{"id":328,"date":"2015-01-06T18:24:22","date_gmt":"2015-01-06T18:24:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paulbristow.net\/blog\/?p=328"},"modified":"2015-01-06T18:24:22","modified_gmt":"2015-01-06T18:24:22","slug":"new-years-resolutions-and-fitness-tracking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paulbristow.net\/blog\/2015\/01\/06\/new-years-resolutions-and-fitness-tracking\/","title":{"rendered":"New Years Resolutions and Fitness Tracking"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gadget Guru is a short weekly radio show on\u00a0World Radio Switzerland<\/a>\u00a0that I do with\u00a0Tony Johnston<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Here’s the show from January 6th, 2015:<\/p>\nhttps:\/\/paulbristow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/2015-01-06-Gadget-Guru-1.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

A few links from this show:<\/p>\n

If your new years resolution is to get fit there’s no better way than eat less and move more. Technology can’t (yet) stop you eating but it can help with the moving, so here are some of the fitness trackers you can get from Fitbit<\/a>, Withings<\/a> and Jawbone<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Prices start from around 65 CHF. Or you can just use an app for your smartphone like Moves<\/a> but then you must carry your smartphone all the time. If you put it down it won’t track your steps.<\/p>\n

If you want to hack your life then If This Then That<\/a> is the site you need. Make the internet work for you doing things that usually only coders can \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

If you want a heads-up on CES there is a useful CES preview at TechRadar<\/a>. Plenty of wearables.<\/p>\n

My VOIP provider that lets me have a UK incoming phone number is LocalPhone<\/a> but there are others, including Skype. As expats living on an international border having multiple incoming phone numbers in different countries can be useful.<\/p>\n

Here’s the Octopus:
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