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Shoutbox Timer helps you train like a champion

"I'm gonna be a champion!!'

Yes, you are Little Mac. As long as you've got a handy application like Shoutbox Timer installed on your computer.

The free application lets you create a workout routine that plays back on your computer screen with audio notifications, verbal cues, and, of course, a timer.

I imagine this could be very handy for someone running any kind of exercise class, but I prefer to think of it being put to use in the workplace. Picture the look on your coworkers' faces as they see you responding to prompts like "uppercut," "roundhouse," or "combo breaker" in the confines of your cubicle.

If only Bobby had been able to use this program prior to shooting the "Raging Bird" episode of Animaniacs (clip after the break).

There are a couple requirements to run Shoutbox: the .Net 3.5 Framework and The Eye of the Tiger.

Go get 'em, killer!

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Filed under: Internet, Windows, Macintosh, Linux, Social Software, web 2.0

Keep your wellness goals with Wellsphere

We're three weeks into the new year, and chances are many people's New Years resolutions have already fallen by the wayside, if not been completely given up on. If your New Years resolution involved eating better and being more active, then the site Wellsphere may be able to get you back on track.

Wellsphere is a website designed to connect users with the desire to improve their health with other people with similar wellness goals. It can also help you get connected to local resources in your area that can help them meet their goals. The website also creates groups for large organizations that want to improve the overall wellness of those involved in their program, for instance BeWell@Stanford for Stanford students. Companies can start their own similar company wellness program under Wellspheres iBeWell.

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So, just how good at time waster games are you? Think you've got the stuff? Well, The World's Hardest Game 2.0 doesn't think you do. Yes, amazingly, it's possible to have a sequel to a game called "The World's Hardest Game". It doesn't seem logically possible, since if the first one was actually the world's hardest, how could another one come along and share the moniker? It made me doubt the name in the first place. That is, until I tried the game. The mechanics of the game are very simple. You are a small red square, ...

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