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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> extropy-chat-bounces@lists.extropy.org
[mailto:extropy-chat-bounces@lists.extropy.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Anne-Marie
Taylor<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, January 03, 2006 11:28 AM<BR><B>To:</B> ExI
chat list<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: [extropy-chat] Happy New Year and
resolution.<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV>Thanks Herb,</DIV>
<DIV>I thought that with technology so advanced that there may have been
a</DIV>
<DIV>program I haven't heard of yet that is simple and easy to use <SPAN
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<DIV><SPAN class=236430019-03012006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2><STRONG>I am pretty sure there are such
programs.</STRONG></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=236430019-03012006><STRONG><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></STRONG></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=236430019-03012006><STRONG><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>When I am looking for programs I start with these
sources:</FONT></STRONG></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=236430019-03012006><STRONG><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></STRONG></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=236430019-03012006> <STRONG><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2><A
href="http://www.sourceforge.net">www.sourceforge.net</A> (open
source but smaller collection)</FONT></STRONG></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=236430019-03012006><STRONG><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></STRONG></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=236430019-03012006> <STRONG><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2><A
href="http://www.nonags.com">www.nonags.com</A> (practically all
free as the name indicates)</FONT></STRONG></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=236430019-03012006><STRONG><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></STRONG></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=236430019-03012006> <STRONG><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2><A href="http://www.downloads.com">www.downloads.com</A>
(lot's of junk and overpriced stuff but reliable
site)</FONT></STRONG></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=236430019-03012006><STRONG><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></STRONG></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=236430019-03012006><STRONG><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Downloads.com is really CNET now, but I still remember it under
the</FONT></STRONG></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=236430019-03012006><STRONG><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>old name.</FONT></STRONG></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=236430019-03012006><STRONG><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></STRONG></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=236430019-03012006><STRONG><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>You can also search Google with these sites as restrictions (I believe
this</FONT></STRONG></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=236430019-03012006><STRONG><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>will work for NoNags but have not tried it.)</FONT></STRONG></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=236430019-03012006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
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<DIV><SPAN class=236430019-03012006> </SPAN>(My mother</DIV>
<DIV>is quite old and I can't see her googling anything:).&nb sp;
Something like a </DIV>
<DIV>journal but that gives solid results at the end of the day. Such
as</DIV>
<DIV>how much cholesterol, proteins, carbohydrates and vitamins you
absorb</DIV>
<DIV>in one day. You punch in what you eat and you get actual results,
</DIV>
<DIV>I think it would be a great idea to promote proper health. </DIV>
<DIV>People today really don't know what they are putting in there
bodies. </DIV>
<DIV>Anyhow thanks again,</DIV>
<DIV>Anna</DIV>
<DIV>&nb sp;</DIV>
<DIV><B><I></I></B> </DIV>
<DIV><B><I>Herb Martin <HerbM@learnquick.com></I></B> wrote:</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=2><STRONG><SPAN
class=401410207-03012006>> </SPAN>Is there a program or site that exists
that can help me acknowledge</ST RONG></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=2><STRONG><SPAN
class=401410207-03012006>> </SPAN>what I eat and dri
nk?</STRONG></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><STRONG></ STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=401410207-03012006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2><STRONG>My guesses would include the WeightWatchers site and
TonyRobbins </STRONG></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=401410207-03012006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2><STRONG>site -- Tony was on Larry King the other night saying he had
a free</STRONG></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=401410207-03012006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2><STRONG>program fro the! new year and I believe WW has diet guides
online.</STRONG></FONT></SPAN></DIV><SPAN class=401410207-03012006>
<DIV><BR><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><STRONG>Both are (obviously)
designed to get you to sign up and</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV></SPAN><SPA class=401410207-03012006 N><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2><STRONG>spend money with them, but providing free content is a
</STRONG></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=401410207-03012006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2><STRONG>legitimate w ay to try to sell a
product.</STRONG></FONT></SPAN></DIV></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=401410207-03012006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2><STRONG>A google search should get you more; somet hing like
(untested):</STRONG></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=401410207-03012006><STRONG><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></STRONG></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=401410207-03012006> <STR! ONG><FONT
face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>[ nuitrition | diet log |
diary carbohydrates | protein | fat ]</FONT></STRONG></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=401410207-03012006><STRONG><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></STRONG></SPAN>&nb sp;</DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=401410207-03012006><STRONG><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>The vertical bar | is OR, but you can use the capitalized word
OR</FONT></STRONG></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=401410207-03012006><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2
or="#0000ff" col>if you prefer.</FONT></STRONG></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=401410207-03012006></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=401410207-03012006><STRONG><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>You can play around with this or add other keywords that
follow</FONT></STRONG></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=401410207-03012006><STRONG><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>more closely what you hope to find.</FONT></STRONG></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=401410207-03012006><STRONG><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></STRONG></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=401410207-03012006><STRONG><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Notice that Google accepts quotes for phrases and * as a wildc
ard</FONT></STRONG></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=401410207-03012006><STRONG><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>within a phrase: "diet guide" "food *
guide"</FONT></STRONG></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=401410207-03012006><S TRONG><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></STRONG></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=401410207-03012006><STRONG><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>You can restrict searches to certin URL patterns with
"SITE:",</FONT></STRONG></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=401410207-03012006><STRONG><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>e.g, this will only find you key words at US registered
universities,<BR>colleges, etc:</FONT></STRONG></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=401410207-03012006><STRONG><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></STRONG></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN
class=401410207-03012006>
<STRONG><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>[ diet guide& nbsp;
site:edu ]</FONT></STRONG></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=401410207-03012006><STRONG><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></STRONG></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=401410207-03012006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2><STRONG>Tilde ~word will find synonyms for a keyword: [
~diet ~diary ]</STRONG></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=401410207-03012006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=401410207-03012006><FONT face=Aria color=#0000ff size=2
l><STRONG>And if you find a lot of "wrong" sites, you can preface a word
with minus</STRONG></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=401410207-03012006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2><STRONG>to DISALLOW p! ages with that
word:</STRONG></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=401410207-03012006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=401410207-03012006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2> <STRONG>[ ~diet ~diary -weightwatchers
]</STRONG></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=401410207-03012006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2><STRONG></STRONG></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=401410207-03012006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2><STRONG>Another variation: Inurl: can find pages with a word
within a URL, eg.:</STRONG></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=401410207-03012006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2><STRONG></STRONG></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=401410207-03012006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2><STRONG> [ ~diet ~diary inurl:planner
]</STRONG></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=401410207-03012006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2><STRONG></STRONG></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=401410207-03012006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2><STRONG>And while probably not useful for this quest, you can also
specify certain</STRONG></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN ass="401410207-03012006" cl><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2><STRONG>useful file types:</STRONG></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=401410207-03012006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=401410207-030120 06><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2><STRONG> [ "diet * guide" filetype:pdf
| filetype:doc | filetype:xls ]</STRONG></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=401410207-03012006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2><STRONG></STRONG></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=401410207-03012006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2><STRONG>I through the xls in as an afterthought since you may
actually find</STRONG></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=401410207-03012006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2><STRONG>a (free) spreadsheet that will help you maintain such a
diary/log.</STRONG></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=401410207-03012006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></S> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=401410207-03012006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2><STRONG>Let me know if you need more or more direct
help.</STRONG></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><SPAN class=401410207-03012006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000f
size=2 f></FONT></SPAN></STRONG> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><SPAN class=401410207-03012006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>--<BR></FONT></SPAN><FONT size=2>Herb Martin</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=401410207-03012006></SPAN><FONT size=2><
STRONG>T<SPAN class=401410207-03012006>each
fishing.</SPAN></STRONG></FONT><BR></DIV>_______________________________________________<BR>extropy-chat
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