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Nice timing on those reviews – REI dividend checks go out by the end of the month :)
Hello,
Would you share the name of the pool with a Parisian ?
Regards.
From the photos, it could be the riparian pool in Nogent-sur-Marne, if I’m not mistaken.
Correct indeed.
Ray, a diet coke does not count!!
Full of aspartam (no sugar), no antioxydant, no protein, … only taste!
For the same price, a fruit would do much more.
Looking forward to see the review of next week
No, you’re right. I should have added a Banana Nutella Cupcake. Solves both protein and sugar.
Nutella doesn’t add much protein
most so-called “diet” drinks are really bad for you, if you gotta have coke, the sugar in the classic version is much less harmful than the sweetener in the “light” product, so I couldn’t help but comment (i personally think it’s criminal the way it is misrepresented in advertising)
Although it can be a bit fiddly, your roof window looks like one we used to have that you can remove with a simple flat headed screw driver although getting it in and out was initially very fiddly until I got the hang of it. That would give you better access to the roof.
Nice to see so many people outside Bertie’s CupCakery! But no blog update since last summer — maybe you could encourage the girl to post. The idea that a Canadian could just move to Paris, without knowing the language or having any retail experience or knowing anyone, and open a business that only sells cup cakes, which then turns out to be a huge success, is simply amazing. You must be so proud of her.
+1. A few blog posts could get your fans/readers turning up too – although it looks busy enough with more publicity !
Really looking forward to the Sunto review. I have a niggle in the back of my mind that I may sell the FR220 and make the swap if the review looks good. Garmin’s issues with current pace (varying a stupid amount – making the pace targets almost pointless) is tempting me away. Am I right in thinking though that the Sunto cant use ANT+ to extract data from the watch, like the older FRs can ? BTLE on the Garmin is a fail with my Nexus 5, and with the ANT+ ‘hack’ it would be great to be able to extract workouts from the Sunto this way.
Correct, the Suunto watches don’t to ANTfs transfers, so no method to transfer off the unit except USB.
Thats a shame – looks like everyone is moving away from that method of transfer.
Any more news on the Mio Link ? You previously said they were aiming for delivery of their units from manufacture around now. Posts on facebook etc though are suggesting it may be another few weeks until pre-order.. :(
I’m hearing next week for pre-orders.
Again – thanks for being so open with your intel! :)
Fingers crossed delivery will be soon after that. Three weeks and counting for my first marathon.
Sounds like a pretty nice week
Looking forward for Ambit2 firmware update.
Ray,
Watch out for the French authorities. I read about a teen who was prosecuted for flying a quadrocopter in Nantes without a license (he didn’t get near any flight paths if I recall correctly). Unless you have a French license, then never mind.
You do seem to have an awesome view of Notre Dame.
I think this expl;ains the rules: link to airshoot-technologie.com
Yeah, they’re a bit more touchy in some areas than other countries. That said, the rules aren’t too hard to follow (even if not that much fun). The link above is good, there’s a better page that breaks it down into more common English…errr…French. But my interwebs are too slow right now to find it.
Interestingly, in the case of the teen, the mayor ultimately offered him a job.
Well, put a Boeing logo on your Phantom and happy flying!
Going to learn parkor to get on the roof?
So your “down week” includes running 13.5 miles in 90 minutes?
My half-marathon results from the weekend suddenly seem so… pedestrian.
It might make for some fun swim/stroke feedback by having someone fly the go-pro over you while you swim in that pool.
Looking forward to the full Ambit 2R review! I just bought one from Clever Training with the discount. I know I will learn so much from your post.
Suunto doesn’t have vibration alerts, correct? I assume the review will cover that. If so, that would kill any interest for me.
Correct, it does not.
Impressed with the neat antenna cable placement over the roof! ;-)
Shame you cant build a small wodden terrasse up there.
Yup! 21km in 90’… in my (wet) dreams only! \o/