I was totally heads' down today, coding and deHeisenbugging. Even managed to obey my three-hour rule, which I'm better at explaining and promoting than following myself. Much better than yesterday, when I basically spun in place without accomplishing anything. And yes of course I escaped for a ride, didn't have the legs I had yesterday but managed to shake off a few cobwebs. It is noticeable that the days are getting shorter, and the air has a "fall" feel to it. Pretty soon it will be long tee-shirts for these evening rides...
Of course today's biggest news was Sarah Palin's speech at the GOP convention. I watched it, after vowing not to watch any of the convention speeches (from either party) on the grounds that they didn't matter. I guess I was curious, would we see a train wreck, or a tour de force, or ... what? ![Permalink](/images/link.gif)
At the Vuelta, Levi Leipheimer won today's time trial and took over the gold jersey. Yay. He says he's going to continue working for Contador, and I believe him; Alberto is the best climber in the world, and there are some big mountains left. But clearly Levi is on form, you never know... ![Permalink](/images/link.gif)
Russell Beattie observes Tweets kill that blogging urge. I don't know about that, since I don't tweet, but I do agree with this: "I can definitely tell you one thing I've noticed, and the reason I actually want to blog more - Tweets have no archival value of any sort." Every time I've seen a blogger posts their tweets, it is mindless drivel. Which doesn't help draw me to try Tweeting :) ![Permalink](/images/link.gif)
This is cool: the Energy Ball wind turbine. I want one! ![Permalink](/images/link.gif)
From Chris "long tail" Anderson: Fourteen free business models. Not that the models are free (well, they are, he's giving them away on his blog :), but the models are for free, that is, how to make money in a long tail world. Pretty cool analysis. ![Permalink](/images/link.gif)
Oh, and this is nice: a new DirectTV Tivo which supports HD. I'm not a DirectTV subscriber, but I'm still interested in this product because I'm interested in Tivo staying alive as a company, and this will help... ![Permalink](/images/link.gif)
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