More Bike stuff.

I bought some more stuff for my bike. I got some nice gloves and a Lizard skin for my bike as well.
The Lizard Skin Chain Stay Protector is made from durable SuperTex Fabric! Wraps around your chainstay to protect from nicks and chips. Does not interfere with cable routing.

The Lizard Skin Chain Stay Protector is easy to install. This keeps the chain from hitting the frame and putting dings and scratches in it.


The Gloves are from Pearl Izumi.
Gel-Lite Race Glove

•Direct-Vent construction for superior palm ventilation

•U-Bridge pad placement protects the ulnar nerve while bridging the median nerve

•Shock absorbing Gel-Lite inserts eliminate road vibration

•Sublimated nylon/spandex back fabric provides great stretch and moisture transfer

•Silicone screened palm for a performance grip

•Direct inject graphics that won’t wear off over time

•Reflective piping for added visibility

•Content: Palm: 90% Polyurethane/10% GelBack: 80% Nylon/20% Spandex, Wiping Surface: 100% Polyester


Use simple detergents with no additives:Never use detergents with fabric softeners, perfumes or any additive type product. The general rule of thumb is the simpler the better. Many detergents with additives leave "surfactants" behind on a fabric's fibers that inhibit the technical performance. Typically the best detergents to use will have "Clear" or "Free" in their names. Don't pour the detergent directly onto the clothing, put it in the washer first, when you start the water. If something is not functionally working, but is not dirty, try rinsing it twice in warm to hot water. This will help get rid of the harmful surfactants. Read the care content label:On the inside of your garment, or on the hangcard, there are instructions for the care of that individual piece. On garments this will be on a side seam or back seam label. Follow those directions. On finer fabrics, use a "Gentle" cycle. Close all zippers, attach "hook and loop" closures on gloves You can use the dryer, carefully: If you use a dryer be sure to use a lower/ warm heat setting (Do NOT use a commercial dryer or a "Hot" setting). This will often restore the fabric and help the water and wind repellent qualities. If in doubt, hang the clothing to dry.



I would like to get me a set of the Lizard Skin Fork Boots. They help Keep Trail Grit and Moisture Out of Your Forks with Lizard Skin Fork Boots. Unlike Thin Stock Rubber Boots, Lizard Skins Won't Ride Up or Rip. The Lizard Skin Fork Boots are One Size Fits All.




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Type-O-Negative...

THIS TIME TOMORROW...Baltimore MD, CLUB SONAR!! 7:00pm!!! CONCERT!!!!

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More RSS stuff.

I found a website that has a FREE RSS reader!! I have used one for several years now, also if you use MS Outlook 2007, it has RSS feeds capabilities built inot the program as well. So does Internet Explorer 7. When you go to a site and you hear a little chirp, that tells you that the site has RSS feeds on it.

The page i found is RSSReader.com Also, here are links to download the RSS readers for free.

RSSReader.ZIP or RSSReader.exe The download page has some instructions on it, so here is that link as well: RSSReader Download Page

I hope that this helps you in getting set up with a reader and trying to look about more RSS feeds on many more websites.


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Moutain Bike Parts...

I am going to get a new set of pedals for my bike. They are called the Crank Brothers 5050 X Flat Pedals.

The Crank Brothers 5050 X Flat Pedals are an innovative new platform pedal design from Crank Brothers. Features removable, hardened plates on each side and multipl pin locations for easy customization. The Crank Brothers 5050 X Flat Pedals also feature removable plates allow access to the pins from the reverse side while retaining multiple useful pin locations.

The Loose ball bearing spindle is repackable. Innovative removable plates allows total customization of pedal. Sliding removeable plates allow access to traction pins Each pedal has 18 pin placement locations per side, allowing total customization Plates are replaceable and are made out of a heat treated 6061 Aluminum for durability Material (Spindle): CromoThread: 9/16"Weight: 634g

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Crazy tag lines...

I am a member of www.Slashdot.org. There are some very funny taglines on there. Here are a few of them:

The other night I told my kid "Someday, you'll have children of your own." He said "So will you."

'Yes, firefox is indeed greater than women. Can women block pops up for you? No. Can Firefox show you naked women? Yes.'

You moved your mouse. Please restart Windows for changes to take effect.

"I perceive the universe as a single equation, and it is so simple!" - Reginald Barclay

Linux: a more elegant weapon for a more civilized time.

Life was hell, then I discovered Linux...

"Best be the idiot that has learnt, than the genius who won't."

Eat the rich, the poor are tough and stringy



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RSS Readers

Here is a list of RSS Readers that one can use to subscribe to feeds from this blog or any number of sites that use and have RSS Subscriptions.

RSS Readers
RSS and Atom files provide news updates from a website in a simple form for your computer. You read these files in a program called an aggregator, which collects news from various websites and provides it to you in a simple form. But what aggregator to use? Here are some choices:
Top Picks

Web: feeds.redditCheck all your feeds from any web browser. Plus, vote on items and get recommendations about other feeds you'll like.

Mac OS X: NetNewsWireThis elegant Mac-like aggregator is easy to use and powerful.

Windows: SharpReaderSimple, but gets the job done.

Linux: StrawThe best aggregator for GNOME.

Runners-Up
AmphetaDeskA news aggregator you access through a web browser. (Mac/Win/Linux)
FeedDemonA more complicated aggregator for Windows. (Win)
FeedReaderLike SharpReader, but sporadically updated. (Win)
NewsGatorRead the news from within Microsoft Outlook. (Win)
NewsWatcherBased on Scopeware technology. (Win)
News Is FreeLets you create your own customized news page with feeds from the sites you're interested in. (Web)
NovobotA smart headline viewer and news ticker that can also process almost any website. (Win)
Radio UserLandA full-stregth news-reading application, on your desktop. (Mac/Win)
rss2emailReads RSS feeds and sends each new item to you as an email. (Unix)
dynamicobjects spacesDisplays RSS feeds in an Outlook-like interface. (Mac/Win/Lin)



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Mack's Survival School...

Mack Hall is a friend of mine, more than that, he was a school teacher of mine in 6th and 7th grades in Kirbyville Texas. This article is reprinted with his premission. He writes a column in the Jasper News Boy and The Beaumont Enterprise news papers.


Mack Hall
mhall46184@aol.com

Mack's Survival School

Last summer a fellow from New Jersey paid a survival school $3,175 to force-march, humiliate, starve, dehydrate, and kill him in a Utah desert. The school says they push folks "past those false limits your mind has set for your body."

Well, yes, dead is pretty much past any limits, false or otherwise.

This is from the school's 'net site:

Your destination on a BOSS Field Course is not a physical place; it can't be plotted on a topo map. Somewhere along the many miles of sagebrush flats, red rock canyons, and mesa tops of Southern Utah — somewhere between the thirst, the hunger and the sweat — you'll discover the real destination: yourself. (http://www.boss-inc.com/02front.html)

You'll surely want to travel a few thousand miles and pay a few thousand dollars to put your life in the hands of someone who writes turgid sell-o-babble like that.

A quick browse through the 'puter will dig up dozens of survival (if you survive) schools, each with its catalogue of cliches' appealing to the sort of geek who lives in a basement with his collection of shirtless-guys-wearing-headbands movies.

One school even advertises lessons on how to kill a sheep with a knife, a life-skill we've all desperately wanted to learn in case America is invaded by extremist ewes with blood-lust in their eyes and death on their little hooves.

There are entirely too many, um, men who suffer the pathetic need to join an organization where they will be bullied and humiliated, and where they can do secret handshakes and call each other Brother and Comrade. If your son wants to join a fraternity, ask him why he wants to pay money to some other idiots to strip him naked and beat him up so they'll be his friends.

But I have my own fantasy of a personal training school, one that can whup me into the shape I want. Indeed, I have sketched out a rudimentary curriculum for Mack's Survival School:

1. Sleep deprivation exercise: whenever the alarm sounds off in the morning a crack squad of ninja clock-assassins wearing discount-store camouflage knee-pants made in China will garrot it into silence with a length of piano wire so that you can sleep another hour or two. After all, what's really important in life: food, clothing, and shelter, or self-fulfilment, and, like, oneness with nature and stuff, pushing your personal envelope where no envelope has gone before?

2. Preparing clear fields-of-fire: whenever the yard needs mowing, your comrades will chant "No, it doesn't! No, it doesn't!" over and over, and will flash seductive pictures of reclining chairs before your weary eyes.

3. Man as hunter: intensive sessions on studying menus. Hey, if God meant for you to run down a sheep and cut its throat, He would not have invented restaurants.

4. Finding water in the desert: intensive preparation and practical exercises in asking wait-staff for a glass of water. Advanced course: turning the water-faucet the right way.

5. Staying dry in a thunderstorm: stay in the house.

6. Sleeping dry in a thunderstorm: go to bed. In the house.

7. Protection against predators, human and animal: lock the door. Sleep with a revolver by the bed. Memorize the secret code for 911.

8. Crossing the desert: drive your car.

9. Finding your way across country: stay on the road. Duh.

10. Signalling to your comrades: dial the telephone.

11. Primitive shelters: just wait for the next hurricane and score yourself a blue FEMA tarp.

12. Route hiking: from the couch to the refrigerator and back.

13. Discovering who you really are: look in the mirror.

14. Building a fire: strike a match.

15. Making a difference in the world: go get a job.

Now, then, folks, you'll find yourself and you will survive my course. Now just send me the money.




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