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Wattage Training and Polar S-720i Installation and Comparison
I finally sprung for a bike computer with wattage in addition to cadence and heart rate. It’s a Polar S-720i and I’ve finally gotten it to work. Here are some tips and what I’ve learned so far about training with wattage: h4. Tips on using the Polar S-720i After you follow the directions carefully, but…
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Close to perfect: Buffalo Tech WLA2-G54
Tom’s Hardware Guide Networking: Review: Buffalo Tech WLA2-G54 AirStation 54-Mbps Wireless Compact Repeater Bridge-g – Closing Thoughts. This is close to the perfect wireless access point. The main issue is that it has a pretty bad user interface. Also note that the WLA2 uses Broadcom’s BCM4702 Wireless Network Processor which is the same as used…
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Cheap DVD Recorders
_Been looking for a new PC Brain for Aunt Jennie and Adrianne. With the shipment of the AMD 64-bit in a few weeks, it’s probably not at good idea to buy a new processor and we’ll see the new Prescott chip from Intel at the end of the year. So upgrading should happen post the…
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Verbatim 2.4x don't work, Memorex 4x does
Well, I’ve been experimenting. I’ve been getting perfect burns with the Memorex 2.4x DVD+RW and the Memorex 4x DVD+R blanks, but having lots of trouble with Verbatim 2.4x DVD+R blanks. So, the folks on the various forums are right. The media does seem to matter at this stage. With the Verbatim, I get hangs and…
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Kid Cars Galore
Well, its almost the school season and we need a car that can carry 4-5 kids in addition to grownups. We looked at a ton of cars, but Connie really liked: * “Volvo XC-90”:http://volvocars.com. They did a great job designing a car for someone who doesn’t want a minivan (I’m not really a mom!) or…
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No more coasters…now I need software
Well, the conversion of my Sony DRU-120A to use the Ricoh MP2125 firmware has been an incredible success. Been great to burn DVDs without creating coasters and artifacts. Not sure whether it was the firmware burn or the use of SiS IDE drivers. But now MyDVD bundled with the Sony has given up the ghost…
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Blue Angels are in town
The Blue Angels are in town. Calvin is having a party, here are some great photos we used for it: * “Blue Angel images on Google”:http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=blue+angels&sa=N&tab=wi. A good list of images from google * blueangels fat albert. Cool pictures of the Angels * “Planes in general”:http://www.photohome.com/photos/aircraft-pictures/aircraft-pictures.html. * “Official Blue Angels Web Site”:http://www.navy.com/jsp/explore/comunity/blueangels/index.jsp?cid=28&pid=2. Low resolution pictures…
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MountainBike on the Trek Madone 5.9
More Madone reviews and also a CAD article about how it was designed: Mountain Bike – News – News. This is Trek’s first all new OCLV product in ten years and it’s a bike that Trek and Lance have been working on for the last year. The idea was to build a single bike that…
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Bicycle PAC
Arrggh. I’m so aggrevated by the choices we are making in Seattle for transportation, but the bicycle one hits really close to home. Here are some great sites to learn more: * Transportation Choices Coalition: Home. A nice summary of what is going on. An advocacy group. * “I-90 Petitioning”:http://www.cascade.org/Advocacy/I-90.cfm. The recent decision supporting R8A…
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New P2P Systems
Been trying some new services based on various articles I’ve read. Here are two: * Blubster – Welcome to the largest online music network.. This one uses a protocol call MP2P and also claims to have privacy features such as anonymous access since it uses UDP. Only does music. It does require that you understand…
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Seattle International Randonneurs brevet routes
SIR Achives. For those of who are who are bored by simple bike routes around Seattle, here are some local long ones.
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Saddleco Flow — Cool Saddle
SaddleCo. Hat tip to “Road Bike Rider”:http://roadbikerider.com on this one. Very cool looking saddle. Have you seen the innovative Flow saddle at www.saddleco.com? It has intrigued a number of roadies, and they’ve asked us to review it. The Flow has a see-through mesh top stretched across a nylon perimeter. It promises comfort, lightness, airflow and…
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Spam, spam, spam, spam…
I’ve been trying to understand the various spam filters: * SpamAssassin: Welcome to SpamAssassin. Interesting to see the techniques that they are using. I’ve also been using outclass which uses Bayesian analysis rather than the header, text analysis, blacklist and collaborative spam-tracking database. * “Vipul’s Razor”:http://razor.sourceforge.net/. They noted Vipul’s Razor which I’ll have to look…
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Last Step: Threading the Derailleur
Well, I’m almost done. I’ve gotten everything on the bike. Including: * Michelin Cyclocross Jet tires. It is amazing these fit. They are fine in the rear, but a little tight in the front mainly because of the brakes not because of the fork. * Suntour Brakes with new brakepads. I took the brakepads off…
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Joi Ito's Guide to FOAF
Joi Ito’s Web: Technorati talks FOAF. Hat tip to “Ludwig”:http://www.theludwigs.com for creating a Friend of a Friend link. He says none of his friends are FOAFed, so I thought I’d join him đ BTW, how does John find so much time to post. It’s amazing!
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More on the Madone 5.9
:: Lance Armstrong Official 2003 Tour de France Website: Close look at the Trek Madone 5.9. Some moe details, but not the price which will be amazing I’m sure. Coming this fall to a bike store near you. Will have the new Dura-Ace 10, new ultralight fork from Bontrager. Although it is slightly lighter, the…
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Guns, Germs and Steel
Amazon.com: Books: Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies. Been looking for books to get for my brother’s birthday. I think I already got him this one, but if you don’t have it you should get a copy. It explains one of lifes biggest questions, “Why do the White men have all the…
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Great summary of a great Tour de France
News: Chris Carmichael on the Tour de France. _A great summary by Chris. Here are some excerpts_ There are always heroic performances in the Tour de France, but in 2003 we saw more than usual. Tyler Hamilton surprised everyone, including himself, by finishing the second stage of the race after breaking his collarbone inside the…
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Tide Charts
NOAA Tidal Data. When sailing, its important to know what the tides are doing. This is the official NOAA site for this. Says that tomorrow at noon will be slack tide in Seattle at -2 feet below mean low/low tide. So, at 1PM or so, the tide is going to rising or surging.
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wadamb's blog
Adam Bosworth’s Weblog: More on the same. hard to imagine adam with writers block, some good comments on dusconnected apps. hat tip to satoshi.
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Clausewitz Study Guide.
Bibliomania: Free Online Literature and Study Guides. Bibliomania is a great free study guide. Don’t understand the business model, but am sure glad it is there. Here’s useful quote for someone defending their turf: Not only reason but experience, in hundreds and thousands of instances, show that a well-traced, sufficiently manned, and well-defended entrenchment is,…
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Quotes from Sun Tzu, Clauswitz and others
Like Zagula, I’ve been collecting quotes and thoughts like mad. Here are some good sources: * Library Sun Tzu The Art of War and Strategy Site by Sonshi.com.. . Besides Sun Tzu, he’s got most of the other classic military thinkers like “Clausewitz’:http://www.sonshi.com/clausewitz.html * “Web Wargaming”:http://www.webwargaming.com/. While doing this, I found someone who wrote a…
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Awesome Headphones
Well, I’ve tried lots of headphones and have been married to my 20 year old Sennheiser 424s, but I have to say after three hours of writing a “book” (that’s another story), I’m completely hooked on the Ekymotics ER-6. Not their most expensive, but simply awesome in sound, I can hear things I never thought…
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Lance Wins #5 and new fans
The Seattle Times: My take: Tour works wonders to rejuvenate biking interest. He did it! And, in the course of winning made lots of new biking fans including me of course. Interesting that at the two parties we went to last night, the Tour de France came up. Folks were interested and even the average…
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Mini-PC Recommendations
Tom’s Hardware Guide PCs & HowTo: The Mailman Has Arrived: Four Mini-PCs on the Test Bench – The First Car: A Motorized Carriage. Jennie and Adrian asked me about updating their computer “brain”. They have a five year old Northwest Computers machine that I recommended, but it won’t run the latest Apple MP3 player software…
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Super useful networking FAQ
: Small Net Builder : Real Help for Your Small Network from Tim Higgins FAQ. Super useful frequently asked questions from Tim. Includes a good section on wifi repeating and “WDS”:http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/FAQ-16-Wireless+Networking-0.php#426
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Belkin F5D7130 802.11g Wireless Router
Tom’s Hardware Guide Networking: Review: Belkin F5D7130 802.11g Wireless Network Access Point – Other Features. I need some access points around the house, the Belkin has some good features for “meshing” together multiple access points. Something called Wireless Distribution System allows various APs to use others as repeaters. Pretty cool. Belkin for including both WDS…
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Really Low Gear Cranks.
RoadBikeRider.com. _Yet another great tip from Ed and Fred about how to get really low gear ratios_ Dear Uncle Al: I read that Tyler Hamilton was running 52/36-tooth chainrings for the climbing stages of the Tour. I’m wondering if I could set up my road bike like that. It seems to be a great way…
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Carmichael commentaries are great
“Chris Carmichael”:http://www.olntv.com/tdf03/carmichael.html has some of the best commentaries about what is going on with Lance I’ve seen. Here are few key ones before the Time Trial tommorrow. Good luck Lance!: * Lance needs a kick. Basically says that at Luiz Ardiden, Lance was cool, but not on fire, the fall gave him a kick in…
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Latest Trek and Dura-Ace News
For all you equipment geeks, here’s the latest from www.cyclingnews.com: * US Postal has been campaigning new forks from the Trek/Bontrager line-up at the Tour, as well as the new Madone 5.9 frame. According to Trek teams liaison guy Scott Daubert, the Bontrager XXX fork is lighter than the previous 5900 fork by dint of…