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Took a very frustrating ride today. 1. Last night discovered that after a long ride this week I'd developed a flat. 2. This morning, went to get going, iPod battery dead, no tunes. 3. The bike was shifting like shit the whole ride. All I can figure is that I bumped something while changing the tire last night. The bike had been shifting a bit off for a few weeks... 4. Despite the shifting issues I was making good time on my ~17mi loop when I hit a big hill, downshifted, decided to pop up off the saddle for a bit only to have the chain jump the rear cassette and lodge itself between the first cog and the wheel. Thankfully I didn't crash. A few minutes of cursing, bloody fingers and grease everywhere and I was going again. But the shifting was even worse and nearly unbearable. So I decided in a last ditch effort to salvage the final three miles I'd try adjusting the cable tension and see if it helped (based on the advice of friend) and viola, blissful precise shifts returned. I don't know wtf happened but I'm glad the issue is gone (for now). 5. I'm a bit pissed to not get to see what my time/avg. speed would have been given that I had to stop twice and completely dismount and still managed 15.6mph.

Do not use speakon connectors for power cables unless they're low voltage.

What projects do you intend to do with the drillpress? The reason that I ask is that a small mill might make a better (or worse) choice.

Since when does Ti or Twisted Pear design by ear? WTF is this lunatic talking about...

Glad you're ok, Jacob.

Lower left corner, change theme.

I think he's describing gain, but I'm not really sure. I also question most people's ability to hear a 1dB difference but I'm going to be gentle and leave that alone. Larry, glad you got the amp up and running and are able to enjoy it. That's quite the setup you have there.

Works great on the iPad, thanks Todd.

Initial testing says the salsa was quite good. Needs a touch more jalapeño next time although it's an intentionally mild mix.

Just finished roasting tomatillos for homemade salsa verde. It's now chilling in the frig for use later and will surely be accompanied by the appropriate lime based, tequila infused beverage. (pardon the crappy ipad pic)

Congrats to the kids. Me - so far, was awoken at 4:15 by the little man. Now, caffeine in large doses.

Nice run, Mike. Currently headed to a funeral but will hopefully get a ride in tomorrow.

Nice Todd, glad you're getting to sample the L-2 and enjoying it. No doubt that Doug's customer service is phenominal.

Just my 2¢, I wouldn't worry much about getting up to distances like 5 miles for a long time (like next year). Do your joints a favor and stick to shorter, slower runs until you bring your weight down. I'm pretty sure ramping up speed too quickly caused my knee injury two years ago. Maybe shoot for 3 in 30 or something like that. Your heart will probably appreciate it too.

Justified I love this show.

Brent, If you were closer I'd offer the Thorens that's been sitting in my closet for 3 years.

Definitely not a trivial image to capture, that's for sure. Well done, Peter.

Fuuuuuu @ Dinny, hope the recovery is swift. Congrat to Dan, employment is good.

runkeeper and mapmyride are both good and have apps for the iPhone.

Nice Vicki!

Speaking of rides I managed to get back out again today, for a little shorter loop than last weekend. And took Lily and Andrew to a Touch-a-Truck charity event.

Let's move this to PM.

I've got a first gen Droid Incredible sitting at home that could probably be had for very cheap. It's spent it's entire life in a case with a screen protector so it looks like new (and still has the case with it).

Happy Birthday Zach!

Happy Birthday!