So far this is the most wicked TV listings webpage I have come across. Do the setup, let it load, then be amazed. It has drag capability like Google maps! Soooo, cool.
via Download Squad
Trainer Movies
Rode the trainer again today. The past week Victoria has had some strange weather which included hail, rain, cold temps, and snow. I opted to do the trainer, and not the road for that reason. Today was looking better than the rest of the week, but not good enough.
I rode to a different DVD today. NSX 8 Cease and Desist. Nice change. I am going to try and cycle through a bunch of movies I have. It is pretty cool to see some of the older movies.
I did a 3 minute warm up, then a 38 minute ride with a 3 minute cool down at the end. I think that is a little less than last week, but that is OK.
I’m thinking more about getting a new bike computer for my road bike. I think I want to get one with a cadence meter. This will allow me to, in conjunction with the HRM, to ensure I keep up the effort. I quite often slowly slack off, little by little until I finally do notice it.
Weekend Challenge
Last weekend I brought out the lightbox again, and put in it an old Yashica camera and a cool flower from one of our few remaining plants. Shooting in the lightbox is quite a challenge. I think I need to work on the box a little more to try to hide the seams better, but for the most part I can photoshop them out. The rest of the pics are here.
Happy Happiest
Happy Birthday my son, you turn 1 year old today!
1 year ago was the hardest, and happiest day of my life. I love you very, very much.
Specially Raised
No, Yoshi is not allowed to sleep on the futon. Specially when it is a bed. Specially when there is a nice duvet on it. Specially when we are home.
I found him like this recently. What did he do when I found him? He raised his head, looked at me, then plunked his head back down and tried to go back to sleep.
Workout HRM
I was on the trainer again today. I was originally going to go for a mountain bike ride, but I really wasn’t feeling into it today. It is a little chilly outside, and the weather was looking a little spotty. Not sure why I am such a woos these days, but there I am.
I popped in the latest Kranked DVD, turned up the sound, and started pedalling. I bumped up my pedalling time a few minutes over last workout which meant I went the length of the DVD. Next time I might need to find a longer show.
I also replaced the battery in my HRM before starting, which meant I was better able to watch my heart rate, and was able to prevent myself from slacking too much. When I get into a rythm, it is very ease to slowly back off the effort without realizing it. When I notice my heart rate has dropped 10 bpm, then I know to pick up the pace a bit.
I worked up a great sweat today, and now I am replenishing my lost fluids.
LOTD – R2D2 Trashcan
Flaws Banished
Yoshi and Aphro. 2 Perfect pets with flaws, but tons of personality.
No, he is not allowed to be sleeping there. He snuck up there while Sox, Sprout, and I were downstairs playing. He was actually banished to the upstairs for being a pest.
Organizing Impossible
I have been looking for some software for organizing my pictures for quite a while. There is a features set I have in mind for this software, and it seems impossible to find.
- tagging
- show which tags I have already used
- tagging auto complete
- tagging information stored in an open format (XML)
- archiving pictures to DVD
- ideally NO picture manipulation (no resizing or retouching)
- ideally open source software
- works with my existing pictures folder hierarchy
I have been following this LifeHacker article on that very topic. I am currently using the YYY-MM-DD-Topic folder hierarchy that a lot of the commenters say they use. I really want better searching capabilities though, so software is needed.
I don’t like Picasa. Memory Miner sounds cool , but there is no windows version yet (I am hopefully on the mailing list for the windows Beta).
ACDSee is heavy duty, but maybe ACDSee Viewer will work – more investigation needed.
Pixvue is now abandonware.
Adobe Photoshope Elements
Corel Snapfire – UI sucks
This guy talks about IMatch. I might download that and try it but $59.95 USD? That is a little pricey for me.
There are lots of things to investigate, but I still feel like whatever I find isn’t exactly what I am looking for.
Downstairs Food
For the last few months we have had Aphro’s food and water in our bedroom, and her litter upstairs. This was due to the rat problem downstairs. Now that the rats appear to have been dealt with, we put her litter back downstairs.
Then the problems started. Apparently she got lazy. Or maybe she is mad. Maybe she was just confused. In any case, Aphro has begun to pee on my clothes, and has pooped in our office closet. How do you motivate a car to walk downstairs to use the litter instead of my clothing?
The topper was yesterdays vet visit. It was Aphro’s regular yearly visit. The vet complimented her teeth and said they were in excellent health, and had very little plaque and no gingivitis. The TD food does work! However, the vet also mentioned that Aphro is overweight. Other than that, she is in excellent health.
To help with weight problem, we moved her food and water back downstairs near the litter. Hopefully she will now remember to use the litter, and that by having the food down there she will get more exercise and/or eat less food.
I am tired of having peed on clothing. Yeuck.