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<rss version="2.0"><channel><atom:link rel="hub" href="http://tumblr.superfeedr.com/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"/><description>The Velvet Hammer</description><title>Kris Colvin</title><generator>Tumblr (3.0; @kriscolvin)</generator><link>http://kriscolvin.com/</link><item><title>Twitterface Weekly Updates for 2010-03-07</title><description>&lt;a href="http://twitterface.me/twitterface-weekly-updates-for-2010-03-07"&gt;Twitterface Weekly Updates for 2010-03-07&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;p&gt;&lt;ul class="aktt_tweet_digest"&gt;
&lt;li&gt;@&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/richard_baker" class="aktt_username"&gt;richard_baker&lt;/a&gt; Hello – this is @&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/kriscolvin" class="aktt_username"&gt;kriscolvin&lt;/a&gt;. We will get with you this week to talk about Twitterface. Thanks for asking! &lt;img src="http://twitterface.me/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif" alt=":-)" class="wp-smiley" title="Twitterface Weekly Updates for 2010 03 07"/&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/richard_baker/statuses/9669905450" class="aktt_tweet_reply"&gt;in reply to richard_baker&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/tweetmeup/statuses/9802424926" class="aktt_tweet_time"&gt;#&lt;/a&gt;
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&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://kriscolvin.com/post/434012385</link><guid>http://kriscolvin.com/post/434012385</guid><pubDate>Sun, 07 Mar 2010 23:06:38 -0600</pubDate></item><item><title>I WANT THESE!!!!! Heaven is colored pencils for sketching....</title><description>&lt;img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kypsp4ofqu1qzdubgo1_500.png"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;I WANT THESE!!!!! Heaven is colored pencils for sketching. Swoon.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://suicideblonde.tumblr.com/post/430364247/rabbyte-bowfolk-kafuka-sonyams-ilovechantel-jaynine" target="_blank"&gt;suicideblonde&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://rabbyte.tumblr.com/post/429504657/bowfolk-kafuka-sonyams-ilovechantel" target="_blank"&gt;rabbyte&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;a href="http://bowfolk.tumblr.com/post/428834473/kafuka-sonyams-ilovechantel" target="_blank"&gt;bowfolk&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;a href="http://kafuka.tumblr.com/post/428672432/sonyams-ilovechantel" target="_blank"&gt;kafuka&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;a href="http://sonyams.tumblr.com/post/425843155/ilovechantel" target="_blank"&gt;sonyams&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;a href="http://ilovechantel.tumblr.com/post/425757191/jaynine-two-hearts-glistengold-via-xdove007-lol" target="_blank"&gt;ilovechantel&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;a href="http://jaynine.tumblr.com/post/425755329" target="_blank"&gt;jaynine&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;a href="http://two-hearts.tumblr.com/post/424816738/glistengold-via-xdove007" target="_blank"&gt;two-hearts&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;a href="http://glistengold.tumblr.com/post/424814897/via-xdove007" target="_blank"&gt;glistengold&lt;/a&gt;:(via &lt;a href="http://xdove007.tumblr.com/" target="_blank"&gt;xdove007&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Oh…dear…god.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://kriscolvin.com/post/430384191</link><guid>http://kriscolvin.com/post/430384191</guid><pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 09:49:57 -0600</pubDate><category>design</category><category>brilliant</category><category>colored pencils</category></item><item><title>Designers, check this out, courtesy of @GuyKawasaki… very...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyv8reQNu11qzxo3to1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Designers, check this out, courtesy of @GuyKawasaki… very cool!&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://kriscolvin.com/post/430330843</link><guid>http://kriscolvin.com/post/430330843</guid><pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 09:09:00 -0600</pubDate><category>plane redesign</category><category>Kulula airplane</category></item><item><title>New Tumblr 'Pages' Feature Gives It Another Leg Up On WordPress</title><description>&lt;a href="http://ow.ly/1effA"&gt;New Tumblr 'Pages' Feature Gives It Another Leg Up On WordPress&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;p&gt;A huge win for us Tumblr lovers. This is awesome news!&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://kriscolvin.com/post/426537600</link><guid>http://kriscolvin.com/post/426537600</guid><pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 11:53:05 -0600</pubDate></item><item><title>Fresh ID to Unveil Custom Chip Foose Tractor Live Online</title><description>&lt;a href="http://twitterface.me/fresh-id-to-unveil-custom-chip-foose-tractor-live-online"&gt;Fresh ID to Unveil Custom Chip Foose Tractor Live Online&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;h4&gt;The reveal will take place at the 2010 Commodity Classic in Anaheim, CA and shown online live at &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://foose4020liveshow.com"&gt;foose4020liveshow.com&lt;/a&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://twitterface.com/foose4020"&gt;&lt;img height="302" width="460" alt="Twitterface foose40201 1024x602 Fresh ID to Unveil Custom Chip Foose Tractor Live Online" src="http://twitterface.me/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Twitterface-foose40201-1024x602.png" title="Twitterface-foose4020" class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-426"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI (March 3, 2010) – For the past 3 months,…&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://kriscolvin.com/post/425391131</link><guid>http://kriscolvin.com/post/425391131</guid><pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 21:03:00 -0600</pubDate></item><item><title>Like Minds 2010 Social Media Conference to be Broadcast Live Online</title><description>&lt;a href="http://twitterface.me/like-minds-2010-social-media-conference-to-be-broadcast-live-online"&gt;Like Minds 2010 Social Media Conference to be Broadcast Live Online&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Twitterface integrates Ustream, tweets and blog feeds for live event coverage&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Those unable to physically attend the popular Like Minds 2010 conference in Exeter, England, are in for a treat….&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://kriscolvin.com/post/412809157</link><guid>http://kriscolvin.com/post/412809157</guid><pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:33:07 -0600</pubDate></item><item><title>Amazing footage of Hayden Panittiere diving with dolphins. She...</title><description>&lt;embed src="http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f8/1568178630" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" flashvars="videoId=65096884001&amp;linkBaseURL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.self.com%2Fmagazine%2Fblogs%2Fselfystars%2F2010%2F02%2Fexclusive-video-hayden-panetti.html&amp;playerId=1568178630&amp;viewerSecureGatewayURL=https://console.brightcove.com/services/amfgateway&amp;servicesURL=http://services.brightcove.com/services&amp;cdnURL=http://admin.brightcove.com&amp;domain=embed&amp;autoStart=false&amp;" base="http://admin.brightcove.com" name="flashObj" width="400" height="339" seamlesstabbing="false" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" swliveconnect="true" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Amazing footage of Hayden Panittiere diving with dolphins. She is in the documentary &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/Cove-Richard-OBarry/dp/B002PLMJ74/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=dvd&amp;qid=1265763192&amp;sr=8-1" target="_blank"&gt;The Cove (from 2009)&lt;/a&gt;, which is an expose of a secret industry she and others are trying to shut down. I love this girl! &lt;a href="http://www.thecovemovie.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Check out the movie site!!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://kriscolvin.com/post/401604785</link><guid>http://kriscolvin.com/post/401604785</guid><pubDate>Sat, 20 Feb 2010 20:02:29 -0600</pubDate><category>HaHayden Panittiere</category></item><item><title>Typography lovers will appreciate these fun posters…...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kxqpzzvqpg1qz9tjmo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Typography lovers will appreciate these fun posters… lovely.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://hunsonisgroovy.com/post/390795033" target="_blank"&gt;hunsonisgroovy&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://thebirdsandthebeasts.bigcartel.com/" target="_blank"&gt;The Birds and the Beasts&lt;/a&gt; shop sells illustrated and typographic cards, prints and other paper goods. These posters are particularly fun.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://kriscolvin.com/post/390844235</link><guid>http://kriscolvin.com/post/390844235</guid><pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 08:46:53 -0600</pubDate><category>type</category><category>Typography</category><category>typeface</category><category>posters</category></item><item><title>30 Beautiful &amp; Inspiring Packages | Abduzeedo | Graphic...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kxqhyo19gO1qzxo3to1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://abduzeedo.com/30-beautiful-inspiring-packages" target="_blank"&gt;30 Beautiful &amp; Inspiring Packages | Abduzeedo | Graphic Design Inspiration and Photoshop Tutorials&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://kriscolvin.com/post/385569440</link><guid>http://kriscolvin.com/post/385569440</guid><pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 09:06:24 -0600</pubDate></item><item><title>LMAO!!!! followandreblog:

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Original...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kxheosRDiH1qzyrguo1_400.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;LMAO!!!! &lt;a href="http://followandreblog.tumblr.com/post/377271259/via-prettyprecocity-original-source-d" target="_blank"&gt;followandreblog&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;(via &lt;a href="http://prettyprecocity.tumblr.com/" target="_blank"&gt;prettyprecocity&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Original source? :D&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://kriscolvin.com/post/377286781</link><guid>http://kriscolvin.com/post/377286781</guid><pubDate>Sun, 07 Feb 2010 21:01:12 -0600</pubDate><category>google before you tweet</category><category>advice</category></item><item><title>Grooveshark Playlist: Dave Aude Rules the Remix</title><description>&lt;p&gt;
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&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://kriscolvin.com/post/377265410</link><guid>http://kriscolvin.com/post/377265410</guid><pubDate>Sun, 07 Feb 2010 20:48:55 -0600</pubDate><category>grooveshark</category><category>playlist</category><category>music</category><category>dave aude</category><category>club remix</category></item><item><title>Twitterface Weekly Updates for 2010-02-07</title><description>&lt;a href="http://twitterface.me/twitterface-weekly-updates-for-2010-02-07"&gt;Twitterface Weekly Updates for 2010-02-07&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;p&gt;&lt;ul class="aktt_tweet_digest"&gt;
&lt;li&gt;@&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/fairheadc" class="aktt_username"&gt;fairheadc&lt;/a&gt; Twitterface will have the ability soon to view Lists you follow (but not create/alter them from it yet). Same with saved searches &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/fairheadc/statuses/8768793154" class="aktt_tweet_reply"&gt;in reply to fairheadc&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/tweetmeup/statuses/8769802915" class="aktt_tweet_time"&gt;#&lt;/a&gt;
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&lt;li&gt;@&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/ad_web" class="aktt_username"&gt;ad_web&lt;/a&gt;…&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://kriscolvin.com/post/377220692</link><guid>http://kriscolvin.com/post/377220692</guid><pubDate>Sun, 07 Feb 2010 20:22:50 -0600</pubDate></item><item><title>Twitterface… now with Video!</title><description>&lt;a href="http://twitterface.me/twitterface-now-with-video"&gt;Twitterface… now with Video!&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;p&gt;We are so excited about something being worked on right now (we’ll have a live sample later this week) that involves adding video to a Twitterface page, along with our pane modes for viewing and…&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://kriscolvin.com/post/376306042</link><guid>http://kriscolvin.com/post/376306042</guid><pubDate>Sun, 07 Feb 2010 11:12:50 -0600</pubDate></item><item><title>Today is World Nutella Day!</title><description>&lt;p&gt;Do you smell something in the air that resembles dark chocolate and hazelnuts??? That’s because &lt;b&gt;February 5th is officially World Nutella Day! Woohoo!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Visit &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.twitterface.com/nuts-for-nutella"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.twitterface.com/nuts-for-nutella" target="_blank"&gt;http://www.twitterface.com/nuts-for-nutella&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt; for real-time tweets all day today&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Participate by doing something Nutella-related at &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.nutelladay.com/participate"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.nutelladay.com/participate" target="_blank"&gt;http://www.nutelladay.com/participate&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.nutelladay.com/how-to-host-a-world-nutella-day-party-at-home/"&gt;Host a Nutella Day Party!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Read Olivier’s “Ode to Nutella” Posts &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://thebrandbuilder.wordpress.com/2009/07/23/my-ode-to-nutella-part-1/"&gt;Part 1&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://thebrandbuilder.wordpress.com/2010/02/05/my-ode-to-nutella-part-2/"&gt;Part 2 (today’s)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.facebook.com/WorldNutellaDay"&gt;Hang out with Facebook fans&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Or go all the way……&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Happy World Nutella Day, everyone! Spread some love.&lt;/b&gt; :-)&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://kriscolvin.com/post/372356791</link><guid>http://kriscolvin.com/post/372356791</guid><pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 08:09:56 -0600</pubDate><category>nutella</category><category>brand insanity</category></item><item><title>Twitterface Weekly Updates for 2010-01-31</title><description>&lt;a href="http://twitterface.me/twitterface-weekly-updates-for-2010-01-31"&gt;Twitterface Weekly Updates for 2010-01-31&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;p&gt;&lt;ul class="aktt_tweet_digest"&gt;
&lt;li&gt;@&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/treypennington" class="aktt_username"&gt;treypennington&lt;/a&gt; I will look on this Mac. No rush on it, but wanted to ask before I forgot!! &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/treypennington/statuses/8426621881" class="aktt_tweet_reply"&gt;in reply to treypennington&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/tweetmeup/statuses/8426801912" class="aktt_tweet_time"&gt;#&lt;/a&gt;
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&lt;li&gt;@&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/treypennington" class="aktt_username"&gt;treypennington&lt;/a&gt; Can you tell me how, or can you do it? I…&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://kriscolvin.com/post/364406716</link><guid>http://kriscolvin.com/post/364406716</guid><pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 21:38:31 -0600</pubDate></item><item><title>Chip’s Vision: the 4020 Re-Imagined</title><description>&lt;p&gt;For folks who wonder why I am tweeting and talking about tractors, it’s because my partner-in-crime Lisa is working with John Deere to help promote a special contest in which &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.chipfoose.com/"&gt;Chip Foose&lt;/a&gt;, the legendary custom car designer, will overhaul a not-quite-vintage 4020 tractor. (They came out in the 70’s.)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Anyone who has watched &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://tlc.discovery.com/tv/overhaulin/overhaulin.html"&gt;Overhaulin’&lt;/a&gt; knows how Chip Foose works. He sees his target, walks around it, rips it apart, re-imagines it, plays with ideas and concepts, and then sits down with his markers and crafts a dream machine. &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mSR23uEI1Q"&gt;Big Buck Webisode 4&lt;/a&gt; (just launched last night) offered a sneak peek at Foose and team working on a stripped down tractor, with a few pencil sketches of his early thoughts. But we have the official, approved-by-Deere rendering here – and personally I love it!! What a creative man.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kx15ydtCCl1qzwurf.png"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://kriscolvin.com/post/360255375</link><guid>http://kriscolvin.com/post/360255375</guid><pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 16:47:16 -0600</pubDate><category>chip foose</category><category>john deere tractor</category><category>4020 big buck promo</category><category>big buck contest</category></item><item><title>So happy for my dear @garyvee tonight. He has been a LOYAL, some...</title><description>&lt;object width="400" height="249"&gt;&lt;param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.facebook.com/v/266417267040" /&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.facebook.com/v/266417267040" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="400" height="249"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;So happy for my dear @garyvee tonight. He has been a LOYAL, some might say, DOGGED fan for all these years, and tonight the Jets paid him back. :-)))&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://garyvaynerchuk.com/post/340184398/ny-jets-stun-me" target="_blank"&gt;gary&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;I am in SHOCK! I am so happy, AFC championship Game here I come!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://kriscolvin.com/post/340230777</link><guid>http://kriscolvin.com/post/340230777</guid><pubDate>Sun, 17 Jan 2010 21:53:22 -0600</pubDate><category>gary vaynerchuk</category><category>garyvee</category><category>jets</category><category>football</category></item><item><title>Join me Tuesday for a social media chat...</title><description>&lt;p&gt;Jason Breed has an excellent writeup here on what we’ll discuss in #sm42 Tuesday at Noon EST. &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://bit.ly/8rjLuV"&gt;Socializing My Business – What Comes After the Chit-Chat?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;I hope you’ll tune in on Twitter and listen or participate!&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://kriscolvin.com/post/328204341</link><guid>http://kriscolvin.com/post/328204341</guid><pubDate>Sun, 10 Jan 2010 23:21:35 -0600</pubDate><category>social media</category><category>business</category><category>integration</category></item><item><title>Are Kettlebells Calling?</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img border="0" width="0" height="0" src="http://counters.gigya.com/wildfire/IMP/CXNID=2000002.0NXC/bT*xJmx*PTEyNjMwNTczMjQ2ODgmcHQ9MTI2MzA1NzMyNjUwNSZwPTE4MDMxJmQ9Jmc9MSZvPTAyNTgzNzA3M2RmNTQxNTA5MTk3NzdkYTA4MmJiMDdh.gif"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I have been curious about Kettlebells but not yet tried them myself. One issue I have is my right wrist was broken several years ago - smashed into little pieces inside really, and since I have recovered from that I’ve noticed I can’t seem to go above lifting an 8 lb. dumbbell without feeling some pain in it, like maybe I should stop what I’m doing. So though I am really interested in trying Kettlebells, I just feel a bit unsure if I can do this - it looks pretty intense but I so want to try it. Here are a number of neat videos I found, geared toward women (sorry guys) that will help describe and demonstrate this workout.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;While researching this, I discovered that a woman I have long known of, because she is an actress on Guiding Light and I watched that soap when younger, is actually trained in this and has a site with DVD workout AND she’s on Twitter. (There is a clip of her in here.) That’s so cool! &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8N7tpuQzkMQ"&gt;She looks STUNNING&lt;/a&gt; also. Her name is &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/beth_chamberlin"&gt;Beth Chamberlin&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.beacon-fitness.com/"&gt;check out her site&lt;/a&gt; for more info and purchasing of DVD workouts, a digital workout and the Kettlebells. I admit it - &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.beacon-fitness.com/shop-specials.asp"&gt;I want the pink one!&lt;/a&gt; Girls FTW!&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://kriscolvin.com/post/325343335</link><guid>http://kriscolvin.com/post/325343335</guid><pubDate>Sat, 09 Jan 2010 11:27:00 -0600</pubDate><category>kettlebell</category><category>kettle bells</category><category>working out</category><category>exercise</category><category>workout</category><category>fitness</category></item><item><title>Adorable Little Musical Trinket</title><description>&lt;p&gt;I found the coolest site called &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.mixpod.com/"&gt;Mixpod&lt;/a&gt; that lets you create playlists filled with YouTube videos and embed them in your social profiles or websites. I could waste WAY too much time here. One can make cute, skinned music players to share with your peeps… like this:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://counters.gigya.com/wildfire/IMP/CXNID=2000002.0NXC/bT*xJmx*PTEyNjI*ODE2Mjk4OTMmcHQ9MTI2MjQ4MTYzMzY*MiZwPTE4MDMxJmQ9Jmc9MSZvPTAyNTgzNzA3M2RmNTQxNTA5MTk3NzdkYTA4MmJiMDdh.gif" height="0" width="0" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;or this… this playlist makes little sense - I went off on several tangents, but it looks like my iPod! So adorable!&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;There are many other neat skins and players, and a lot of them can be customized with colors (any color) and some pre-set patterns like the lovely brand you see above. &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.mixpod.com/myspace-mp3players.php"&gt;Check them out!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Lest ye fear this has no practical purpose except to amuse your own self, here are some ideas for using this delectable tool for business or promotional purposes:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Have a cooking vlog or some other educational series of videos? Package them up in one of these players and give site visitors the ability to embed them on their own sites (say, on a niche topic like Healthy Breakfasts or Holiday Desserts) for extra exposure!&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;If you have a blog that covers a lot of ground, but have videos on a particular subject matter (like Olivier Blanchard does on social media ROI, for example), create a player with just those videos for an easy to watch spot on your site, and/or let others embed the playlist also for extra exposure.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Are you in love with a famous celebrity or musician? (Or model, actress or pornstar, for you guys?) Why not whip together an ode to your favorite personage with their own playlist? Easy to watch over and over again, to boot.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Are you Nike? Or some other giant brand with clever or inspirational commercials that people like to share for motivation, humor or simply to look cool? (Haha!) Package those puppies up in a portable playlist, Jeep! Let the people have what they want, and promote your brand for nada whilst doing it. ;-)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Do you watch any free series of shows on YouTube? Exercise comes to mind, but sitcoms, etc. can all be put together in chronological order to make it easy to watch or share with others.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;If you have video of your kids throughout the years, assemble them into one player and watch them grow up before your very eyes!&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Okay, I have to go do some VERY important and productive things. Uhh, yeah, that’s right. Work-type stuff, involving David Cook and Daughtry. :-)&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://kriscolvin.com/post/313797249</link><guid>http://kriscolvin.com/post/313797249</guid><pubDate>Sat, 02 Jan 2010 20:13:00 -0600</pubDate><category>music</category><category>playlist</category><category>yes I'm 15 inside</category><category>videos</category><category>youtube player</category></item></channel></rss>
