George's Weblog

My basement pain cave is working out pretty good this year.  I find I'm getting a better aerobic workout than riding outside; at least that's the excuse I'm using for not going out in the cold as much. The first enhancement was to remove the flimsy… more »

I've been wanting to boost the performance of my Mac Mini for some time now. Running some benchmarks showed me that my i5 processor was certainly worthy but the main bottleneck was disk i/o. Having a 5400 RPM hard drive was the weak spot.  The first… more »

Chickpeas with Tomato and Spinach Ingredients: 2 cups dried chickpeas 1 teaspoon tumeric powder 6 Tbs oil (I use canola) 6 medium roma tomatoes diced 1 large yellow onion diced 4 cups packed fresh spinach 1/2 cup water 1 teaspoon cumin seeds 1/2… more »

I finally got my invite to join the Zwift beta program on Christmas Eve. Since I was just starting the Rapha Festive 500 Challenge on Strava I decided to wait a little while before I checked it out because I knew that I would push myself a bit once I go… more »

I was fortunate that I had a big expense reimbursement this month and also three paychecks so I gave myself a Christmas present and bought a Wahoo KICKR. Performance had a $50 off coupon and had one in stock in their Delaware store so no sales tax. I al… more »