Thomas Hawk's Digital Connection: I Started a $2 Portraits Group on Flickr
What an outstanding idea.
Sunday, August 31, 2008
Friday, August 29, 2008
Ferrari Wagon
Ferrambo up for sale - Autoblog
This may be the coolest car I've ever seen.
Only thing missing is a rack.
This may be the coolest car I've ever seen.
Only thing missing is a rack.
Thursday, August 28, 2008
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Oh please.
It's not about who is going to make history by being the first to be elected president. It's about who the people (and that means the majority of people who vote*) think is best to lead the country for the next four years.
So if your preferred candidate didn't win, stop whining, suck it up, and try again next election cycle. We don't care how you feel. Or how close it felt, or how potentially significant it might have been. It wasn't. Deal.
Jesus, people. Get a brain, morans.**
*people in the electoral college
** this picture should help.
So if your preferred candidate didn't win, stop whining, suck it up, and try again next election cycle. We don't care how you feel. Or how close it felt, or how potentially significant it might have been. It wasn't. Deal.
Jesus, people. Get a brain, morans.**
*people in the electoral college
** this picture should help.
Sunday, August 24, 2008
Crossfit 2008-08-24
For time:
Run 800 meters : 4:07.70
95 pound Shoulder press, 21 reps : 4:09.34
Run 800 meters : 4:23..07
95 pound Push press, 21 reps : 1:49.47
Run 800 meters : 4:25.22
95 pound Push Jerk, 21 reps : 1:58.62
All runs done on treadmill at 2% grade. Takes a while to get spun up. Runs done at 8:00 pace.
Felt good. Push press 95lb x 21 is hard for me. Started out doing sets of 4, then 3's, then down to 2's for the remainder.
Run 800 meters : 4:07.70
95 pound Shoulder press, 21 reps : 4:09.34
Run 800 meters : 4:23..07
95 pound Push press, 21 reps : 1:49.47
Run 800 meters : 4:25.22
95 pound Push Jerk, 21 reps : 1:58.62
All runs done on treadmill at 2% grade. Takes a while to get spun up. Runs done at 8:00 pace.
Felt good. Push press 95lb x 21 is hard for me. Started out doing sets of 4, then 3's, then down to 2's for the remainder.
Friday, August 22, 2008
CrossFit: Forging Elite Fitness: Friday 080822
CrossFit: Forging Elite Fitness: Friday 080822
"Angie"
For time:
100 Pull-ups
100 Push-ups
100 Sit-ups
100 Squats
...
22:25.88. Off PR by about 1:15. Better than last time by 7:00.
Pull-ups slower than PR, pushups slower than PR. New PR for situps and squats.
This is a good one. Happy to be back to almost the same level as before Owen was born. I really used my legs for the pullups, and was on track for record pace at the halfway point, but then fatigue set in and the pace slipped a bit.
Pullups- sets of 5. Pushups- sets of 5 then however I could get them (4:3:3). Situps 50:10:10:10:10:10. Squats 75:25 or so.
"Angie"
For time:
100 Pull-ups
100 Push-ups
100 Sit-ups
100 Squats
...
22:25.88. Off PR by about 1:15. Better than last time by 7:00.
Pull-ups slower than PR, pushups slower than PR. New PR for situps and squats.
This is a good one. Happy to be back to almost the same level as before Owen was born. I really used my legs for the pullups, and was on track for record pace at the halfway point, but then fatigue set in and the pace slipped a bit.
Pullups- sets of 5. Pushups- sets of 5 then however I could get them (4:3:3). Situps 50:10:10:10:10:10. Squats 75:25 or so.
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Recent Crossfit Progress
Shoulder press: 130lbs
Back Squat: 310lbs
Deadlift PR: 420lbs
CF total: 860lbs
...
Deadlift 7x1:
315
365
385
405
405
405
405
Helen:
Run 400m
55lb dumbbell swing x 21
12 pullups
11:50 (PR is 11:30 or so)
Must work on pullups when my hands aren't so shredded. They are still my weak link.
Back Squat: 310lbs
Deadlift PR: 420lbs
CF total: 860lbs
...
Deadlift 7x1:
315
365
385
405
405
405
405
Helen:
Run 400m
55lb dumbbell swing x 21
12 pullups
11:50 (PR is 11:30 or so)
Must work on pullups when my hands aren't so shredded. They are still my weak link.
Sunday, August 03, 2008
Out
In more ways than one.
Had a gnarly knee tweak on Friday during lunchtime soccer. Muy painful. I said "Aaaa!" like I meant it, and fell down. I was twisting and driving, and let my left knee drop too far to the inside. Something went, and I went down.
It's feeling much better now. I got a nice bike ride in with Megan on Saturday, and we did some walking in Duluth on Sunday, which helped.
No CF since rolling over in bed has been a challenge, so I can't imagine doing deadlifts or running. I'm going to take this week off and hit it hard again next weekend.
Off to Sturgis on Monday, so I'll be a little out of touch. Nothing like riding a fully loaded bike for 14 hours to work the kinks out of your knees.
I will take lots of pictures. You know me. :)
Had a gnarly knee tweak on Friday during lunchtime soccer. Muy painful. I said "Aaaa!" like I meant it, and fell down. I was twisting and driving, and let my left knee drop too far to the inside. Something went, and I went down.
It's feeling much better now. I got a nice bike ride in with Megan on Saturday, and we did some walking in Duluth on Sunday, which helped.
No CF since rolling over in bed has been a challenge, so I can't imagine doing deadlifts or running. I'm going to take this week off and hit it hard again next weekend.
Off to Sturgis on Monday, so I'll be a little out of touch. Nothing like riding a fully loaded bike for 14 hours to work the kinks out of your knees.
I will take lots of pictures. You know me. :)
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Helen
5-a-side soccer at lunch for 40 minutes. Brutally hot and humid, but with 5 per side it was easier (usually we play with 4, or 3 and a roaming goalie.)
3 rounds for time:
Run 400m
21 Kettlebell swings @ 55lb (sub 55lb dumbbell swings)
12 pullups
Time: 11:32.68
32 seconds faster than PR set on 20080101, and a couple of minutes faster than in March.
I got stuck within 20 seconds of 12:00 for about 6 months last year. Every time I'd do this workout, I'd give it my all. Once I finished within a second of my previous time. Consistency is good, but it's nice to be making gains again.
That's a bunch of PR's for me in the last 2 weeks. I'm happy with that.
Don't get down, Joanne: What matters is your time compared to your previous times.
3 rounds for time:
Run 400m
21 Kettlebell swings @ 55lb (sub 55lb dumbbell swings)
12 pullups
Time: 11:32.68
32 seconds faster than PR set on 20080101, and a couple of minutes faster than in March.
I got stuck within 20 seconds of 12:00 for about 6 months last year. Every time I'd do this workout, I'd give it my all. Once I finished within a second of my previous time. Consistency is good, but it's nice to be making gains again.
That's a bunch of PR's for me in the last 2 weeks. I'm happy with that.
Don't get down, Joanne: What matters is your time compared to your previous times.
Monday, July 28, 2008
Crossfit and new website
First of all, I'm launching my photo website:
www.jholroyd.com
Things are very much in their infancy. The selection of photos is limited (just some random stuff I grabbed off my hard drive), and not representative. Expect things to change as I get time to organize. Lightroom says I have almost 40,000 photos. I filled another hard drive. Half a terabyte here I come...
Yes, Joanne, I'm wading through the learning curve on Lightroom. Very cool stuff.
At some point, you'll be able to order prints of my work, but I have some figuring to do on how to turn that feature on and get it working properly.
Crossfit:
Crossfit Total.
Rode to gym on the commuter bike. It felt good, even though it was about 85 degrees with 99 percent humidity.
Push press: 130 pounds (new PR!) This was tough. I've been stuck at 125 forever, and I've tried 135 a few times but always stalled out. I wavered quite a bit, but managed to get the weight all the way up.
Back Squat: 305 pounds (tied with my PR.) It felt so easy that I went for 325 and failed. Should have gone for a 310 or 315. Oh well.
Deadlift: 415 pounds (tied old PR that I haven't hit in over a year, and with much better form.)
Overall, my total weight went from 835 on 20080709 to 850! Woohoo! I'f I'd been a bit smarter, I could have done 860, I think. It's nice to see all the hard work paying off. That number hasn't moved upwards in a long time. Feels good to be making gains again.
...and it looks like it's Helen tomorrow! Sweet! Running, dumbbell swings, and pullups. I've finished this one 4 or 5 times with the same time within seconds. Time to move the bar.
www.jholroyd.com
Things are very much in their infancy. The selection of photos is limited (just some random stuff I grabbed off my hard drive), and not representative. Expect things to change as I get time to organize. Lightroom says I have almost 40,000 photos. I filled another hard drive. Half a terabyte here I come...
Yes, Joanne, I'm wading through the learning curve on Lightroom. Very cool stuff.
At some point, you'll be able to order prints of my work, but I have some figuring to do on how to turn that feature on and get it working properly.
Crossfit:
Crossfit Total.
Rode to gym on the commuter bike. It felt good, even though it was about 85 degrees with 99 percent humidity.
Push press: 130 pounds (new PR!) This was tough. I've been stuck at 125 forever, and I've tried 135 a few times but always stalled out. I wavered quite a bit, but managed to get the weight all the way up.
Back Squat: 305 pounds (tied with my PR.) It felt so easy that I went for 325 and failed. Should have gone for a 310 or 315. Oh well.
Deadlift: 415 pounds (tied old PR that I haven't hit in over a year, and with much better form.)
Overall, my total weight went from 835 on 20080709 to 850! Woohoo! I'f I'd been a bit smarter, I could have done 860, I think. It's nice to see all the hard work paying off. That number hasn't moved upwards in a long time. Feels good to be making gains again.
...and it looks like it's Helen tomorrow! Sweet! Running, dumbbell swings, and pullups. I've finished this one 4 or 5 times with the same time within seconds. Time to move the bar.
Friday, July 25, 2008
Crossfit 20080724
Fran
21,15,9 of
95 lb thrusters
Pullups
7:07.80
39.2 seconds faster than PR set on 200081117
New PR.
w00t!
21,15,9 of
95 lb thrusters
Pullups
7:07.80
39.2 seconds faster than PR set on 200081117
New PR.
w00t!
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Crossfit 7-23-08
Soccer at lunch, 40 minutes. Took a soccer ball to the left eye. Minor vision loss in low-light situations.
Little voices inside my head still telling me "buy more cameras." Trying to ignore them.
Catchup day, as yesterday was:
Filthy 50 in 31:47 or so. About 5 minutes faster than last time, and a PR by about 4 minutes. Happy with that.
Today:
Row 2k
Goal: 7 minutes (1:45 pace)
Actual: 7:17 (1:49 or so pace)
Push Jerk 5x3
3x95
3x115
3x135
3x155
3x165
Could have gone harder, but legs a little tired from soccer and the brutal group ride on Saturday with the happy sadists from the Bikery (our new coffee shop in Stillwater, which rocks.)
Little voices inside my head still telling me "buy more cameras." Trying to ignore them.
Catchup day, as yesterday was:
Filthy 50 in 31:47 or so. About 5 minutes faster than last time, and a PR by about 4 minutes. Happy with that.
Today:
Row 2k
Goal: 7 minutes (1:45 pace)
Actual: 7:17 (1:49 or so pace)
Push Jerk 5x3
3x95
3x115
3x135
3x155
3x165
Could have gone harder, but legs a little tired from soccer and the brutal group ride on Saturday with the happy sadists from the Bikery (our new coffee shop in Stillwater, which rocks.)
Wednesday, July 02, 2008
Crossfit-20080702
Five rounds for time of:
135 pound Deadlift, 15 reps
135 pound Hang power clean, 12 reps
135 pound Front Squat, 9 reps
135 pound Push Jerk, 6 reps
Humbling. Started strong and went downhill from there. Something tweaked on my first round of front squats, but I soldiered through it.
34 minutes and change. Lots of resting. Form was pretty good though. I just gassed heavily, which is understandable given the relative paucity of metabolic conditioning I've had in the last couple of years. Marathons are a bad habit for Crossfit.
My hands are highly abraded.
On a positive note: My 1991 Kawasaki EX-500 turned over and ran for the first time in 5+ years. It's been a multi-year project, and I've finally got around to finishing it. The paint on the tank and tail section is complete, but I think I need one more round of wet sanding and paint on the fairing.
It will be up for sale soon, for around a grand. I want to get some commuting miles on it for a while to make sure it's in a condition I'd feel good about selling it.
Plus, when you have something that gets 49 mpg and does 0-60 in 3.7 seconds, you kinda have to enjoy it. I love this bike, but I just don't have the room to keep it anymore.
135 pound Deadlift, 15 reps
135 pound Hang power clean, 12 reps
135 pound Front Squat, 9 reps
135 pound Push Jerk, 6 reps
Humbling. Started strong and went downhill from there. Something tweaked on my first round of front squats, but I soldiered through it.
34 minutes and change. Lots of resting. Form was pretty good though. I just gassed heavily, which is understandable given the relative paucity of metabolic conditioning I've had in the last couple of years. Marathons are a bad habit for Crossfit.
My hands are highly abraded.
On a positive note: My 1991 Kawasaki EX-500 turned over and ran for the first time in 5+ years. It's been a multi-year project, and I've finally got around to finishing it. The paint on the tank and tail section is complete, but I think I need one more round of wet sanding and paint on the fairing.
It will be up for sale soon, for around a grand. I want to get some commuting miles on it for a while to make sure it's in a condition I'd feel good about selling it.
Plus, when you have something that gets 49 mpg and does 0-60 in 3.7 seconds, you kinda have to enjoy it. I love this bike, but I just don't have the room to keep it anymore.
Gun Camera Adds Graffiti to Other People's Photos | Gadget Lab from Wired.com
Gun Camera Adds Graffiti to Other People's Photos | Gadget Lab from Wired.com
Hmm. I had this exact same idea about two months ago as I was flying back from Detroit. Although my plan was to use my Bronica medium format gear and a specially modified film back to do the projecting.
Awesome.
Hmm. I had this exact same idea about two months ago as I was flying back from Detroit. Although my plan was to use my Bronica medium format gear and a specially modified film back to do the projecting.
Awesome.
CrossFit: Forging Elite Fitness: Tuesday 080701
CrossFit: Forging Elite Fitness: Tuesday 080701
Shoulder press 1-1-1-1-1 reps
50,100,110,120,130(fail)
Push press 3-3-3-3-3 reps
100,110,120,130,140 (PR by 5)
Push Jerk 5-5-5-5-5 reps
100,110,120,130,140 (PR by 5)
Run home 2.43 miles in 19:56.97. PR by 4:00. Pace: 8:13
Course is a bit hilly, but there's an overall elevation drop from the gym to here. Legs felt a bit sore at the beginning, but it worked itself out. I did some walking in a couple of spots.
Plan is to keep doing this run, either as an out-and-back with a workout in between, or as a one-way deal. I plan to do it at the beginning and end of a Crossfit cycle (Days 1 and 3, with day 4 being the rest.)
We'll see how it goes.
I'd like to break 1:25 on the Lumberjack Days 10- miler. I need to break 18:35 on this run in order to do that, then hold onto a similar pace for over an hour.
Shoulder press 1-1-1-1-1 reps
50,100,110,120,130(fail)
Push press 3-3-3-3-3 reps
100,110,120,130,140 (PR by 5)
Push Jerk 5-5-5-5-5 reps
100,110,120,130,140 (PR by 5)
Run home 2.43 miles in 19:56.97. PR by 4:00. Pace: 8:13
Course is a bit hilly, but there's an overall elevation drop from the gym to here. Legs felt a bit sore at the beginning, but it worked itself out. I did some walking in a couple of spots.
Plan is to keep doing this run, either as an out-and-back with a workout in between, or as a one-way deal. I plan to do it at the beginning and end of a Crossfit cycle (Days 1 and 3, with day 4 being the rest.)
We'll see how it goes.
I'd like to break 1:25 on the Lumberjack Days 10- miler. I need to break 18:35 on this run in order to do that, then hold onto a similar pace for over an hour.
Monday, June 30, 2008
Friday, April 04, 2008
Monday, March 31, 2008
F#@!$ing Itunes!
Okay, so I've been fighting with Itunes lately. By fighting, I mean cursing it blue and calling the ancestry of most of the programming team responsible for the program into question. Needless to say, this hasn't helped (much), save for making me feel slightly better.
But only slightly, because my problem has been annoyingly, vexingly persistent. Here's what happened. I've been on a film photography kick lately. See here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cavebat/sets/72157604091076090/
I've even pulled out my Canon 35mm and started carrying it loaded with black & white film. You never know what you'll find.
Anyway, so I got a kick-ass scanner (Epson Perfection V700 Photo) and the decent negative carriers, and have been having a wonderful time developing, scanning, printing, etc.
However, it quickly became apparent that my office is way too dusty to do a good job scanning negatives. Looking around, it's easy to see why. Clutter. Disorganization. General symptoms of being an ENFP, and the sort of thing I don't normally notice. But I do notice crap on my negatives, so the clutter had to go.
Part of the process involved cleaning out our CD collection and ripping it in iTunes. Since both film scanning and ripping CD's require large amounts of time in front of the computer, it was a perfect fit. My computer had the grunt to handle both chores without missing a beat, and life was good. Plus, I got to go through the entire music collection and discover some real treats.
...and some not-so-treats. I drew the line at ripping Celine Dion. Because, well, you never know when it will come through the party rotation. It's like putting landmines in the back yard then playing croquet. Kind of kills the mood. XKCD obviously agrees:
So I'm ripping and scanning away happily, and the computer is quite happy. I'm quite happy with it, and life is good.
Until four days ago. Then I get the Itunes stutter problem. This makes the computer damned near unusable (CPU pegged at 100%, mouse not happy, that sort of thing). I blame the recent Norton upgrade. Try turning it off for a bit. No help. Do some research, try everything I can find, including downgrading back two major revisions of Itunes (7.6->7.5->7.4). No go diggie die. (to understand this, listen to the song "Mr Egyptian" by Jon Wayne, on the album Texas Funeral.)
Nothing works. Nothing anybody else has said has helped. So I try different things, culminating in the thing that finally worked.
I put another CD drive in my computer. I had one lying around in an old Dell. It fit, and fired right up... and ripped CD's at the same speed the original DVD reader/writer/label maker/coffee maker did before it slowed down.
The only thing I can think is that some of the dust (remember what started this whole endeavor?) got into the gubbins and mucked up the inner workings of the DVD drive. It was working, but was having to look past thick clumps of dog hair and other nastiness, and could only muster 3-4x, instead of the 12-16x it should have been able to achieve.
So, if you've exhausted all the software options, no matter how remote you think the possibility might be, check the hardware. It is occasionally at fault. I hope this helps somebody.
Now, I'm lusting after one of these:
http://www.dyson.com/store/product.asp?product=DC16-SY-STD
Oh, and sorry I ever doubted you, Apple and Steve. ...and sorry to all the hardworking Apple programmers that I accused of having uncertain genetic provenance.
But only slightly, because my problem has been annoyingly, vexingly persistent. Here's what happened. I've been on a film photography kick lately. See here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cavebat/sets/72157604091076090/
I've even pulled out my Canon 35mm and started carrying it loaded with black & white film. You never know what you'll find.
Anyway, so I got a kick-ass scanner (Epson Perfection V700 Photo) and the decent negative carriers, and have been having a wonderful time developing, scanning, printing, etc.
However, it quickly became apparent that my office is way too dusty to do a good job scanning negatives. Looking around, it's easy to see why. Clutter. Disorganization. General symptoms of being an ENFP, and the sort of thing I don't normally notice. But I do notice crap on my negatives, so the clutter had to go.
Part of the process involved cleaning out our CD collection and ripping it in iTunes. Since both film scanning and ripping CD's require large amounts of time in front of the computer, it was a perfect fit. My computer had the grunt to handle both chores without missing a beat, and life was good. Plus, I got to go through the entire music collection and discover some real treats.
...and some not-so-treats. I drew the line at ripping Celine Dion. Because, well, you never know when it will come through the party rotation. It's like putting landmines in the back yard then playing croquet. Kind of kills the mood. XKCD obviously agrees:
So I'm ripping and scanning away happily, and the computer is quite happy. I'm quite happy with it, and life is good.
Until four days ago. Then I get the Itunes stutter problem. This makes the computer damned near unusable (CPU pegged at 100%, mouse not happy, that sort of thing). I blame the recent Norton upgrade. Try turning it off for a bit. No help. Do some research, try everything I can find, including downgrading back two major revisions of Itunes (7.6->7.5->7.4). No go diggie die. (to understand this, listen to the song "Mr Egyptian" by Jon Wayne, on the album Texas Funeral.)
Nothing works. Nothing anybody else has said has helped. So I try different things, culminating in the thing that finally worked.
I put another CD drive in my computer. I had one lying around in an old Dell. It fit, and fired right up... and ripped CD's at the same speed the original DVD reader/writer/label maker/coffee maker did before it slowed down.
The only thing I can think is that some of the dust (remember what started this whole endeavor?) got into the gubbins and mucked up the inner workings of the DVD drive. It was working, but was having to look past thick clumps of dog hair and other nastiness, and could only muster 3-4x, instead of the 12-16x it should have been able to achieve.
So, if you've exhausted all the software options, no matter how remote you think the possibility might be, check the hardware. It is occasionally at fault. I hope this helps somebody.
Now, I'm lusting after one of these:
http://www.dyson.com/store/product.asp?product=DC16-SY-STD
Oh, and sorry I ever doubted you, Apple and Steve. ...and sorry to all the hardworking Apple programmers that I accused of having uncertain genetic provenance.
Sunday, March 16, 2008
View from the Tundra (Minneapolis in photos)
View from the Tundra (Minneapolis in photos)
This is the website of an awesome local photographer. His are the best HDR's I've seen yet.
This is the website of an awesome local photographer. His are the best HDR's I've seen yet.
Friday, March 07, 2008
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