Looking back
I seldom look back on a week, preferring to always look ahead to the next week. Even rarer are the occasions when I would allow the occurrences to coalesce into a posting, but in the technology world, a lot has happened – one event was substantial in scale, others… smaller but portending the development [...]
by admin on April 21, 2010
Deep into some current client projects, I completely missed Patriots’ Day this past Monday. And so late Monday afternoon, I also realized that I’d missed this year’s running of the Boston Marathon. When I checked on the results, I was blown away by Robert Kiprono Cheruiyot’s winning men’s time 2:05:52 I was aware it was [...]
by admin on April 20, 2010
It’s always music that serves as a constant reminder of who I am, what and why I do what I do. Sure, a beautifully designed and executed website or consumer product, any buildings by the two Franks (Gehry and Lloyd Wright) and Paul Rudolph, the works of Miro, Pollock and Rothko will always stop me [...]
by admin on April 17, 2010
How could you not be completely blown away by Fabian Cancellera’s performance at the Paris-Roubaix race last weekend. In a 145 mile ride race, he pulled away from the peleton with slightly under 30 miles to go, and finished a full 2 minutes ahead of second place… and this was after winning the Tour Of [...]
by admin on November 11, 2009
This past Saturday, I competed in the Ironman Florida event in Panama City.
It was my second IM distance race (2.4 mile swim, 112 mile bike ride, 26.2 mile run). I managed to set a new PR of 11:00:13 and knocked 20 minutes off my time at an IM distance from October 2008. Overall, I was pleased [...]
by admin on October 8, 2009
Ironman events are somewhat unique in sports. You get to share the starting line with, and compete against the best triathletes in the world. Imagine tipping off against LeBron James, being on the Vikings offensive line with Brett Favre, or feeding a breakaway pass to Sidney Crosby. You get the idea.
This Saturday, in Kona, where the Ironman [...]
by admin on July 24, 2009
If, like me, you’ve been following the Tour de France closely this July, you can’t help but agree that it’s been an exceptional race. While the 2006 – 2008 Tours had their great moments, Lance Armstrong’s return has made it a compelling global event, recalling his great rides in his 7 Tour victories. 2009 has [...]