Comments for emergency weblog; or: epersonae; or: elaine nelson http://www.elainenelson.org in which I write about stuff Fri, 28 Oct 2011 23:11:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on vacation-ish by Elizabeth http://www.elainenelson.org/2011/10/27/vacation-ish/comment-page-1/#comment-141210 Elizabeth Fri, 28 Oct 2011 23:11:35 +0000 http://www.elainenelson.org/2011/10/27/vacation-ish/#comment-141210 Sorry to hear that you were (are) sick. Hope that your vacation was not a total lost Sorry to hear that you were (are) sick. Hope that your vacation was not a total lost

]]> Comment on Blogging from Pinboard by Elaine http://www.elainenelson.org/2011/09/29/blogging-from-pinboard/comment-page-1/#comment-141187 Elaine Fri, 30 Sep 2011 12:00:01 +0000 http://www.elainenelson.org/?p=10627#comment-141187 You got me started on pinboard. I read your description, then checked out the website and was intrigued by the business plan. I think I payed about $7 to join. You got me started on pinboard. I read your description, then checked out the website and was intrigued by the business plan. I think I payed about $7 to join.

]]> Comment on Responsive Web Design (A Book Apart, #4) by Robert Hunter http://www.elainenelson.org/2011/09/26/responsive-web-design-a-book-apart-4/comment-page-1/#comment-141176 Robert Hunter Mon, 26 Sep 2011 23:32:05 +0000 http://www.elainenelson.org/?guid=a39ca7a2f1d163369b2f73ebd2a398f3#comment-141176 I LOVED this book! I've got all the Book Apart books so far & they've all been great. I had the same reaction as you and was ready & rarin' to go. I did discover though that fixed layouts are sometimes an appropriate solution. Still, I can't wait to try this when building something from scratch. I LOVED this book! I’ve got all the Book Apart books so far & they’ve all been great. I had the same reaction as you and was ready & rarin’ to go. I did discover though that fixed layouts are sometimes an appropriate solution. Still, I can’t wait to try this when building something from scratch.

]]> Comment on Bike vs car, taking a long view by Elaine http://www.elainenelson.org/2011/09/14/bike-vs-car-taking-a-long-view/comment-page-1/#comment-141171 Elaine Fri, 16 Sep 2011 15:19:01 +0000 http://www.elainenelson.org/2011/09/14/bike-vs-car-taking-a-long-view/#comment-141171 I think one of my coworkers goes that way when he rides to work. I can ask if he has any tips. I think one of my coworkers goes that way when he rides to work. I can ask if he has any tips.

]]> Comment on Bike vs car, taking a long view by jeff james http://www.elainenelson.org/2011/09/14/bike-vs-car-taking-a-long-view/comment-page-1/#comment-141170 jeff james Fri, 16 Sep 2011 05:58:37 +0000 http://www.elainenelson.org/2011/09/14/bike-vs-car-taking-a-long-view/#comment-141170 Thanks for this. I just started biking to work and this is a nice perspective. - now, I just need to figure out how to safely and courteously navigate some of the tricky spots on my commute (notably east bound north street just east of the bridge over I-5 passing by the deshutes bike shop). Thanks for this. I just started biking to work and this is a nice perspective.
- now, I just need to figure out how to safely and courteously navigate some of the tricky spots on my commute (notably east bound north street just east of the bridge over I-5 passing by the deshutes bike shop).

]]> Comment on Bicycling with Android by Elaine http://www.elainenelson.org/2011/09/10/bicycling-with-android/comment-page-1/#comment-141168 Elaine Tue, 13 Sep 2011 19:23:33 +0000 http://www.elainenelson.org/2011/09/10/bicycling-with-android/#comment-141168 I've found that <a href="http://store.trekbikes.com/jump.jsp?itemID=347&itemType=PRODUCT&path=1%2C2%2C233&iProductID=347" rel="nofollow">my cyclometer</a> is pretty close to all the apps I've tried on distance and speed. The damn thing is bombproof too: I've dropped it more times than I can count. Honestly, I haven't been terribly interested in "social" ride tracking, altho I guess comparing with you and Ancilla could be fun. :) There was a site I used to use where I was on a Metafilter team, but I haven't done that in ages; it was fairly stagnant in its development IIRC. The battery life with GPS hasn't been too bad. I used Strava on the outbound leg of one of last week's river rides, and had the GPS on all day, got home with battery life to spare. (FWIW, the latest Android OS update has hugely improved my battery life.) And it looks like I tried out RunKeeper 7 months ago, maybe I'll go fuss with it again. I’ve found that my cyclometer is pretty close to all the apps I’ve tried on distance and speed. The damn thing is bombproof too: I’ve dropped it more times than I can count.

Honestly, I haven’t been terribly interested in “social” ride tracking, altho I guess comparing with you and Ancilla could be fun. :) There was a site I used to use where I was on a Metafilter team, but I haven’t done that in ages; it was fairly stagnant in its development IIRC.

The battery life with GPS hasn’t been too bad. I used Strava on the outbound leg of one of last week’s river rides, and had the GPS on all day, got home with battery life to spare. (FWIW, the latest Android OS update has hugely improved my battery life.)

And it looks like I tried out RunKeeper 7 months ago, maybe I’ll go fuss with it again.

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