How’s that project coming?
Ever have one of these weeks at work? (Illustration by Ken Wong)
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Movable Type 4 beta 1
This morning I received over a dozen digest messages from Six Apart’s “ProNet” mailing list. Digests are once a day. Well, they should be. (Unfortunately, everyone uses the same python-based list manager, and it gets excited when subscribers get excited.) The big news is Movable Type 4.0 is in beta. I installed it this morning
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May recap
I think John has nothing to worry about; he is well on his way to reaching 5,000 miles for the year. Here is how I predict he will do it: January through May: 2,075 miles already done June: 500 miles July: 600 miles (including 206 for STP) August: 700 miles (450 from RAW) September: 500
Century Ride of the Centuries: Part 2 of 2
Day Two: I checked out of the Rugged Country Lodge around 6:30. Their continental breakfast would be available at 7:00, but I was anxious to get riding. I ate a well-bruised banana that I saved from Saturday. This was probably better than the Egg McWildhorse John had. The route began with a choice: a 25-mile
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Century Ride of the Centuries: Part 1 of 2
Summary: Day One: 103 miles, 3,595′ ascent. From the Tamastslikt Cultural Institute west along the Umatilla river to Stanfield, off-course to Hermiston, back on-course to Hat Rock State Park, Pendleton and back. Day Two: 52 miles, 2,938′ ascent. Tamastslikt to Pendleton, north along wheat and pea fields, then a shallow climb up to the Bar
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How many cans?
Disclaimer: The experiment isn’t being conducted by me, but I have taken an interest in it because it involves: a toiletry that I use regularly my car determining how much toiletry would be needed to fill my car Naturally, once the experimenters got me thinking about this, I had to estimate the answer. They’re not
Hotel reservations
As I type this, I’ve spent 17:30 on the phone trying to book a hotel reservation for an industry trade show. The “conference rate,” which involves pre-allocating a block of rooms in exchange for tacit endorsement of the hotel as a preferred venue, is a substantial break over the hotel’s normal mid-week rack rate. Because
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Data glitches
While pondering data graphs from my cycle computer, I wondered why the axis always had very high values on them. For example, on the graph to the right is from Friday’s commute. The “speed” range is -25mph to +125mph. Even more puzzling, there is a point on the graph where I am apparently going 87