Runkeeper: An Innovative Fitness App
By Patrick Guess – Pilot ExpressJet Airlines
Overview: RunKeeper allows you to track your outdoor exercises using the built in GPS on the iPhone.
Cost: Free version and pro version. Pro Version is $9.99
Where to Get it: iTunes App Store – Free Version - Pro Version
More Info: http://www.runkeeper.com
Alternative Application(s): iTreadmill (pedometer app works indoors and out), Motion-X GPS
If you’re anything like me you’ve been bombarded by news articles on TV, in print, and electronic media stating with such urgency that we live increasingly docile lifestyles, eschewing Nature for …
For those of us that travel international it is becoming more and more important to be able to reach the US and be reached while a way. The good news is there are more options than ever to solve these issues. This article is meant to highlight the latest options. Some will be expanded into greater detail as sub-articles.
Today’s Options:
Reach me at my hotel – Give out the hotel number to family and friends
Reach me on my mobile phone – Either through your existing carrier or with a global sim …
So the story goes like this. A friend calls me and says his wife got an error message on the computer and tried to fix things. Well what came up was “Do You Want to Restore Your Operating System.” Not understanding the consequences she said sure. A click here a click there and poof all of their data was GONE! I never had the opportunity to see if something else could have been done to the PC without restoring it from scratch. This family lost lots of photos, mp3 files, …
I just downloaded an application called SipPhone, $6.99. It allows to you an existing SIP account on your iPhone to make calls with Wifi. Similar to Skype (Which isn’t sip based) you can use a voip service like Vonage on your iPhone.
There are many VOIP providers Vonage. Voicestick, PhonePower, Callcentric, Gizmo5, etc. If you get this app and are connected to WiFi you will be able to make and receive calls. So if Vonage offers you free or discounted international calling this is an extension of home account.
I am …
The wife and I were headed to Belize but the flight filled up. So off to Costa Rica we went with little time to plan. Thanks to those on the pipe who have posted ideas in the past. This was a short trip. Arrived late Friday night and left early Monday morning.
Details:
Flew into Liberia
Travel Destinations in Costa Rica (Good info on beaches near Liberia)
Destination: Playa Grande (Big Beach) this is right next to Tamarindo but much less crowded. The two beaches are separated but a large estuary. Playa Grande is …
