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This about sums up my week.

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I would be the gentleman at the three minute mark of the video.

Japanese Treadmill Madness

If you need me this weekend, just...well actually...just don't need me.

Insert terminator joke here

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Watch sfgshe.com/blogs/bronstein for more soon!

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On May 21, 2008, at 7:00 PM, the Ride of Silence will begin in North America and roll across the globe. Cyclists will take to the roads in a silent procession to honor cyclists who have been killed or injured while cycling on public roadways. The Ride of Silence is a FREE ride held during Bike Safety Month where cyclists are asked to ride no faster than 12 mph and remain silent during the ride. The Ride aims to raise the awareness of the legal rights cyclists have on the public roadways. The ride is also a chance to show respect for those who are victims of roadway crashes.

There is no brochure, no sponsors, no registration fee and no T-shirt.

In Chicago, the Ride kicks off on the corner of Dearborn and Washington. Participants are asked to wear a black armband and remain silent for the 10-mile bicycle procession. For more information, contact Elizabeth Adamczyk at rideofsilence.chicago@gmail.com. Day of event registration is allowed.

Check the resources on The Ride of Silence website to find a Ride Of Silence in your area or to get information on how to organize and host a Ride of Silence .

Ride of Silence 2008

Should I buy a Mac Pro?

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My addiction to the latest, greatest, fastest and shiniest is well-documented. Most of the time, the urge to hop the Queens-bound N/R/W to Mecca is driven by pure technolust. However, I rationalize my decisions based on the fact that, working from home, my computer is my connection to the world, both personally and professionally. A faster computer might run Aperture faster, sure, but my virtual machine will run Windows faster, too. Viewed through the lens of professional productivity, it's usually financially irresponsible for me not to buy a new computer.

It was for this reason that I did not follow through with my initial impulse to buy a MacBook Air in January. It's an undeniably sexy laptop, but it's underpowered for my purposes. And so, my credit card stayed neatly tucked away in my wallet... until SXSW.

After attending one of the Core Conversation panels, Kathryn casually mentioned a tip she picked up from someone else who worked out of a home office. When asked how he kept disciplined when transitioning between work mode and play, he replied, "two laptops. No personal stuff on my work laptop, and no work stuff on my personal laptop. Ever."

Brilliant! I'm a world-class procrastinator who's easily distracted. A firewall between my personal and professional computers seemed like a perfect solution. Even better, it was a perfect rationale for buying a certain impossibly thin, 3 pound ultraportable notebook computer!

After living a two-laptop life for a few months, I can now say that I really should have done this sooner. Since cleansing my MacBook Pro of all non-work-related applications, it's so much easier to keep the distractions at bay. However, I've now come to realize that my work laptop isn't a laptop at all, it's a thin, underpowered desktop. Now that I have a MacBook Air, I almost never disconnect my MacBook Pro from its Cinema Display.

I give you all of this backstory so that you don't think I'm crazy when I say that, less than a year after buying a perfectly good MacBook Pro, I'm seriously considering replacing it with a desktop. But, before I go forward, I want to make sure that I'm making the right decision.

I depend heavily on VMware Fusion to run Windows XP. I haven't upgraded to Vista for a number of reasons, chief among them my concern that all the extra bloat will render my guest OS unusably slow. However, using Windows XP for remote administration of Vista computers is a pain in the ass. Backward compatibility in Remote Assistance is broken, and you can't install VNC. There are supposedly workarounds, but I haven't had the time or patience to implement them.

This may be a stupid question, but I'll ask it anyway: Can anyone tell me whether I'll see a substantial performance increase between running the (relatively) leaner Windows XP on a 2.4GHz MacBook Pro, or the more bloated Windows Vista on a (much faster) Mac Pro?

A followup question: should I deviate from the stock configuration, apart from more RAM? Is it worth the extra $800 for the extra .2GHz processor? Should I stick with the ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT, or shell out another $150 for the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT?

Friday Favorite : First of Four by American Analog Set

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American Analog Set - First Of Four

The American Analog Set

Been waiting for this one since Planet B-Boy

Surfwise: The Amazing True Odyssey of the Paskowitz Family

This is the longest trailer in the world - over 10 minutes. But I saw this trailer before the screening of "Planet B-Boy" and I have been waiting for it ever since. I think I need to jump in the ocean. Life is super hectic, we are packing up the library before summer hits and there are all sorts of things going on with that which I cannot even get into because it's too overwhelming! At least I have this movie to look forward to and also watching that "Made of Honor" movie with Ambookgeek. We like that stuff so I don't want to hear it. Can you imagine just living life on the road and just going all over continents to surf and be with the people you care about? Pretty crazy...but maybe not.

http://www.myspace.com/surfwisefilm

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/surfwise/

It'll be out on May 23rd here in LA. Whoo-hooo!

Twitty McTwit

eve
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09:25 @forwardretreat that reminds me... #
12:55 If you didn't already see it on @laughingsquid's blog, you mustwatch @philbronstein's "Making of a blog logo" video at www.sfgate.com/ZDJH #

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