Walked a slow 7.64 miles in 92 degree weather with a heat index of 95 degrees Fahrenheit. I started late but had a pretty relaxed afternoon. I put a duffel bag on my back and filled it with some of my stacks of 2010 magazines and burned through 10 of them today. Got a lot of sun, sweated a lot, and stopped at a gas station to pick up a couple large bottles of Gatorade — a crappy Melon flavor, thinking it was Orange. Feel good though and promised myself that when I catch up with all the magazines to-date, I will start trying to run! Wish me luck! Via Jockular Athletic Blog
Daily Archives: 18/07/2010
Nora Ephron Mocks The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Nora Ephron Mocks The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. I fricking love love love the New Yorker!
Love & Appreciate the Northern Virginia Trail System
I try to spend as much time on these Northern Virginia trails for biking, skating, running, and walking, as much as possible as a rider and walker and soon-to-be-runner.
Right now I fill my Filson Small Duffle with magazines and just spend 2-4 hours walking and reading and walking and reading and then generally stop at a gas station or convenience store for a couple Gatorades.
It gets rid of all the mags that have been collecting while I travel without either vegging on the couch or anchoring myself to a machine at the gym.
I am live-blogging this so I am in fact actually out on the trail right now! W00t!
Bristol Blenheim 4S
I have been looking around and discovered that there is also a newer Bristol Blenheim 4, in this case the Blenheim 4S coupé.
This is a gorgeous photo of what is a lovely car with lines and design cues that remind me of all of my favorite cars from the 80s and 90s with a very fresh and new simplicity.
And I have to admit that I am a sucker for proper, executive, classical coupés. The 6-series used to offer that because it became too sporty and the CL was perfect for that until it started getting too fancy and a little vulgar.
This is a perfect car; and, after reading all about the vehicle, it seems to routinely last gladly for 300,000 plus miles and becomes an everyday driver for generations. I am pleasantly amazed that the Bristol Car still exists.
According to these photos on Flickr:
“Car number one of the series ‘S’ specification with LPG. Whilst superficially similar to the earlier Blenheim models, every panel on the 4 has been changed with the roof canted in by a further four inches on each side and smoothing and shaping of all panels. The all aluminium body was shaped on an english wheel wit kevlar front and rear ends. Connelly Leather interior with walnut and wilton. This photo was taken on May 21, 2009 using a Nikon D300. “
New Digg Shows There's Fight Left at Digg.com
While I consider New digg to be rather too slow in the game, having launched its new model well after people have moved on to Facebook & Twitter, I do really want to love digg for the Cult of Kevin Rose as well as for all the good things that Revision 3 has brought to the world of Web 2.0, podcasting, and online video.
We’ll see what happens but it looks like they have taken their innovative blend of community and attention data and have added a big dollop of Facebook, Twitter, and StumbleUpon and have rolled it into something that has a mighty pretty interface. We’ll see if it catches on. We’ll see if my clients ever ask for it as they have really stopped asking me for social bookmarking services.
Actually, digg is pretty smart because the real reason I am writing all of this is because I need to validate and claim my feed on the new digg by pasting this in here:
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