The 'Mute

iStockphoto just utterly fucked its biggest asset!

robert — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 21:44:14 +0000

iStockphoto was a fantastic way of me getting a handful of images to pay a very small return, very small, less than the amount of pocket money I’d pay my kids… but it was wonderful to know that someone wanted (…)

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The “west” knows best..?

robert — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 14:14:29 +0000

I’ve just been reading this story about an Iranian woman who is likely to be sentenced to either life in prison or being stoned to death… I don’t know the details of the case and like most things I am (…)

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energy…

robert — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 20:08:54 +0000

A good introduction to energy needs/use by the body of energy [PDF] from Dextro Energy… nibbled a few tablets on a ride today and I was really impressed with how they worked for me :)

PayPal…

robert — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 15:30:43 +0000

…never use their services, they simply don’t deserve customers! Google turns up a shed load of reasons why they are a truly awful organisation, I have recently had a very bad experience with them withholding a very significant sum of (…)

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The epitomy of “team”…

robert — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 12:12:51 +0000

Mark Cavendish won a stage of the Tour de France yesterday, the way he spoke about his team after winning was incredible! He was open about how he had let them down the previous day, yet had remained committed yesterday (…)

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Garmin Edge 305 reset

robert — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 20:20:08 +0000

dunno why but my Edge 305 just closed itself down and wouldn’t start up! Holding the Mode & Lap/Reset button together for a few seconds (I counted to 10 reasonably slowly) then pressed the power button and it sprang back (…)

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Balance…

robert — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 10:57:31 +0000

A decent bit of level headed reporting in a sea of frothing at the mouth vitriol… top marks Channels 4 News!

March training…

robert — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 17:57:08 +0000

…has been poor :( Thanks to rubiTrack I can see that I’m well down on February (by nearly 50 miles, potty really given that the weather has picked up a little)… it’s all down to a new project at work (…)

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rubiTrack…

robert — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 20:30:23 +0000

I noticed some slightly odd behaviour within rubiTrack when it was reporting “stopped” time, such as at lights and whatnot… for example I stopped the other day for a couple of minutes because of a problem with my bike but (…)

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Multitasking…

robert — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 11:24:03 +0000

At last, a sensible post on the topic of iPhone/iPad multitasking: http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/02/18/inside_apples_ipad_multitasking.html