Tuesday, January 29, 2008

Alcatraz Swimming Events

Alcatraz and San Francisco Bay Area races
Coaching & Private Alcatraz Escorts Gary Emich
Swimming from Alcatraz 2002

Bridge to Bridge 10K Swim 2nd 5/31/2008 Water World Swim
accenture Escape from Alcatraz Triathlon 29th 6/8/2008 Tri-California
Enviro-Sports ALCATRAZ SHARKFEST SWIM 16th 6/28/2008
Swim Around the Rock 2nd 7/12/2008 WWS
Touch Alcatraz n Go 2nd 2008 WWS
Alcatraz100 Swim with the Centurions 6th 7/26/2008 WWS
Alcatraz Challenge Aquathlon & Swim 28th aquathlon, relay, 8/23/2008
EnviroSports ESCAPE FROM THE ROCK Triathlon 28th 8/24/2008
South End Rowing Club's Alcatraz Invitational SERC 13th 9/20/2008

Monday, January 28, 2008

Rain Running

Tips for Running in the Rain

Thursday, January 24, 2008

Extract MP3 from YouTube, Google Video etc.

FLV to AVI Conversion Guide
videohelp FLVExtract

Download, capture, record, and extracting audio sound from streaming flash video

Stream Recorder softwares
URL Snooper to get URL
Orbit Downloader to download streaming media
Real Downloader to save video

unplug for Firefox
VideoDownloader for Firefox
Video DownloadHelper for Firefox

FLV Splitter Gabest Flash Video Splitter
FLV Extract audio or video

mp3DirectCut

ffdshow-tryout can decode both FLV1 and FLV4 (VP6F)

Hacker's Guide to QuickTime

converting to iTunes

Saturday, January 19, 2008

vacuum bottles

1 floz = 29.57353 cc

Tiger Stainless Steel Vacuum Flasks
1.5 liter, Temperature retention (6h/24h) 80/57, not good
1.20 liter, Temperature retention (6h/24h) 78/55, not good
**1.00 liter, Temperature retention (6h/24h) 80/58, MBI A100
*0.80 liter, Temperature retention (6h/24h) 77/51, MBI A080
*0.6 liter, Temperature retention (6h/24h) 75/48 (C), MBJ-C C060, MBJ A06G
*0.5 liter, Temperature retention (6h/24h) 74/48 (C), MSH B050, MSC C050
*0.35 liter, Temperature retention (6h/24h) 70/40 (C), MSC C035

Zojirushi Stainless Steel Vacuum Bottles
SF-CC20, 2.0 liter, Heat Rating 177°F @ 6 hrs. / 143°F @ 24 hrs.
*SJ-SD12, 1.2 liter, Heat Rating 176°F 80°C @ 6 hrs. / 135°F 57°C @ 24 hrs.
SJ-SDE10, SJ-TE10 1.0 liter, 171°F 79°C @ 6 hrs. / 129°F 54°C @ 24 hrs.
*SV-GEE50, 0.5 liter, Heat Rating 167°F 75°C @ 6 hrs. / 117°F 47°C @ 24 hrs.

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Sigg Thermo Bottles Stainless Steel not vacuum insulated? 13oz 8.5oz

Thermos Glass Vacuumware 17, 34 oz, In 1904, two German glass blowers formed Thermos GmbH.
Thermos Element 5 Vacuum Insulated Beverage Bottle 20 oz, TherMax. Keeps hot 24 hours, keeps cold 24 hours.
Thermos Nissan Beverage bottles 16, 26, 34, 61 oz, TherMax

Stanley 16, 35, 64 oz, William Stanley invents the all-steel vacuum bottle in 1913

Friday, January 18, 2008

Tahoe Ski Areas and Kids Programs


ticket,rental 6,3 7,4 8,5 9,6 10,7
Tahoe Donner: $35,$25 7-12 $15,$20 0-6 $0,$20 $70 $85 $85 $85 $100
Donner Ski Ranch: $38,$30 6-12 $10,$20 0-5 $0 $86 $86 $96 $96
$32 $8 non holiday weekdays 11, 12, 1, 2
Soda Springs: $28,$38 0-12 $15,$25 $86 $86 $86
$30 saturday / holidays 12/25-31, 1/19-21, 1/16-23
Boreal: $44,$38 5-12 $12,$25 0-4 $0 $100- $112- $112- $112-
$47
$71 $83 $83 $83


Soda Springs Planet Kids, moving carpet, ages 8 and under. $15 including rental, $25 lesson upgrade, 30 minutes at 11:30am, 1:30pm or 3:30m
Tahoe Donnor age 3-6, 2.5 hours $50, Snowplay Area $10, $5 including sleds

Mt. Rose rosebuds 4-10, 2 hours, $65
Boreal Kids Club Learning Center 4-10 half day $75, Tubing $25, $15

Squaw Valley Kids Snow Cubs 3-4, Snow Sliders 4-6, Junior Mountain Program 7-12, half $113 rental $15
Sugar Bowl Sugar Bears 3-5, Base Camp 4-6, Summit Camp 7-12, 2 hour $90, 5 hour $120, Sledding & Snowplay $5

Lake Tahoe Skiing
Sledding, sleighing, skating: No ski skills needed

Ski Tahoe

Water Bottle - Sigg, Klean Kanteen, Guyot Designs, New Wave Enviro, Nalgene

Aluminum with lining
Sigg

Stainless Steel
Klean Kanteen
Guyot Designs
New Wave Enviro

Polycarbonare (PC)
Nalgene 63mm wide-mouth

Reviews
Buy a Reusable Water Bottle
Message in a Bottle
Reusablebags store - Reusable Bottles

Tuesday, January 15, 2008

e-ink and mirasol

Epaper Technologies Reference Guide

E-paper Electronic Paper

Kobo Aura H2O EInk Carta 6.8" 1430x1080 265 dpi
1. Amazon Kindle 7th, Paperwhite 3rd generation 2015 EInk Carta HD 6" 300ppi $100
2. Barnes Noble Nook Glowlight Plus E-Ink Carta HD 6" 300 ppi
3. Kobo Glo HD EInk Carta HD 6" 1448x1072 300 ppi
Kindle Voyage 2014 EInk Carta HD 6" 300dpi $199 lighter
e-ink products
E INK SHOWS LATEST PRODUCTS AND RESEARCH ADVANCES

Lexar JumpDrive Secure II Plus Secure II software, 512MB - 8GB
Lexar JumpDrive Mercury PowerToGo and Secure II software, 1GB, 2GB
Art Technology Phosphor watch
Motorola Motofone F3
Ambient Devices Weather Wizard not Weather Watcher
Seiko G300

Qualcomm MEMS Technologies IMOD technology, Interferometric Modulation technology, mirasol Display Technology. Bichrome Display
Mirasol Displays Products Inventec V112 Smartphone, Cal-Comp iT-810 handset, G-CORE Mini Caddy, Skullcandy MFM Pro Headphones, Acoustic Research ARWH1 Bluetooth Stereo Headset, Hisense C108 Mobile Phone, KTF Show Care
Monitoring System
Inventec V112 smartphone, Cal-Comp iT810 handset, Hisense C108, Skullcandy MFM Pro Headphones featuring the color mirasol display
Acoustic Research ARWH1 headset
Audiovox Acoustic Research ARWH1
Lubix Mobile Lubix UBHS-PH2 Bluetooth headset
Freestyle mp3 player to use mirasol color mems display

SiPix Microcup

Monday, January 14, 2008

Tiling Window Manager

Keyboard-driven environments open a new window on the desktop
The Comprehensive List of Window Managers for Unix

dwm (2000 lines of c code), window tagging, master and stacking area in a view, tiled and floating layouts, window can have multiple tags, master area fixed across views, cannot resize within stacked area tutorial
echinus wm <- dwm, use Xresources style configuration file
dwm-gtx automatic pointer movement, an additional stacking layout called deck and an improved tile layout
bug.n dwm for Microsoft Windows

wmii (10,000 lines of code, vi) need libixp, has problem under RedHat 7.2, tagged screens of floating and managed layers, columns within a managed layer in equal size, stacked, or maximized modes of application windows, columns and windows can be resized, a window has only 1 tag
Ion Ion3 (required LUA), Ion2 (problem with new LUA), Ion1, tabbed frames, workspace-frame-tab
ratpoison gnu screen emacs, no floating window, frame consists of full-sized windows

larswm 2004 <- 9wm 1996
Stumpwm 2006 (Common Lisp, difficult to run)
awesome (dwm + extension with LUA) needs libconfuse and cairo (pkg-config version >= 0.9)
xmonad (Haskell language, difficult to build) <- dwm

Minimalist Window Manager
PWM tabbing window manager, not tiling
evilwm (no window title) <- aewm (gtk+-2.0) <- 9wm

Small and Useful Window Manager
JWM has problem with RedHat 7.2
Fluxbox
FVWM

Sunday, January 13, 2008

Logic games

The MAJOR FUN Awards - Thinking Games

brain teasers, mind-boggling challenges, and abstract strategy games
Childrens Games - Upper Elementary
Logic Games

Educational Insights Smart Games Kanoodle, North Pole Camoflage, Maze Ways Cat & Mouse, Castle Logix, Safari Undercover, Fire Escape, Zookeeper's Nightmare

ThinkFun Mult-Challenge Strategy Games Thresure Quest, Pete's Pike, Hot Spot, TipOver, River Crossing, Hoppers, Sudoku, Gridworks
Think Fun Brainteasers Raging Rapids, Flip-Side, Amaze, Aha! Brainteaser Classic (Missing T, Pack It In, Loop Trap, Wing It, All Uphill, The Fifth Chair, Pyramid Twins & Double Square), Math Dice, Visual Brainstorms, Izzi
ThinkFun Spatial Reasoning Games Cover Your Tracks, Serpentiles, Top This!, Brick By Brick, Shape By Shape, Block By Block
ThinkFun Gifts for Grown-Ups Rush Hour Deluxe, Subtrax, Fifteen Puzzle, Gordian's Knot, Scrambled Egg, Spin Out, Tangram

Thursday, January 03, 2008

Hydration Systems for Running

Hydration Equipments
Running Times - Sweat Equipment - Essential gear for summer sun + heat


Running Warehouse
Zombie Runner
TriSports
ParagonSports

Belt
Nathan Sports adjustable Booster Belt Race Number Belt Runners Paks
Amphipod RaceLite Go 6"2.5"1" RaceLite Race Number Belt adjustable bib clips AirFlow Lite Endurance
GoLite Zip 5oz/140g, 34in^3/0.5L
Ultimate Direction Belt Sprint 2.oz/71g, Marathon 3.5oz/92g
Fuel Belt Race-Ready Race Number Belt, Gel-Ready

20oz Bottle
Ultimate Direction Bottle with Kicker Valve 20oz 26oz
CamelBak Performance Bottle 22 oz straw
CamelBak Podium Bottle - 21 oz Jet Valve
CamelBak Podium Bottle - 24 oz Jet Valve
CamelBak Podium ChillJacket Bottle - 21 oz Jet Valve
Nathan Tritan Pure Bottles 700mL 500mL 24oz, 17oz
Polarbottle 20oz 24oz insulated
Gel-Bot 3.2oz gel (2.5 packs) 24oz water
Vapur flexible bottle Spout 16oz
Platypus SoftBottle Sport Bottle 0.5L 17oz, 1L 34oz

20oz Bottle Handheld
Ultimate Direction Fastdraw Plus, Extreme
The North Face E50 Bottle Holder Soft-touch bite valve 20oz
Amphipod Handheld Pocket, Hydroform Handheld
NathanSports Thermal Quickdraw, Quickdraw Plus 22oz
GoLite Hydroclutch Specialized Bottle 21oz

20 oz Bottles waist
Ultimate Direction Waist Pack Kicker Valve 20 oz
Amphipod Full-Tilt Series Bottle Pack low profile Hydraform bottle 20oz
Nathan Sports Race/Elite Series 22 oz
FuelBelt Bottle Carrier 22 oz
GoLite with 21 oz Specialized squirt bottle, Hydroclutch, Hydrodash, Hydrosprint, Hydrospeed, Hydroswift, Hydrocruise
The NorthFace Photon Xenon

10 oz Flasks
Amphipod RunLite Hydration Belt 10.5 oz, 8 oz SnapFlask, 4oz SnapGel
FuelBelt 10 oz, 8 oz, 7 oz, 6 oz gel flask
Ultimate Direction Belt 10 oz, 4oz gel flask
Nathan Race/Speed Series 10 oz, 5 oz nutrition flask
Hydropak SoftFlask 5oz 8oz

Waist Bladder
CamelBak FlashFlo 45oz/1.3L, 96 cu in/1.6 L,
*Inov-8 Race Pro 4 200 grams, 4 L including Horizontal Bladder 2 L/67 floz

Hydration pack reviews
*Hydrapak E-Lite Vest 1L 5.6oz 9.9oz, front pockets
*Nathan Minimist  1.5L slideseal, 6.5oz, 300in^3, 5L, front pockets
*GoLite Race Sleeve 3L compatible, 8oz, 305in^3 5L + Hydrapak Reversible Elite Reservoir with Shape-Shift Technology
*Nathan HPL 020 2L slideseal, weight 10oz, filter compatible, 400 in^3, 6.55L, front pockets
The North Face Enduro Pack 2L 10oz, 336 in^3, 5L
Salomon XT Skin Pro 3 Set 1.5L 10.6oz, 184 in^3, 3L, front pockets
CamelBak Marathoner 2L 12.7oz, no storage, front pockets
Inov-8 Race Pac 4 2L 11.3oz, 244in^3, 4L
Gregory Diablo 16oz 320 cu.in/5.5L, front pockets
Ultimate Direction Stinger 2L 17oz 220in^3
CamelBak Ultra LR Vest 2L 18.4oz 200in^3, front pockets hold bottles
Ultimate Direction Wasp 2L 21oz 390in^3, front pockets
FuelBelt Altitude Pack 1L
Nalgene Hydration antimicrobial Aquaguard reservoir (1.5, 2, 3L)
Deuter Hydration Race/Cycling
High Sierra Hydration Collection

Clip
Amphipod Micropock
Fuel Belt Ripstop Pocket Grip Clip
Ultimate Direction Side Kick Clip-on
Nathan Sports Sidekick