Geek Health & Fitness: Apps

Geek Health & Fitness: Apps

Are you looking to get more active, and change your eating habits? I am, and I’ve been doing just that, with the help of apps.

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Zombies, Run! App Review

Zombies, Run! App Review

I’ve mentioned in previous posts that I’ve been trying to get back into shape, and one of my main sources of exercise is walking. I just lacked motivation, and that lead me on a hunt to find some interesting apps.

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Smart Phone Gadgets

Smart Phone Gadgets

We love gadgets, and are always looking for useful, or fun ones, to play around with. I recently got the sleeper hands-free stand, and it’s pretty useful for me in a few ways; Skyping, making quickie unboxing videos, quick vlogging, playing some games, and just relaxing on those days I don’t feel like getting out of…

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Virtual Walk App

Virtual Walk App

I’ve been trying to get healthy again, and at one point that lead to a post on here called Healthy Snacks for Gaming. I wanted to find better ways of eating, especially on gaming nights, that didn’t take a lot of time to prepare. At that time I also downloaded the My Fitness Pal app which has been helpful.

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StumbleUpon and Gender Stereotyping

StumbleUpon and Gender Stereotyping

As I was creating a StumbleUpon account for ‘Awkward Geeks’ use I saw this, which is basically a standard question on most sites, and one I never give much thought to:

Since there were only those two options (some sites have a ‘rather not say’ option), and because I happen to be female, that’s what I clicked. I hesitated when I read the words, “This helps us find the best content for you”. I briefly wondered if I should chose ‘Male’ instead, even though I wanted to believe that they would not have a system that makes suggestions about what my interests are based on knowing nothing more than my gender. Because that would be silly.

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Nerd Rant: Twitter Unfollowers

Nerd Rant: Twitter Unfollowers

One of the things we find rude on twitter are the people who follow just to get get more followers. You know, the ones who stop following once you follow them back. We like to keep an eye on that stuff (there’s plenty of sites out there to help with that, like FriendOrFollow). These people…

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