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Cool developer tip of the day
If you're like me, you only test certain software you're developing on your main user account. For me, anything that involves syncing, I use a second account or machine for testing. As my second machine is a 6 year old G4 tower that sounds like an airplane, I don't like firing it up. Today I discovered a really cool trick to make testing with a second user account more efficient. Tiger has support for VNC built in, however, it appears to only allow you to control the user that is at the console, in other words, the user that is using the machine. This creates a problem (fun things happen if you try it) as I want to control a second account.
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Training with the Garmin Forerunner 305
It's now been over 4 months since I started using my Garmin Forerunner 305 to train for the Rock 'N' Roll Marathon. I managed to complete the marathon and am now training for a half marathon. At first, the Forerunner was more of a gimmick in helping me train, but now it is integrated into my training. I use the current pace to see where I should be at based on how I feel. By now, I know the distance on most of my runs, so while the total distance initially helped me, it is more now just telling me how much longer until the pain stops! I'm also very interested in my heart rate, so uploading my data to MotionBased allows me to see how I'm doing in trying to bring down my heartrate.
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Fog and mist are my friends
When I started training in January, I couldn't get myself to run when it wasn't sunny. In the last 7 months, I've learned a lot about running (yes, there is stuff to learn) and have sort of gotten used to running when it is warm. However, note to self, don't run next year in the heat. Today's morning run was a relief; when I got down to the bay at 7 am, it was foggy and misting. While it was a bit humid, it remained overcast and bearable for the entire run.
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Better late than never
It looks like I wasn't the only one to notice how the state used power to tell people to conserve energy. Today's San Diego Union Tribune ran a story about this and said it cost $6000 to ran the 395 signs around the state. I guess not everyone reads my blog, so it had to get published in the paper. Now, isn't that a great way to spend our tax dollars and conserve energy? Do people not realize that they need to conserve energy? Probably not if they're like the president and don't believe that our use of fossil fuels is contributing to global warming.