The first cyclocross race of the season was this past weekend. I posted some thoughts at my personal blog:
The cyclocross season kicked off today with a race at Robertson Park in Livermore. We’re in the midst of a heatwave in the Bay Area, so when I arrived at the site this morning at 7:45 AM, it was already pushing 75 degrees. By the time of my 9 AM race, it was in the 80s — I can’t even imagine how hot it was when the good racers went after 11.
I went in to the race not really having any idea what to expect. I’ve been training pretty hard, and feel like I’m much more fit than I’ve been in years, but it’s never the same as actually competing. If you had told me that I’d go out there and get crushed, I would have believed it; if you told me that I’d win, I guess I would have believed that too.
The reality was somewhere in between.
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The TAGHeuer Meridiist mobile phone is finally here. The phone is made of high quality rubber, leather and alligator back plates and enclosed in a 316L steel case. For specs, it has a 2.0-megapixel camera, MP3 player with 2GB of storage capacity and two displays with 60.5 carats of sapphire crystal glass (a 1.9 inch TFT in the front and an OLED on the top).You can talk for 7 hours or leave there for 28 days before it need a charge. More pictures after break.
[via TechFresh]
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Remember the new Nintendo DS rendering previously which expected to be the next-gen Nintendo DS. Someone found out that it is just a mock up. The next-gen Nintendo DS will be making an appearance probably somewhere in April or May which believe to have wide aspect ratio on both screens and will be touch-sensitive. Again, it is still under rumors, nothing is confirmed.
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Amazon is selling these really handy backtrack GPS navigation systems for only $60. This is a new product from Bushnell, a company that’s been involved in outdoor tools for many years. We think that’s a great price for a handy gadget that could literally save your life on your next outdoor trip if you do get lost.
They are advertising this simple GPS navigation system more for everyday use such as at the mall and stadium parking lots, at the festival, etc… but think how useful this could be for hiking, camping, kayaking, and mostly skiing.
Here are features from their site:
- Store and locate up to three locations
- Utilizes the latest digital technology
- High sensitivity SiRF Star III GPS reciever
- Self calibrating digital compass
- Weather resistant
- Operates on 2 AAA Batteries (Not Included)
- Compact size stores easily in your pocket or purse
- Lanyard included for easy attachment
The only problem we see is that you can only store 3 locations! That sometimes may not be enough but at this price you can buy two of these and have 6 locations stored 
We’ll be sure to get in touch with them and see if they are talking about 3 destinations with multiple waypoints or just 3 waypoints.
Are you ready for Talk Like a Pirate Day? It’s September 19th (same date every year), so it’s coming up fast. I recently stumbled across some really nice pirate fonts online. This one is called Windlass, for example:
Hat-tip to KPAO! which is a fun blog.
Every time I start looking at fonts, I always surface 3-4 hours later realizing that I would have a serious font problem once I started. For example, did you know that you can make a font online for free? Watch the screencast to learn more.
Or you can make a font out of your handwriting for free. You print out a page of letters, write each letter in the predefined box, scan the page, and upload it. According to this page you can use a coupon code of “YourFont2008″ to make sure that it’s free. I’ve printed out the pages but haven’t written/scanned my handwriting yet.
Fun stuff, but it’s amazing how you can start with one website with free fonts and quickly burn an entire afternoon. 
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Here’s an interesting video of how Apple solved the copy and paste mystery 15 years ago. Anyone have an old Mac to try this on?
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Buy 120GB Zune on Amazon!
Now you can get the 120GB Zune on Amazon. Yey!
Music and entertainment, your way. That’s what the Zune 120 GB Digital Media Player is designed to deliver. The Zune easily connects you with your music, videos, and pictures wherever and whenever you want, and unlike the iPod, it even has a built-in FM tuner so you can keep up with local news and sports. Your Zune gives you the power to wirelessly share full-length tracks, playlists, pictures and podcasts with your other Zune-wielding friends. And when you receive songs that you just can’t get out of your head, you can easily tag the songs and buy them the next time you sync up. Whether you’re listening to music, radio, or rocking out to the latest music videos on the bright, roomy screen, the Zune allows you to tailor your entertainment, right in the palm of your hand.
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Just because the Xbox360 Chatpad wasn’t designed to work with the PSP doesn’t mean that some creative and skilled people can’t make it happen! The PSP Phat and Slim Keyboard is proof of that.
"Hey all talk a look at my Microsoft Xbox360 Chatpad connected to my PSP Phat and Slim. Thanks to Jean over at ps2dev.org and this project that he developed we can all have nice keyboards connected to our PSP’s. My PSP’s are running CFW 4.01 M33-2, a special version of piKey and a custom flash on the Chatpad. Text input is a breeze and it works with the Sony OSK (on screen keyboard) and the Danzeff OSK under AFKIM. It does not work with PSPWrite and other ZX-81 applications because they are not compiled to do so but Jean is working on a compatible drive to make them work natively."
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Ok, first things first: personal tests have shown that Google’s new browser is faster than what’s currently available. Not bad for an app currently in early beta stage. But Douglas did have something to say about that:
Keep in mind that every new browser or version of browser always has a speed advantage… until they plug up the security holes. We see this in every browser comparison on a new release.
Makes sense. Let’s see what happens as Google fixes everything up—if they ever take Chrome off “Beta” status. Anyways, what do you think of the new browser? So far so good, but some bugs crop up from time to time. We still have to use Firefox to get anything in Facebook for instance.
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The concept’s so simple it’s pure genius: a game of Pong is automatically “played” on the watch face, with the left side score representing the hours, and the right side the minutes. As the hours and minutes pass by, the appropriate side “loses” to keep the score matched to the current time. Let’s hope John Maushammer is interested in getting someone to mass-produce his homemade work of art. But in the meantime, fellow engineers are invited to check out his build log and plans.
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