Have you ever thought about getting serious about biking?  The only thing holding you back is the cost.  ”I only wish it weren’t $1500-2000 for a decent road bike!”  Well, let me introduce you to BikesDirect.com.  This site is simply amazing.  It carries tons of bikes including road, mountain, cruiser, hybrid, and women’s bikes.  Most of them are over 50% off – they are shipped directly from the factory.  You simply have to assemble them yourself – a small price to pay for saving over $1000 on some bikes.

Check it out.  You won’t regret it… Just make sure you have a tissue ready for all the drool.



The internet has afforded us the great opportunity to take advantage of a great network of internet users and their knowledge.  This “wiki” revolution has led to many innovations including the revolutionary site Wikipedia as well as operating systems such as Linux.

To further take advantage of this revolution in sharing knowledge for free, a blog called the Open Source Revolution focuses on being an open forum for people to share new software and ideas with the world.  It covers everything from how-to’s, freeware downloads, to reviews, linux, and Open CV.  Check it out.

While watching funny or interesting internet videos is not a problem that I have, finding new good video content is.  While I had heard of Devour before, I have never used it consistently until recently.  It really is quite amazing, and the simplicity and cleanliness of the site is a welcome change from YouTube and other user-generated video sites.

What Devour does is assemble all of the most popular and highest quality videos every weekday.  I mentioned also that it was a well-groomed site. That’s because most of the videos are in HD and there are no “comments.”  This allows the videos to speak for themselves and lets us enjoy them without the musings of everyone on YouTube.

While an old topic within the world of social justice, microfinance has erupted with organizations like Hope International and Kiva as a way to end poverty in a sustainable manner.  The old adage “teach a man to fish, and he will eat for a lifetime” rings true with this means of ministering to the poor.

Both of these organizations fill a large void in the giving community as people are becoming more and more wary of giving to charities where there are organizational overhead costs.  Kiva and Hope both allow clients to decide exactly how their money will be used.  People can spread the love of Christ by giving to individuals.  Making disciples of all nations, our Christ-given command, has never been easier as we can now interact with and minister to the poorest in the world.

Have you ever gone out for a run and realized that you were keeping step to the music?  Studies show that listening to music during exercise improves performance both because it motivates and distracts from fatigue.  Why not find songs that fit your pace so you can stay in step with your desired split-times?

Jog.fm is a site that seeks to do that.  The site is quite simple to use.  On the homepage, there is an option to browse popular workout music that is categorized by its tempo.



You can pick music based on your pace and even browse playlists made by other users for specific workout times and split times.  Also, the site breaks up song categories by if they’re better for running, walking, or cycling!

This is just what I was looking for.  Time to run.