Category: Random
Perspective on Your Role
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Most of us want to be the star, or at least recognized but is that really your place? I’m a support rider and I like doing it. Working in a good team for a good leader can be more rewarding than winning a race for yourself. That’s Steve Cummings speaking to Procycling Magazine in the…
Thomas Voeckler and Brabantse Pijl 2012
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Just caught this last night on [Cycling.tv][cyc]. Pretty standard race till Thomas Voeckler took off at 32km. By the end of the race he had almost a minute on the group, that is a commanding lead. With 26km left he had 22 seconds on the group, and pulled it to a minute by 16km. Voeckler…
Intel Misses the Point Comparing MacBook Air’s and Ultrabooks
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I don’t plan on making tech a regular topic but this just made me laugh. I don’t yet have a MacBook Air but I’m about 90% sure it will be my next machine (replacing a 2009 MacBook Pro 13″). It’s light and has all the processing power I need for my job. I’m totally sold…
Mobile Devices Should be Convenient for You
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I had a conversation recently with @JRosengard about having your mobile devices notify you of incoming messages. My short version is that I don’t do it. My phone and iPad are there to make my job easier, not so that everyone and their mother can get in touch with me all the time. Harvard Business…
Recapping the Paris Roubaix 2012
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So far this year the Roubaix is my favorite race. I have a soft spot for the classic races anyway and this is the Queen of the Classcis. Outside of the typical crashes there wasn’t really much to say about the race till the 50km mark when Tom Boonen decided it was time to ride…
Missing the Vibe in the Rails Community
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For a while I was involved pretty heavily with the Ruby on Rails community. I did design consulting on a number of application interfaces and some frontend programming. Alas, those days have passed and I’m 100% WordPress and PHP focussed. Now I like WordPress and PHP just fine but one thing I really miss from…
The Most Important Thing to do Each Day
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RELAX, if you don’t take the down time that your body needs then you’re just going to pay for it later. I’m a form believer in taking the time each week to relax or do what you want. For me Friday morning I work on personal projects (usually recording a screencast on WordPress) then take…
Great Writing Tips from a Great Author
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Some great writting tips from one that would know C.S. Lewis. Always try to use the language so as to make quite clear what you mean and make sure your sentence couldn’t mean anything else. Always prefer the plain direct word to the long, vague one. Don’t implement promises, but keep them. Never use abstract…
Sebastian Langeveld and a Spectator’s Bad Decision – 2012 Tour of Flanders
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The lesson is when a bike is traveling 80km+ stay where you are don’t run like a deer in headlights. A totally avoidable crash that kills a season. Now the race organizers could also take a bit more effort to rope off sections where speeds are like this. They can’t barrier a 250km stage but…