Operation Gadget

Category: Dave's Training Log

  • Back on the Road with the Polar S625X

    Reading Time: 2 minutesEarlier today I tweeted that I had found my Polar S625x and I was able to get it working with the speed and cadence sensors that are installed on my Trek 1500 before I rode it this morning. This heart rate monitor is my favorite of all the models I’ve ever tested.…

  • I Found the Triathletes; They’re at the Gym at 5 AM

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteI’ve been working out at Newtown Athletic Club, a massive gym complex in Newtown, PA, every morning before work. In order to do this and still get to my desk in Manhattan reasonably early, I show up at the gym when the doors open at 5:00am. There appears to be a…

  • Gadget Links: 13 Miles Away Isn’t Close Enough Edition

    Reading Time: 2 minutesOde To A Burrito — Chipotle Mexican Grill on Fast Company: “Good food wrapped in a socially responsible message has created legions of Chipotle fans — and a superhot business. Acquired by McDonald’s in 1998 when there were only 14 Chipotles, the company went public in 2006 with 500 stores and watched…

  • Gadget Links: Lost Weekend Edition

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteBig hockey weekend: This weekend the USA Hockey Women’s Nationals are taking place in West Chester, PA, the USA Hockey Tier III Junior Nationals are in Marlboro, MA, and the NCAA D-I Men’s Hockey Regional Tournaments are on in four cities around the country. More hockey tournament info on rinkatlas.com/blog. Yes,…

  • Gadget Links: Not What We Expected Edition

    Reading Time: 2 minutesMac Automation: listen to a text document on TUAW: “Don’t have time to read that Word, Pages, or TextEdit document at your desk? Why not listen to it on your iPod instead? In this Automator how-to, I am going to show you how to create an audio file using text that you…

  • Gadget Links: Home Alone Edition

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteAn Enduring Measure of Fitness: The Simple Push-Up on NYTimes.com: “The push-up is the ultimate barometer of fitness. It tests the whole body, engaging muscle groups in the arms, chest, abdomen, hips and legs. It requires the body to be taut like a plank with toes and palms on the floor.…

  • Gadget Links: Still No New MacBook Pro Edition

    Reading Time: 2 minutesApple introduces Aperture 2.0 on MacNN: “Apple on Tuesday released Aperture 2.0, a major revision of the company’s professional photo editing and management application. The upgrade brings in a new, sleeker user interface that allows users to flip between Browser and Viewer modes with a single key press and a heads-up display…

  • Keeping Weight Off at Athlete-Oriented Companies

    Reading Time: 2 minutesSunday’s New York Times had a terrific article about fighting a weight loss battle while working a full time job which resonates with me. What was most interesting was the fact that two of the three people profiled work at very athletically-oriented companies. Steve Madden, the editor of Bicycling and Mountain Bike…

  • Older or Heavier Athletes Make Better Cyclists Than Runners

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteMy father-in-law George Kuykendall pointed out an interesting article in The New York Times called The Bicycling Paradox: Fit Doesn’t Have to Mean Thin. It talks about the types of cyclists that go on European cycling trips that follow the route of The Tour de France and how older and/or heavier…