ChapterTwo

FINALLY!

Here’s something cool that Microsoft made that seems to be a fusion of Amazon yellow page’s street view and Google Map’s satellite view.

“Creating Passionate Users” has an interesting post today about Manager 2.0. It is about the “new skool” way of managing people. I hope all the managers in the world read that post and upgrade to 2.0 soon.

Instead of breaking this up into 5 different car posts, here are 5 cool car stuff I came across today…

Picture of Saab Aero concept car getting gas. More pictures here

Spinners are out. These “Pimpstar” wheels are in…

Cool Acura MDX concept drawing…

A 3 million dollars one-off Ferrari based of the Enzo…

Audi R8 test mules spotted (literally)…

UPDATE: Here’s a video of the Pimpstars in action…

I’ve worked out 3 days in a row! WOOO! (3 different sports too)

Today, I went for a medium length bike ride, 16 miles. It is nothing like the bike rides Mike goes on, but it’s enough to get the heart going. Here are my stats…

• Total Time: 1h05min00s
• Distance: 16.1 mi
• Heart rate avg: 82% / 159 bpm
• Heart rate max: 108% / 210 bpm (hmmm, am I supposed to be able to go above 100%?)
• Calories (burned): 854 Kcal
• Speed avg: 14.7 mi/h
• Speed max: 24.4 mi/h

Going toward LB, I was averaging about 12mph. I was a bit sad because I used to be able to average closer to 16mph on the same route. I am guessing I was going into strong head wind going there because coming back, I was averaging about 18mph. It felt GREAT coming back. I would be going 18-20mph at 90rpm with only medium level of effort. I was flyin! I would be happy if I can average 18mph all the time…

Anyway, I am feeling a bit tired now. I’ll probably sleep early tonight…

GO ME!

The stats below is from my jog yesterday morning. I can’t really say I haven’t had time to blog because I had like 7 blog posts in the past 2 days. I admit it. I was just too lazy to blog about my jog. Here’s my stats…

• Total Time: 0h 20min 34s
• Distance: 1.8 mi
• Heart rate avg: 90% / 174 bpm
• Heart rate max: 95% / 185 bpm
• Calories (burned): 293 Kcal
• Speed avg: 5.3 mi/h
• Speed max: 7 mi/h
• Pace avg: 11min 19s/mi
• Pace max: 8min 34s/mi

The jog started out fine. I was going at about an 8:30 pace, but things quickly turned sour. Less than half an mile in, I started feeling the ankle that had been bothering me. I could’ve cut my jog short and just turn around then, but I didn’t. Bad idea. Around an mile and a half in, the pain became unbearable. I had to slow to a walk. Looks like I can’t jog for another week…

Feeling fat, I wanted to work out again today. I wanted to run, but there’s no way my ankle would let me. So I went swimming today. I had a lackluster first 800m. I took 2-3 5 second breathers. Then, another swimmer jumped in my lane. It’s funny how a little competition can really motivate you. He probably wasn’t racing me, but I was certainly racing with him. It wasn’t really a fair race. In terms of speed, he was probably only a little bit slower than me, but he had to take a break every 100 meters or so. I had no problem lapping him a couple times. My goal was just keep lapping him. After the swimmer jumped in, I did 750m, nonstop. It’s amazing what a little motivation can do! I wanted to do 1750m today, but the pool was closing, so I could only get 1550 in. O well, next time… GO ME!

I am a short-timer (most people call me that. Others call me “asshole”, in a friendly way, of course) at WDPRO. I have 6 days (business days) left before I leave for ABC.com. As a WDPRO tradition, when good people leaves WDPRO, they go on the Wall of Fame in Ben’s cube. Last night, I was officially honored a spot on that wall. (Thanks, Ben!)

I will miss WDPRO (even if they only worked on websites for kiddie theme parks)…

In the last few games, my Lakers have been playing well. And I am proud of them.

Finally, the team seems like it’s gellin’ together. We don’t have to rely on Kobe scoring all the points anymore. We have 4 other scoring threats starting along side of him.

• Smush - he’s quick and will drive to the hole
• Odom - he’s a threat everywhere now. He can take the three, post up smaller SFs, or out dribble slower PFs
• Cookie - extremely dangerous jump shooter
• Kwame - explosive player

Other notable Lakers…

• George - playing excellent defense lately
• Luke - much confident in his offense now
• Mihm - really stepped up his game all around. Playing better D. Getting less fouls. Improved his midrange shoot. Too bad he’s injured right now.
• Bynum - shows promise.

Odom and Kwame really stepped it up lately. Odom is playing more aggressively and confidently. Kwame found a niche for himself on the team. And he’s finally CATCHING the ball now!

GO LAKERS!

1. I am the 7th result on Google if you search “cerritos pool“
2. I am the 2nd result on Google if you search “why orlando sucks“

Oh, Ben, why do you have to introduce me to so many cool blogs?…

Anyway, I read a couple thought provoking blogs today. Here’s my “book report”…
One of us is smarter than all of us: This post talks about why two head ISN’T always better than one.

The wisdom of crowds comes not from the consensus decision of the group, but from the aggregation of the ideas/thoughts/decisions of each individual in the group.

How to Become an Early Riser: Hmmm…you know what this post is about…

Human Task Switches Considered Harmful: This article explains why people should not be put on multiple projects at a time.

Passionate: Creating Passionate Users is a great blog to subscribe to, BTW