Archive for November, 2006

Welsh Dragon Whalen Shifter for my MINI

Saturday, November 18th, 2006

After first reading over a year ago about Doug Whalen’s custom MINI Cooper shifters, I’ve been deliberating whether or not to purchase one. Doug custom engraves the gear shift knobs and will replicate any design you like - my shifter of choice would feature a Welsh Dragon.
Well after a recent selling spree on eBay, […]

Guinness Dart Board on AdverBox

Friday, November 17th, 2006

Stumbled across this Guinness Dart Board on AdverBox earlier today. Can’t seem to find any more information about it, but just think it’s a cool idea for an advertisement.
There’s also many of the classic TV ads on the Official Guinness web site:

Fridge
Moth
Free-In
Evolution

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MINI world record - 77 MINIs on the Jamestown/Scotland Ferry

Wednesday, November 15th, 2006

On Sunday 12th November the Hampton Roads Club Mini attempted to set a Guinness World Record by jamming as many MINIs as possible on the Jamestown/Scotland Ferry for the noon crossing.
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Running Streak - Day 350

Wednesday, November 15th, 2006

Today was a nice easy treadmill run for my 350th consecutive day of running. Another couple of weeks and I’ll be up to 1 year of running every day and eligible to join the United States Running Streak Association.
I still can’t believe there’s 5 guys with a current streak of over 35 years! It’s an […]

Garmin Foot Pod to ship soon?

Tuesday, November 14th, 2006

With the darker evenings now upon us, I typically turn to my treadmill a couple of evenings each week to ensure I still get some quality workouts in. Therefore I was pleased to read a couple of months ago that Garmin were releasing a Foot Pod which tracks distance, pace and calories burned when no […]

Simple CSS Vertical Navigation using a list

Friday, November 10th, 2006

Haven’t posted much on web design or CSS for a while, so I thought I’d jot down something that (a) readers will find useful and (b) something I can refer to in the future. A nice way to create a navigation piece in a web page is to use the good old HTML list tag. […]

Free 2nd generation iPod shuffle for Apple employees

Tuesday, November 7th, 2006

Rumor has it all employees of Apple Computer will receive a free shiny second-generation iPod shuffle digital music player as a “morale booster”, sent with the company’s compliments.
The early Christmas gift extends from corporate all the way down to the company’s retail division. In an email sent out this week, Apple chief executive Steve Jobs […]

2nd Generation iPod shuffle review

Monday, November 6th, 2006

Digital Trends has posted a great review of the all-new iPod Shuffle from Apple. The world’s smallest digital music player costs just $79 and is an amazing 1.62 inches long and weighs in at about half an ounce. The 1GB iPod shuffle lets you wear up to 240 songs (actual capacity varies by encoding) on […]

ING New York Marathon - Lance v Dean

Monday, November 6th, 2006

Not that it was ever a true race between 2 of the fittest men alive, but I thought it would be interesting to compare the splits of Lance Armstrong and Dean Karnazes at yesterday’s ING New York Marathon:
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Congrats Dean Karnazes! - 50 marathons in 50 states in 50 days

Monday, November 6th, 2006

Yesterday, Ultramarathon runner Dean Karnazes completed his challenge to run 50 marathons in 50 states in 50 days when he crossed the finish line of the ING New York City Marathon. Dean covered 1,310 miles in the 50 days and burned an estimated 150,000 calories!
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