Food Log: 9/30/2006 Saturday

Breakfast: Coffee Waffles -80g Syrup - 53g Soy sausages - 3g Soymilk 8g *Talk about a sugar spike. Was lightheaded afterwards for an hour 11...

Poor Mountain Hillclimb tomorrow

Tomorrwow is the Poor Mountain Hillclimb I've never been here before. Just from reading descriptions it is going to be pure carnage. ...

Youtube video of the day

Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf takes the hot seat in John Stuart's the Daily Show.

The Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury trial farce continues

I have wrote about this many times before. Last year the news was: In a meeting with Dr. Richard L. Benkin the Bangladeshi ambassador to US...

The Muslim view

Dean Esmay challenges the Muslim views of the American rightist blogosphere and gets the heat. Michelle Malkin fires back. Eteraz has more...

Election centered economy

The economist has an insightful article depicting how election inspires economic nationalism in Bangladesh. Prior to election Tk 8,746cr de...

Bengali Love

Pakistani president Pervez had a crush on a Bengali girl from East Pakistan (now Bangladesh), his autobiography 'In The Line Of Fire: A...

Nightmare in Bangladesh

People are again rioting for electricity in Bangladesh, this time in the capital, Dhaka. The power Minister resigns indicating another fa...

Food Log 9/29/2006 Friday

7am Coffee Low Sugar Oatmeal - 24g Yogurt 34g 1egg 10am Sweet/salty granola bar 19g 11: balance gold bar 22g 11:30 2 fig newtons 28g rode bi...

Bangladesh can do it!

Patricia Kelly tells how Bangladesh took on Google and Microsoft . There are three Bangladeshi developers in the award winning Pageflakes t...

Food Log 9/28/2006 Thurday

Breakfast: English Muffin 27g W/egg and cheese slice Noon: Hot pocket -40g Ensure+ 50g 1:30 Lunch at sons' school Chicken Fajita salad -...

Food log

I'm going to keep a food log for the next week at least to track food intake. The metrics I'm really interested in is carb intake, ...

Ho hum Interbike

Interbike is going on right now. This year my enthusiasm for it is very ho hum. There's just nothing I'm really into. It's m...

Why a Harley Davidson Motorcycle

By Low JeremyThere are several manufacturers of motorcycles around the world. The BMW for one, builds performance driven motorcycles for yea...

What do hybrid buyers worry about

CNN ran a story on what people who buy hybrid cars are worried about and they seem to have a fair and balanced view. Here are the seven maj...

Bangladeshi Blogs - another update

I have updated the Bangladeshi bloggers list . Check it out.

Interesting diet observations and consipracy theories

So more than a month ago I had a case of OC (over carb) in a race, and suffered that sickly sweet feeling that permeates your entire body. ...

Youtube video of the day

"How dare you come to a Muslim area?" UK Home Secretary John Reid being heckled by an Islamist. I can't believe the UK governm...

Hypermiling at 150 mpg

As hard as it is to believe, the hypermilers are trying to do even better. In a celebration of the Honda Insight and its capabilities, a gro...

Frost and Sullivan predict big things for manufacturers of hybrid engines

With the growth of hybrid car sales, manufacturers who can build hybrid engines have a big opportunity ahead. Hybrid vehicles spell opportun...

Poor children in a rich country

The above picture shows the green grass of the Spreebogen Park in front of the Berlin main rail station (Hauptbahnhof) and besides the Chanc...

After the pope, now Mozart?

Otto von Bismarck , the Prussian prime minister and prominent statesman of Germany in the Nineteenth century said "An appeal to fear ne...

Classification of Car Sizes by the EPA

A recent question posed by one of my readers in the post on how to choose a hybrid about the classification of the Prius led me to the foll...

Hybrid Car Sales in the coming months

According to the latest JD Powers survey , poor gas mileage is now the third most-cited reason for rejecting a vehicle. The first and secon...

Nissan to produce a hybrid without Toyota technology

In the past, CEO of Nissan Carlos Ghosn has indicated their deal to produce hybrids using Toyotas technology won't last too long. And ...

PRQ #12: Jeremiah Bishop

This is Part 12 in the Pro Racer Questionnaire series. The same questions are posed to pros/semi-pros. The idea is to provide some exposur...

Off camber

Riding off camber turns and trails is something I've been thinking about lately. This is an attempt to put it into pictures. Hopefully ...

Reconnecting

Had an awesome ride today. Slightly damp, turned to rain/drizzle. The roots were wet and the rocks were slick. I'd been planning on ri...

Bangladesh Blog Buzz

The latest happenings in Bangladeshi blogs around the world: * Education: Tanvir of Journal of a Disturbed Mind blog criticizes the new g...

The Advent of Car LCD Screens

By Peter VermeerenThe advent of LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) screens has resulted in an amazing number of applications, which were simply no...

H6.5

Did a road ride today. Man I tell you I LOVE that road bike. Hills From work, down Ellet to valley -Deercroft to Nellies Cave to the top (1...

Today's links

* Bangladesh making law to check computer hacking. * Suit claims UAE rulers enslaved boys. * My sweet baby girl Rai. * The Best Web-Based...

Boston gets a Hybrid Taxi

A Toyota Camry Hybrid to be exact. Other cities, including New York and San Francisco have had hybrid vehicles serving as taxis for months...

Toyota is increasing production on its Prius

Toyota is looking to increase production of the Prius to 300,000 units in 2007, an increase of 50 percent according to the Nihon Keizai. To...

Notes to self on training cycles

Yesterday the legs felt decent on the commute even though the previous two days they were achey from the race. Those two days were hard so I...

Toyota Hybrid Tax Credit Phase Out

Under the current tax law, the credit for buying a hybrid vehicle begins to phase out during the second calendar quarter after the quarter i...

$20 billion in loans to help research hybrids and alternative fuels

According to a Reuters report, Rep Mike Rogers (R) of Michigan is looking to offer a $20 billion loan to automakers (i.e GM, Ford and Chrysl...

Good map of poverty creek / Brush mountain trails

T. sent over this nice map of the Poverty Creek links. If you click on it then go to DIFFERENT SIZES down at the bottom right you can go to ...

Hack for the Insight Air Conditioner and Defroster

Do the Defrost hack so you can enter Auto Stop. 1) Turn the vent control (top knob) to "face" (one to the right of auto) 2) Turn t...

Saturn Vue Green Line Hybrid SUV is finally coming to dealers

The Saturn Vue Hybrid is being delivered to dealers across the country from the plant in Tennessee. Given the trouble Saturn (GM) has been...

Analyzing the race

I've been going over the last race trying to identify problems and how to address them over the next season. From the very start I never...

Nutrition notes from last race

Pre race meal started at 6:30 finished by 8am, Race start noon Ensure 50g Cereal Grape nuts trail mix 1 cup 74g Soy milk 8g English muffin 2...

Will all cars be capable of getting a tax credit?

If Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Sen. Bob Bennett, R-Utah get their way, all fuel efficient cars will be eligible for tax credits, not just hy...

How to choose which hybrid to buy

So, you've decided to buy a hybrid. You've heard all they hype about hybrid technology. How they are so good for the environment b...

Innacurate Reports

It's disappointing to see stories like this. Hybrid Buying Guide 2006 - Forbes.com As the highest-volume and most famous gas/electric ...

Getting the bigger picture

The both women have something in common. Taslima Nasrin was exiled from Bangladesh because of her critical views of the treatment of women ...

Honda Civic Hybrid may be assembled in China

According to a recent report in the Nihon Keizai Shimbun, Honda may begin assembling the Honda Civic Hybrid in China. Currently, all Civic H...

No Fries for you

I told myself I'd get french fries if I broke 2:35 today. 2:40 or 2:41 or thereabouts. Pizza on the way home was consolation. Many Than...

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