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| Recent Journal Entry ArchiveMarch 16, 2010, 9:38 pm Scheduled Maintenance | Just want to give you all some advance warning so that you can plan ahead:
We're going to be taking the site offline briefly this Thursday at approximately 1:45 pm PST for a minor upgrade on the server.
You won't be able to log in at this time, but the outage shouldn't last for more than an hour. ... |
continue reading 23 comments March 9, 2010, 10:36 am
updated Mar 10, 2010, 3:06 pm test |
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March 3, 2010, 2:45 pm Site Trouble | Hi everybody,
Sorry for all the trouble today and yesterday. The server and the code just haven't been keeping up with the extra traffic, and minor problems have been snowballing with all the people lining up for access.
I've made a few little code adjustments, and hopefully that will tide us over for a bit until we can do some more serious work under the hood. I'm about to turn things back on for you, so I've got my fingers crossed that it will run more smoothly for a while.
Thanks for your patience! ... |
continue reading 36 comments February 12, 2010, 12:05 pm Scheduled Maintenance | Hi everybody. Just a heads up:
Beginning late tonight (Friday) and possibly through the weekend, I'm going to be doing some maintenance work on the site's journaling system. Community posts may become inaccessible during this time, but don't panic! I won't be taking away or adding any new features, but I'm hoping to make some of the hamster wheels run more smoothly behind the scenes. If we're lucky this won't be too much of an inconvenience.
Thanks! ... |
continue reading 19 comments February 12, 2010, 10:10 am Jamie Oliver: Teach Every Child About Food | Another great video: Jaime Oliver speaks at TED. ... |
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January 24, 2010, 10:19 pm New Journal Categories | So I'm sure you've all noticed the changes to the right-hand column. We've had lots of people posting in this new year, so I've added a few categories to make things a little better organized, and hopefully give you all a better chance to follow the conversations you're most interested in.
Eventually we'll be implementing a full overhaul of how the journal community works, but for now I'm hoping that this helps to make things a little easier.
A few things to note:
1) Click the arrows next to any of the category headings to hide the posts within that category. This should ... |
continue reading 30 comments January 13, 2010, 11:39 am
updated Jan 24, 2010, 8:21 pm Sugar | I'm sharing a link to a post Kwoolf made late last night in case any of you missed it this morning. I only had time to watch the first thirty minutes or so of the video she linked to, but it's very interesting. Take a look if you have a chance:
Fructose, HFCS, and sugar ... |
continue reading 10 comments January 10, 2010, 12:32 pm
updated Jan 10, 2010, 1:34 pm Site Suggestions | Hi everybody,
I want to start by thanking you all for your support of NutriMirror. Every member makes this site a better place, and we love hearing your thoughts and helpful advice here in the journal community.
As you know, the site is constantly growing and developing. We have big plans for things we'd like to do in the future, but we'd also like to hear any ideas you have.
I'll make this a permanent post so that you'll always be able to come back to it any time you have a new thought. You'll find it under the more heading, just above |
continue reading 173 comments January 9, 2010, 4:44 pm
updated Jan 10, 2010, 5:04 pm New Photos | Okay, so I know you've all noticed the new photos. I know they're kind of tiny, but I hope they're helpful as far as letting you all know who the posts are from before you click. Let me know what you think. And let me know if the size of the link text changed unreasonably. Thanks.
Update: For those of you who prefer not to see the photos, there's now a link at the bottom of the right-hand column, down below Hot Topics. Click "Hide user photos" and from then on you won't see the thumbnails in the column beside the ... |
continue reading 86 comments January 7, 2010, 8:34 am Supplementscontinue reading 18 comments
January 6, 2010, 11:25 pm Michael Pollan Interview | Jon Stewart interviews Michael Pollan, author of The Omnivore's Dilemma, In Defense of Food, and now Food Rules: An Eater's Manual.
VIDEO ... |
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updated Jan 6, 2010, 12:49 pm Troubleshooting (Help Needed) | Hey everybody. Many of you have noticed the out-of-order posts and comments, which are related to the server restart this afternoon. I'm assuming that the trouble is all behind us, and that future posts and comments will be arriving in their proper order. But just to confirm, do me a favor and add a comment to this post, letting me know what time zone you're in. Thanks!
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Update: This seems to be working for now, so no more need for time zone comments. Thanks for you help, everybody. ... |
continue reading 53 comments December 30, 2009, 1:44 pm New Feature: Hiding | Hi everybody. I don't want to make a big deal about this, but after some of the recent tension in the room I've finally implemented a feature that's been requested a few times. You now have the ability to "hide" any users whose posts and comments, for one reason or another, you don't want to see as you browse the site.
You'll find the "hide this person" link on every member's page, just below the links for About, Pictures, Journal, etc. Click it, and all of that member's activity will be hidden from you. And of course you'll be able to ... |
continue reading 92 comments November 11, 2009, 11:17 am Really?continue reading 21 comments
November 10, 2009, 2:21 pm Comments | Comments should be back to the 2,000-character limit now instead of dumping comments longer than 512 characters.
Also, as before, if you go over the 2,000-character limit, the comment box should clue you in by not letting you type any more.
Let me know if you continue to have trouble with this. Thanks. ... |
continue reading 18 comments November 6, 2009, 5:46 am TennGrand? | I was about to reply to your question, but now I can't find the post. Did you remove it yourself? Did you find an answer? ... |
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November 4, 2009, 9:39 pm
updated Nov 4, 2009, 10:26 pm Adventures in Web Serving — Update | Well that was a fun day.
I don't even know how to begin to tell you all we've been through since about 6 a.m. this morning, but I'll just summarize by saying that we're finally on our new web server, a few days earlier than our much-delayed plan.
Whoopee?
Anyway, there are still problems, mainly this: Most of you can't log into the site.
As a temporary fix, you can try issuing a new password here:
Password reminder page
One caution with this, though: If you don't have access to the email address associated with your NutriMirror account, this will send your new passwords ... |
continue reading 46 comments November 3, 2009, 4:52 am
updated Nov 6, 2009, 5:49 am Site is Back Online | Apologies for the delay this morning getting things back up and running. Last night's maintenance work took a lot longer than I had anticipated.
Most basic site functions should be running properly now, but there are still a few things I need to fix.
I'll continue to look through your comments below to take care of any errors you find.
Thanks! ... |
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updated Nov 2, 2009, 7:54 pm Exercise Log Trouble — Fixed? | Hi everybody,
Microsoft seems to have invented a new problem for us today. If you're using the Internet Explorer browser, you might be having trouble logging your exercises using Method One. Until I can get this working properly again, you'll have better luck if you try an alternate browser like Firefox or Safari.
If these aren't already on your computer, you can download them for free here:
Download Firefox
Download Safari
UPDATE: I think I may have tracked down the magic unicorn that granted my wish and made Internet Explorer behave like a good web browser should. Let me know if ... |
continue reading 18 comments October 31, 2009, 8:28 am Logging Trouble Today | Hi all,
I'm aware that some of you are having trouble posting foods to your log today. I suspect that this is related to the switch to Daylight Savings Time.
As a temporary workaround until we can get this straightened out, try following Poopie's suggestion and go to a day in the past, before you joined, to log your day there. You'll be able to use the "make menu" option to quickly transfer the data to the correct day once we get this straightened out.
Thanks! ... |
continue reading 7 comments October 27, 2009, 9:11 am Home from Texas | We flew back into LAX last night on a rain-delayed flight from Austin, so it's back to catching up on all the NutriMirror activity I missed while I was gone. I want to thank you all for the best wishes you sent our way. We had a fantastic time in a fantastic city. The conference was amazing, with the most helpful, friendly people you would want to know. We didn't take home the trophy, although it was close, but we took plenty of names — great, inspring film industry contacts who will be a lot of help to us in ... |
continue reading 11 comments October 18, 2009, 11:57 pm
updated Oct 19, 2009, 7:03 pm Service Interruption — Delayed | Hi everyone. We weren't able to finish the work we were hoping Sunday evening, so we'll be taking the site down temporarily again on Monday at 9:30 p.m. Pacific time. Plan your logging accordingly!
Update: Because I'm having trouble today with my office Internet connection, I don't want to risk any critical work on the server that might get interrupted. So I'll be rescheduling this job for sometime next week. Again, I'll let you all know ahead of time. Thanks for your patience, as always! ... |
continue reading 18 comments October 18, 2009, 1:18 pm Scheduled Service Interruption | Hi everybody. I want to let you all know that we'll be taking NutriMirror offline for service beginning at 9 p.m. Pacific time tonight (Sunday, Oct. 18).
Please don't panic! I'm not sure how long this will take, but with luck everything will be running smoothly by the time you wake up tomorrow. Sorry for the inconvenience. ... |
continue reading 14 comments October 12, 2009, 6:11 pm Server Update | I wanted to give you all a heads up that the new server equipment is being set up this week. If all goes according to plan we should be moving the site to the new server over the coming weekend. We'll need to take the site offline for a while during that time, but I don't expect any major problems with the transition. I'll post a notice ahead of time so you'll know when to expect that. Once we're back up and running, the new server should go a long way toward helping us address the site outages we've been ... |
continue reading 33 comments October 4, 2009, 2:31 pm Barefoot Running | Interesting article today in the L.A. Times on running without shoes. This is something I do occasionally, and it really is helpful if you want to quickly improve your running form:
Runners are baring their very soles
"Ouch!" "Oooh!" "Oww!" "Omigod, that hurts!" Those grunts of pain and anguish weren't coming from us -- a group of 10 people running barefoot on a concrete pathway at Central Park in Huntington Beach early one recent Saturday morning. They were being emitted by a grimacing group of shoe-wearing, dog-walking women who were staring at us as we passed.
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continue reading 12 comments October 1, 2009, 8:19 am "Drop down" search problem | Some of you have pointed out that the food search feature is not working when you select a subcategory and browse the database, and some of you have mentioned that you have't been able to complete your logs because of this.
I just want to let everybody know that I'll be looking into this today. In the meantime, though, don't let this stop you from logging. You all should still be able to find your foods. All you have to do, if you're browsing a subcategory, is type a few characters from your search term into the box. That should ... |
continue reading 12 comments September 1, 2009, 8:36 am Server trouble | Hi everyone. Sorry for the trouble this morning ... we're working on it. ... |
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August 20, 2009, 10:10 am
updated Aug 21, 2009, 5:35 pm Heart Rate Monitors | Hi everybody,
Since there's always lots of talk about Heart Rate Monitors, I'm going to create this page as a more permanent feature so we can all benefit from keeping the discussion in one place. I've started off by creating a few links for HRMs that have been talked about lately. If you use any of these, go ahead and tell us what you think of them in the comments below. If there are other monitors that you use or want to know more about, let me know and I'll update the list. Thanks!
Polar F4 Heart Rate Monitor |
continue reading 59 comments August 18, 2009, 10:07 am New activity | I'm testing a new feature today. You might see a link in the right-hand column called "new activity." This should take you to any recent posts you've written or commented on that have comments you have not yet reviewed.
I'm not 100% sure this is working properly yet, so let me know if you notice any funny business. ... |
continue reading 67 comments August 11, 2009, 1:30 pm Response to Time exercise story | The L.A. Times has a response today to the story in Time magazine last week that claimed exercise wouldn't make you thin. The L.A. Times story covers a lot of the same ground discussed here at NutriMirror last week.
Hey, Time, 'Exercise won't make you thin'? What were you thinking?
Fitness and health experts say Time magazine got it wrong this week with its cover story, "Why Exercise Won't Make You Thin." The story argues that even though more people than ever are exercising, obesity rates are still rising. Moreover, the article posits that exercise backfires as |
continue reading 7 comments August 6, 2009, 1:59 pm Grocery IQ iPhone App | Erintklein's post about grocery lists reminded me of something I use all the time that some of you might like (well ... those of you who have an iPhone).
It's a 99 cent app called Grocery IQ. It's an easy, paperless grocery list that automatically organizes your shopping items by grocery aisle. You can add items in seconds, and knock them off your list with a click or a swipe. It also keeps a list of your favorites and shopping history so you can quickly put items you use regularly back onto your main list.
If you've got an iPhone and an ... |
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