Apple's new iPod nano has gone on a diet, returning to its long and lean look. Rock your workouts with the fourth-generation nano -- it's not just slimmer, cool new features have techies buzzing:

• A skinnier nano is possible thanks to an accelerometer tilt sensor which allows you to turn it on its side and the player shifts the 320 x 240 screen -- great for video. Flip it either way and the sensor adjusts the picture.
• The accelerometer also powers a shake-to-shuffle feature. Give a firm shake to get rid of that downer song during the height of your workout. Don't fret, running, biking and walking won't inadvertently shuffle away your favorite song, says one tech reviewer. Dropping it will.
  
• The new Genius feature can generate a 25-similar-song playlist from a single song. Sometimes there's an odd Apple in the Genius mix, but you can count on widening your playlist horizons. Flip through your album art with Cover Flow.
  

Now for the feature that really matters -- Apple doubled the nano's storage and kept pricing constant. The 8 gb model is $149, the 16 gb is $199. Or look at it this way, about the cost of two or two-and-a-half tanks of rockin' gas.

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Having a bad hair day? Wearing your fat jeans? Just having one of those days when nothing seems to fit or look right? If you live in Washington, D.C., you might want to take a stroll by this compliment machine. Put in place as an art installation, the machine -- really an iPod Nano tucked inside a box -- lets passersby know that they're appreciated through a rotating set of 100 comments.

Sure, the compliment doesn't always fit, but spreading a little sunshine can never be a bad thing, right? You look great today...now pass it on!

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As you may know, after chronicling my Fit Pregnancy, I recently gave birth to a bouncing baby boy. After a short break to get to know my son and get my world back in order, I'm now on the road to being a Fit Mama.

I finally got clearance from my OBGYNs to start exercising again last Monday. Generally, most women are free to being exercise around six weeks after delivery, granted they are in good health. After getting the thumbs up for light to moderate exercise at my 6-week post pardum appointment, I foolishly assumed I'd find time Monday afternoon or Tuesday morning to go for a run. I finally managed to get out the door Friday morning. It may have been the most difficult thing I've done as a new mother. Well, not difficult, just...complicated.

First of all, I am breastfeeding, exclusively. This means my boobs are always full of milk. You may not know this, but the more you pump (and feed) the more milk you make. It's a never-ending cycle. So I had to make sure I both fed the baby and pumped that morning before attempting to stuff myself into my one larger sports bra. This meant I was up at 4:30 AM, when the baby normally wants his breakfast.

Feeding him was the easy part; much harder was the time it took to sterilize the equipment and actually get pumping. This task was accomplished, however, in record time, by approximately 5:00AM. I'm providing a timeline here because my husband was helpfully watching the baby and I wanted to see just how long this whole process was going to take from waking to post-workout shower in order to gauge whether or not it would even work.

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