| Something from lululand that I’m having a play with through Hubdog Hubdog is almost as much a part of my daily routine as waking up in the morning. I love it, and I can’t even remember what I did before it was available. Having said all that, here are the things I would love to see changed or added to Hubdog;1. Categories or folders. It would be a nice option because now there is one single page and it gets pretty long if you want to add plenty of feeds. Also, it would be a pretty nifty way to keep your ‘adult’ feeds hidden.
2. Networking- I’d love to meet people through Hubdog. A good way to start would be to allow messaging based on the page creator. Or there could be a message board per feed, where you could communicate with other users based, for example, on a videocast that was just shown. Start off by creating a profile and tie that into each members ‘MyHub’. 3. Size- seriously, the overhead of running Hubdog is the only thing that prevents me from leaving it running in the bachground at all times. 4. RSS to FTP- I’m not entirely sure this technology even exists but how cool would it be if you could see a list of the files stored in your FTP storage? How much cooler would it be to be able to access that, or store your downloaded video to that location if your memory card is full? 5. Subscribe to pages for streaming only. This would let you add pages that have large-sized podcasts, but would not attempt to download them to your device. That would make HubDog the application of my dreams, and I would have no problem shelling out cash to make it happen… Within reason, of course. |
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Archive for August, 2006
Computerland – Hubdog & Lululand
Category Radio
Sport – Merida photos
Category Sport
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Just a couple of action shots from the Selkirk Merida for the pot.
The first photo was after about 7 miles just before entering a steep ditch and the second after around 35 miles after the last fast off road descent through the heather and believe it or not a short bog (It was July and in Scotland so just be thankful I wasn’t eating midges all the way round).
Before you ask I wasn’t holding that lot up behind, I’d just overtaken alright!
Photos taken by a nice man from sleepmonsters.co.uk
Sport – Merida MTB Marathon, Selkirk Part 1
Category Sport
I thought I’d put in 2 posts for this one, the first will be the narrative and the second just the personal stats.
The whole thing was a 6 hour 20 minute slog of which most of it seemed to be up hill. The course left the Selkirk rugby club at 10am sharp and Duncan and I latched on near the back of the peloton (I’m assuming the same goes for mountain bikes) for what was to be a really eventfully first 5 km’s. No sooner had we got to about 10 m outside the club then an unusual and quite loud clunk came from the bottom bracket area. Strange seeing as this was supposed to be fixed by the skilled mechanic at the Bike Bank, Workington.
In reality the usuless idiots had actually created a new problem rather than solving the slight squeak I had so I was to be followed around the course by an annoying clunk every pressure stroke. Here’s a tip, don’t bother with the bike bank. Rude, incompetent and theiving would be 3 choice words.
Anyway back to the course…
At 4.5km there was a bit of a crash, a bit of a crash would be an understatement. I suspect the usual too ‘close in a pack and eventually touching’ thing happened with at least 2 people ending up in a ditch. One just looked a little dazed whilst blood curdling screams were comming out of another, either a youngish lad or a woman competitor based on the pitch but either way they were in a lot of pain. I hope that they were looked after well by th elocal ambulance crews and are on their way to a recovery. Not much else you can say.
A fully bunched up pack made slow progress up the first gentle climb and the traffic jam that ensued as the path became narrow eventually brought us out onto a heather moor and a simple downhill section in between the heather, I suspect that the front runners actually cut the path. A little bit of a backlog followed through some steep descening in amongst the trees (best done on foot) and back onto the open fire roads. This routine carried on but with each bottle neck the crowd thinned and thinned again as the 50Km split from the 75km and 100km routes.
A couple of fast road sections allowed you catch your breath whilst picking up a fair speed (up to 50kph) with the knobblies followed by a breather for some banana’s ad a fluid top up. The began the climb. 10km of it. 6.25 miles of it and all of it up hill. Open tracks. Steep switchback. Wooded section. Rock strewn paths and open windy tacks all made for a challenging climb where only small parts were eligable for a heathly rhythm. We stopped half way up for some sandwiches and a vegetable slice (much needed) before pressing on to the top.
What goes up must come down.
And down we came
And up
And down
You get the point
The final downhill section was taken as quickly as possible before reaching the tarmac for the last time before the right hand turn into the rugby club. Select the big rig at the front and smallest at the rear and muster up all the strength you can, cross the line inches ahead of Duncan (who lead most of the way) in a true Tour de France style to take the stage victory. Get a free t shiirt and have a lie down
Excellent ride. Where do I sign up for next years?
Computerland – PCW Podcasting piece
Category Radio
A recent atricle in PCW magazine about podacsting gave an insight into how its done and briefly touched on ways to get hold of podcast’s. No mention was made of Hubdog so I feel a small eltter wouldn’t go amiss. Just to help the cause.
Sport – Say it ain’t so Floyd. Then prove it
Category Sport
The Tour and cycling in general could do with out the recent headlines. If the rumours and subsequent A and B positive test results may cement Floyd Landis in the Tours history books for all the wrong reasons as he could be the first person the be stripped of his title due to doping. The now common place guilty until proven innocent routine earlier adopted by the T-Mobile team with Jan Ullrich and Ivan Basso just goes to show the lengths that will be taken to stop cheating in this already damaged sport.
There will of course be a thousand and one excuses and a similar amount of explanation’s as to how this came about through natural effects or conspiracy theories as to how this abnormal ratio was detected. The simple fact is that rules are rules and if they are broken then there are consequences. Not so long ago Alain Baxter had his Olympic medal taken away for an infringement with a Vicks inhaler, legal over here in the UK but in the US it contains a banned substance. Try as he might to recover the ban it has effectively ended a promising career at the hands of an over zealous ruling and a genuine mistake. If the same happens to Landis then at least the rulings will be consistent
Lets just see what the B sample says. I bet you a tenner it’s a fail as well.
