audio Publishers Association 2007 Audie Award, Audiobook of the Year

Here is link to the NYT article:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/16/opinion/16sat4.html?em=&pagewanted=print

Weight loss goals

I began the Medifast Take Shape for Life (TSFL) program 32 days ago and have lost 22.5 pounds. My goal is to lose 50 pounds going from 229 on April 18, 2009 to 179. I set up a web page to record the journey at https://sites.google.com/site/nathanweightloss/.

My GPS location published on this blog

This is a really cool application which updates my location based on signals from my Tmobile android "google phone." See setup instructions here: http://www.google.com/latitude/apps/badge 

I took it one step further and created a http://tinyurl.com/nathanchitty url which give a full page view in an internet browser. When the gps function is turned off, the last location broadcast is shown and the elasped time from when the signal was last broadcast.

In addition, I set up some "draft" emails in my cell phone with the tinyurl which can sent real time if I am traveling to meet someone. It was helpful the other day as I was driving a few hours  for a business meeting.

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