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SEA layover

jogging, places

A local airport jog through Tukwilla starts and ends with the mother of all hills. At least 3/4 mile is too steep to run and it becomes a hike instead. 7.1 miles hilly

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Web 2.0

computers

Legacy software applications such as the Microsoft Office are about to go obsolete. AJAX, RSS and other new programing techniques have made it possible to provide online document creation with web based applications. If you use Google’s Gmail than you’ve already experienced AJAX, which is used for spell check and contact addressing. Google Maps, another instance. Delay or lag is significantly reduced as you click and drag map objects in your browser. Internet connectivity allows for seamless publishing (public or private), the emailing of, blogging and or news feed syndication of documents. Now add the biggest plus inherent in this online scheme: collaboration. Writely is a striking feature rich adaptation handling WORD type documents. Backpack is an idea for a very slick personal organizer. You no longer have to own the desktop app or keep buying the upgrades. The traditional $oftware model is about to undergo a transformation.

BOS layover

jogging, places

The idea was to jog to Deer Island by way of Winthrop, MA but a missed turn on the return route put me in East Boston. Using the Sun and a sense of direction I chose a DR course which luckily allowed my return — before I expired. The intended path cruises Suffolk Downs Race Track, Short Beach, and Crystal Cove. Distance: 9.2 mi. Mostly level except for some gentle rises.

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world domination

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Another score as prolific Google rolls out yet another useful free beta download. The Google VPN client offers a layer of security to those of us surfing the net with easy to snoop WiFi. All of the up and down bits and bytes are encrypted and flow through cyberspace via Google Servers as described thusly. Not that there isn’t a lock that can’t be picked… We trust that the mothership won’t mine our data ;-0

Other Google hits:Gmail Picasa Earth Talk

BOS layover

jogging, places

Not a place that I aspire to it but Revere Beach does have the ocean view on the one side so it does have merit. I saw many scrappy, rough looking retirees, some with Florida quality tans getting their sunshine worship. I can’t report on the sand as a running surface but the blvd sidewalk is ultra wide. From hotel to turn back point: 6.4 mi and flat.

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JAX layover

jogging, places

Smooth running in the Jacksonville Tradeport. The infrastructure is in place for a planned office business park/industrial development. But until the building phase commences a perimeter view of natural wooded area is a superior. No cars mixing it up neither. The trace route loop is 5.9 miles of wide sweeping blvds.

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first test run

computers, jogging

With an expanding podcast directory and not enough idle time, I borrowed B.O.U.R.Girl’s iRiver and a pair of cast off headphones. Unwilling to dull the senses I’ve always taken my exercise without props. Breaking with this tradition I tuned into TWIT episode 22 and went for a jog. This mp3 player, mounted to an armband holder is unobtrusive. The dangling cable is a slight distraction while the earbud pieces do tend to produce mechanical noise of howling wind if there happens to be a breeze. Another initial bug was the less forgiving problem of having sweat rivlets rolling down the temple and onto the ear piece. The left one plugged up / shorted out at about the 4 mile mark! More testing is in order. I’m sure that an ideal setup will be found because the audio is a nice brain diversion from the pain – gain thing.

Here is a useful podcast source: NPR. Talk radio is back baby! Think what your VCR (PVR) does for your TV viewing experience. Podcasting is audio on your schedule.