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The end of standalone GPS units?
Recently I've started using RunKeeper when I walk the dog as well as when we went to the zoo a few weeks ago. I received email from them the other day indicating that they now support heart rate monitoring via the Fisica Ant+ Sensor key and a heart rate strap like the one I have with my Garmin Forerunner 405. This got me thinking that I could replace my Garmin Forerunner 405
for running. One device down as the RunKeeper software works pretty well; my only issue would be wearing my iPhone in a case on my arm. Will the moisture stay out? Will it be too heavy? I'm not sure, but definitely worth looking at sometime in the future when my 405 breaks (or about $100 lands in my lap).
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The wrong way to dispose of a tree?
The other day when I was running, I saw someone driving along with a Christmas tree dragging behind him. Instead of putting the tree on the roof of the Ford Explorer to take to the recycle site, the driver tied a rope to the trailer hitch and the other end to the trunk of the tree. This was absolutely one of the times that I would like to have used my iPhone for running instead of my Garmin Forerunner 405 so that I could have taken a picture of this. However, a picture didn't tell the whole picture as the smell of burning wood (it wasn't on fire) added to the humor of the situation.
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Piracy in the Mac App Store
A number of web sites are reporting that apps in the Mac App Store can be pirated. While this seems to be news, it really isn't in my opinion. As long as I can remember, software has been pirated no matter what developers have done to protect the software. Many applications use a simple user name and registration code for registering; some send a request to a web server to verify the request. In all cases, the software can be cracked by people that are unscrupulous and aren't buying the software. Isn't there other news to report on besides something that really doesn't affect the average user that isn't going to user pirated software?
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Why oh why? or What was I thinking?
I was profiling some code today and saw a blip when a startup window closes. For some reason that I have yet to explain, I struggled with the code. What I ended up putting in was something like this: