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Category: Fitness Gadgets

  • Mario Cipollini is Back in the Pro Peloton at the Tour of California

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Amgen Tour of California began on Sunday with a Prologue time trial in Palo Alto. One of the more intriguing developments is the return of veteran sprinter Mario Cipollini to the ranks of active professional cyclists after a three year retirement. Cipollini retired on May 7, 2005 after a ceremonial…

  • Gadget Links: No Time to Play Edition

    Reading Time: 2 minutesTop 7 Web Applications for Sending Large Files on Geekpreneur: “If you’ve ever had to send a large file to someone, you know the hardships that arise. Email services keep strict limits on attachment sizes. What’s more is that it’s often hard to send more than one attachment at a time. This…

  • In Memory of Sheldon Brown

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteI never met Sheldon Brown, but I learned a great deal from him. Sheldon developed a website, SheldonBrown.com, that had an incredible amount of technical information about bicycles and cycling. If I Googled for some information about one of my bikes, I often ended up consulting his site. Sheldon passed away…

  • Gadget Links: Freakout 2008 Edition

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteRPI Plays Princeton tonight in the 31st Annual Big Red Freakout. RPI needs the win. In other news, the White beat the Red in the Alumni Game 9-8. Kipkay’s Video Tips & Tricks on Instructables: “Here are 5 easy and cheap tricks for anyone who uses a camcorder. Total cost for…

  • 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…

  • Garmin Releases GPS Management Application for MacOS X

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteMacRumors reports that Garmin released a new beta version of their Bobcat GPS management tool for MacOS X. This beta of version 2.0 of the software includes the following features: transfer waypoints, tracks, and routes between a Mac and Garmin GPS device, manage maps and DRM keys for transfer to a…

  • Gadget Links: Mid MacWorld Expo Edition

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteGmail IMAP Change in 1.13 – Apple Phone Show on Apple Phone Show Blog: “The 1.13 upgrade to the iPhone automatically changes POP configured Gmail to IMAP….” I saw the change in folder arrangement on my iPhone after I updated the firmware, but I didn’t realize the implications of it until…

  • Nike Amp+ Watch / iPod nano Remote Reviewed by iLounge

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Nike Amp+ Sport Remote Control has finally made it to the market, and iLounge has done a comprehensive review of it. Jeremy Horowitz writes: It would be an understatement to call Nike’s Amp+ iPod nano Remote ($79) the coolest and most misunderstood iPod accessory introduced in the past year. The…

  • 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…