Thu
Sep 18
12:03pm
Thought -
Why do people walk so freakin slowly in the CBD?
Tue
Sep 16
2:02pm
links for 2008-09-15
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Solid list of Wordpress resources.
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Good collection of sites that use large backgrounds
Mon
Sep 15
10:22am
Melbourne vs. Sydney
In your face, Sydneysiders
You always knew it, but now your own paper is reporting it.
Sat
Sep 13
3:41pm
Aahhh technology
I’m sitting in my sunny back garden, listening to iTunes play through my loungeroom stereo courtesy of Airport, controlling the songs via the iPod Touch & Remote, and writing this post on Wordpress.
Isn’t technology great?
Thu
Sep 11
2:05pm
Wed
Sep 10
7:04pm
Maybe my Nike+ calibration was pointless anyway…
Check out this visual representation of today’s run from the Nike+ web site.
I run at an even pace. What the hell are all those peaks and troughs? Is my sensor faulty? I’m off to the forums to check if others are having the same problem.
Wed
Sep 10
4:25pm
I’m not as fast a runner as I thought I was
When I ran the Human Race my SportBand told me I’d run 11.1km, which was a bit weird, given the race was only 10km. So on Monday I decided to check and recalibrate it. Here’s how.
- Turn on your SportBand and run a set distance at a steady pace. I ran exactly 1km (courtesy of the km markers around The Tan). Don’t run again until you’ve completed the calibration process.
- When you get back to your computer, plug in your SportBand and upload the run to Nike+ as normal.
- When the upload’s done, click the Nike+ symbol in your menu bar (Mac) or system tray (Win) and choose Settings.
- Go to the Calibration tab. Your calibration run will be staring you in the face.
- Adjust the value of your run.
- Hit Done.
The calibration screen
My 1km run was recorded by the Nike+ sensor as being 1.07km - 70m metres over!! I guess that goes some way towards explaining why it recorded the Human Race run as 11.1km instead of 10.
Unfortunately it also means that I’ve been running shorter distances than I think I have, and my average pace is slower than I think it is. Today I ran 7.8km in 41m 37s, which is 5m 20s per km. Last week that would have been 8.35km at 4m 59s per km.
Even though I’m slightly annoyed about the inaccuracy, it’s my fault for not calibrating when I first got it, I guess. Still, I’m glad it’s done now - after 19.6km of the half-marathon I’d have been looking for the 21km finish line ……….
Wed
Sep 10
2:07pm
Browsed Ben Sheers / Glow at McCulloch Gallery today
Browsed Ben Sheers / Glow at McCulloch Gallery today
Wed
Sep 10
11:03am
Thought -
Weaning myself onto “new” Facebook. Don’t know why they bothered with a redesign. What was wrong with the old one?
Tue
Sep 9
3:32pm
links for 2008-09-08
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The SportBand's pretty intuitive, but there are some little tricks in here.