I finally got my bike back! It now has all the parts I want on it… until I find an excuse to upgrade something. Can’t wait to tear it up on the next big ride.

• Easton Monkey Lite DH bar
• XT Cassette
• XT Cranks
• Freshly serviced fork and shock
• Saddle & seatpost from my Stumpjumper

Bad Boy Enterprises just announced that three of their vehicles, the Classic, XT and Stretch, are now qualified by the IRS as street-legal LSVs.  Each vehicle is eligible for a federal tax credit of $5,590.  Management reports that tax credit driven sales have, in part, caused them to increase their projected annual sales from $17 million to $20 million.  In addition, they report a 1,000 orders for their new XT vehicle and a positive response from their five-store market test with Bass Pro shops.  The retailer wants to roll-out the program with an additional 15 stores in the next three months.  Bad Boy is also talking with retailer Cabela’s about selling their vehicles.  Learn more:  Natchezdemocrat.com

Operation: Cold Front 2

Operation Cold Front was such a great success and a great venue that we have decided to hold a second installment.

Some features of the upcoming 2010 game:
-Game Venue, CFB Rivers Near Brandon Manitoba.
-Dynamic Objective Based Game Play.
-Designated Command Structure.
-Milsim Oriented Players Playing a Milsim Oriented Game.

As with last years game this years game will be based on a semi-invitation only basis. Which means you need to head over to http://www.operationcoldfront.com and post in the CHECK IN section, once your post is made we will contact you after a veteran player from your area has been contacted to verify that you are ready to give 110% towards a long duration milsim game.

For the most up to date information and intel sign up at http://www.operationcoldfront.com

Tovább forgatják a tőrt szegény Canon PowerShot G11-ben, pedig olyan szépen indult a karrierje – mondjuk azért nem is áll rosszul, sőt!

Összecsapott a G11 a Canon Rebel XT-vel (EOS 350D) és a Sony új Exmor R szenzoros Cyber-shot DSC-WX1 modelljével képzaj tekintetében és itt mindenki meg is tekintheti a végeredményeket.

Despite the economic downturn the market for off-road electric utility vehicles, especially for hunters, is experiencing strong growth.  A recent story about Stealth Manufacturing reports that in 2008 the company sold 600 vehicles, five times the sales management expected.  Demand has continued to be strong in 2009 with management reporting that their

..entire production is sold out through Dec. 31.  We’ve outrun virtually every supplier we have.

Part of the growth of the Louisiana based company is attributed to their television sponsorship program with Primos Hunting Products. Stealth produces the Predator XR, Apache XR and the “Izzy” an industrial vehicle.  They are also planning to launch the Patriot LSV which went into production last week.  The company employs 38 people in a 82,000 square foot facility and is looking to expand their distribution beyond the current 70 dealers and distributors in 28 states. On the horizon is a new vehicle about which the CEO Bill Krutzer states

It’s probably going to change the complexion of the electric vehicle industry, and we’re testing it right now.  It’s a completely different electrical platform. We’re going to bring some pretty sophisticated technology to the game, and we’re not going to do anything but improve the price.

Learn more:  Thenewstar.com

Stealth Manufacturing is not the only electric utility vehicle manufacturer with a positive outlook.  The leader in the electric utility vehicle market for hunters,  Bad Boy Buggies, is expected to reach sales of $17 million this year, up from 2008, but down from a peak in 2007 of $20 million.  Despite a recent recall of their standard model the company is reports that their new XT model has been well received. They are also launching an LSV model and have had success selling their utility vehicles outside the hunting market.  A key marketing effort for them is teaming up with Bass Pro Shops which is running a test campaign in five markets.

Learn more:  Natchezdemocrat.com

A few weeks ago I had the opportunity to talk with Eric Burns of Bad Boy Buggies. He talked about some of their improvements in their new XT model which at the time had a waiting list of customers.  The improvements include:

• An independent suspension for better performance and comfort in extreme conditions and/or extended operating times
• Better turning radius
• Re-routing of electrical cables to protect them from the elements
• Improved distribution of battery weight that impacts performance on  steep climbs
• General improvements to the construction and design of the vehicle

Some of the non-hunting markets they are looking for gains in include agriculture such as dairy farms, government fleets and construction.  Burns noted that in some of these environments the electric utility vehicle allows an operator to more easily hear other vehicles in the work area, use walkie talkies or other communication devices without turning off the engine and avoid the necessity of storing fuel on site.  Key obstacles for electric utility buyers are battery replacement costs and the range of the vehicle, which in many instances may be a perceived issue rather than actual. Bad Boy Buggies is looking to expand their distribution network in the Western US from their current strongholds in the South, Southwest and Midwest, usually centered around hunting communities.

Additional signs of strength in the electric utility vehicle market include the recent entry of Polaris, the utility vehicle market leader, and Tomberlin’s plans to launch their electric utility vehicle, the Vanish.

On a related note, the fact that both Stealth and Bad Boy Buggies are coming out with LSV versions indicates an interesting sub-segment is developing in the LSV market.  Rather than vehicles that are primarily or exclusively used on-road, another segment of users that need a mix of off-road/rough terrain capabilities and public road access is emerging.  Burns of Bad Boy Buggies noted military bases, farms and college campuses as potential buyers of these street legal UTVs. - Marc Cesare

Thuraya XT

Thuraya says the Thuraya XT satellite phone is the toughest, most durable phone on the market and they have data to back it up. It is also one of the smallest, lightest sat phones in the market. It has a gorgeous 262,000 color display. XT users can navigate to their destination using the built-in GPS functions. Thuraya has coverage in over 140 countries in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia.

Miles: 46

Time: 6 hours 36 minutes 34 seconds (8:37 pace!)

Strength: 1x Full body lifting

Core: 5x

XT: ONCE. Heh. Last week I said that I was going to cut this section of the recap out because it was never used.

Wow, my overall pace was fast for this week. Very exciting! I definitely reaped the benefits on a fast 10k for extra days, plus a fast interval session and fast long run.  Definitely happy about that, a little bummed about the mileage, if I had calculated this Saturday I might have done 4 Sunday to make it an even 50 but 46 miles is stellar for not being in training for anything.  Plus I’m happy that I finally got in an XT session.

We were zooming through Ulduar because we got a late start and wanted to get as far as possible. As the MT pulled, vent was something like this.

“So are we breaking the heart?”

Silence.

“Ehh, I dunno.”

“Maybe. If it happens, it happens.”

One heroism on the heart phase later…

And that was the extent of the introduction I got to XT’s hard mode. I was sitting there in the back, waiting for my adds to spawn. What? There are no adds from the corners? Why are people sparkling? OK, I get it, gravity bombs to the right and light bombs to the left. But those sparks… some of them are ADDS?!

By the end of the hard mode I had figured out (after watching an add own someone) that wow, sometimes there are sparks, and that means there’s an add I need to grab! And once I figured that out, I was good about taking care of them.

But seriously! Surprise heartbreaker! New offtank! I should have asked on vent WTF was going on, hahaha. Well, only one person died, and I figured out what to do pretty quickly.

I was very pleased to get the achievement of course.

Hello Sunday! I actually really like Sunday because I’m so type-A that I have all (or damn near all) of my work done already so it’s a day that I get to bum around and recoup while my friends are going crazy and stressed with all the work that they ignored all weekend.

Which would be nicer if the weather was nicer. It’s rainy and windy right now.  Yuck.  Sorry Lacey you had to run in this.  Not too sure how you did (no online tracking!) but I’m sure you rocked.

But, while I can’t rub the fact that I am able to enjoy the weather outside more than my friends, I still can curl up on my half-circle chair and listen to the rain while relaxing.  So I guess it’s still a win for me, even though I can’t be an ass to my friends.  Because, seriously, that’s what friendship is haha.

Part of me wanted to be bamf and run in this rain.  But my legs definitely deserved a break so I hit up the gym for some quality time with the elliptical.  Can’t remember the last time I did that, and I counted my looooooooong walk to the gym as my bamf time. Because even though it’s  <5 minutes, it felt awful.  Although it nearly killed me to be on the elliptical and see people running on the TM.  Because I wanted to be like “GO OUTSIDE”.  Haha, I guess I get very competitive (not quite the right word?) when I see other people running.

A Marathoner wrote a little blurb on his shoes miles today and I thought it was apropos for me to do the same.  You see, I am a cheap cheap person.  Prior to marathon training  I bought the $10 Wal-Mart shoes.  For real. Since then I run in New Balances but since they are so damn expensive (the cheapest I can find online is $80 which is way more than I’m willing to pay) I tend to run my shoes into the ground.  I guess I even did that with my cheap-o shoes too.  Which is why I would get really bad pains as they wore down.

This has not, however, happened with my NBs.  Since February I have bought a new pair but I still run most of my miles on the old ones.  Currently the miles on my old shoes are 1405.5 and the newer ones are 607.9 (and wow that means I’ve also surpassed 2000 miles for the year. Holler!). That is crazy mileage on shoes.  Most ppl recommend changing ‘em every 300-500 miles.  Which I had intended to do but my legs are NOT feeling any pain or aches.  None whatsoever.

I’m not quite sure what to attribute this to.  Maybe my cheapskate mindset is overruling the pain but I doubt this is the case, as with the Wal-Mart shoes I would always get shin splints after a certain mileage.  And I don’t think that it’s because NBs are made really well, as the shoe itself is wearing down upon visual inspection.  It’s so weird but (and this definitely makes me feel sooooo like an awful person) as long as I’m saving money, I’m happy. But I’m open to theories as to why I’m not injured in these shoes.  My current theory? Guess I don’t really have one, as my feet/legs felt great when I first got the shoes and they feel great currently.

No Hot-Spanish-TA sighting yet.  And a couple people have mentioned chatting him up, unfortunately at the moment he is the TA for my Spanish class.  Which means that he teaches the 0830 Spanish lab on Tuesday morning which is a big informal class setting, not actual teaching but just talking and getting comfy with the language.  Could be awkward to flirt or whatever, could not be.  But I guess it could hurt to start talking to him now because next semester I’m pretty sure I get the other Spanish TA. And I don’t know if I said it before but Hot-Spanish-TA is from Spain which ups the hottest factor a bit, I guess though, but I usually go for the bamf, military man type  haha.

Oh I think I’m going to start replying to comments in the actual comments section from now on, unless I get a question or comment that I feel is wicked cool/important and I want to share.  So look for replies there!

P.S. Congrats to all the peeps who’ve checked in on RW or FB and let everyone know how their races went.  So many inspiring stories.  Makes it even harder to not run today! But congrats to jjroyer (3:10:41 – BQ), VeganFritz (3:06:46 – BQ), Ctimes2 (417) at the Detroit marathon, Twenty6point2 (3:46 – BQ) at the Baystate marathon, and Chris (3:05 – BQ) at the Columbus marathon.  And miles2gether on his first marathon yesterday at KC. Great work guys!

Equipe e colaboradores da Agencia XT  :

Aymee , Camila, Juliane, Karla,Thayna, Vitor, Robson, Roni.

DANCE!

That’s right, I’m taking Jazz Dance for credit.  Now before you roll your eyes and think about how tough your school/work schedule i s like, let me remind you that I could graduate now because I’ve taken so many extra courses AND I’m still taking double the credit that most seniors are taking this semester plus an independent physics research project that might turn into an honors thesis.  Plus this is the first elective I’ve taken in the 6 (well now 7) semesters I’ve been here.

Gosh, I can’t believe I just wrote that paragraph.  Modest much? Haha I think I still need to justify to myself taking this class!

But back to Jazz.  Even though this morning was a perfect (yet again) one to run in, I didn’t and gave my legs the morning off. I didn’t really plan to have it coincide with having jazz today but that’s how it worked out and I decided to make jazz my xt today.

Let me start off with the fact that I may just be the most ungraceful person on the planet.  Luckily this is jazz and not ballet so it’s not that big of a deal but my really good friend (who’s on the dance company) is also in the class and I felt like a fawn trying to walk for the first time.

But I’m really happy with the class.  We stretched muscles that have prolly NEVER been stretched before and I’ll likely be sore tmrw.  I told my friend that I was working muscles that I’m pretty sure do not exist and she told me that she’ll try running

In any case I’m pretty sure that my body would rather run 20 miles than jazz dance (hell any type of dance) for 1hr20mins! But I hope to gain some flexibility out of the class.  These first few classes will likely be just that: flexibility, core work and JAZZ WALKING. Once I gained some sass I really got the hang of walking.  Who knew that walking would be so hard? Heh.

Not too much to add.  Second day of classes and it’s looking, like I said above, like it’ll be a tough semester.  Luckily tough and busy is what I thrive on.  My classes all seem really interesting and hopefully that means I won’t mind the assignments and studying and work that comes with it (too much at least).  Granted, that means NOTHING when it comes to the level of me complaining heh.

As a final thought (gosh don’t you just love trash tv?) I will say that I do have a tentative race schedule for this fall.  This is a big deal as I typically only run one race in the fall and one in the spring (oh the limitations of my wallet!).  But here is the general idea (subject to change as I haven’t actually registered for any of them):

Which, speaking of registering (and I promise someday I will try to not tangent the entire post!), there was a bit of drama with the half this weekend.  Apparently registration closed August 30.  And it didn’t appear to have race day registration.  Boo! Right? Well I emailed the race director saying that I had run this race before (true) and that I had been planning on racing this since the early summer (slight stretching of the truth) and wanted to see if there would be, in fact, race day registration.  While waiting for his reply I searched for other, comparable, races for this weekend.  I complied a list and by the time the R.D got back to be I was thinking that one or two of these races would be great.  The reply was that registration opens at 0730 that morning.  So I better get my butt up to NH to get a spot! Whew, and to think that if I hadn’t procrastinated with registering this could have been avoided. I was just being lame.

Ok but here’s the plan:

• 09/06 09 Swanzey Covered Bridges Half Marathon
• 09/20 09 Providence 5k
• 10/11 09 BAA Half      OR
• 10/12 09 Tufts Health Care 10k
• 11/07 09 Wakefield Run for all Ages 5k
• 04/19 10 BOSTON!

If anyone is in the area and is actually doing one of these races, sweet!

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Coinciding with the WOLFPACK CANADA WBAT recruitment drive 2009 will be Operation Harvest Moon starting in September.

Would be members will become a Wolfpack RECRUIT and be taught field craft, weapons handling, and various other skills necessary for being a full member of Wolfpack.

Details will become available upon request.  If you are interested contact  Officer Cadet “speedo” Baldwin, the OPI for Wolfpack recruiting,  on the Wolfpack Canada WBAT forums located in the right column –>

Wolfpack WBAT is run at the platoon level based on U.S. Marine Doctrine operating as an Elite Unit like Force Recon or Spec Ops Assault Force.     We specialize in Milsim gaming always trying to promote the highest level of realism. We are an elite team requiring our members to be disciplined,     work within a chain of command and most important, use initiative to adapt and overcome situations. At Wolfpack elite is not just a title, It’s the way   we are.

Wolfpack Benefits:

• We have several military members, active and retired, with real skills and expertise.

• Team equipment from weapons, support weapons, tactical gear and SMP Vehicles.

• We are innovators in creating and hosting unparalleled Ops with standards so high they are often invitation only.

• We posses our own proving grounds and developed Gaming Field plus access to special locations.

• We have our own Team Surgeon; he isn’t very good at it but needs to practice somewhere.

How To Apply:

In the Wolfpack recruitment forum you will find the positions available for application. Review the information provided and complete your application as follows:

1. Post a Reply to the listing.

2. Include: a. Quote the Listing Reference b. Your Call Sign on this Site c. Your real full name d. Your Date of Birth e. Write a paragraph on your experience and skills f. Write a paragraph or 2 on how you think you will add to the team. g. Other instructions as dictated in the listing.

3. Special Note: If you have previous obligations or are just shy, you can always make your application via PM to the Recruiting OPI. You must be 18 yrs of age or within two months of becoming 18 to apply. All applications will be answered. All questions, comments and General Inquiries are to be directed to the undersigned.

FOR MORE INFORMATION GO TO THE WOLFPACK FORUMS (LINK IN RIGHT COLUMN)   ——->

Date – 29 Aug to 30 Aug 09
Location – The Ranch 
Timings – (you might need to sit down for this) 1600 Day 1 to 1200 Day 2

Two groups determined to kill each other and nothing to stop them but you and 18 hours to do it!

Scenario – You are part of TF-1 in support of UN Coalition Forces deployed to Uglystanoblad in efforts to provide stability in the wake of their civil war that has thrown the country into two main rival factions run by Warlords who use the poor nations surge in poverty and famin as a weapon to gain power. It is a 6 month deployment and it is day 83. The CO of FOB Can Ops 1 in the Northern Provice has detected multiple transgressions by both factions crossing the established boundry. It is late in the day and you are deployed to the local landing field of the Northern Operations Area. Your mission – set up check points at specific crossroads and prevent further transgressions. Further orders dictate that you take advantage of night ops by patrolling aggresively, detect any faction movements, locate potential strong holds and operation bases. Based on your int gathering, mission peramiters will be updated.

Takedown 2 – Saturday, September 12

Game Fee: $20.00

Age: 18+

Rentals: None

Registration Time: 10:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.

Pyro Testing & Chrono: 11:15 a.m.

Briefing: 11:45 a.m.

Game Start: 12:00 p.m. to 12:00 a.m.

FPS Limit: AEG – 425 20g, Semi & Bolt Gun – 500 20g

Ammo & Mag Limits: None

Cartel Camo: Woodland, Marpat, Street Clothes, Tiger Stripe

DEA Camo: DPM, OD, ACU, Cad Pat, Black, Contractor, Multicam

Camo Rules: Subject to change depending on attendance

Scenario: To be disclosed at time of briefing – you won’t be dissapointed

Questions? Contact Nitro1 on ASC Boards

Colombianos, en Colombia no es el único país que hace barbaridades!!

Bueno una entrega más, un suceso internacional, una producción que nos llega directamente desde México, caray ya nos estamos internacionalizando. Qué bien por el equipo. Vamos al grano!!

Jaja como primera medida vea el video como un simple mortal, no le busque nada, solo véalo como el común que usted es, jejeje.!! Es broma!!

De entrada luego de la INTRO, inmediatamente ves a 3 vagos en una casa que parece una reliquia, pareciera la casa de un abuelo de ellos.  Con sillas de la reina Isabela, cabezas de buda o quien sabe que mitología bizarra, un teléfono de los años 60 y unas cortinas que no dejan nada bueno que pensar. Hasta ahora ya tenemos el contexto. Algo curioso para destacar que uno ve a estos tres vagos perdiendo el tiempo, es un lindo letrero en la parte inferior escrito en mayúsculas centrado, Arial 15 que dice “HAZ DEPORTE” que no se!! pero creería que se escribe “HAS DEPORTE”, para ellos, la agencia!, es claro que no quieren promover la vagancia en televisión, pero…,  demasiado tarde el daño ya está hecho!!. El vago del centro rompe el silencio con una oración “Australia le metió 31 goles a samBoa en el 2001”, si investigaran un poquito señores fueron exactamente 32 goles sino mire en la pantalla del marcado GL que aparece en este video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wg9ox9F7Vw, segundo no es “samBoa” como dice el joven, es Samoa y para aclarar la pronunciación consultamos a wikipedia y nos responde http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media:En-us-Samoa.ogg, muy lejos de la barbaridad que salieron de los labios del caballero presente.

Ahora bien, en respuesta a la vulgaridad del partido de futbol, en respuesta ofensiva el de la derecha dice “Es imposible chuparse los codos”, a lo segudamente los tres intentan LAMER no CHUPAR el ***** codo!!!!, quizá confundieron lamer con chupar, porque lamer el codo si es posible, chuparlo no. Acá les dejo este video al estilo la bruja de Blair filmando en algún lugar oculto de nuestro planeta, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsGiPMXl5qw donde se afirma que SI, óigalo bien, SIIII, se puede lamer el codo. Si no alcanzo a verlo porque el video es HD, aquí tenemos otra prueba http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTg6b4cn6lk. Bueno XD mientras veía ese último video del codo, me tope con este otro que me causo mucha gracia jajaja acá se los dejo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvISjBUyJLM, el otro de la izquieda que no saco nada grueso ubiese dicho, a que no pueden hacer esto!! Y hace lo que hizo el manitico este con la boca.

Y llegaron las hamburguesas, las nuevas!!, las fresquitas!! que parecen de plástico, es notorio que para que entrar aca el caballero, la puerta tenía que estar abierta porque no se escucha cuando se abre sino cuando se cierra!!, ahora en caso que estuviera cerrada como haría para abrilla el solo? Porque nadie se levanto abrirla??. Si!!, ya vamos teniendo claro el porqué el letrero de “HAZ/S DEPORTE”.

Hay algo que no entiendo y es porque **** le doy las llaves de MI carro a un amigo para que nos traiga unas hamburguesas, mientras YO! El dueño del CARRO me quedo tirado en un mueble a lamerme los ******* codos????? Eso es increíble.

Cuando dice que le hizo un rayoncito aquí llegado, porque mira a la izquierda inmediatamente el dueño del carro?. Desde allí ve el carro o qué?, la ventana esta a la izquierda?, las paredes son transparentes? Ósea no entiendo.

Bueno cuando se asoman los personajes es completamente notorio que esas ventanas no corresponden a donde estaban inicialmente. Porque? Primero porque las otras tenían unas cortinas que las tapan todas. Segundo las ventanas que tienen las cortinas se ven que son de barrotes por lo que cuando la luz se mete se puede ver. Tercero ese apartamento es muy pequeño para caminar todo lo que caminaron para asomarse por la ventana, si notaron el trayecto? Y si vieron donde estaban ubicado los muebles? Eso quiere decir que esa ventana por donde se asomaron debería estar a la izquierda, y el personaje había mirado para allá cuando recibió la noticia, pero en ese lado habían muchos objetos que hubiesen impedido caminar toda esa distancia, de ese lado también estaba el otro amigo en un sillón. Otra cosa la ventana tampoco podía estar ubicada en la parte derecha porque cuando llega el tipo con las hamburguesas eso se nota que no hay por donde pues se ve un televisor  y como una especio de chimenea.  Y por si todavía no me cree que no es el mismo espacio, que edificio conoce usted con ventanas de barrotes? Y más aun de ese tamaño como las que tienen de fondo? Es prácticamente imposible. Y usted me dirá, ah es que posiblemente eso sea la entrada a un balcón. Pero yo le respondo, bueno pero necesita cortinas?, en fin esa ventana estaba en otro lado, mas no en ese cuarto. Punto!!

Cuando la cámara se pone detrás para enfocar que llegaron las hamburguesas el panorama cambia totalmente, asi como por arte de magia!!, ahora hay más espacio, el tipo que estaba a la izquierda paso de estar oculto y un poco pues el sillón estaba diagonal hacia un costado, pero en esa toma  pasa a estar vertical y mas pegado a los otros dos, la mesita que estaba detrás que tiene especie como de una almohadilla roja, pasa a ser la división entre los dos sillones, sino fijese bien. Otra cosa, antes en la primera escena el joven de la izquierda se intenta lamer el codo izquierdo y lleva su mano al hombro izquierdo, cuando muestran la siguiente escena este tiene la mano sobre el hombro derecho con la misma mano izquieda.

Ahora en la parte cuando ya están asomados, ambos están mirando para lugares diferentes, es obvio que el carro no está ahí, las ventanas reflejan una palmera mire bien! Pero cuando hacen la toma de enfrente la palmera no está, sino un carro estrellado.

Por la altura en que esta vista se nota que eso es como un primer piso, no me explico cómo no escucharon el choque.

Tampoco me explico que recorriendo estaba haciendo este o donde pensaba parquear el carro para estrellarse con ese poste.

Por como quedo destruido el carro se nota que venía a gran velocidad, entonces porque el poste de luz sigue intacto?

El vidrio del carro solo se partió en la parte izquierda, del otro lado no hay vidrios.

Mires y presten atención a ustedes a esto, después que muestran el carro, nuevamente vuelve la cámara a ellos, bien inmediatamente ya se nota que baja la mirada y ve la hamburguesa, esto lo hace el tipo de la izquieda, la mira la detalla y dice “pero no esta tan grueso” , el otro notese que ya a mirado también y dice “no verdad”, jajaja para mi, no se para ustedes pero parecieran que lo dijeran a la hambuerguesa que la carne no esta tan gruesa , eso es lo que yo veo, y muy mal porque supuestamente la idea del comercial es mostrar que la carne es gruesa.

Señores otro video mas, que es una porquería.

It’s a beautiful world, originally uploaded by .ygor.

“Se um dia tiver que escolher entre o mundo e o amor… Lembre-se: Se escolher o mundo, ficará sem o amor, mas se escolher o amor, com ele conquistará o mundo!”
–Albert Einstein

Esse foi o pôr-do-Sol mais lindo que presenciei em minha vida, não só por causa da incrível beleza do momento, mas principalmente por poder tê-lo visto ao lado da mulher que eu amo.

Local: Praia do Atalaia, Salinópolis – PA, Brasil
Dados da foto:
Camera: Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT
Exposure: 0.003 sec (1/400)
Aperture: f/18.0
Focal Length: 50 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Exposure Bias: -1 EV
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I am wayyy sleep deprived.  To the point where I’m overtired and cranky.  I don’t like feeling this way at all, though I doubt anyone does.  All the early bird running sessions have taken a toll, so I decided to *gasp* skip my 6 am run and “sleep in”.  Now, A) sleeping in is 730/8 maybe 830 if I’m extremely lucky and B) when you can’t fall asleep until 1 or 2 am, this sleeping in doesn’t even cover the basic 8 hours of sleep that is recommended. And my body functions best on 9.

So I’m not really feeling much more rested this morning after 6.5 hours but it’s better than 4.5-5 hours. The annoying thing is that I’m actually *trying* to sleep (as opposed to burning the candle at both ends, or just staying up for the hell of it and doing nothing).  I mean, it’s crunch time for the MCAT so a little less sleep is to be expected, but I go to bed with 7 full hours of sleep ahead of me (including factoring in 20-30 minutes of “falling asleep time”).  I shut down the MCAT part of my brain by reading or watching NCIS.  But sleep never comes.  Well it does, but much much later that I want it to.  And I’m not exactly against using tylenolPM or even prescription stuff to help, I don’t gravitate towards it.  I will say this, after about 3-4 weeks of insomnia I do go to the doctor, get 3 ambien pills prescribed to me and I’m all reset.  Until the next round of stress hits.  I think I just need a less stressful life

As I said above, I skipped the run before work and just stayed after my shift at the gym was over to elliptical.  Work wasn’t so bad.  I got 6 solid hours of MCAT studying in.  I’ve discovered that I am terrible at the biology portion but am rather good at Orgo, I haven’t even had to take notes on the orgo stuff. The bio annoys me though, because it’s pure memorization.  No real rhyme or reason to any of it rather than it is the way it is.

Another thing that annoys me (and sorry if this seems like a complaining post.  Blame it on the lack of sleep, I know I am.  So much for a complaint free existance, right Sarah? You lasted longer than I have haha) is cross training.  Maybe I’m just saying this because I love running.  But I can’t replicate that feeling of working-so-hard-that-I-might-puke feeling, although in retrospect the point of XT isn’t to go balls out, right? I mean, I sweat (and lots) when on the elliptical, but my HR never seems to get as high as it does on while running, even on an easy run. I can’t even try to get some reading or studying done on the damn thing because then my stride rate goes down as does my HR (which isn’t that high to begin with!) Again, maybe that’s the point, to trick your mind into believing it’s exercising hard but the cardiovascular system gets a slight rest.

Oh well, the thing I know is that my body is thanking me because A) I didn’t get up at 6am and B) didn’t push myself through a run.  Theoretically this means that I should have more energy to study.  And hopefully this means I can be more focused with my studying so that I can start my bedtime routine a little earlier and maybe, just maybe, I’ll get more sleep tonight. Wish me luck

With iPhone pricing comparisons all the rage right now, I decided to have a first look at my Telecom XT Bill.

I knew this would be entertaining, but despite everything below there is a minor victory, in that I have actually managed to do view the bill online. This is big win versus Telstra and Vodafone’s somewhat unusable websites.

First I had to get my account number from the latest bill (which is at my accountant’s office, aka Mum’s desk). I find it somewhat amusing that I naturally chose to Skype my parents to get that number.

Then it was pretty simple to create a login and look at my bill. Well done Telecom.

However things got complicated when I started looking at the bill itself.

Firstly – what is “others” and why am I charged 46161.00 (mins, secs or units?), credited with 46146 and face a net charge $4.01? I assume that this has something to do with data – but what are the units? and why the $4.01 – did I go over my limit?

Next was the main piece of the bill – which looked about right. I chose the 180 minutes talk and 1 GB data plans.

It seems I signed up on the 4th of June, and this bill is for the period from then until the 31st of July. So one month is in arrears and one in advance. That seems normal, though why upon why I can’t sign up on the spot to have my credit card direct debited each month I will never fathom.

This memo bit says I made 595 IP Packet Data calls – which is not really useful, as I get charged for the amount of data I use, not the amount of data connections I make.

I’m pretty happy about the $1.92 in international calls – as I certainly made a lot of calls overseas, but given the 48 cents per minute rates to Australia charged for those calls I did make, I have long ago switched to Skype. Perhaps if international calls prices were reasonable?

The whole point of this exercise was to check that I am on the right data plan – am I using too much and getting close to the limit? or am I using too little and overpaying for unused services? I clicked on the broadband usage link on my Telecom account page:

Oh dear – I certainly am not using nothing. And I clicked around a bunch more – looking at previous month, current and so forth, and all to no avail. This chart below is particularly confusing as the bar is showing some usage, while the text shows 0 MB and there is no scale on the bar.

I then had a bit of a account spasm (there wasn’t a time delay) and encountered a very friendly message.

Invalid user account line null – does that mean the “valid user account line” was not null, that I am an invalid user? that we all need an invalid user account line? that the site has lost my login connection? The mind boggles.

I relogged in, and then noticed the URL for the main page for my account. How informationally useless:

But then – a miracle. I managed to click on something that gave me my data usage!

It seems that I used 282 MB from the 25th of June.

Intriguingly that data range has nothing whatsoever to do with my sign up date, account date or today’s date. I have no idea how much data was used before the 25th of June and so ultimately I remain confused. I was pleased to see that even on the 14th of July I am still tracking to stay well under the 1 GB limit for the 30 day period.

More details showed, well, more:

It’s pretty easy to tell when I was in Auckland over the last month. (note this is just iPhone use – no tethering as I use a Vodafone stick for that)

I then wondered why it took me so long to find the mysterious link, and went back to the main account page to see.

Here it is:

That bottom box is the culprit – the view more details line goes to zero data oblivion. The phone number shown on the drop down is my 021 mobile number, and so my expectation is that this will show my data usage.

Turns out it doesn’t – and so my guess is that this box is used for those who use Telecom for their landline broadband provider. In that case why place the box there, and more importantly why use my mobile number?

Let’s zoom out, and give Telecom some more feedback about this page. If you work for Telecom then click on the page to see it in larger format. If you want more – well my rates are pretty expensive, but you can call any number of usability experts in Wellington.

Those few changes will increase upsells, reduce confusion about data use (and allow you to upsell that as well) and get your bills paid earlier.

I’m not holding out much hope – as a giant Telco, indeed as a giant corporate, Telecom usually moves at a glacial pace.

I hold as an example this XT Pricing page, which I tweeted about the day it was launched, and @telecomnz quickly said they would look at fixing it. It’s been a long time since then and no change has occurred.

It’s just not hard to put 500/1Gb and 3 GB plans underneath the other data plans – so why not do it?

It can’t be hard to put 500/1Gb and 3 GB plans underneath the other data plans, and it’s yet another opportunity to upsell – so why not do it?

Cross-training (XT) is an activity runners engage in when they’re not running, or to put it in simpler terms, XT is simply doing something else, training-wise.  XT allows you to maintain a certain level of activity while your muscles are recovering so that the rest of your body has a time to catch up making for a more balanced development.  The more popular XT activities for running are swimming and cycling but these two aren’t the only things you can do.

XT #1: Padding a.k.a. Rowing

Last Thursday I was urged to try paddling, more popularly called rowing, for the first time by some of my fellow runners also hooked on this sport.  Of course at first I was apprehensive because I’m not a good swimmer but I also have a fad to try anything at least once, so I gave it a try—and it was a blast!

If running is to shoes, paddling is to oars

Paddling for the most part involves your upper body strength for obvious reasons.  It’s a good XT activity since you hardly use your lower body for the sport (except as support) and at the same time your upper body has a chance to catch up.  And for someone who was just recently introduced into the sport, I can say it is really addicting.  Now my weekdays would be more packed as I include this formally into my routine.

Paddlers formerly runners (until the next run that is)

XT #2: Wall Climbing

Friday night together with my fellow runners I got to try wall climbing (also for the first time).  Whereas paddling concentrates on your upper body, in particular on one side of it, wall climbing is more of a total body workout depending how you choose to climb the wall. Simply put a single climb could easily be more demanding than doing your typical gym routine!  Climbing uses all of your muscles but if you prefer you may also put more of the effort on your upper body (or vice versa), especially if your feet doesn’t have much grip because you wore running shoes!

No that’s not Spiderman, that’s me together with my Supernova

Trying on new sports doesn’t mean loving less your original sport, whatever that may be.  XT gives you a chance to stay fit while you’re recovering and at the same time still enjoy the company of your friends.  XT need not be boring or imposing as long as you pick one that you know you’d enjoy.  It doesn’t even need to be an official sport!  With so many activities to choose from I am wondering why I didn’t start doing XTs until now.