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Monday Mar 8, 2010 #
9 PM
Cycling (upright trainer spinning) 23:00 [3]
ahr:146
Watching news on my iPod.
Walking (treadmill) 10:00 [1]
ahr:122
Cool down from the cycling. I'm all wobbly when I get off the bike, whether upright or recumbent.
AMT or Elliptical Trainer 12:00 [3]
ahr:155
Had time left, so I hopped on the Arms-and-Legs elliptical. Had to cut it short and walk out without a cool down---I was expecting 20 minutes warning and didn't get it. So---no steam room today.
Sunday Mar 7, 2010 #
Course set-check-pick 2:00:00 [1] *** 5.0 km (24:00 / km) +100m 21:49 / km
shoes: Adidas Tri-Star Cleats ($35)
Actual time about 2:30:00. Planning courses for the Flying Pig Friday Middle.
A lot of progress for the weekend. I think I've got a good start and finish. White looks solid. I've started Blue about 3 times, and just thrown away the work each time. Designing middle courses isn't harder than long/classic, but there is less compromise. Each leg holds up a higher percentage of the course than it would over a longer course, so you can't have a lot of weak legs. I've decided if I'm going to keep the number of total controls in check, I'm going to have to design WYO first, and then go to Blue and Red, then finish Green and Brown with what is left. If the situation were different, I might just build up WYOBGRB, in that order. I might still do that, actually. I've got Yellow and Orange drafted. So I'm going to attempt Blue and Red next and see how that sets me up for Green and Brown. (I've got a plan.)
Avatar 3D (1): A real experience. The effects are just amazing. I can see why it didn't win more awards, though. The story just doesn't sell the conflicts between the characters to a level needed to win the big awards. But seriously, see it. I'm not convinced that the 3D is so much better. I'm considering seeing the normal version to compare. It seemed to me that the glasses dimmed the screen a lot, and the separation of the L-R images requires you to fight to see all the details in the frame. I like that normal movies intensify the image by putting more of the image in focus than you are able to take in in real life. To me, the flatness of the image in a movie is a desireable feature that intensifies the action. While I won't argue that 3D doesn't also intensify the action, it also takes away details that are in-frame but would require a different eye positioning to see---the little details are blurry---And when you are looking at those little details, the "main" action now resolves as two blurry images. I'm guessing that the fix for this is for the movie maker to be aware of the problem during certain high-speed scenes, and to reduce the separation to hold in "view" what they intend for you to see---that is, to selectively flatten the image momentarily to deliver the desired image.
I mentioned the dimming of the image, and that seems to take away a lot of the magic, too. I know I was disappointed when I put on the glasses after the previews and the image seemed *so* dim. Sure your eyes adjust when the lights go down, but it just seems wrong to give up that brightness.
If I had to vote right now, I'd vote that 3D is a gimmick. Or rather, "...Still a gimmick."
A lot of progress for the weekend. I think I've got a good start and finish. White looks solid. I've started Blue about 3 times, and just thrown away the work each time. Designing middle courses isn't harder than long/classic, but there is less compromise. Each leg holds up a higher percentage of the course than it would over a longer course, so you can't have a lot of weak legs. I've decided if I'm going to keep the number of total controls in check, I'm going to have to design WYO first, and then go to Blue and Red, then finish Green and Brown with what is left. If the situation were different, I might just build up WYOBGRB, in that order. I might still do that, actually. I've got Yellow and Orange drafted. So I'm going to attempt Blue and Red next and see how that sets me up for Green and Brown. (I've got a plan.)
Avatar 3D (1): A real experience. The effects are just amazing. I can see why it didn't win more awards, though. The story just doesn't sell the conflicts between the characters to a level needed to win the big awards. But seriously, see it. I'm not convinced that the 3D is so much better. I'm considering seeing the normal version to compare. It seemed to me that the glasses dimmed the screen a lot, and the separation of the L-R images requires you to fight to see all the details in the frame. I like that normal movies intensify the image by putting more of the image in focus than you are able to take in in real life. To me, the flatness of the image in a movie is a desireable feature that intensifies the action. While I won't argue that 3D doesn't also intensify the action, it also takes away details that are in-frame but would require a different eye positioning to see---the little details are blurry---And when you are looking at those little details, the "main" action now resolves as two blurry images. I'm guessing that the fix for this is for the movie maker to be aware of the problem during certain high-speed scenes, and to reduce the separation to hold in "view" what they intend for you to see---that is, to selectively flatten the image momentarily to deliver the desired image.
I mentioned the dimming of the image, and that seems to take away a lot of the magic, too. I know I was disappointed when I put on the glasses after the previews and the image seemed *so* dim. Sure your eyes adjust when the lights go down, but it just seems wrong to give up that brightness.
If I had to vote right now, I'd vote that 3D is a gimmick. Or rather, "...Still a gimmick."
Saturday Mar 6, 2010 #
Course set-check-pick 2:30:00 [1] *** 8.5 km (17:39 / km) +120m 16:29 / km
shoes: Adidas Tri-Star Cleats ($35)
Actual time about 3:30:00, but lots of standing around looking at the map and the terrain. Planning courses for the Flying Pig Friday Middle.
Defiance (1): About Jews hiding in the forest in Belarus during WWII. Some nice O' terrain, although the filming was actually in Lithuania---I was imagining barb and PG during the rogaine. I have mixed feelings about this movie---Part of me thinks this is a high-budget movie-of-the-week, but the other part didn't care because of how beautiful this is to watch---the terrain and the weather, sure---But the single most surprising thing for me was the city clothes people show up in. There are amazing suits and overcoats. I'll probably watch this again next fall as inspiration before I buy an overcoat to wear with suits. On the DVD is a gallery of perhaps ten survivors taken recently, and you can tell that the movie is accurate---their clothes are perfect.
In the making-of featurette, the director says the crew was out-in-the-cold for 12 hours a day with goretex, and they just could not imagine being out for 24 hours a day with wool street coats. I've learned a lot about dressing for the cold because of our winter orienteering league, where I'm outside for maybe 6 hours. I still get cold sometimes. I don't know how Canadians or Laramie-ites do it. (But I'm willing to learn...)
(And for the record, I'm not a clothes person. But I have let my wardrobe lapse, and I'm trying to do better.)
Defiance (1): About Jews hiding in the forest in Belarus during WWII. Some nice O' terrain, although the filming was actually in Lithuania---I was imagining barb and PG during the rogaine. I have mixed feelings about this movie---Part of me thinks this is a high-budget movie-of-the-week, but the other part didn't care because of how beautiful this is to watch---the terrain and the weather, sure---But the single most surprising thing for me was the city clothes people show up in. There are amazing suits and overcoats. I'll probably watch this again next fall as inspiration before I buy an overcoat to wear with suits. On the DVD is a gallery of perhaps ten survivors taken recently, and you can tell that the movie is accurate---their clothes are perfect.
In the making-of featurette, the director says the crew was out-in-the-cold for 12 hours a day with goretex, and they just could not imagine being out for 24 hours a day with wool street coats. I've learned a lot about dressing for the cold because of our winter orienteering league, where I'm outside for maybe 6 hours. I still get cold sometimes. I don't know how Canadians or Laramie-ites do it. (But I'm willing to learn...)
(And for the record, I'm not a clothes person. But I have let my wardrobe lapse, and I'm trying to do better.)