Comments on: GSW Tri-State

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cycling.finial.com » Blog Archive » Major Taylor — Mon, 03 Oct 2005 18:04:16 +0000

[...] Right at the halfway point, just past the covered bridge, I got a flat. When I got the bike ready the night before, the tire was way down, but I’d figured it was because it had been patched during the Tri-state [...]

By: todd

todd — Wed, 28 Sep 2005 13:15:09 +0000

Well, it is something I just sort of threw together so I’m not sure how useful it would be for you, but if you’d like it, you’re welcome to it. As I say, I use it for experimentation and sometimes I’ve proved my concept, so I never actually finish the thing. That’s the state of most of my stuff most of the time.

By: Knox

Knox — Wed, 28 Sep 2005 11:37:35 +0000

Um, Todd, I hate to say it but MySQL table and PHP mean little to me despite being a nerd. Homegrown is something I more easliy understand. I’ll look at it some more and see if I can’t figure it out. I like it.

Being back is, well, ok. I have to go start work today. I should be very excited to get some money, but I find it rather depressing being back in the temp pool. Sigh.

By: todd

todd — Tue, 27 Sep 2005 01:40:15 +0000

This is the sort of stuff I do for work, so this, along with southend.org, are sort of scratch pads to try things out without inflicting them on paying clients. So the short answer is, it’s home grown. You’re welcome to it, if you like. It’s one MySQL table with some PHP. Eventually, the airport codes are supposed to link to wunderground.com for the historical page, or (less likely) fetch the METAR data from somewhere. One or the other. Or both. That should be along RSN.

That said, I was “just” pointed to a place called “Active Body” but haven’t had a chance to check it out yet.

Oh, and welcome back.

By: Knox

Knox — Tue, 27 Sep 2005 01:20:54 +0000

Hey Todd,

Unrelated to your canny ability to hex people, I am curious about what you are using for your online ride log. It seems much simpler, and therefore easier to obsess about, than my current excel data sheet.

Thanks,

Knox

PS. I think I might have to go down and see those Liberty fellows this weekend.

By: todd

todd — Mon, 26 Sep 2005 20:27:34 +0000

Oooh. Spooky.

I remember when you once said, … uh, nevermind.

I like your thinking re the tire.

By: John

John — Mon, 26 Sep 2005 20:23:17 +0000

Creepy. The poor guy died not too long after you published this entry.

Just to be safe, don’t quote anyone else for at least the next 48-72 hours. With any luck it’s just a passing hex.

Apart from that macabre coincidence, congrats on the ride. AFAIC, that’s 18. The resistance from that wonky tire threw the instrumentation off. Yeah.