4 Months of Calorie Burn: What Have I Learned So Far?
I now have over 4 months of BodyMedia calorie burn data: Nov 2012 Daily Average: 2,205 Dec 2012 Daily Average: 2,123 Jan 2013 Daily Average: 2,183 Feb 2013 Daily Average: 2,114 The average seems to be...
View ArticleExperiment: Does Running in Cold Weather Make Me Burn More Calories? (Part 1)
I just completed the first trial of my Running Cold experiment and have some preliminary results! I had previously defined my plan for the experiment at the end of this post. Weather/Temperature Here’s...
View ArticleExperiment: Does Running in Cold Weather Make Me Burn More Calories? (Part 2)
I did a second test of my Running Cold Experiment last Saturday afternoon! Methodology was the same as Trial 1, with similar conditions, although about 8 degrees warmer. Qualitative Data: Thoughts on...
View ArticleExperiment: Does Running in Cold Weather Make Me Burn More Calories? (Part 3)
Trial 3 of my Running Cold Experiment has brought with it some new insights. Each trial seems to help me rethink how to best capture the data I need. (Read Part 1 and Part 2). I’ve decided that I am in...
View ArticleExperiment: Does Running in Cold Weather Make Me Burn More Calories? (Part 4)
It’s been a while since I last wrote about my Running Cold Experiment and in that time I’ve completed several more trials. See Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3. Here’s what they look like: Data Revisiting my...
View ArticleBiometrics of Jurassic Park 3D
Once upon a time I studied to take the SAT. To that end, I took an SAT prep class and in said class they mentioned the importance of nutrition for studying. Because, they said, the brain becomes a...
View ArticleExperiment: Does Running in Cold Weather Make Me Burn More Calories? (Part 5)
I’ve just discovered something really interesting in my last few runs (from my Running Cold Experiment, see Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4) that I may not have noticed had I not implemented BodyMedia’s...
View ArticleQuantified Posture: A LumoBack Review
It haunted me. Like a weird posture peddler, the ad followed me everywhere I went online. Apparently one visit to Lumo’s site a few months ago was enough for Google’s ad network to put a Lumo ad in...
View ArticleReasserting the Personhood of Children
This is Part 1 of a series of posts called How Kids Are Bypassing School in Order to Learn. I read Orson Scott Card’s Ender’s Game as a teenager. It’s a scifi novel in which gifted children are...
View ArticleRaspberry Pi Sleep Lab How-To
I have a problem. It has bothered me for years. Allow me to describe the symptoms as simply as I can: Slumbering Kick the covers off I am cold It’s time to take a stand. So I’m seeking an answer to a...
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