Tom 7 Radar: all comments

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7669. moira (198-144-37-130.static.vdsl.nidhog.net) – 29 Sep 2008 00:59:33 39m33s or ⊥! ]
Ooh, yeah RDR costumes! (If the RDR and my main conference don't overlap yet again this year!)
 
7668. Charlie Garrod (198-144-37-130.static.vdsl.nidhog.net) – 28 Sep 2008 17:45:23 39m33s or ⊥! ]
Also, note that for me, 10K race pace is above 6:45 / mi. :p
 
7667. Charlie Garrod (198-144-37-130.static.vdsl.nidhog.net) – 28 Sep 2008 17:44:50 39m33s or ⊥! ]
RDR costumes, anyone?
 
7666. Tom 7 (mobile-032-149-224-092.mycingular.net) – 28 Sep 2008 17:40:02 39m33s or ⊥! ]
ha, I'm up for costumes!
 
7665. Mary McGlohon (c-24-131-17-17.hsd1.pa.comcast.net) – 28 Sep 2008 17:38:09 39m33s or ⊥! ]
Nice!

There's talk of running next year in costumes. If you're not going to be trying to break any records...
 
7664. Ryan (c-76-125-235-165.hsd1.pa.comcast.net) – 28 Sep 2008 17:24:18 39m33s or ⊥! ]
Finally, you're done with that achievement - now you just have to help me win 5 more setlists in RB1.
 
7663. Tom 7 (host-64-179-113-99.col.choiceone.net) – 28 Sep 2008 16:30:57 39m33s or ⊥! ]
Maybe for you, but for me to run anything under about 6m45s/mi means constantly pushing myself and looking at the watch because it is unnaturally and uncomfortably fast. I much prefer to just get in the zone and go on for ages.
 
7662. Charlie Garrod (198-144-37-130.static.vdsl.nidhog.net) – 28 Sep 2008 16:24:23 39m33s or ⊥! ]
The thing I hate about the 10K distance is that the pace <b>feels</b> slow when you're running it. It's a pace that feels sustainable forever, if you go out and run just a couple blocks or even a couple miles. But the full 10K distance at race pace never fails to be a humbling experience.
 
7661. Tom 7 (h-67-100-132-153.phlapafg.dynamic.covad.net) – 28 Sep 2008 14:24:27 39m59s or bust! ]
I tell my old pairs of running shoes, which otherwise look exactly the same, by colored marks that I made on the laces. (See a previous post about "red laces" as used in the SF Marathon.) Those are not good on moist asphalt, so I decided to go with the slightly less worn soles of green laces.
 
7660. Scott/Graue (ool-457062d8.dyn.optonline.net) – 28 Sep 2008 09:46:03 39m59s or bust! ]
Oh my god, good luck! Green laces?
 
7659. Anonymous (jcsn-dial-043-l.telapex.com) – 27 Sep 2008 21:58:53 Bathroom? Mushroom! ]
WOW! I can hardly believe what I am reading tonight on this site!! I also have found a hugh brown, pigskin-like mushroom a few minutes ago in my bathroom! It was growing on a piece of moulding near the bathtub. I immediately went to the web to find out if anyone in the world had come across the same thing as I had experienced. The mushroom(s) was gross!! I asked my husband to get rid of it. He did, now I had hoped that would take care of the matter, but apparently it won't after reading these messages! I am concerned about health problems, spores,etc. I have breathing problems sometime and am really concerned. Our grandson lives with us and is taking antibiotics for conjestion and has sinus problems.
I wish someone knew what type of mushroom it was and something about that kind as I described.
 
7656. Tom 7 (h-66-167-250-131.phlapafg.dynamic.covad.net) – 27 Sep 2008 09:29:52 New! Escape 200704130 ]
That's why I said it shouldn't be so easy to find. ;)
 
7655. Iamanidiot (198.188.255.2) – 26 Sep 2008 18:18:40 New! Escape 200704130 ]
Tom 7: Thank you...

I think.

The, er, ummm, hashing algorithm eh? Heck, I should have known!
 
7654. Tom 7 (h-69-3-248-130.phlapafg.dynamic.covad.net) – 25 Sep 2008 20:28:37 Tom 7 live @ Open Mic Night, 5 Sep 2008 ]
Oh I just listened to that one again and I like it, nevermind!
 
7653. Tom 7 (h-69-3-248-130.phlapafg.dynamic.covad.net) – 25 Sep 2008 20:25:11 Tom 7 live @ Open Mic Night, 5 Sep 2008 ]
I'm with you on all those except... Emperor of Djibouti?!
 
7652. FARINA00 and the crowds (94.162.9.201) – 25 Sep 2008 11:31:34 Tom 7 live @ Open Mic Night, 5 Sep 2008 ]
Punk Kids, The emperor of Djbouti, Centurion Clowno and Professor Fish are actually all that crowds are yelling for. GO! :)
 
7651. Tom 7 (mobile-032-144-053-050.mycingular.net) – 25 Sep 2008 10:48:56 Tom 7 live @ Open Mic Night, 5 Sep 2008 ]
oh man, I haven't practiced those in years... Neal and I did once karaoke "Punk Kids" at a party though!
 
7650. FARINA00 (94.162.2.139) – 25 Sep 2008 04:55:12 Tom 7 live @ Open Mic Night, 5 Sep 2008 ]
Please, next time... some great classic from the Untitled Gif Orchestra files! :)
 
7649. Tom 7 (h-69-3-248-130.phlapafg.dynamic.covad.net) – 24 Sep 2008 23:30:34 New! Escape 200704130 ]
MD5 is the hashing algorithm used to produce the unique identifiers for each level.The MD5 hashes are 32-character hexadecimal strings like 8640032d0030e7dd5fe7a44997716126. You can find out the MD5 hash for a level by looking at the URL of its image on the level's page on the website. It also shows up in a few other places.

The 'i' key isn't really meant to be used by anyone except me, so it should probably not be so easy to press accidentally. You can feel free to use it, though; nothing will go wrong if you do.
 
7648. Iamanidiot (198.188.255.2) – 24 Sep 2008 18:43:23 New! Escape 200704130 ]
Question: If you press the 'i' key during play, you get a request for an md5. What is an md5?
 
7646. WILL GANGSTER (165.161.3.15) – 24 Sep 2008 08:15:25 New! Escape 200704130 ]
Next Time Make One That Is Not Blocked In The School County District.
 
7645. Tom 7 (h-67-100-47-211.phlapafg.dynamic.covad.net) – 23 Sep 2008 08:58:19 Pac Tom: August 2008 Update ]
Free maps for everybody, yay!
 
7644. Sophia (c-65-96-221-97.hsd1.ma.comcast.net) – 23 Sep 2008 07:42:01 Pac Tom: August 2008 Update ]
Do you like get lots of free maps now that you work at Google? Google make lots of maps.
 
7643. Tom 7 (h-67-100-130-146.phlapafg.dynamic.covad.net) – 23 Sep 2008 01:19:43 Pac Tom: August 2008 Update ]
Darkened means I've done all the streets in that neighborhood so it has been dispensed with. It's hard to see progress otherwise at this point, because mostly I am missing a small street here and there rather than some kind of large grid area. The short-term goal is to finish all of the neighborhoods on this side of the rivers ("continental Pittsburgh"), which is about half of the area of the city proper. After that I'll try to finish the whole thing. I always either start or end a run (usually both) at my house, CMU, or maybe someone else's house if I stayed the night. Occasionally I'll grab a ride somewhere or hoof it home from the Waterfront or something like that, but I'd consider it cheating to drive out in order to run a section and then drive back.

I have some ideas for visualizations of the data, like coloring each route differently or plotting elevation vs. distance to show the route and start point trends and distances, but I think I'm kind of saving these as a reward for finishing the first phase. I'm getting really close now... if it weren't for the Great Race and training and travel I'd expect to finish by the end of the month. I completely agree: the maps are the essential way for people to understand what it's about.
 
7642. ally reeves (c-67-163-202-134.hsd1.pa.comcast.net) – 23 Sep 2008 00:10:29 Pac Tom: August 2008 Update ]
Cool- I had heard about this from several people and had missed the visual (the part I really car about) for the post before. Maybe you mention it but it's not so clear whether you run to these parts of town to begin your "street goals" or drive out to them to begin... I'm also surprised that your map seems to suggest you only run within the neighborhoods that are blackened, which I'm willing to guess is not the case. Have you considered changing the colors of the routes rather than general sections one at a time? I'm not sure how interested you are in generating some sort of audience for this project, but it would be nice to see a few neighborhoods slowly eroded to make the bit by bit approach to completing some neighborhoods more apparent. After all, it is amazing b/c it's a human effort and more detail in your mapping would highlight that.
 

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