New marathon pictures!

The image CD I ordered from the marathon showed up today. I've put up the pictures for all to enjoy (OK, maybe just me). These images are for personal use only and as such, Action Sports International has granted me permission to put them up here. They have done an amazing job with the pictures and the number of pictures they were able to capture. (There are more pictures, just click on one below to see the rest.)

So now what?

I'm not sure what to do now that I've run a marathon. I spent over 4 months training and that took up a lot of time. Now that I'm not training, what do I do? Get a hobby? Hmmm...I've been threatening to get a hobby for awhile now, but I'm a workaholic. Maybe things will change on this attempt; I want to get into model railroads, but it requires space and time; I'm impatient for results (that's why I write software). I'm thinking that Lego trains might be the way to go as they are easy to put together, easy to customize, and I really like Legos. Now, I just have to commandeer part of our guest room for them.

Hell on wheel

Today I went back to the cycling class that I haven't been to since I started training in January. There was a different instructor today who seemed to have a thing for pain. The 1 hour workout made me felt like I haven't exercised in a year, but then I remembered I ran a marathon last week!

I'll keep going as well as run a few times a week as exercise is one of the best ways for me to get out of the house and allows me to clear my mind for a short period of time.

The price to pay for being honest

I'm in the process of selling my old PowerBook and in browsing the ads of others trying to sell the same or similar machine, I see people saying "lots of software" or "loaded". However, none of them say that the original CDs/DVDs are included which means software piracy. I had one person look at my machine yesterday and he was disappointed that it didn't have Tiger on it or anything but the stock software. As a developer, I have access to OS versions and use them on my machines as all my machines are used for testing and development which means that I don't buy OS releases (the rest of my family does buy new OS versions, of course). Tiger is no exception; since I didn't buy it, I re-installed the OS that shipped with the PowerBook. There is no Photoshop, Office, or any other software that people are selling with their machines.

Does this mean that I possibly won't be able to sell the machine or will have to sell it at a lower price? Absolutely. Is it the right thing to do? Absolutely. People seem to think that leaving software on their computers is an OK thing to do, but it isn't. This isn't much I can do about it...hopefully the PowerBook will sell; the 1 year of AppleCare left on it is probably the biggest selling point.