Sunday dirt roads and rails with Mike and Kevin. Fastest Dutton climb of the year (2:38)

Highland with Brian (from his home)

Top of Oakland County

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Ride to Dutton and Stony

What a nice day!

The actual stopwatch time was 4:13:28 which for some reason doesn't show up on this MotionBased Summary. Max speed was on descent of Silver Lake Road towards Paint Creek.

Here is the Map link.

Here is the Motionbased Link.

Trip to Stony

I went to Stony Creek today, but this time I came home a different way:

When going through the River Bends Park, I learned the wrong way to go:

There were no "warning: range" signs on the trail, but I did hear birdshot raining down.

Ride data:

65 miles

3 trips up Dutton climb

2 Laps of Stony

Early Season Loop


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Summary Data Total Time (h:m:s) 2:06:23 5:25 pace Moving Time (h:m:s) 1:58:27 5:04 pace Distance (mi ) 23.31 Moving Speed (mph) 11.8 avg. 18.4 max. Elevation Gain (ft) +3,296 / -3,366   Avg. Heart Rate 112 bpm Zone 2.1

Big Stony Road Loop


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First Road Bike Ride of 2009


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WRCS Ride Today


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A Ride To Rochester in the Snow



Distance: 40.29 miles
Moving Time: 3 hours 22 minutes

ITIL Question of the Day

Which of the following BEST describes a Service Desk?

A. A process within Service Operation providing a single point of contact
B. A dedicated number of staff handling service requests
C. A dedicated number of staff answering questions from users
D. A dedicated number of staff handling Incidents and service requests

ITIL Question of the Day

Which of the following BEST describes when a Known Error record should be raised?

A. A Known Error should not be raised until a temporary resolution or workaround has been found

B. A Known Error should be raised at any time that it would be useful to do so

C. As soon as it becomes obvious that a quick resolution of the Problem will be found

D. Immediately following the Problem resolution, so a permanent historical record of all actions is retained in case of a recurrence.

ITIL Question of the Day

Which of the following statements BEST describes the aims of Release and Deployment Management?

A) To build, test and deliver the capability to provide the services specified by Service Design and that will accomplish the stakeholders requirements and deliver the intended objectives

B) To ensure that each Release package specified by Service Design consists of a set of related assets and service components that are compatible with each other

C) To ensure that all Release and Deployment packages can be tracked, installed, tested, verified, and/or uninstalled or backed out if appropriate

D) To record and manage deviations, risks, and issues related to the new or changed service

2010 Olympics

I am currently in possession of the following 2010 Olympic event tickets:

2/21/2010 - Biathlon - Men's 15K mass start, Women's 12.5K mass start

2/23/2010 - Nordic Combined - Team event (Large hill and 4x5k relay)

2/24/2010 - Alpine Skiing - Women's Giant Slalom

All are medal competitions, and I have to say that I'm pretty happy with these tickets (which I had to scramble to pick, since I ordered towards the end of Phase I ticketing).

Now if I can only get some snowboard tickets and some cheap accommodations I'll be good to go.

A New Years Eve Set

NYE'09 Set by numbersix

Brave New World feat. Nick Clow (Nick Bridges Stripper Mix) - Bodyrox, Luciana

Robot Rock (Soulwax Remix) - Daft Punk

Poker Face (Lies In Disguise Remix) - The Toxic Avenger

Ghosts N Stuff (Original Mix) - Deadmau5

Standing In The Way Of Control (Soulwax Nite Version) - The Gossip

NY Lipps (Kawazaki Dub) - Soulwax

Funkytown - Lipps Inc.

Street Justice (Teen Wolf Remix) - MSTRKRFT

Green Light (MSTRKRFT Remix) - John Legend & Andre 3000

Complications (Original Mix) - Deadmau5

Move For Me (Extended Mix) - Kaskade & Deadmau5

Move My Body (Original Mix) - Tiga

Positif (Original Mix) - mr. OIZO