Tales from a down-shifted family
- Making the most of modest means
The world is full of Apple rumours, we now know what the iPad actually is and what it can do, but I’ve come across a source of information regarding a Apple event in Aberystwyth. Yep, the sleepy seaside town of Aberystwyth is to host an Apple roadshow! According to a job description on the careers...
Hypercard As a man obsessed with order, data and lists I’ve always had a softspot for databases. Right from the early days using an Apple Mac one of my favourite things to do was create HyperCard stacks and little apps within Hypercard for all sorts of things. I used to make my own financial recording...
I changed the rear tyre on the bike I use on my turbo trainer recently. The bike I use is pretty old. I had it 20 years ago and at the time it was pretty good. Top of the range Reynolds 753 steel frame with Campagnolo groupset, nice wheels and all the trimmings… However by...
My Tacx Flow Turbo Trainer has a built in calibration device allowing it to ensure that workouts you do on it are consistent despite changes to things such as tyre pressure, contact pressure, bike you use etc. Any change to such things would make a difference to the efficiency and could therefore adjust the effort...
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...
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Fixing the Altimeter on my Garmin Forerunner 910XT
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