April Flotsam - Foam Totem

∞ 29 Apr 2012

Mmmm running.

Finished Run with Runmeter, on 6.9 Reng,creek Trail,moffet,rex route, time 1:03:25, 6.80 miles, average 9:19 /mile, see http://j.mp/KnNDmI.

∞ 28 Apr 2012

Twitter

For me, the / Continental merger meant that their website looks and acts like it's ten years old. Ugly and confusing. (at 22:39)

∞ 27 Apr 2012

Facebook

Search for "zerg rush" in Google. Clickclickclickclickclick...

(Thanks Rin Hong!)

∞ 27 Apr 2012

Runmeter

Better today. Also not hot. Divi very excited for the run. Wooooosh!

Runmeter was updated (and it was another HUGE update) and so the stop detection is a bit off again.

Finished Run with Runmeter, on 6.9 Reng,creek Trail,moffet,rex route, time 58:17, 6.74 miles, average 8:39 /mile, see http://j.mp/Ixt1qR.

∞ 25 Apr 2012

Runmeter

That was a fight from the start. Couldn't get into a groove. Hot and humid. Thankfully it wasn't sunny out. Divi was high energy, though!

Finished Run with Runmeter, on 5 Rengstorf,movies,Rex Manor route, time 42:55, 4.89 miles, average 8:47 /mile, see http://j.mp/I1ztYQ.

∞ 24 Apr 2012

Facebook

Finished Fez. Now to keep finishing it.

(Currently frustrated on lava-filling room. Time for bed!)

∞ 23 Apr 2012

Runmeter

A comfortable short run after a very indulgent weekend. I think everything I ate this weekend was packed directly into my arteries.

Finished Run with Runmeter, on 3.6 route, time 30:04, 3.41 miles, average 8:49 /mile, see http://j.mp/I5Iu7G.

∞ 22 Apr 2012

Facebook for iPhone

Good pickles and beer (and other stuff).

∞ 21 Apr 2012

Facebook for iPad

Great dinner at Big 4 (old-school digs, very good food) and drinks at Local Edition (good cocktails, clientele trying a little too hard).

∞ 21 Apr 2012

Facebook

Promissory note: a moral imperative today.

∞ 20 Apr 2012

Runmeter

HOT. HUMID. SWEATY.

Finished Run with Runmeter, on 5 Rengstorf,movies,Rex Manor route, time 43:35, 5.01 miles, average 8:42 /mile, see http://j.mp/JUilTC.

∞ 18 Apr 2012

Facebook

Broadway Zelda?!

YouTube

www.youtu.be

Get the song: iTunes: http://bit.ly/IIga8G Bandcamp: http://bit.ly/IIgMLe Tweet it! http://clicktotweet.com/68BHl Written and composed by: Mitchell Moffit In...

∞ 18 Apr 2012

Runmeter

Longer steady run today. Best run since my back spasm a few weeks ago by far. Divi somehow still has the energy to romp madly. Crazy dog.

Finished Run with Runmeter, on 7.8 Reng, Golf, Creek, Moffet, Rex route, time 1:07:06, 7.64 miles, average 8:47 /mile, see http://j.mp/HYfYRp.

∞ 16 Apr 2012

Runmeter

In honor of the Boston Marathon, and rv who is running it today, I ran 1/8th the distance for a PR. :-)

Finished Run with Runmeter, on 3.6 route, time 27:44, 3.45 miles, average 8:03 /mile, see http://j.mp/HCr1z3.

∞ 15 Apr 2012

Twitter

Quite enjoying Fez, to my surprise. Had to cheat twice early on to align my thinking with that of the game. Absolutely worth the ten bucks. (at 06:02)

∞ 14 Apr 2012

Facebook

Damn you, Nike! You had a great shoe with the Nike Free Run. One of the best parts was that the tongue was continuous with the shoe (like a big sock). It never moved because it couldn't. There were no thick seams because there were none. Newest version (v3): standard tongue. First run: slid off to the side. Fail.

And now I'm vaguely enraged that I just sought out and found two of the previous model and bought them to horde. So this actually worked in their (short-term) favor.

∞ 14 Apr 2012

Runmeter

Felt like a fast run, and it actually measured as one for a change! May have actually made the dog slightly tired, too. Beautiful day.

Finished Run with Runmeter, on 6.9 Reng,creek Trail,moffet,rex route, time 56:51, 6.89 miles, average 8:15 /mile, see http://j.mp/HJpvfr.

∞ 12 Apr 2012

Facebook

If you're a runner, biker, or otherwise might get incapacitated away from your wallet, you should carry an ID. I recently got one from these guys and like it. They have a couple kinds, but I got the "Road ID Slim" which is a small ID on a standard silicone bracelet. They are pretty cheap: $15 and you can put any text you want on it. (I put my name, contact numbers, "no allergies", etc.)

If you want to get one of these, you can use this coupon code and get a buck off: ThanksShannon13853851. (I don't get kickbacks or anything, I just like the ID I got.)

Road ID® USA's #1 Source for Runners ID, Cycling ID & Medical ID Tags

www.Roadid.com

Road ID provides premier line of identification tags that includes runner id, jogger id, cyclist id, medical id, bicycling id, emergency medical id bracelet and more.

∞ 12 Apr 2012

Facebook

Here's that article from The Atlantic about that pretentious auteur I mentioned before. I have nothing nice to say about it.

The Most Dangerous Gamer

www.theatlantic.com

Never mind that they’re now among the most lucrative forms of entertainment in America, video games are juvenile, silly, and intellectually lazy. At least that’s what Jonathan Blow thinks. But the game industry’s harshest critic is also its most cerebral developer, a maverick bent ...

∞ 12 Apr 2012

Runmeter

Short fast run between rainclouds.

Finished Run with Runmeter, on 3.6 route, time 28:04, 3.43 miles, average 8:11 /mile, see http://j.mp/IrdQ8v.

∞ 11 Apr 2012

Facebook for iPad

Just woke up from an FPS dream. I hate those.

∞ 10 Apr 2012

Facebook for iPad

Just read a profile of Jonathan Blow in The Atlantic. Previously, I thought he was pretentious but mostly harmless. Now I think he's an pretentious sociopath with delusions of genius.

∞ 10 Apr 2012

Runmeter

Stiff and low energy at start, second wind came along though. Still, I don't think I was as fast as Runmeter claims.

Finished Run with Runmeter, on 6.9 Reng,creek Trail,moffet,rex route, time 58:47, 6.99 miles, average 8:25 /mile, see http://j.mp/HFArvo.

∞ 8 Apr 2012

Facebook

This is pretty cool. Imaging the brain while returning to consciousness after being sedated suggests that it's the deepest/oldest parts of the brain rather than the neocortex which provide basic consciousness.

Scientists solving the mystery of human consciousness

biosingularity.com

Awakening from anesthesia is often associated with an initial phase of delirious struggle before the full restoration of awareness and orientation to one’s surroundings. Scientists now know w...

∞ 8 Apr 2012

Runmeter

Didn't see any Easter bunnies, but did see some Easter squirrels!

Went out too fast, had to dial back the second half.

Finished Run with Runmeter, on 6.9 Reng,creek Trail,moffet,rex route, time 57:28, 6.78 miles, average 8:29 /mile, see http://j.mp/Hpo7RQ.

∞ 7 Apr 2012

Facebook

Titanic Super 3D

www.youtube.com

Titanic is back, digitally upgraded with new 3D motion feel technology. Special thanks to Arne Daniel Haldorsen, Tore Urke, Andreas Næs and Terje Boklund Fol...

∞ 7 Apr 2012

Facebook

Fantastic! Highlights:
"Good work [guy who came out], it takes a lot of guts to post things in plain HTML these days."
"Have you told your family that you don't use stylesheets? That's the hardest part."

Guy comes out of closet on Facebook to friends who are entirely too geeky to care.

www.happyplace.com

Welcome to the after-school special of the digital age. A young man comes out to his friends, hopeful that they'll be accepting and supportive, and they are! Except when it comes to the design of his coming out blog post. Tolerance only goes so far, and these geeks just can't accept someone being ho...

∞ 6 Apr 2012

Facebook

The Muppets - Popcorn

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∞ 6 Apr 2012

Runmeter

Best feeling run in a long time. Lower back is almost normal again, hamstring/psoas had only minor complaint. Divi got thirsty, time to start bringing her water dish again-- Summer is coming.

Finished Run with Runmeter, on 5 Rengstorf,movies,Rex Manor route, time 41:32, 4.98 miles, average 8:20 /mile, see http://j.mp/HjFN1a.

∞ 5 Apr 2012

Facebook

Go here. It's fun.

flux machine

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gifs by kevin weir

∞ 5 Apr 2012

Facebook

An insane blend rock, surf, country, electronica, and whatnot. A jigger of Dick Dale and Rev Horton Heat with just a twist of Combustible Edison. Talking Heads meets Man or Astro-Man in the Squirrel Nut Zippers' living room.

Killer stuff, which Curt Krone should take a listen to.

Nineteen Something Nine, by The Weisstronauts

weisstronauts.bandcamp.com

11 track album

∞ 4 Apr 2012

Runmeter

Felt good. I think that the reported pace is better than reality. Runmeter seems to do that when there are stops, and I hit every light today.

Finished Run with Runmeter, on 6.9 Reng,creek Trail,moffet,rex route, time 56:58, 6.88 miles, average 8:17 /mile, see http://j.mp/HMsyFN.

∞ 3 Apr 2012

Facebook

Incredible timelapse of Hitchcock's Rear Window recreated as a panorama out the window rather than through the telephoto.

Rear Window Timelapse

vimeo.com

All footage taken from the original Rear Window (1954) directed by Alfred Hitchcock. The order of events is pretty much as seen in the movie. Hungarian Dance No. 5 composed by Johannes Brahms arranged for easy listening by Hugo Winterhalter

∞ 2 Apr 2012

Facebook

Forget your lovely crtystal decanter, use a blender to HYPERDECANT!

Hyperdecanting: Better Wine in a Minute, You Impatient Philistine

lifehacker.com

Love wine but don't have the time, patience, or inclination to aerate your wine in a decanter forever before drinking? Former Microsoft CTO and master chef Nathan Myhrvold suggests a method he calls "hyperdecanting".

∞ 2 Apr 2012

Runmeter

Another great day. Not enough time for the seven-miler, though.

Finished Run with Runmeter, on 5 Rengstorf,movies,Rex Manor route, time 43:07, 4.97 miles, average 8:40 /mile, see http://j.mp/H4nMA3.

∞ 1 Apr 2012

Twitter

Not sure why April Fool's Day on the Internet vexes me so. (at 21:01)