To understand and appreciate Freon Neon is to come close todownloading a few googlebytes of digital data from their collective brain,mixing it up in an Iowa corn silo equipped with a turbo wind tunneland then squeezing it out like Jimmy Dean sausages into bite-sized morselsthat will jolt your mind, heart and spirit and start your day Thinking WOW!
Sunday, January 30, 2011
Freon Neon Is Cool Stuff That Glows!
I Dare You To Stop The Insanity
"Doing the same thing over and over again and
expecting different results, is the definition of insanity."
Saturday, January 29, 2011
Boy Makes A Slam Dunk With His Own Body
When we are fearless and dream big, we have a perspective like no one else. For a split second this boy had a view from above the rim. Was it risky? Was is gut wrenching? If he had time to think about it, he could have been paralyzed by fear. But he rolled with the flow, tucking his head and went through the basket - nothing but net!
What dream or vision will help get you above the fray of everyday life? What will it take for you to gain a perspective that few ever experience?
Lay fear aside. Take a new challenge. Think WOW for your life - it just may turn out to be a slam dunk!
Written by Dan Davidson, from his ThinkWOW blog
Friday, January 28, 2011
Amazon Kindle Books Outselling Paperback Books
At the recently held Digital Book World conference, James McQuivey of Forrester Research presented some research findings before a CEO panel on Tuesday. He included the estimate that consumers spent about $1 billion on e-books in 2010 and that sales should reach at least $1.3 billion in 2011. McQuivey said that the consensus among those surveyed was that e-books would constitute half of all trade book units by 2014, and 53 percent said they expected print sales to decrease this year.
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Geeky Mad Scientist Creates iPhone App Overnight - Muuuuuaaahh!!!
Last night I created an iPhone app overnight instantly! How cool is that? It started with a dare to myself at midnight. Because I am a "Dare Geek", I dared myself to find a way to create a sample app pronto!
After some googling and gurgling (actually I didn't really care about the freshness of my breath at midnight and I didn't really gurgle - it just sounds really fun after the word "googling") I found a review at Mashable of a cool new site called iSites.
Here is the rocking review so you can mash the concept in and around your brain synapses.
You basically load RSS feeds plus other social media streams from sites like Blogger, Wordpress, Tumblr, Twitter, YouTube, Flickr, Smug Mug, Picassa, etc and can create a pretty cool app very quickly online. You can also do a "quick post" and create additional content on the fly with images and links to media files. Customizing category folders, logos, icons, splash page etc is a snap.
Link to download: http://vitalitydepot.isites.us
Instructions to install
When you click the link, the app will open in your Safari browser.
Follow the instructions on the browser screen and click “+” sign to add the app to your home screen
This will create an app icon on the your iPhone home screen.
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
I Dare You To Have A Soda Quota
First a study that shows how drinking regular soda can contribute to weight gain. A research study of more than 50,000 U.S. nurses found that those who drank just one serving of soda or fruit punch a day tended to gain much more weight than those who drank less than one a month, and had more than an 80 percent increased risk of developing Type 2 diabetes, the most common form of the disease. The risk pertained to drinks sweetened with either sugar or high-fructose corn syrup.That makes sense because here is the calorie breakdown of a Classic Coke - 8 oz = 105 calories / 12 oz = 155 calories / 16 oz = 200 calories. Drink 16 oz a day and it will only take 18 days to gain an extra pound!
People who drink diet soft drinks don't lose weight. In fact, they gain weight, a new study shows. The findings come from eight years of data collected at the University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio. Researchers found that nearly all the obesity risk from soft drinks came from diet sodas. There was a 41% increase in risk of being overweight for every can or bottle of diet soft drink a person consumes each day
This study showed that people who drank diet soda actually were more likely to gain weight compared to those who drank regular soda. We don't exactly know why, but part of it may be we are fooling ourselves by consuming "diet foods" and thinking we can eat more food because of it.
Since the late 1970`s the soft drink consumption in the United States has doubled for females and tripled for males. The highest consumption is in the males between the ages of 12 - 29; they average 1/2 gallon a day or 160 gallons a year. It's estimated that 21 percent of all sugar intake is from soft drinks.
The bottom line is that we need to signficantly limit or cut out soda drinking. I dare you to have a Soda Quota!
Written by Dan Davidson, from his DareDiet.com blog
I Dare You To Make Small Changes
Source
I Dare You To Walk A Million Steps
2000 steps a day - 500 days (16.6 months)4000 steps a day - 250 days (8.3 months)5000 steps a day - 200 days (6.6 months)10,000 step a day - 100 days (3.3 months)
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
USB 3 Is Ready To Rock The World
I was really jazzed when I read about it in a recent article at CNET Here is an exerpt that highlights the main advantages of the new USB 3 technology:
USB 3's sales pitch is seemingly a slam dunk: its 5-gigabit-per-second data-transfer rate is 10 times faster than USB 2's, it cuts power consumption by a third, and it can be used to send 80 percent more electrical current so that phones or other devices can charge faster over USB.Is that cool or what? Everything is going faster - our digital lives are speeding up!
So be ready to adopt the new USB 3 format into your life - coming to a geek device near you soon!
Written by Dan Davidson, from his DareGeek.com blog
DareGeek.com Is Born!
Geek used to have somewhat of a negative connotation, but now geeks are cool. Best Buy even has the "Geek Squad."
My dad was always the first to have the newest gadget when I grew up in the '70's. He bought one of the first Texas Instruments calculators - simple four functions for about $120.00 - WOW! My dad and uncle Bill also were into ham and shortwave radios.
I guess I picked up a lot from my dad and love gadgety geeky stuff today more than ever. What an awesome time to be alive!
My brother Dave and I also have this "Dare" gene in us that propels us to "Think WOW." We love to dare ourselves and others to maximize technology to help us all follow our dreams and live life abundantly!
Welcome to DareGeek.com - I Dare You To Get Geeky!
Written by Dan Davidson, From his DareGeek.com blog
Thursday, January 6, 2011
I Dare You To Go To Bed Hungry
"How or why a person gains weight is very complicated, but it clearly is not just calories in and calories out," said study leader Fred Turek, professor of neurobiology and physiology at Northwestern University. "We think some factors are under circadian control. Better timing of meals, which would require a change in behavior, could be a critical element in slowing the ever-increasing incidence of obesity.
It is thought that our body clocks could control the release of appetite hormones. This means that making an effort to eat earlier in the day could be pivotal to weight loss.
Make a goal to not eat after 8 or 9 p.m. every night. When I was young my mom used to announce that after 9 p.m. "the kitchen was closed." If you stay up late and begin to get hungry, don't worry - you won't starve in your sleep.
I Dare You To Go To Bed Hungry!
Written by Dan Davidson, from his Dare Diet blog
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
I Dare You To Have Habits Like Rabbits
Friends of Amanda and Paul have told them that "they eat like a rabbit." They grew up vegetarian and have continued throughout their marriage. They have a blog website EatLikeARabbit.net. Here is a link from their site which highlights some of their favorite vegetarian cookbooks - you know recipes for rabbits!
I Dare You To Track Your Calories
Sunday, January 2, 2011
Share The Dare Is Born!
We all have dreams and goals for our life. We all have a God-given purpose that is unique. Are you stuck in life? Do you need encouragement?
I Dare You To Make A Diet Goal
Saturday, January 1, 2011
I Dare You To Get Fit Not Fat In The New Year!
It's January 1st and time for New Year's resolutions!
I Dare You To Get Fit Not Fat In The New Year!