Why You Should Start Using a VPN (and How to Choose the Best One for Your Needs) 10 Reasons To Include Calisthenics Into Your Routine I’m going to state this straight to your face: You must include calisthenics into your training routine for ultimate development. Pretty straightforward but it is true. Even more. I have tons of reasons why you should use your own bodyweight in your training but I compressed them to 10 most important. At first let me explain you what is ‘calisthenics’. 10 Reasons Why You Should Include Calisthenics into Your Routine... Bodyweight training (if you use it properly) is actually easier on joints than weight training. It’s that easy. You can get stronger actually in days not weeks. It’s very important. Even every day. Explosive push-ups, explosive pull-ups, explosive dips, explosive lunges etc. Back Levers, Front Levers, Planches, Human Flags etc. Whether you want bigger muscles, insane strength or those abs, bodyweight training will get you there. You may think why bother with those oldies if you want to be cut and jacked? Try to make a human flag in crowded place.
Are You Being Monitored At Work? | Upgrade Your Life A 2011 survey found that over half of US employers are monitoring their employees' computer usage. How can you find out if you are one of them? And if you are, what should you do about it? There are two main ways employers track computer usage — with monitoring software on your desktop, and by watching the traffic on the corporate network. Also, many companies have written guidelines about Internet usage and may indicate if they are monitoring you. Monitoring Software on Your Computer Monitoring software tracks all your activity and sends logs to the boss or IT department. On a Windows machine: First, look in the system tray and start up folder. On a Mac: Open Finder and look under applications , click 'utilities' and launch 'activity monitor'. If you see something in any of these places that you're unfamiliar with, search it online to see if it's a monitoring program. (Sidenote- many of these monitoring programs can be purchased off the shelf and used to monitor home computers.
How to Find the Best TV Set Top Box and Ditch Cable Once and For All So do you guys use a set-top box like one of these? Game consoles count too, even though we didn't feature them—they just didn't quite fit in with the others (since they cost a lot more and serve a different primary purpose than streaming video). I'm still stuck on my XBMC box, but the Roku really gave it a run for its money when it comes to streaming Netflix, Hulu, and other stuff. It was probably my favorite, though I was surprised to find I actually kind of liked the Apple TV as well. PS3 downstairs, amazing selection of streaming options. Wii upstairs, it lacks amazon (but I don't subscribe to that anyway) and crunchyroll. That said, I'd rather use a game console. They may be "more expensive" but that's only for chumps who don't know what craigslist is. Our house has a Vizio Costar. Having everything go through the one box is pretty nice. How do you have a Costar? Yeah, the whole game console thing is a little tough. I have an xBox, Roku and an Apple TV. Thorrrr
How to Tackle Student Loan Debt When Your Grace Period Ends My well written article, I wish something like this was available in 2009 when I graduated. I spent an entire year clueless as to how to tackle the mountain of student debt my wife and I had. However, I pieced together much of the same advice here from various people who shared in my misery. I can honestly say the IBR plan is a Godsend. When we were on a single income, we were technically in payment on both our loans and yet our monthly payments were zero. Two things thought that I feel should be noted are that once you are on the IBR plan, you are unable to leave it except to go back to the 10 year standard repayment plan. And without getting too much on my soapbox, the real root problem here is the soaring cost of higher education.
How Can I Earn Some Pocket Money Online? 10 Steps to a Healthier Office On plants - an office I worked in had plants up the wazoo and along with them came insects. After a land on you and scare the heck out of you it begins to negate the effects of the plants. On frequent breaks - yes. Those are great. Right now I'm working in an IT department so when I'm not dealing with tickets I take a walk around the floor or, if it's nice outside, a walk around the building. On naps - I WISH my work allowed them. On pets - one bad thing there - allergies. How to Pirate Movies, Music, TV Shows, and Books Without Getting Caught Metro men's products - Yahoo! In honor of "Magic Mike," a movie about male strippers starring Matthew McConaughey and Channing Tatum, we rounded up grooming goodies for guys. Axe Sport Blast 2-in-1 Shower Gel + Shampoo (Photo: Courtesy of Axe) Lazy guys will flip for this multitasking shower goodie. $5.99; drugstore.com Jack Black Dry Erase Ultra-Calming Face Cream (Photo: Courtesy of Jack Black) For the guy concerned about aging, we've got just the remedy. $38; Yahoo! Molton Brown The Shaving Kit (Photo: Courtesy of Molton Brown) Make your shaving experience more spa-like by investing in a proper gentleman's set. $295; moltonbrown.com Epicuren Lip Balm SPF 15 (Photo: Courtesy of Epicuren) Sexy celebs, such as Jason Segal and Ryan Seacrest, are already fans of this nourishing lip balm made of aloe extract, tea tree oil, and cocoa butter. $6.50; amazon.com Otter Creek Sasq(wash) Shampoo and Body Wash (Photo: Courtesy of Otter Creek) $18; thecosmeticmarket.com Paul Smith Mini On Location Bag (Photo: Courtesy of Paul Smith)
Top 10 Hardware Boosting Hacks I just did the pogoplug hack this weekend. The LH article is outdated, but the info is available online at ArchLinuxARM.org. I'm not sure rooting a pogoplug is worth the bother now. Rasberry Pi is now available, unless $30, two extra USB ports and Gigabit ethernet is critically important, the RasPi blows the pogoplug out of the water (the additional IO is nice, but the real win is a larger developer community). I did get a pogoplug with the intention of rooting it but realised that its was much more useful to me as it stood. I realize this is article is a few days old, but I just wanted to second this. Now I've just got to figure out what I want to put on it... It's a fun project. I tried running Subsonic, which I used to serve up media from my old computer, but the pogoplug doesn't seem to have enough horsepower for on-the-fly LAME transcoding.
Get Your Security Deposit Back with a Rental Walk-Through Condition Form The dreaded Room Condition Form (RCF).... I worked as an RA for several years at school, and getting those done usually took an entire day of training. We'd go room to room, opening all of the drawers - closet, dresser, desk... flipping the mattress over to check out both sides of it, turning on & off all the lights, pulling the blind down, opening the windows, etc... And then, when the students moved in, we'd give them the form, tell them to take it up to their room, check things over, make sure we didn't miss anything and bring it back BEFORE they started to move stuff back... They always gave us ours to do ourselves and, as I said, wouldn't return our student IDs until we returned the filled-out forms.
What Google Voice Number Porting Actually Means for Your Cellphone @ahow628: I'm not 100% I quite understand, but I don't think that'd work. If you do that, Google would have your old/existing number, but you wouldn't have cell phone service to actually use it. Basically what they're doing is letting you transfer your number from your carrier to them, but you still need an actual number from your carrier to provide you with service. @Platypus Man: A little simplification/clarification. Currently I have a cell phone called Line1. I will open a second line on my account called Line2 and port my current number to it, so Line2's number is now 123-456-7890. When I port my number to Line2, Sprint will assign Line1 a random number like 987-654-3210. I will then port 123-456-7890 over to Google Voice and cancel Line2's service within 30 days at no charge from Sprint. My number 123-456-7890 on Google Voice will point to Line1's 987-654-3210 number and from that point on, I can switch phones and numbers at will and just update Google Voice accordingly.
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