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Archive for December, 2005

Recycling

Thursday, December 29th, 2005

How is it that the federal government can provide recycling at campgrounds in Joshua Tree National Park yet a major hotel chain in the heart of a large city cannot?
Recently, I stayed at the Sheraton Hotel and Marina in San Diego and was suprised to see there were no recycling capabilities whatsoever. I [...]

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Leaps and Bounds

Tuesday, December 27th, 2005

Be a better runner by improving your stride

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Kona Survey on SlowTwitch

Thursday, December 22nd, 2005

Slow Twitch has posted the results of their 2005 Kona survey, cataloging the equipment used. Seems Cervelo seems to be the big winner this year. Slow Twitch’s interpretation is that tri athletes want bikes custom made for triathlon, as opposed to the other manufacturer’s who seem to offer modified variations on their [...]

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More on Bike Fitting

Monday, December 19th, 2005

There is a really good article on bike fitting on Active.com that is worth reading. I am especially interested given my recent post on my bike fitting session with Ray Woodford of Next Edge Sports.
I think the last line is very apropos: “Remember, your bike should fit you, not the other way around.”
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ApacheCon sidebars

Tuesday, December 13th, 2005

One of the cooler things for me at ApacheCon not relating to the actual conference was getting a headshot done by Julian Cash, as an amateur photographer it is always interesting for me to talk with a professional photographer who is willing to discuss their trade. Julian was great, and I think he [...]

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Apple and Developers

Monday, December 12th, 2005

This is just anecdotal, but it seems like a high number of ApacheCon users use Apple laptops. During the talk prior to mine, there were ~25 people in the room, about 20 of which had laptops. Of those 20, 6 or 7 were using Apple computers. Staring across the lounge right [...]

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