• First, undo things in your life before you can serve God: 1 Peter 4:1-2:

Links and Social Stream Activity

General Uncategorized

• Email Marketing Content Ideas: http://j.mp/q6gQdh Some good ideas here.
• RT @RetailProphet: RT @Mgconslts: @RetailProphet My latest blog on 103 Ways to Use QR Codes http://bit.ly/nnsbZt #QR Nice list.
• Looks like a great app.  Official Google Blog: Start the conversation with Google Translate for Android
• These are some interesting ideas, but don’t see anyway they can be implemented given that certain special interest groups would not allow it. Good thoughts, though.  My Soapbox Advice to the OWS Movement and then some « blog maverick
• Highly recommended. Very customizable.  WordPress › Fast Secure Contact Form « WordPress Plugins

Retail/Consumer Packaged Goods

• RT @hayesminor: 73% of shoppers prefer to use their phone vs. asking an employee for help. Me: because you often can’t find an employee
• RT @InStoreTrends: Photos: In-Store Disruption Strategies #retail #trends #disruption #instore #shoppermarketing #lihttp://shar.es/b77vp
• RT @hayesminor: 60% of store traffic passes thru the produce section of retail @retailecologist #shopperexpo
• RT @RethinkRetail: Downsizing is inevitable in retail – But new opportunities emerge as retailers compete for loyaltyhttp://www.insideretailing.com.au/IR/IRNews/Downsizing-is-inevitable-in-retail-2805.aspx
•  Twenty Five Ways to Show Your Loyalty to Your Customers: http://j.mp/oLzAva Great list. Don’t remember show shared with me,but not my find  Twenty Five Ways to Show Your Loyalty to Your Customers | Wired and Dangerous

Books/E-Books/Publishing/Blogging

• Web-based Kindle format good for comics, kids’ books http://j.mp/qjltvU
• How Well Is My Book Selling? Now Authors Have More Answershttp://zite.to/oxmru2

Dogs

• RT @DawgBlogger: Must watch: The Hidden Inflammatory Condition That Threatens Your Pet’s Well-Being http://bit.ly/nAxzUyvia @drkarenbecker
• Alcohol Poisoning in Dogs: http://j.mp/ne17h1 It may not be from ingesting liquor.
• Is your dog suddenly afraid of familiar things? http://j.mp/nhF4QQ My latest post.
• Canine Supplements: Do Dogs Need Food Supplements?
• Home remedies for fleas on dogs
• Puppy mills leave lasting emotional scars, study finds

Training/Outdoors/Health/Food/Weather/GPS

• “Just say no” to 15 day forecasts (Tuesday, 10/18/2011)
• Great maps comparing La Nina, El Nino and normal flow patterns:  https://plus.google.com/113284824893630591242/posts/hdX11Srh2oz
• I thought this was interesting. However, you don’t know the validity of the data collection – are they looking at natural disasters differently, are natural disasters being reported differently, etc. Natural Disasters in the United States, 1980 – 2011 | The Big Picture
•  I’m sick of seeing all those ski vids where people get good air, good lines and stick landings – do the rest of us ski like that? I don’t think so. This video is more my style…taking hard diggers, sometimes spending more time sliding down a slope on your butt and certainly not doing it with any elegance.  Mt. Baker Blocks Webisode “Crash Reel” Episode 2
• In Colorado, Arapahoe Basin ski resort opened today and Loveland opens tomorrow. Wolf Creek is open on weekends. Best deal I’ve seen, other than a season pass (like the Epic pass – if you plan to ski a fair amount) is the 4 ticket deal at Loveland for $130 – no restrictions.
• Interesting article. I use to take lots of vitamins but then developed sensitivities to almost every vitamin supplement. I now only take code liver oil and magnesium and eat really well.  More Evidence Against Vitamin Use

Jesus Christ/Christianity

None posted

We did a hike on Goose Creek Trail in the Lost Creek Wilderness.  Below area a few screen shot images of the day assembled using Google Earth.  The full Google Earth KMZ file is here.

These screenshots include an image overlay of the Hayman Fire burn area.  It might not be exact because I had to manually insert the image and size it as best as possible.  This was a significant fire during the summer of 2002.  Our drive route in lime green through the burn area was over dirt roads to the trailhead.

Overhead View with north orientation. Drive route in green

Angled view with south orientation of our drive route through the burn area

The initial 1/4 mile or so of the hike was through burn area to the canyon floor.  After that, we enjoyed fairly lush vegetation throughout the hike.  For full trail descriptions, I posted content and uploaded our hike to Wikiloc and Everytrail.

Our hike route up Goose Creek canyon with elevation profile

The hike images below:

We also accomplished a few things around the house, including getting some timbers hauled down the hill to the upper barn.  Images below.

The main event was being taken out by Romeo. He got his long lead wrapped around my leg and took off while on a walk, taking my feet out from under me. What made it worse was I was carrying a big post, so it crashed down on my leg. It still hurts, but icing has helped a lot. Sue was with me when it happened; she said it was like a cartoon wipeout, which meant it looked pretty funny.

That Romeo-wipeout curtailed my training for the week. I got a short ride in before it happened and some climbing. I missed a weight leg workout and a hike we had planned.  I went heavy on my lifting this week.  The ride had the feeling that I had gotten back into the groove with the bike – a long time since I had experienced that. Climbing is my forte and what I enjoy that most and the hills felt pretty good this week.

With the bum leg, I spent more time working on house projects. I finished repairing the driveway from rain downpours over the summer that have created some gulley’s. I also got a ton of chainsaw work done, taking down dead trees and branches. We had one very large tree that was dying.  It took some chainsaw work to weaken the base and then I used the tractor to pull it down.

This week I am taking off from lifting and anything significant…a planned week’s rest. I hope to take most of the week off from work and spend the time tearing down part of a barn that needs to go. Hopefully, the leg will be back for some hiking Sue and I have planned for the Labor day weekend.

• Recommendations for a Paleo-Friendly Early Stage Food Start-up
• Training Summary This Week: Riding, Running Intervals, Biathlon and Bouldering

Links and Selected Social Stream Activity

Here is a collection of items  in CPG/Retail and publishing, two industries in which I work and other items I found interesting.

CPG/Retail

• Wal-Mart Banking on Smaller Formats to Drive U.S. Growth: http://j.mp/o1QCLH Comments by me here as well.
• 5 Retailers That Should Thrive in a Recession – no surprise Dollar Tree makes the list http:// bit.ly/oIde9n
• Retailers create shopping seasons: http://on.wsj.com/nZkvrc Seasons depends on your sector, too. We had “diet” season for one of my past companies
• Groupon, Foursquare, and the Future of Retail Loyalty Programs: http://bit.ly/nFzS2L via @keith_rng
• 4 Game-Changers for In-Store Mobile Shopping: http://j.mp/pqDJnZ
• What the Google-Motorola Deal Means In-Store and In Your Living Room: http://j.mp/qNPtKu Good article via @keith_rng

Publishing

• WRITING A BOOK – MAKING MONEY: http://j.mp/r4kIaY Good post if you are in the book writing biz (I am)

Marketing

• Case Study: Social Media Drives Message Development: http://j.mp/nkagSD Great case study.
• Shop your favorite catalogs with Google Catalogs: http://j.mp/rpMz09

Media

• MediaShift . HBO Go App Shakes Up the Streaming TV Scene | PBS: http://www.pbs.org/mediashift/2011/08/hbo-go-app-shakes-up-the-streaming-tv-scene229.html
• Fox Starts Its Web Pullback, and ABC Gets Ready to Follow: https://plus.google.com/113284824893630591242/posts/YjfpA8esp2c

Other

• My G+ Circle Strategy: https://plus.google.com/113284824893630591242/posts/1htRCVbGnMD
• Water news: Lake Powell and Mead up significantly from Snow runnoff (La Nina brought ample snow to us last winter). http://coyotegulch.wordpress.com/2011/08/13/lake-powell-news-the-record-utah-wyoming-and-colorado-snowpack-has-the-reservoir-sitting-at-76-of-capacity-despite-having-the-hydroelectric-turbines-running-at-full-bore/

This Week’s Post and Activity

I’ll be posting commentary on an recent Inc Magazine case study and posting marketing& distribution  ideas I recently learned from talking with vendors at a recent fair for gluten-free products.

Image below traces the route with the elevation and my heart rate displayed in the graph

On Tuesday,  training consisted of uphill running intervals with biathlon practice in between and some rock climbing.

Shooting was 50% on target…not at all good, but better than I expected, since this is the first time shooting under heart rate stress in over 2 years. See attached image. Under calm conditions, I have recently been around 80%.

Intervals feel better this week, but still not great. Attached image charts heart rate and speed and I added shooting points and bouldering/climbing session in the graph.

Images below include the target and the speed and my heart rate displayed in the graph.

I created a new trail on Everytrail and Wikiloc (below). You can download this GPX file of the hike and open in Google Earth. It includes my heart rate.

Images

Wikiloc

Everytrail

Ridgeline Open Space Park

EveryTrail – Find the best Hiking in Colorado Springs, Colorado

I created a new trail on Everytrail and Wikiloc (below). You can download this GPX file of the hike and open in Google Earth. It includes my heart rate.

Images

Wikiloc

Everytrail

Ridgeline Open Space Park

EveryTrail – Find the best hikes in California and beyond

I created a new trail on Everytrail and Wikiloc (below).  You can download this GPX file of the hike and open in Google Earth.  It includes my heart rate.

Images


Wikiloc

Everytrail

Dawson Butte Ranch Open Space Trail

EveryTrail – Find the best Hiking in Colorado Springs, Colorado

Google Earth KMZ file (Includes my heart rate log for the hike). Open in Google Earth, select the GPS log (Climb or Descent) in the Places menu, right click on it and select “Show Elevation Profile” You can toggle on the graph between elevation, speed and heart rate (only 2 will plot at same time).

Photos on Picasa

Upload to Wikiloc

Upload to Everytrail



Devils Tower Hike

EveryTrail – Find the best Hiking in Colorado

Vindicator Mine Hike


EveryTrail - Find the best Hiking in Colorado Springs, Colorado

This photo is a few miles south of our house, taken late afternoon on drive home. Fall colors are peaking around us.

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