Category Archives: Non Work

Justin, you win.

“There’s the iPhone and then there’s everything else.” - Sean Alamares
After weeks of trying to find an acceptable replacement to my Verizon Treo 700w, I’m throwing in the towel.
iPhone, you win.

Comcast, Boo!!

I just switched from Vonage to Comcast Digital Voice and noticed the following under Status on digitalvoice.comcast.net portal:
Firefox is currently not playing back voice mail messages correctly. Please consider an alternate browser such as Internet Explorer or Safari while we address the issue.
Seriously?

Driving barefoot.

This is a rare non-Mozilla posting but worthy enough to share (IMO anyways).
I’m a Mac toting, blue leaning, carpool-loving Prius driver and tend to average about 47.1 mpg on my commute from “outer” East Bay (Pleasanton/Dublin). However, the past week’s weather has been much warmer and I’ve been driving mostly barefoot.
I was surprised to […]

I’m a Mac? and why the open Web rocks.

With prodding from co-workers I’ve shed the final vestiges of my Windows life. A couple months ago I switched my portable computing platform to a black MacBook that no one wanted (it seemed the perfect size to take with my on my trip to Amsterdam) and now I’ve replaced my desktop with a Mac […]

Another 100 miles, Delta Century Ride Report

(This would have been posted earlier this week but I’ve had no end of problems trying to get iframes in Wordpress-MU working.)
I wrapped up my second century this year over in Lodi, CA this past Sunday doing the Delta Century. Total ride time came in at 6:29.

Ride had a number of firsts for […]

Solvang Training Camp ‘07

While most of the country spent the weekend in Super Bowl mode, I spent this past weekend at the first annual Solvang Training Camp at Zaca Lake. It was actally closer to Los Olivos. Spent three days cycling with 60 miles on Saturday.
Saturday’s highlight, if you may, was cycling up the the gates […]

Butterfield Double Century

198.77 miles, ~10,000 ft of climbing, three counties, at least four area codes and 14,000 kcalories. Total time 17:29 with a moving time of around 14:30.

After failing to complete a single century last year, I set my sights on the daunting task of completing a double instead! The Butterfield Double follows an […]

Ride Around the Bear

This ride was hard. 100 miles, 9,000+ feet of elevation gain. Many hours on my bike.

What’s a Buff?

Some of you have asked what a Buff is. Well now you know.

Hindsight

I’ve been thinking a lot about Saturday’s race and what I could have done differently. Two things come to my mind most immediately.

At the top of Jack Rabbit trail, I should have just taken off my shoes and socks and ran through the big mud “lake”. I would have saved at least 10-15 […]