Facebook for Palm Pre Notifications

Facebook for Palm Pre Notifications
Originally uploaded by automatic_man2

The newest beta of the Facebook app for WebOS and the Palm Pre now includes notifications in the dashboard and the app itself.

Lovin' it!

-- Sent from my Palm Pre

Hello Lake County Blogs! A brief introduction

This post originally appeared on the Lake County Convention & Visitors Bureau Blogs section. Thanks to @VisitLakeCounty for the opportunity to contribute!

I wanted to take a moment to introduce myself.

My name is Jesse Mendoza, and I've been a resident of Lake County almost my entire life. I have lived in Waukegan, Wauconda, and currently reside in Round Lake Beach. The best thing I enjoy about Lake County are its forest preserves. As a runner and outdoor enthusiast, I frequent them all year around.

Forest Preserves such as Old School and Independence Grove, both in Libertyville, offer paved and gravel trails long enough to do double digit miles for bikers and runners alike. One of my favorite runs on weekends includes a round trip from Independence Grove, to Old School, and back again. This particular trip is good for 16 miles!

If you are a runner or a biker using the trails that traverse the Lake County Forest preserves, I'd like to offer up a few of my own personal tips to make sure your hike is safe for you and others.

All of these apply to both bikers and runners:

1. Stay to the right of the trail and always slow down around blind curves.

2. When coming up behind walkers, kindly say, "On your left." or, "Passing." Small bells work too!

3. When stopping, pull off to a safe, visible area, off of the trail.

4. Always wear a helmet.

5. When wearing headphones, leave music loud enough to hear things happening around you.

6. Where the trail crosses a street, stop, look both ways, and continue when safe to do so.

7. Always respect the environment. Don't leave garbage behind, and don't disturb nature.

With the warmer months quickly approaching, the preserves will be filled with all sorts of activities from nature walks, star gazing demos, canoe/kayak lessons, bird watching tours, fishing expos, and much more.



I'd like to send along a thank you to Anthony and the folks at the LCVB for giving me the opportunity to write for the blogs section. I hope to bring you more of what Lake County, IL. has to offer and hope you'll enjoy the adventures with me!

For more information on your preserves, be sure to visit http://www.lcfpd.org.

Places to find me on the web:

Twitter: http://twitter.com/jessejstreet
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/jessejstreet

Running Doldrums

Well friends, it's been a little while.

I haven't been running much. My rather annoying left hip flexor injury, or whatever it is, is in its fourth weak of healing. I ran a few miles the first couple of weeks, but decided to ratchet it down quite a bit the remaining two. The past week, I didn't run at all.

This is one of those annoying "injuries" that only pops up when I've run a couple miles or so. I guess that's the reason I keep enclosing the word in quotes. I'm not hobbling, limping, or favoring the leg at all, but still icing it and massaging it daily. It's a rather dull pain, but scary enough to keep it toned down.

There's a pretty good chance come Monday, I'll be making a call to have an eval done as a precaution. I've actually been through this before last winter with my right leg, so it's nothing new. I thank the lovely treadmill for it.

I'm afraid my plans for running the Rockford Marathon on May 16 are in jeopardy. I've been unable to clear the 6 mile mark on any of my runs, when I should be in the 25-miles-per-week range. Even if I was to start my training where I'd left off, I'd be jumping into heavy mileage too quickly.

I'm staying positive, though. I'd just like to get this out of the way before the real racing season picks up. I really, really want to run.

Until next time, friends!

Project 365/074: Lake County Tweet Up

Project 365/074: Lake County Tweet Up
Originally uploaded by automatic_man2

Founder of the monthly LCTU event Tim McDonald (left) and over 25 friends gather at Gino's East in Deerfield for a Twitter/Social Media tweetup.

These are always a great opportunity to network with other businesses and meet new friends.

Next event is April 12 at Moe's Grill in Gurnee with special guests presented by JstreetRadio.

More soon...

-- Sent from my Palm Pre

Project 365/073: Hello Sun

Project 365/073: Hello Sun
Originally uploaded by automatic_man2

After a miserable week that saw almost no sun, it's nice to see it again.

And even better- the time change means more sunlight to run after work. Finally.

-- Sent from my Palm Pre

Project 365/072: I want baseball!

Project 365/072: I want baseball!
Originally uploaded by automatic_man2

Basketball, basketball, basketball. It seems it's on ALL the time on television this time of year.

I can't wait for the Cubs season to officially start.

-- Sent from my Palm Pre

Project 365/071: Catching up on reading

Project 365/071: Catching up on reading
Originally uploaded by automatic_man2

My two favorite reads: Geeky tech and running.

Getting away from the laptop for a while does feel good.

-- Sent from my Palm Pre

Project 365/070: Dakotah Rose

Project 365/070: Dakotah Rose
Originally uploaded by automatic_man2

Playing live on JsreetRadio.

www.wrlr.fm

-- Sent from my Palm Pre

Project 365/069: Shorts!

Project 365/069: Shorts!
Originally uploaded by automatic_man2

Can you believe it? It was near 60 degrees when I went for my run this afternoon. Wearing shorts for a change was wonderful!

And even better? Very little to no pain on my left hip flexor after 4 miles, which is such a huge relief.

Full running report soon...

Things are looking up!

Well, the photos are being taken daily (missed 3 days so far), but the uploads are coming in bunches. Check out the rest of my Project 365 photos here!

-- Sent from my Palm Pre

Project 365/062: Sunset in the 'hood

Project 365/062: Sunset in the 'hood
Originally uploaded by automatic_man2

A shot of the sunset during a run in my neighborhood tonight.

The injury to the hip flexor on my left side is improving. I'm still feeling a dull pain in the area, and still can't run more than 4 miles or so.

Still, I'm staying positive and keeping up hope that the bigger runs will come soon.

-- Sent from my Palm Pre