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The Totally Rad Show is a new Revision3 show featuring Alex from diggnation, Dan from Geekdrome and Jeff Cannata from who knows where. The show is a weekly review show featuring the latest movies, comics and video games. Its hard not to see the comparisons to Geekdrome, especially with the fact that Dan was one of the hosts of Geekdrome and there was even an episode of Geekdrome that featured Dan, Alex and Jeff all together. But thats neither here nor there.

For me iFanboy and TRS have been replacement for Geekdrome . I know Jonathan London is doing his thing with Geekscape but Geekscape has just been bothering me lately for some reason and I can’t put my finger one it. I’ve been LOVING iFanboy tho and hopefully TRS will fill the movie, TV and video game part of Geekdrome I miss so much.

Anyways, you can download The Totally Rad Show from Revision3 or subscribe to it via iTunes.

I’m taking the week off from the gym this week. I’m just exhausted and sore and need some time to rest. I’ll restart my 5K schedule this monday again but in the meantime I picked up Dance Dance Revolution Universe for the Xbox 360 to keep up on my exercise while I’m not at the gym.

The selling point for me is the Workout mode. When you turn of Workout mode, the game will calculate how much calories you are burning while playing any of the modes in the game. From the workout mode screen you can adjust your weight and get a graph of your calories burned by each day. This makes it easy to enter into Traineo for me and its a nice way to keep up with your progress.

My biggest problem seems to stem from the all hardwood floors in this house. Everything shakes while I’m playing because there is nothing to absorb the vibrations. I picked up some interlocking fitness mats from Walmart and they seem to help some, but when I have to jump on double arrows, I’m afraid I’m going to end up in the basement.

Tuesday night I finally had some free time and decided to install Vista Ultimate on my Macbook. My Parallels install of XP MCE 2005 is getting full and I needed to reinstall anyways. Well would you know my luck, less that 12 hours after I installed Vista, Apple releases a Vista compatible version of Boot Camp. Thank god its just an updated driver CD and I don’t have to repartition and reinstall.

I just wish Parallel’s supported Vista on a Boot Camp partition so I didn’t have to reboot but the only two things i really need Windows for is to watch Netflix streaming movies and Comic Collector Live. Its only a matter of time for Parallels supports it and I can wait.

The other area in my life thats getting a makeover this month is my finances. Starting this month I’ve developed a budget and a course of action for my debt. I’ve been using wesebe.com to keep track of my money almost daily. Wesebe hasn’t been perfect but its been what I need for now. Hopefully as the site matures, new features and bug fixes will be added. Only thing I’d really like to see is automatic updates of my accounts instead of the chore of downloading each statement then uploading them.

One of the first things I did this month was to give myself an “allowance”. I tend to get carried away with purchases and I’m a sucker for impulse buys so instead of doing the “envelope” method, I went with a more forceful approach.

I’ve given myself $100 allowance a week to live on. On Friday when my paycheck gets direct deposited, I transfer $100 to my Paypal account right away. I only carry my PayPal debit card with me instead of my bank’s debit card. Actually I have my bank card stashed away so its hard to get at. The $100 has to keep my cars gas tank filled, keep me feed and any purchases I’d like to make for myself during the week. Another advantage for me is that it takes 3-4 days to transfer money into my PayPal account from my bank. This curbs the thought of just transferring money onto my card if I want to make a purchase and don’t have enough in my PayPal account at the time.

Due to my work schedule, I tend to eat out ALOT. This was a big money hole for me that I’m trying to fix. Due to my “allowance” I have to be careful when and if I eat out now. If i want to pick up the newest game, comics or DVD this week, I’m going to have to pass when the guys order a pizza at work. To get me eating better, I allow myself to use my bank card if I actually go shopping at a store. This gives me incentive to make a shopping list and try and find the best deals so I don’t have to dip into my allowance.

The second thing I did was to setup an ING Direct Savings account. For the past few months I’m been trying to put money into a savings account at my bank. Problem with that is I always saw what I had in savings which gave me a false outlook on my money situation. I could always move money out of my savings account immediately if I needed extra money. With ING the money is deduced automatically and it goes into a different savings account that I don’t ever have to look at. Plus it offers 4.5% interest. My plan is to forget about that savings account and just let it keep growing and adding interest.

I got a lot of financially rebuilding to do but these are just the first few steps I’m taking. Next month I plan on calling all my creditors and get a “state of the union” from them so I can devise a debt reduction plan.

I’m out. Canceled my account and deleted the game from my Macbook. Kinda sucks since I just bought WoW: BC but I just don’t play enough to warrant the monthly fee anymore.

Back in 2005 I started working out and eating better and generally felt the best I’ve had in years. In early 2006 I started a new job and had just moved. Since then I never really got back on the fitness wagon. Since then I’ve re-developed the gut I worked so hard to get rid of. Well, I’ve decided that this month is going to be my month to get back on track.

At the beginning of the month I finally picked up a pair of Nike+ Air Max Moto IV I’ve been wanting since last August. Armed with my Nike+iPod kit I’m just starting off with running for the next 6 weeks. Right now I’m using the Beginners 5K Schedule from nikerunning.com and its been working out good for me so far.

[Download the PDF of the Schedule]

To keep track of my progress I’m using Traineo. Traineo is fitness web2.0 style. It allows you to keep track of your workouts, diet, weight and more. The biggest feature is that you can add motivators who get weekly updates of your progress via email or anyone can subscibe to an RSS feed of your progress. You can also join different groups and chat in forums.

[My Traineo Page]

I’ve only been back for two weeks but it feels good to run again. With my schedule I’m going to the gym after work which is about 1:30am. Its nice because there is minimal people there and I don’t have to wait for machines and showers. This works well for 3 of the 4 days I workout but Friday the gym closes early so I’m still debating how I’m going to handle Fridays.

I got to see 300 over the weekend. I’ve been waiting along time for this and its the first movie since 2005 I’ve gone to see in the theaters. The movie was amazing and was well worth the wait. I can truly say you have never seen another movie like it. I bought the graphic novel of 300 a few months back but have held off reading it since the movie was right around the corner. Now thats its now, I think I may take the weekend and read it just to get a feel just how close of an adaptation it was. The next day I have off during the week, I’m going to go see it at an IMAX theater.