Other stuff....
My first attempt at video blogging!
Here's my first attempt at creating a video blog. Enjoy (or not).Of course you don't have to post videos of yourself. You ca share anything from coaching tips, to clips from matches etc - anything that you've uploaded or found on sites like Youtube.
Tip: To add video from Youtube, simply copy the URL of the video from the browser (it should look something like http://www.youtube.com/v/ZK5cq5hraFk. If it looks like http://youtube.com/watch?v=ZK5cq5hraFk just edit it, deleting "watch?" and changing "=" to a "/"), then when you create your blog post click the media icon
. Choose 'flash' as the type, and simply paste in the URL that you copied. You can change the size too - if you do, tick the box to constrain the proportion and just change the height or the width.
As far as making the video goes, I simply used the in-built camera on my macbook, and iMovie. It was incredibly easy. I guess that Windows probably has some kind of movie maker built in, and a decent webcam should be enough to capture a simple video. You can, of course, use more sophisticated tools, but I wouldn't know about that! iMovie even let me upload directly to youtube (on creating an account). It can take a few hours before you can post the video on your blog - until it is ready it will just come up blank.
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Rob Robson
Co-founder, iStadia.com
It's not about sport or exercise, but I liked it
I hadn't come across the wherethehellismatt phenomenon before, but I challenge you to watch this video and NOT feel all warm and fuzzy! As for my blog title, I guess he is kind of exercising....Who says we have to talk about sport and exercise ALL of the time?
Gotta love the internet!
Golf is Good for Your Health
Now, you might think that the anger, frustration and tears associated with playing golf (or is that just me), or the time spent at the 19th hole, might negate any health benefits gained "ruining a good walk". Not so, according to researchers from the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet. The death rate for golfers is 40 per cent lower than for other people of the same sex, age and (interestingly) socioeconomic status, and can expect to live up to 5 years longer. This is most true for low-handicap golfers, which is attributed to the regular play required to keep a low handicap, rather than the inner calm achieved from avoiding the aforementioned anger, frustration and tears!Here's a link to the whole story, from Science Daily. They seem to have quite a bit on sport and exercise, so I'll be keeping an eye on their site.
Rob Robson
iStadia - Networking for Sport & Exercise Community
Really cool website!
Believe it or not I'm not talking about iStadia, but picnik.com.Not only does it allow you to edit photos online, it has a really easy-to-use interface and is beautifully designed.
Look at my handywork ! ------->
All you need to do to edit photos and put them in blogs and articles, is:
1) Create your picnik account
2) Edit the image (e.g. touch up, resize, crop, add text, add Xmas hat (!))
3) Create a flickr account
4) Save your image to flickr
5) Copy the image location (you can get this by right clicking on it and choosing 'properties')
6) Insert into your blog or article (icon with the tree in it)
