Tales from a down-shifted family
- Making the most of modest means
I’ve always wanted to do Yoga or Tai Chi or something similar to help with my overall flexibility, but I’ve never quite had the nerve to actually do it. Don’t get me wrong, I have nothing against spending time in a room with lithe, supple, leotard clad girls, but I’m not so sure what they...
I’ve just done another of my 1 minute interval sessions on the turbo trainer and I think I’m finding my limit. The session involves a 10 minute warm up and then 7 repetitions of: 1 minute hard 1 minute recovery Followed by a warm down. The first time I did it I did the hard...
Within the pages of this weblog I often mention gadgets that bring together fitness and geekery. Heart rate monitors and GPS devices, fitness training software, Virtual Reality Turbo Trainers and such like. I like them. I like having such gadgets and I also extol the value of such devices. Not only do they allow me...
My new iMac came with Apple’s latest mouse, the ‘Magic Mouse’. Not a great name, but then the previous incarnation of the Apple mouse, the ‘Mighty Mouse’, didn’t have a great name either. IN fact Apple haven’t really had a good history as far as mice goes. Not so Mighty The Mighty Mouse was OK,...
As mentioned the other day, we had a Nintendo Wii for Christmas. As well as enjoying the games we’ve been using its other features too. Anna got to try out the BBC iPlayer feature last night. We’d played with this functionality before but hadn’t used it properly. Adding BBC iPlayer as a channel on the...
Exercise is a funny thing. Some of us hate it, some of us can’t get enough of it. It’ll soon be the New Year and people all over will be making plans to do more of it. If your New Year’s Resolution is to get fit, what’s the secret and how do you stick with...
One of the compelling reasons for upgrading my computer was that my old one didn’t work with any of the offsite ‘cloud’ backup systems out there. Onsite Backups I’m a bit paranoid and go over the top with backups, but you can never be too careful. I have several onsite backups on external firewire drives...
I finally got around to setting up my new iMac on Wednesday. A new computer had been on the cards for a while as mine was 5-6 years old and I do use it everyday in a professional capacity as a freelance website designer. I’ve always been a Mac user, starting way back with a...
I’m feeling a little fitter at last so thought I would have a go at a proper interval session on the turbo trainer this morning. I had some sample workouts from Jon following my various fitness tests and lab rat sessions at the Sports and Exercise Science Department in the University so had something to...
You know you’ve spent too much money for one day when your credit card company phone you up to check that the purchases made with your card were actually made by you and that your card hasn’t been stolen. Its good that they do it and that they are on the ball. We’ve had it...
Fitness / Technology / Triathlon
Fixing the Altimeter on my Garmin Forerunner 910XT
Monday, March 17th, 2014
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