Oct. 14-22: Running in Two States & Other Rambling

I'm still traveling a lot. Last week, I was in New York for an information sharing meeting between my employer and a large hardware/software platform vendor. I learned a lot and the conversations were extremely interesting. A lot of SaaS (Software as a Service), cloud computing, and collaboration stuff. These are the buzzwords of the day. But, I have to say it is amazing to watch these types of changes come along. Simple ideas really can drive big impacts to the way we think about solving problems.

I am voting for the Obama ticket, but I have to say I think Palin is getting an unfair and undue shake by the press and apparently her own party. The whole "how much she spent on clothes" brouhaha just smells like sexism and pettiness to me. I actually like listening to her talk and find that she carries me along as she does. I believe you is a tough cookie with strong leadership capabilities. I just find it interesting to see how folks polarize themselves.

Side note: I am no longer logging podcasts listening activity in Google Spreadsheets. It was just not a value adding activity. Logging it here is plenty.

I got JayBird's bluetooth stereo headset for my birthday. So far, I like them in general. I hate wired headsets. I am finding that getting a good feeling fit is difficult and that the controls are difficult to trigger while running. But, these are minor nuisances when compare to a wired headset and I suspect I will learn how to mitigate these issues with complete satisfaction. Now, let's hope for stability. I replaced the Motorola s9 which were crap. I must have asked Motorola to honor the warranty with a replacement for 4-5 times. The warranty ran out and the last headset died like the rest. The buttons gradually stopped working and the volume buttons would start just spontaneously driving the volumn up or down complete with the beep indicating the volume button was pressed.

Crap

What I listened to on podcasts:

• Daily Sourcecode
  • DSC 798
  • DSC 799
    
• Fitness Rocks
  • 116: Lifestyle Habits and Mortality
  117: Stress and Your Health
• Accident Hash
• Phedippidations
• Fdip156: Cheers from a Little Blue Bubble
• Fdip157: The Third Annual World Wide Festival of Races
  
• This American Life
• #364: Going Big
• #365: Another Frightening Show About the Economy
  CDO's were the key instrument in the sub-prime crisis. Now, CDS's offer their own set of complicated influences in our struggling economy. The "frightening" label is appropriate. I sure hope the wise guys trying to manage this get it together. It is extremely hard not to panic a bit.

Data

October 22, 2008: Birmingham, AL Neighborhood Running
Distance:	8.17 Miles
Time:	1:14:01
Heart Rate:	145
Pace:	9:03
Weather:	Clear Temperature-56° Humidity-72%

October 21, 2008: Birmingham, AL Neighborhood Running
Distance:	5 Miles
Time:	48:19
Heart Rate:	137
Pace:	9:39
Weather:	Clear Temperature-47° Humidity-83%

October 19, 2008: Birmingham, AL Brownell-Jemison Park Running
Distance:	11.07 Miles
Time:	1:37:31
Heart Rate:	150
Pace:	8:48
Weather:	Clear Temperature-44° Humidity-82%
Route

October 18, 2008: Birmingham, AL Oak Mountain State Park Cycling I got some great cool weather cycling gear for my birthday and I wore it today. I needed it!
Distance:	23.86 Miles
Time:	1:25:06
Heart Rate:	132
Speed:	16.82
Weather:	Clear Temperature-45° Humidity-90%
Route

October 17, 2008: Palisades, NY Tallman Mountain State Park/Piermont Running
Distance:	7 Miles
Time:	1:05:36
Heart Rate:	140
Pace:	9:15
Weather:	Clear Temperature-43° Humidity-80%
Route

October 15, 2008: Palisades, NY Tallman Mountain State Park/Piermont Running One of my favorite running routes. Running through this forest when the leaves are changing is just beautiful.
Distance:	8 Miles
Time:	1:15:42
Heart Rate:	140
Pace:	9:27
Weather:	Scattered clouds Temperature-56° Humidity-80%
Route

October 14, 2008: Birmingham, AL Neighborhood Running
Distance:	5 Miles
Time:	45:45
Heart Rate:	145
Pace:	9:09
Weather:	Clear Temperature-66° Humidity-78%