Author Archives: Phil
Riding longer, riding lighter
What a day yesterday. I rode my usual ride to work (17.5 miles) but joined some folks from our company team at 5PM for what was said to be a ride of “about 20 miles.” I was a tad concerned … Continue reading
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Roubaix Rocks
The new bike is awesome! Cruising at 18-22 MPH is exhilarating compared to poking along at 14-16 MPH on my urban bomber. Those skinny little tires pumped up to a rock-hard 120psi make for near zero rolling resistance. Alas, the … Continue reading
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Roubaix on the way
I decided to take the plunge an order a road bike: Specialized Roubaix Elite Triple. My local bike shop, Wheel Away Cycle Center in Campbell, only had the charcoal, but I wanted the red: It should be here early next … Continue reading
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Reloading your JavaScript without reloading your page
Maybe you’re like me and develop your JavaScript with an endless cycle of “edit… save… refresh” to see/test the results. This gets pretty tiring if you’re having to fill in a form or wait for a complicated page to load … Continue reading
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Cycling Milestone
Weekends are, of course, my “big ride” days, building for the 2009 Tour de Cure on June 14. On Saturday morning I met with a dozen or so other riders from company team to head out for what was supposed … Continue reading
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Tour de Cure: 10 weeks and 23 pounds away
As many of you know, I’m now on the hook to ride the 75K/50Mi route of 2009 Silicon Valley Tour de Cure on Sunday, June 14, 2009. Since I took the winter off from riding, I’m seriously out of shape … Continue reading
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MSO-BIDI meaning
For those not familiar with working with Cascading Style Sheets for use by Microsoft Office product, some of the rules of the road can prove cryptic at best. Case in point is the ” series of embedded styles. These can … Continue reading
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Showcase of outstanding data representation at FlowingData.com
I can’t remember where I found it, but I ran across a fascinating time-based graphic depicting the growth of WalMart. Ever since taking the “Presenting Data and Information” course from the venerable Edward Tufte, I’ve been interested in information and … Continue reading
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Programmer food
OK, have to rebuild a ColdFusion 5 site for CF7 (convert modules to components. update HTML and CSS, blah blah). Yup, it’s late-night programming-o-rama for Phil. There is only one approved food for midnight geeking… Nachos Bel Grande a la … Continue reading