Tue - May 17, 2005

Blogger


I've switched to Blogger. See my new blog at http://www.h2odomination.blogspot.com .

Posted at 10:31 AM        

Sat - May 14, 2005

CAT Long Course Invitational, day 2


Today I swam the 50 meter free, 100 meter fly, and 200 meter I.M. In the 50 free, I got 29.10, which is a Sectional time, and less than a quarter of a second off Kyle's time. In the 100 fly, my time was 1:15. Three seconds off my converted time, but the conversions aren't accurate. In my 200 I.M., I got 2:47. Only a second improvement from my converted time, but as I said, the conversions aren't accurate.

Posted at 08:37 PM        

Fri - May 13, 2005

CAT Long Course Invitational, day 1


I swam the 200 meter free today, and my time was 2:24. The conversion says I had a 2:21 before, but it's not very accurate; it's really all mental, so seeing that you still have another 25 meters to go in a long course pool when you should be at the wall is intimidating.

Posted at 09:19 PM        

OS 10.4 Tiger




I now have Tiger! Dashboard is worth the price of the whole thing. And the new version of Mail and iChat are really cool. Safari RSS is also really neat.


Posted at 09:14 PM        

Tue - May 10, 2005

Apple mosaic


Using 30 different Apple-related images and MozoDojo, I created (okay, MozoDojo created) this Apple poster.


Posted at 04:00 PM        

Sat - May 7, 2005

Weyerhaeuser Invitational, day 2





50 meter freestyle - I got 1st in this event, and my time was 30.30. According to the heat sheets, it wasn't a best time, but I don't think the conversion was accurate (they had to convert the time from short course yards to long course meters), because the other people weren't beating the times on the heat sheets either.

200 meter backstroke - I didn't do very well in this event, even though I got a best time, because my old time was from last year. I think the time I got was 2:55.

400 meter freestyle - I got 2nd, with a time of 5:04. The Naugladite (aka Andrew) beat me by 1 second! We were right with each other for the first 300 meters, then he pulled about one body-length ahead at the end.

Posted at 06:47 PM        

Fri - May 6, 2005

Weyerhaeuser Invitational, day 1


I swam the 800 meter freestyle today, and my time was 10:28. That's an A time by six seconds, and about a minute off a Zone time. I beat Adam by about 2 tenths of a second!
More tomorrow...

Posted at 08:01 PM        

Wed - May 4, 2005

Bearcat awards ceremony


Today was the Bearcat awards ceremony. There was a projected movie that showed different meets and swimmers, and the coaches gave a talk and addressed all the groups. Also, everyone got Bearcat patches, and some people got plaques. (If you get 20 best times in one stroke you get a plaque, and if you get 20 in another stroke you get an attachment for your plaque.)




Of course, since they were using Windows to control the movie, there was a delay in getting it started because they couldn't figure something out. I'm not exactly sure what it was; I think they couldn't get the movie to show up on the screen (aka wall). People were calling for me to help them set it up, but I didn't because I'm not used to Windows. Next time, I'll bring my Mac and there won't be a delay...!

Posted at 08:39 PM        

Ahh! Morning practice!


Distance: 5200+ yards

I came to morning practice this morning because we don't have evening practice tonight, courtesy of the awards ceremony. I had to get up at 4:00am because practice started at 5:00. Our main set was 4x250's @ 3:25, 4x250's @ 3:20, 4x250's @ 3:15, 4x250's @ 3:10 (but Kate made us do the first two of the last set on the 3:05).

For the last ten minutes of practice we had to tie stretch cords to the blocks and then harness them around ourselves, and swim out as far as we could without being snapped back.

Posted at 08:19 AM        

Mon - May 2, 2005

Ancient computer


I had an ancient computer just sitting behind a sofa, but I haven't succeeded in booting it up yet because of the "Keyboard error, press F1 to resume". (I haven't found a keyboard for it yet because it has nothing but serial ports.) So I decided to take it apart to see how fast/slow it is and how much RAM it has.

4 1MB RAM chips, 4 4 Megabit SIMM chips. Which makes 4.0002 MB RAM.

33MHz processor with a 14.31818MHz bus.

250MB hard drive.




Posted at 01:41 PM        

Sun - May 1, 2005

Inexplicable error messages


This is why I will never use Windows 95.





And yes, that error is real.

Posted at 08:26 PM        

Sun - April 24, 2005

Monster Cookie


We went on the Monster Cookie ride today, a 64 mile bike ride where you get monster cookies at the end. There is a rest stop at the 15 mile point, and a lunch stop halfway though. Because it's a loop, you stop at the rest stop twice. It took us about 6 hours, including stops. I got 3 flats within 15 miles! Then we found on the tire was old and cracking, and none of the stops had any spare tires, so my mom dropped out and let me use her bike.


Trying to change the tube.

I was completely covered with mud and grime when we finished. But as the name suggests, I got two monster cookies at the end!

Posted at 04:25 PM        

Sat - April 23, 2005

Morning practice in Albany


Distance: 4550 meters
We practiced with the Albany swim club for 2 hours this morning, because they have a long-course pool. We swam about 3 miles. We did a 1500 meter warmup, and our main set was 1x100 @ 1:30, 50 easy @ 2:00, 2x100's @ 1:30, 50 easy @ 2:00, 3x100's @ 1:30, 50 easy @ 2:00, 4x100 @ 1:30, 50 easy @ 2:00, and go back down again starting from the 3x100's. Also, we did 2x200's tombstone.

Posted at 11:08 AM        

Thu - April 21, 2005

New language




I've decided REALbasic isn't flexible enough... So I'm learning C. I don't know if I'll be able to do it in 21 days, but it will be easier since I already have background in REALbasic.

Posted at 03:27 PM        

Sat - April 16, 2005

Olympic Swim Clinic


No morning practice today, because we went to the Olympic Swim Clinic at Echo Hollow pool in Eugene, featuring Amanda Beard (2004 Olympic Gold Medalist and Double Silver Medalist) and Kaitlin Sandeno (2004 Gold, Silver and Bronze Medalist)! There was a movie of different international swimming events, and they gave a talk and coached us in the water for 45 minutes. Also, everyone got goodie bags. I think there were about 350 people there.

Posted at 04:02 PM        

Tue - April 12, 2005

OS 10.4 Tiger




Check out the Apple website. Tiger is here!

Posted at 09:21 AM        

Sat - April 9, 2005

Magellan eXplorist 300




I bought a Magellan eXplorist 300! I've only been able to test it for a few minutes outside so far, but it works really well. Also, it has an electronic compass, so you don't have to be moving for it to work, a thermometer, and a barometer which also gives the barometric altitude. And it has 16MB of built-in maps. And for the best part... it's waterproof!

Posted at 10:04 PM        

Bright and early swim


One more stroke of breaststroke and I'll fall apart...! Our main set at the end of practice was a 400, a 300, a 200 and a 100. Three times. One backstroke, one breaststroke, and one free-fly by 25's. So a 1000 backstroke, 1000 breaststroke, and 1000 free-fly. And I forgot the rest of practice... I'm too tired to remember it. At least now we get a break for... one day...

Posted at 10:20 AM        

Fri - April 8, 2005

Swim practice


I haven't been blogging very much lately because I've been so tired from swim practice. We've had harder practices before, but I'm just not used to 4 hard practices in a row. We have morning practice tomorrow from 7:00 to 9:00am. Kate said it will be easier, but...

Posted at 02:11 PM        

Tue - April 5, 2005

Start of the swimming season


I know this entry is a day late, but yesterday was the start of the swimming season, after a two week break. And I've been moved up to the Senior group, as well as Adam, Sheila and Alex. Our senior practice was really hard today! I don't remember what the whole thing was, but we had a set near the end that was 8 75's I.M. transition drill @ 1:15, 4 75's I.M. transition swim on the 1:10, and 4 75's I.M. transition swim on the 1:05.

Posted at 09:45 PM        

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