Digital Products and eBooks

Can I watch TV on my computer?

What a great question!  You’d think that with all of the amazing thing that computers can do today, there would be more of a fuss made about being able to watch television right on your own computer.  I suppose some people figure that they have the television itself to that, but there are some people out there who are looking for ways to save money on monthly cable or satellite fees.  For them, the Satellite Direct option for their computer might be something they want to check out.  The one time fee of less than fifty dollars is much cheaper than cable costs, and it includes in the neighborhood of 3,500 channels from around the world.

Satellite Direct

Personally, I have had quite enough of rising cable costs, so to me, this looks like a technology whose time has really come. Being able to watch what you want, when you want, and not have to pay outrageous cable bills every month sounds pretty good to me. If you want to do some fun math, add up how much your cable service costs over the course of a year (or even a few months) and then check out this one time fee that is less than one month of cable for many people!

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Serious athletes realize that learning how to run faster can be the difference between excelling in a sport and being just average.  If you are willing to put in the time to improve your speed, the results will be hard to miss.  Even if you were born knowing how to run fast, there is probably something here that can benefit you and make you even faster.

This is an interesting ebook that should be on the must read list of any athlete who feels the need to improve their speed.  Unlike traditional training techniques which often focused simply on increasing the strength of the runner, this program takes the approach that speed is a skill that can be improved up and developed.

How to run faster

Learning how to run faster is not rocket science, but there are some very important training methods that should be followed.  The book includes chapters on everything from the proper warm-up routines to specific techniques that should be used when sprinting.  There are also chapters on common mistakes made by runners in training, using the medicine ball as part of your training routine, the role of goal setting in running and in any fitness endeavor, Plyometrics, how strength training should be incorporated in to your workouts and more.

The author challenges the assertion that you can’t teach speed.  If you feel like you need something to help you get to the next level of fitness and running speed, you should check out this guide to developing killer speed.

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Pink Digital Camera for Kids

Taking photographs is a lot of fun and the kids want to be in on it too.  Once they outgrow toy cameras, getting a real working digital camera can be one of the coolest gifts a kid can receive.  Looking at photos doesn’t even cost anything anymore since they can be downloaded right to your computer.

If you are going to get a digital camera for your child, save yourself the aggravation of purchasing one that is easily broken.  This model is designed to be “kid tough”.  Although that doesn’t mean that it should be abused, it should mean that it can stand up to normal kid use, which can be a little bit less careful than what you expect from an adult.  The camera itself is built by Fisher Price, so you know that the people designing it have some experience producing quality items for children.

• Award Winning Kid Tough Camera
• Easy-to-use format and simple buttons
• Children can see pictures they just took on the 1.5″ color LCD preview screen
• Features image resolution of 1.3 or .3 Megapixels which is selected by the user to create great 4×5 prints
• 128MB of Flash memory for storing up to 500 pictures

Fisher Price Kid-Tough Digital Camera – Pink

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