http://www.rainypony.com/blog I'd be amazed if anyone actually reads this. Mon, 14 Jun 2010 20:41:45 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Ahhh... streaming internet radio. One of the few things that gets me through the work day. (That, and a Diet Coke at lunch.) Since 2002, I've used Yahoo's LaunchCast with relative success, even more so when I got a free Plus subscription when we got Verizon DSL. I have LaunchCast ... http://www.rainypony.com/blog/2010/06/14/yahoo-killed-the-radio-star/ Aw MAN! Tour de France winner Floyd Landis admits doping, accuses Lance Armstrong Landis was stripped of his 2006 Tour de France title for doping, yet always denied cheating until now. He recently sent e-mails to cycling officials and sponsors detailing his blood doping. He also claimed that Armstrong and Bruyneel paid ... http://www.rainypony.com/blog/2010/05/20/floyd-how-could-you/ Wow, two posts in three days! I'm on FIRE! Actually, the only reason why I logged on today was to clean up the 200+ spam comments I noticed yesterday, and to edit my blogroll. (Added There, I Fixed It to the Sites I Like category. I love this site so much ... http://www.rainypony.com/blog/2010/03/25/todays-post-is-brought-to-you-by-the-letter-z/ Nerding out here for a bit...  Retired. This past summer, I decided that I was tired of my Nokia 6126 and began the long and painful process of looking for its replacement. The 6126 actually was a somewhat decent phone, although there was a brief period where it would just randomly ... http://www.rainypony.com/blog/2010/03/23/smart-phone-e66/ Oh man... this again?! French judge issues arrest warrant for Landis PARIS -- A French judge has issued a national arrest warrant for U.S. cyclist Floyd Landis in connection with a case of data hacking at a doping laboratory, a prosecutor's office said. ... The American cyclist challenged the drug test results before ... http://www.rainypony.com/blog/2010/02/16/floyd-landis-computer-hacker/ A few weeks ago, I driving home from the barn, dying of thirst and completely out of water. I took quick detour to Giant and grabbed a Vitamin water drink, since I hate buying bottled water - might as well spend the money on something with flavor, right? (Side note: ... http://www.rainypony.com/blog/2009/10/16/a-literally-giant-receipt/ Hincapie misses yellow jersey at Tour BESANCON, France (AP) — Lance Armstrong was unfazed about slipping to fourth place at the Tour de France. Instead, he was riled that his former lieutenant, George Hincapie, was deprived of the yellow jersey — allegedly by a rival U.S. team. Hincapie, the only man to ... http://www.rainypony.com/blog/2009/07/23/man-up-george/ A Safety Issue to Officers, Poor Form to Cyclists More than 700 cyclists were on the roads of Loudoun County over the weekend, some pedaling up to 150 miles, trying to raise money for a debilitating disease, multiple sclerosis. According to cyclists and Loudoun authorities, several cyclists failed to come to complete ... http://www.rainypony.com/blog/2009/06/11/here-we-go-again/ I was listening to NPR yesterday, and heard this story about bird strikes at airports in the U.S: Pinpointing Airports With High Rate Of Bird Strikes. Bad News: Number of bird strikes is up. Good news: Damage done by birds is down. Bad news of good news: they don't know why. ... http://www.rainypony.com/blog/2009/04/28/blame-canada/ Yesterday's ride -- relatively uneventful. Nice scenery, short hills, good weather. I ended up messing up my directions and going down Glen Mill instead of the subdivision to the east of it, so needless to say I probably won't make that mistake again... a bit too much traffic for my tastes, ... http://www.rainypony.com/blog/2009/04/20/sunday-potomac-ride/