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Last night my wife was checking her twitter feed and discovered a few mentions about her latest author interview on her blog site, LexiFlint.com. One of which included a "Top News Story" from a news site called WDWPUB: Thriller Daily! I was very surprised that a news site had already jumped on the blog posting, seeing as that my wife had only just posted it a few hours earlier!

So then when I inspected the site, it turned out every "news headline" or story was actually just a very well formated summary listing and link to the actual information. This intrigued me further to discover who created such a great, innovative website, and I noticed that "Bob" was the "editor" of the paper! From my experience, guys named "Bob" don't create great things like this and ONLY list themselves as Bob! Usually they have cooler nicknames like AstroBlur or Crash&Burn or ... WillieStylez! LOL!

Anyway, I dug a little deeper... ok, didn't have to look to deep since the top of the page showed this:

So I clicked it and ended up on the Paper.li website and found out that it was a SUPER COOL and FREE, new web service that let you "Read Twitter and Facebook as a Daily Newspaper"!

The site is very well organized and setup to allow you to auto-authenticate using Facebook or Twitter credentials (I think more and more I appreciate that function on most websites, one less password to remember!). Once you setup your new account, you are off and running with the ability to create multiple "newspapers" using everything from, your full Twitter feed, twitter lists, hashtags and in beta testing, Facebook feeds! It even includes a cool widget you can post on your other websites and blogs:

The newspaper is generated by Paper.li using a link aggregation function which essentially takes all of the links people have posted in your selected feed and summarizes, categorizes and even generates thumbnail and/or photo previews from the links! Plus there's two really cool sections that generate picture and video feeds! All in all, it's a great (and cool) way to get a bird's eye view on a topic or feed and may become your favorite way to read YOUR Twitter/Facebook timeline!

So that is what Stylez thinks! What do you think?

P.S. Don't forget to check out MY Paper.li site @ http://paper.li/WillieStylez

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I was on Facebook today and found this posting from LifeHacker website

Have you switched from Android to iPhone? Let us know how it went (what worked, what didn't, etc.).

Now, after re-reading that question about 12 times, I realized that they REALLY SAID "Have you switched from Android TO iPhone"!!! I'm still convinced it was a typo, because that has got to be the most BACKWARD question ever asked by a technology web magazine! Of course, the comments went NUTS! Of course I had to join in because its what us techies do!

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Well, last night, what can I say about last night!? Well, I'd rather start with Friday! Friday was a very busy day for me. It started out pretty good with a great weigh-in and an even better outlook on the future! I even got in an 18min workout with my wife!

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No Sugar Added Cream Cheese Frosting

1 ounce of cream cheese, softened
2 teaspoons butter, softened
2 or 3 packets - Splenda No Calorie Sweetner
1/8 teaspoon vanilla extract

1. In a medium bowl, cream together the cream cheese and butter until creamy.
2. Mix in the vanilla
3. Gradually stir in the no calorie sweetner.

 Yields 2 servings. Store unused portion in the refrigerator.

via a personally modified version of regular Cream Cheese Frosting!

This is a great tasting frosting that's very low in sugar. Tastes just like the regular version and this recipe gives you a very small and manageable amount for the single dieter.

I decided recently (with the help of an upcoming trip to the Bahamas) that I have had enough. I weighed approximately 315lbs (not sure because my home scale only goes to 308.5 and that was the last weight at a gym). Officially started my Exercise plan on December 22, 2010. Officially started my diet on January 1, 2011. As of January 9th, I had lost approximately 13lbs! My goal is to reach my optimal weight of 240lbs in the next 12 to 16 weeks! On January 11th, I lost 1lb and also lost 1% body fat (from 44% to 43%).

It's been a couple days since I last weighed in, which I think is good, because I think I do better when I wait at least a week between weigh-ins! I checked out the Wii Active Challenge that I created on FatSecret.com, http://fatsecret.com/challenges/wii-ea-active-30-day-challenge/Home.aspx,  found out that 24 participants signed up! YAY! I'm really excited about that and its very motivating to think that so many people are in this with you! Anyway, I've been sleeping less & less each day, so I really need to work on that! As much as I love the benefits of a longer day, it makes for a tough morning only getting 4 hours of sleep! Welp, I better hit the hay now! Gotta a big day to rest up for!

By the way, I have been doing AWESOME on my diet. No real slip-ups, staying on track with my water intake, and recording everything with Fat Secret for Android & Facebook! I LOVE that the mobile & social apps are so well integrated with the FatSecret.com website! Anyway, I'm out, gotta record one more meal in FatSecret, then off to bed I go!

UPDATE: OK, so I couldn't resist weighing in after writing this post. I have lost another 2 pounds and 2% body fat! I'm down to 299lbs & 41% body fat!

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In light of the recent news about airports closing runways due to Magnetic Pole Shift on the Earth, I decided to read more about its effects. Check out this interesting writeup about Magnetic Reversals on the Earth from British Geological Survey.

It reveals a lot of information about what is happening and why, as well as answer's some common questions regarding the effectiveness of the Earth's Magnetic Poles. I know a lot of people are so upset and afraid about what's going on in the Earth, with the birds and fish dying and now this. So I just wanted to at least clear up some concerns about this issue. We're not at (the proverbial) "2012" just yet!

That is what Stylez thinks! What do you think? Please leave your comments and read more after the break!

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I don't know about Ross being the new "FACE" of Sean John, but he is DEF the new "BELLY" of that clothing line! SMDH! I have to admit, it is a VERY smart move! No one else (in their right mind) would put Ross in the spotlight as a clothing line spokesmodel (... except NIKE's greedy asses)! So this is THE BEST way to keep your managed artist relevant without making him go to jail or going to drug rehab (which seems to be the other 2 fave ways to keep a recording artists name poppin)!

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