Afexion et Vox

The Hip Hop Run T'ings Workout Playlist just drpped at IntheGym.net and I am so feeling Body Baby by Pharoahe Monch (damn that's hard to spell). I ran to it yesterday - and it was on repeat, and it was just catchy and kept me moving.

For the past month (maybe more but I refuse to admit it), I haven't seen the inside of a gym. It was tough running 2 websites - one recently started, plus working full time, and trying to juggle building a new life in the state of Michigan. Going to the gym suffered, my eating habits suffered and I felt like a fraud writing about healthy foods and making workout playlists, when my own stuff wasn't together - but that was also my motivation to get back into doing what needed to be done. So I went back - and shit I missed it.

I stupidly tried starting by doing the same things I had done before. My body pretty much laughed in my face. I can't run as fast, or lift as much -but this is just motivation to keep me going back until I can. I get through it with music. I have to change my workout playlist every few days.One song that was on repeat yesterday - call it my Workout Song of the Day, was Atlas by Battles. It's the 2nd song on their album, Mirrored. That is one of the best songs to put on while you are on the elliptical and just go! It's fast paced and pumping beats - timeless!

2007 was the year of the Great Laptop Crash and Burn aka the year my laptop died. I decided then that I was going to move as many applications online as possible. The goal is to be able to travel to anywhere without taking a computer with me and still be able to access all my stuff (and still blog) - maybe with the help of a USB drive. So below are some online tools that I use to replace hard drive applications.

1. Online Desktop: Peepel and Desktop Two. Store files, images, and music online. Plus they both have spreadsheets and document writers compatible with Microsoft Office; easy to use and understand.

2. Bookmarks: Google Bookmarks and Delicious. Websites are saved to Google and individual pages used as references are saved to Delicious.

3. Finance: Moneytrackin.com and ClearCheckbook. I started with Clearcheckbook and it's great, but I think MoneyTrackin is even better because you can have multiple projects, so I use it for personal and blogging/business finances.

4. Password manager: Clipperz. No need to provide email address.

5. Image editors: Cellsea & Picnik. Cellsea doesn't require registration, so I use it more often. They aren't Photoshop, but they are good for editing pictures for use in website posts.

6. Social Networking: SocialUrl to show all your social networks on one one page [my page]. 

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