Seems Facebook isn’t the only social site making updates. More later …

Times are tough these days, the financial crunch has affected all walks of life, from the blue collar workers to doctors, lawyers and yes, even mega super stores like Walmart. So much so that you can now purchase a casket online at Walmart. You heard me right, online, casket, Walmart

Your loved ones will be happy and comforted to know you only paid $895 for the “Dad Remembered” or “Mom Remembered” casket which you purchased online at Walmart

The Mophie Juice Pack Air is a backup battery/hard case combo for the iPhone and has a simple, two-piece construction.
Design
The design of the Mophie Juice Pack Air is similar to other iPhone hard cases, the biggest difference being you slide the phone in from the top instead of from the bottom up. This is due the the data/battery connector. Once your iPhone is set in the Juice Pack Air, it and the Juice Pack Air can be charged simultaneously by plugging into any USB slot on your computer, with the included cable or, the standard wall adapter included with the iPhone.
I’m not a fan of the shiny black finish, it attracts fingerprints like there’s no tomorrow. Mophie should take a look at the Incase protective sliders for some ideas on a smudge free case. I hate seeing my fingerprints and smears all over my phone, makes it look tacky and dirty. I would much prefer a no-slip grip and soft-touch rubberized finish.
My other complaint, if that’s what you want to call it, once you slide your iPhone into the nice, shiny, black, white or purple Juice Pack Air, the thickness is double the size. Now I don’t know about you but one of the main reasons for purchasing the iPhone was for the slim, sleek style. Then again, you can’t have your cake and eat it too. You either get the ultra slim iPhone with a battery that, if you’re lucky, will last until you get home or, you can slide into the Juice Pack Air and get twice the battery life.
Battery Life
There are 4 battery indicator lights on the back, with the touch of a finger the lights will indicate the remaining battery life.
According to Mophie the battery life specs are as follows:
• Standby Time: 270 hours
• Talk Time: Up to 4.5 hours (3G) / Up to 9 hours (2G)
• Internet Use: Up to 4.5 hours (3G) / Up to 5.4 hours (Wi-Fi)
• Audio Playback: Up to 20 hours
• Video Playback: Up to 6 hours
That’s a lot of added juice and should keep you going for quite some time.
My Recommendation
I would recommend the Mophie Juice Pack Air for iPhone users who frequently drain their battery, people who travel often, or anyone who just has to have the latest gadget. If you want a hard case that’s also a backup battery and actually works, your $80 will be well spent.

Any women out there ever wonder how models and starlettes look so beautiful in magazines? Wonder no more ladies, the truth is about to be told.

Always rememeber to love yourself the way you are, for who you are. Yes, we are all on a journey to improve our body/body image, but do it for your health, for the joy of life and exercise, and not just for the way you look! It’s what’s on the inside that made you beautiful! xoxo

The Photoshop Diet

You may be asking yourself what’s in Zrii?

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In layman’s terms Zrii is liquid nutrition that is endorsed by Dr. Deepak Chopra who is the co-founder of The Chopra Center.

“The Chopra Center for Wellbeing endorses Zrii as a high quality, reliable formulation of the rejuvenative fruit Amalaki (Emblica officinalis). Over 100 scientific studies suggest that this fruit, which has been held in high esteem by Ayurvedic doctors for millennia, has measurable health benefits. The Chopra Center has been encouraging a daily dose of Amalaki for over a decade. Zrii provides a balanced, pleasing, and concentrated source of this nutritive food.”

• Amalaki promotes immune function, increases overall vitality, provides tissue nourishment, enhances digestion, controls excess heat/acid, improves eye sight and skin luster. Amalaki serves as a powerful antioxidant, promotes healthy blood sugar and cholesterol, possesses anti-aging effects, supports cardiovascular system, protects brain and liver function, adaptogenic.
• Turmeric promotes circulation, enhances digestion, relieves pain, commonly combined with amalaki. Turmeric serves as a powerful antioxidant, curcuminoid compounds hold potent anti-inflammatory properties, improves cognitive function.
• Ginger enlivens the body’s “digestive fires”, enhances absorption and assimilation of nutrients. Ginger possesses anti-inflammatory properties, supports digestion, serves as an antioxidant, decreases motion sickness.
• Tulsi promotes immunity enhances respiratory function, serves as a digestive tonic. Tulsi contains antioxidant and antimicrobial properties, helps protect cardiovascular system, promotes healthy blood sugar, adaptogenic.
• Haritaki promotes mild cellular detoxification, improves digestive problems, nourishes tissues. Haritaki supports gastrointestinal system, helps protect the cardiovascular system, supports healthy cholesterol, improves immunity, adaptogenic.
• Schizandra serves as mental tonic, balances the nervous system, promotes restful sleep, enhances overall vitality. Schizandra supports the nervous system, improves immune function, serves as an antioxidant, supports liver function adaptogenic.
• Jujube serves as mental tonic, calms nervous system, acts as “harmonizing” agent in traditional formulations, purifies blood. Jujube supports the nervous system, improves cognitive function, supports the cardiovascular system and liver function.

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As some of you are aware, I’ve been working out daily for the past 1 – 1 1/2 years. Aside from my cardio workouts intensifying I’ve had little results as far as weight loss or even body fat loss. You would think with such an intense workout I’d lose something, right?

When I worked out with a trainer, his philosophy was … “if you’re gaining weight, look at what you’re eating”. My calorie intake is between 1200 – 1500 calories per day with no more than 20 grams of fat, 138 grams of carbohydrates and 116 grams of protein. So you see, my calorie, fat, carb and protein intake isn’t outrageous and I should be losing weight.

My next step in trying to achieve my weight loss goal… INSANITY™. I can’t remember where I first heard of Insanity™ but I knew, as some point, I was going to get these DVD’s. I finally got them the week of 9/14/09 and decided to wait until 9/20/09 to start. Keep in mind that since I pay for my gym membership I’m continuing my normal exercise routine, just adding Insanity™.

• Day 1 – Sept 20, 2009
  09:00 – 10:00: 24 Cycle
  10:00 – 11:00: 24 Lift
  11:30 – 12:45: Insanity™ Fit Test
• Day 2 – Sept 21, 2009
  07:00 – 15:45: Work
  16:15 – 17:00: Insanity™ Plyometric Cardio Circuit
  18:00 – 19:00: 24 Lift
  19:00 – 20:00: Boot Camp
• Day 3 – Sept 22, 2009
  07:00 – 15:45: Work
  17:15 – 17:45: Run
  18:00 – 19:00: 24 Cycle
  19:30 – 20:15: Insanity™ Cardio Power & Resistance

You want to talk about some screaming calves? Good lord! Not only am I having a difficult time walking but I hurts to cross my legs and it’s even worse going from a sitting position to walking.

I’ll keep you all posted on my progress. Keep you fingers crossed that Insanity™ helps me reach my goal. I think after this 60 day program I’m going back to P90X. I only completed a month the first time I tried it, mainly because I prefer working out in a group environment.

More later …

HP, Microsoft and Timbuk2’s Back to School and Better Together Giveaway

Let’s not forget the exclusive offer on a new HP Pavilion dv6z series laptop. This offer is only good August 6, 2009 and August 7, 2009 so hurry!

UPDATE: The second competition-exclusive discount has now been posted on our forums and gives an amazing $180 discount when you buy both a HP mini 110 and a HP dv6t – You can find more information in this thread! Hurry as it only runs until the end of August 12th!

I’ve been trying to connect to Twitter for several hours and continue to get Network Timeout page. Twitter Status Blog has reported they continue to “defend against and recover from a DoS attack.

We are defending against a denial-of-service attack, and will update status again shortly.

Update: the site is back up, but we are continuing to defend against and recover from this attack.

This looks like a snazzy new app, I only wish it was something that worked on the iPhone. But for those AT&T mobile customers who use one or more of these social networks this might be an ideal application for you.

Your AT&T mobile phone now keeps you connected to Facebook, MySpace and Twitter, plus the latest in news, sports, and entertainment. See new messages, posts, and status updates as soon as they happen, and respond and comment in real time. AT&T Social Net supports Facebook, MySpace and Twitter along with over 35 top feeds, including MTV News, The Onion, Perez Hilton, CNN and more.

See which handsets AT&T Social Net is currently available on: Handset Availability
To download Social Net, please visit MEdia Mall

I recently received an HP dv2 review unit to check out, play with and see exactly what it offers. I’ve only had the chance to use the dv2 for a little more than a week, but think I have a good feel for what’s offered and any pros or cons I feel the dv2 has.

The dv2 is approximately 11.5 inches wide, 9.5 inches, and deep x 1.25 inches thick. The thickness tapers off to a little less than an inch in the front when closed. It has a 12.1″ diagonal HP BrightView LED display which I consider to be so much more usable than the typical 7″ to 10″ netbook screen. The screen measures 12.1 inches diagonally which is 2 or 3 inches bigger than most netbook screens. You can get the dv2 in express black or, like the unit I received, moonlight white. The dv2 is considered and entertainment laptop and comes loaded with HP MediaSmart, Muvee Reveal, Cyberlink DVD Suite, Adobe® Acrobat Reader, HP Games Powered by Wild Tangent. It also comes with Music Maker 14 which you can install.

The screen and keyboard are comparable to most other small notebooks. Compared to the mini the dv2 is one pound heavier and the monitor is two inches bigger. After getting used to the key locations I don’t see any problem using the dv2 on a regular basis.

As much as I like the HP dv2 there are a few cons. I’m not a huge fan of any laptop or mini trackpad and as nice as the shiny silver tone trackpad on the dv2 looks, I have to use a bit more pressure to get the pointer to move. Luckily HP provided a wireless mouse as well, does that mean HP is aware that pretty isn’t always functional? For the size of the dv2 the fan is pretty noisy. The heat vent isn’t located in the back like most laptops; rather it’s located on the left side towards the front. Since I sit in a not so over-sized chair, the heat deflects off the arms of the chair. No wonder I thought the dv2 ran hotter than most laptops. I just need to find a small “snack” table to use along with the cooling pad.

A few key pros, for me anyway, the dv2 has three, yes three USB ports. Combine that with every other port you could possibly need not to mention they are all conveniently located on the right or left, the 4GB of RAM and the 320GB hard drive and you have yourself a great little laptop
This was my first experience working with Microsoft® Windows Vista, if I could install Microsoft® Windows XP, I would do it in a heartbeat. I’m not a fan of a pop up window appearing every time I want to install, delete or change an application and boot up is one of the slowest experiences with Vista. HP should consider having XP installed or waiting for Windows® 7.

Included with my review unit is an external Lightscribe Blu-Ray ROM with SuperMulti DVD+/-R/RW Double Layer. Sadly I’m not a Blu-Ray DVD player owner so in order to test the Blu-Ray player out I purchased Grand Torino. Great movie, awesome in Blu-Ray viewed with the ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD Premium Graphics.

Aside from game and program intensive people the HP Pavilion dv2 is powerful with enough speed to satisfy most people. All in all the price of the dv2 is comparable to laptops with similar features.

HP Pavilion dv2-1199us Specifications

OPERATING SYSTEM: Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium 64-bit with Service Pack1)
PROCESSOR: AMD Turion™ Neo X2 Dual-Core Processor for Ultrathin Notebooks L625
PROCESSOR SPEED: 1.60 GHz
PROCESSOR CACHE: 1MB L2 Cache
MEMORY: 4096MB DDR2 System Memory (1 Dimm) • Max supported =4096MB
ACCESSIBLE MEMORY SLOTS: 1
VIDEO GRAPHICS: ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD Premium Graphics 3410 with M82-SE LP with up to 2302MB total graphics memory with 512MB dedicated
HARD DRIVE: 320GB (5400RPM) Hard Drive (SATA)
FINISH AND FEATURES: HP Moonlight Imprint finish & HP Webcam with integrated microphone(15)
MULTIMEDIA DRIVE: External LightScribe Blu-Ray ROM with SuperMulti DVD±R/RW Double Layer
DISPLAY: 12.1” Diagonal WXGA High-Definition(8) HP LED BrightView Widescreen Display (1280 x 800)
NETWORK CARD: Integrated 10/100BASE-T Ethernet LAN (RJ-45 connector)
WIRELESS OPTION: Wireless LAN 802.11a/b/g/n WLAN & Bluetooth
DIGITAL MEDIA: 5-in-1 integrated Digital Media Reader for Secure Digital cards, MultiMedia cards, Memory Stick, Memory Stick Pro, or xD Picture cards
AUDIO: Altec Lansing with SRS Premium Sound
KEYBOARD: 82 key (92% Full size)
POINTING DEVICE: Touch Pad with On/Off button and dedicated vertical scroll Up/Down pad
EXTERNAL NOTEBOOK PORTS: 3 Universal Serial Bus (USB) 2.0
• 1 Headphone out
• 1 microphone-in
• 1 HDMI
• 1 VGA (15-pin)
• 1 RJ -45 (LAN)
DIMENSIONS:Unpackaged: 11.50″(L)x 9.45″(D)x 0.93″(min)/ 1.29″(max)
• Packaged: 16.5″(W) x 4.3″(D) x13.6″(H)
WEIGHT: Unpackaged: 3.81 lbs(12).
• Packaged: 8.0 lbs
POWER • 65W AC Adapter
• 6-Cell Lithium-Ion battery

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Our thanks to HP, Microsoft and Ivy Worldwide for their cooperation. A special thank you goes out to Halley Bass for taking care of the logistics and communication.