Happy 30th Birthday, ...
Happy 30th birthday, Ethernet. You make my world go 'round.
Curtis Jones
A Near Miss
Let me tell you a story. Queue the banjo. There was once a liquor store with an abundant supply of cheap, refrigerated champagne, and those careless mimosa afternoons flowed without reservation. Then, slowly, the stock began to diminish.
Thirst Quenching
Lesson learned: be vigilant rinsing your bike water bottle, and don't neglect the cap. That distinct Palmolive taste isn't exactly thirst quenching.
Blood Mountain Loop, II
Did the Blood Mountain loop again, this time with a GPS on the stem: ~35mph downhill, a depressing 5mph crawling up. Lake Winfield Scott was drained three feet. Also, Maker's Mark turns out to be smooth stuff, and it nicely complemented my popcorn.
Packing for BAAM
My Osprey Atmos 35 arrived and it really is small, which is exactly what I want. I started stomping gear into it to see how close I'm cutting it for the bike-across-America trip. Once the maintenance kit, flip-flops, food and gadgets go in, it'll be tight.
MMGWH
Music, mimosas, good weather and hammocks. And plenty of iPads and iPhone 4's for good measure. No good evening should be without.
See Boy Run
It's amazing what running in the low-80s does over the mid-90s; the shadows don't start chasing me. Reminds me of the Olympic swimmer who talked to the lines at the bottom of the pool, and only got worried when they started talking back.
iPod Nano Greatness
The new touch-screen iPod Nano, with its pedometer, FM radio, voice recorder, 16GB and 24-hour battery, is quite possibly the greatest invention since Kamen and his insulin pump. It'll be providing the tunes for the bike-across-America ride.
As long as I'm buying this RAM...
As long as I'm buying this RAM, yeah, why not, I'll pick up a Mac Pro and a hard drive too. Serious impulse shopping. Note to Amazon: not all combinations work in any order.
Unexpected Rough Air
Delta now warns of "unexpected rough air" instead of turbulence. A word change like that doesn't happen without internal memos, meetings and re-training, so it must have some purpose. But what?