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Lazy Weight Loss – One week down…
So it is now one week since I entered my company’s Biggest Loser challenge. Since then I have lost a total of 6.5 pounds. I am a little disappointed in myself since I binged a bit at a friend’s house over the weekend. They graciously provided a healthy spread of pigs in a blanket, shrimp, [...]
Continue reading...Lazy Weight Loss for the New Year
9. January 2010
So it is now 2010 and of course, I find myself looking in the mirror and realizing I have to lose weight. Who am I kidding – I don’t need to look in the mirror, I know I have gained weight. Just two months ago, I ran my first marathon. Since then, I have managed [...]
Continue reading...Your life… TiVo’d…
9. September 2009
Imagine arriving home after work and replaying the day’s events. Who you spoke to… who you saw… what you experienced… You could fast forward, rewind, and pause. Sound strange? Yes indeed. But it is out there, and Microsoft is investing money in it. You can read more of it from Microsoft here. Enter the SenseCam [...]
Continue reading...Car Repairs
29. August 2009
So you are driving down the road, all is good… When suddenly… The check engine light appears on your dashboard. Ohhh #@$%!!! Your stomach twists and turns… What could it be? Is my car going to blow up? How much is THIS going to cost me? You bring it to the mechanic. He tells you [...]
Continue reading...Coffee the not-so-lazy way…
28. August 2009
If you have read any of my articles to date, you know that I am the one that will do anything to try and automate a process… Take coffee: I fill up my coffee pot at night. Set the timer, go to sleep, wake up with a nice cup o’ joe… Or at least I [...]
Continue reading...Humidors, Cigars and… Lazy Automation???
5. March 2009
Ok, I admit it… I love a good cigar. Wait, let me correct that. I love a great cigar. Friends turned me on years ago to cigars and ever since then, I enjoy sitting back with a stoagie and a nice bottle of Port wine. The problem is, if you are going to buy a [...]
Continue reading...A LazyAutomation Alarm Clock?
26. February 2009
Ok, this one has to take the cake, and may even win the first LazyAutomation award for ingenuity… Matty Sallin, Daniel Bartolini and Hsiao-huh Hsu have developed the Wake ‘n Bacon, an alarm clock that wakes you up to the smell and sound of sizzling bacon. How does it do this? You place a frozen [...]
Continue reading...What exactly is Hulu?
25. February 2009
That is exactly what I asked myself when I heard someone talking about this new (well, not actually new) website called “Hulu“. Hulu is a website that offers streaming video of TV shows and movies from NBC, Fox and many other networks and studios, some of which are now offered in high-definition. Research found that [...]
Continue reading...Paying Bills the LazyAutomation Way…
24. February 2009
Just about everyone (ok, at least everyone that visits LazyAutomation) will agree that the internet is by far one of the greatest things in the world. Sit down at any PC, and the world is at your fingertips – news, reseach, media… it’s all there. Even shopping online has become so simple that in many [...]
Continue reading...Turning your Flatscreen TV into Artwork
20. February 2009
Several months ago, I was in a lounge in Brooklyn and noticed that there were ambient style videos playing on the plasma televisions mounted on the walls of the restaurant. More specifically, they were videos of women “shadow dancing”. Not being one to be outdone, and thinking that this would be something really cool to [...]
Continue reading...Blog Networks
11. January 2010
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