Entries from December 2006 ↓

• MediaPost Publications – Top Word-Of-Mouth Medium: Still The Mouth, Followed By TV, Then The Web – 12/13/2006
  The Internet, however, is key for inspiring WOM conversations. It’s second only to television in spreading the word. TV inspires 11% of WOM conversations; the Net, 9%. All other media and activities fall far behind those two.
  (tags: womma word-of-mouth-marketing)

Shoes: Asics Gel-Kayano’s +6 miles (33 total)
Running Time: 0:45:01
Time of run: 08:13PM EST
Average Speed (mph): 7.45
Weather: 73 degree – 55% humidity
Weekly mileage: 12
Aches/Pains: a little left foot soreness.

• Is Marathoning Too Much of a Good Thing for Your Heart? – New York Times
  This story makes me wonder if the heart muscle is similar to your other muscles in that strong workouts damage it and then it grows stronger. How’s that!
  (tags: marathon running health)

From MediaPost

“A GOVERNMENT-CENSORED STORY ON PEARL Harbor has finally seen the light of day.

Last week, The New York Times posted digital versions of articles written in 1942 to commemorate the anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor that brought the U.S. into World War II. The 15,000-word series, written in 1942 by Times reporter Robert Trumbull, detailed the Herculean project to salvage four battleships sunk by Japanese bombs and torpedoes.”

Not only is this a fascinating media story but it also is a great look back into some remarkable history. Here’s the article from The Times so you can read it yourself.

It was windy as all get out again today. First run on successive days in quite a while. Foot definitely still quite sore. With Shan out of town for the next few days in Atlanta I won’t be running so it will get a chance to rest and then I’ll have to put on the mileage Thurs/Fri/Sat with a long run thrown in there. Lots of strength training planned for Mon-Wed. Also ran slower today which is typical of back-to-back runs. It occured to me as I ran today that back-to-back runs are a good simulation of longer distances. You start out tired and don’t have the same zip in your legs or stamina. Learning to run through this ON PACE would seem like a good way to condition myself.

Shoes: Asics Gel-Kayano’s +6 miles (27 total)
Running Time: 0:37:25
Time of run: 12:35PM EST
Average Speed (mph): 7.45
Weather: 73 degree – 55% humidity
Weekly mileage: 6
Aches/Pains: It’s all about my left foot right now.

• MacMP3Gain
  The Mac Version of MP3GAIN
  (tags: Mac MacMP3Gain Music)

• MP3Gain FAQ
  Want to normalize the volume of your mp3 files? How about make them louder or softer? Since I’m half deaf from listening to years of loud rock and roll music it is rather frustrating when an mp3 song or album has a low volume or decibel level. This doesn’
  (tags: music music-tools)

Went for an 5 mile run today. Felt strong. Put my new iPod shuffle (2nd gen) to the test. It’s nice and light and free of distractions. My new Bose Triport headphones performed well audio wise but as they did on my first run with them last time, they come out of my ears too easily. I think they’ll be manageable but I wish they sat in the ear just a little more firmly. I tried the smaller size ear inserts and that helps a little. The Bose Triports sound much richer than than Shure e3C’s that I normally use and unlike the Shure’s they don’t hurt my ears. Further, the Bose headphones haven’t shorted out (yet) when I sweat and stop working. I’m totally dissatisfied with my Shure e3c’s. They sound decent but they’re uncomfortable in the ear (no matter which insert I use) and they never hold up to rain or sweat. Now one of the ears isn’t producing the same volume. I’ve cleaned them but that didn’t help. Time to send them back for repair otherwise I’ll have a $150 pair of…well I could use them as a tie down in a pinch. The only plus I’ll give them is that they produce LOADS of volume. The combination of the Bose TriPort headphones and the iPod shuffle are a little lacking in volume. Oh well, the search for the perfect music running gear goes on.

Shoes: Asics Gel-Kayano’s +5 miles (21 total)
Running Time: 0:36:56
Time of run: 5:15PM EST
Average Speed (mph): 7.31
Weather: 69 degree – 51% humidity
Weekly mileage: 26.1
Aches/Pains: The top of my left foot is still sore and would hurt off and on during the run. Knees don’t seem to be feeling any pain. My quads were feeling a little more burn and tear this afternoon probably due to my slightly faster pace.

• Duplicate Content Filter: What it is and how it works
  A good article about how search engine duplicate content filters can hurt your page rankings.
  (tags: seo duplicate-content-filtering)
• Google Duplicate Content Filter : SEO Book.com
  another page on duplicate content filtering from search engines
  (tags: seo duplicate-content-filtering)
• Rotary engine maker looks for clean-tech traction | CNET News.com
  Don’t you wish some times that you could just hit the fast forward button on new technologies? This one would be nice.
  (tags: rotary-engine technology cars)

• Mologogo: The GPS phone tracking social network & friend finding for Nextel, Boost, Blackberry and Windows Mobile Phones with GPS
  a way to use your nextel or Boost mobile phone to track your physical location via GPS. Cool for running, keeping track of friends or family who want you to know where they are.
  (tags: nextel boost-mobile gps)