Well Ron from Holy Cow Milk just came about 30 minutes ago with our yoplait, string cheese and bread. I liked paying with PayPal because then I don't have to use any checks but because of that person who responded in my first blog for this company I decided to pay by check from here on out. At least if I pay by check I don't have anything to lose because they don't get their money until they deliver the goods.
I really love having milk delivered to my house instead of having to get it from the store. Actually their milk is more expensive than the store by $1 per gallon because you can buy 2 gallons for $5 which is $2.50 each, Holy Cow charges $3.50 which if you go to the store and look that is still a very good price. If you just buy 1 gallon of milk you are going to pay $5 for 1 gallon of the Albertson's brand or the name brands like Foster Farms. It just makes more sense to buy the Special Value milk for $5 for 2.
The thing I buy from Holy Cow is their bread for $1.50 a loaf, bread is expensive if you buy at the store. They are outrageously expensive and with todays economy you can't get bread for less than $2. The Albertson's brand bread at the store is $1.79.
I also buy String Cheese which is like .35 cents. I've never bought string cheese so I don't know what that regular price is. Yoplait is another thing I buy from them. If you have gone to the store you will know that Yoplait is the most expensive yogurt on the shelves. That stuff is over $1 each. Holy Cow only charges .65 cents each. That is the main reason I buy from them. I can only get Yoplait when they are 20 for $10 at Albertson's which makes them .50 cents each. So .65 is a very good price and I'd rather give the money to Holy Cow than the big corporations.
I asked Ron to give us some business cards so we can pass them out in the neighborhood, I suggested magnet business cards that people can put on their fridge. That is a very good idea. I'm sure they are more expensive but you have to spend money to make money.
Friday, October 17, 2008
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Dell DJ Tweak
As I've stated in my previous blogs, when I got my Dell DJ Battery it wouldn't fit inside the case but it still plugs in and works fine. The only thing is that I have to have it stuck to the back of the DJ with a rubber band and the bottom isn't on so I have to have it in a neoprene camera case. I would've prefered if the DJ was in a case that has a clear plastic front like they make for iPods and iPhones that have elastic to put around your arm. This way I'd be able to change the song. I would just have to cut a hole for the scroll wheel that's all. But this is fine.
I have a remote so I can pause, play, go to the previous song and the next, raise and lower volume and turn the radio on. If I want to change whats playing I have to take the DJ out of the camera case. Which is no problem. I have 5 cd's queued up all the time and they are all newish and what I want to listen to while riding my bike.
Well, here are the pictures that I just took of the DJ with the battery on the outside laying next to it's case. To see the full size of these pictures just click them.
I have a remote so I can pause, play, go to the previous song and the next, raise and lower volume and turn the radio on. If I want to change whats playing I have to take the DJ out of the camera case. Which is no problem. I have 5 cd's queued up all the time and they are all newish and what I want to listen to while riding my bike.
Well, here are the pictures that I just took of the DJ with the battery on the outside laying next to it's case. To see the full size of these pictures just click them.
High Seat
When I came back from my ride the day before yesterday I raised my seat up a lot but I guess not enough because today I rode my bike and I was still in pain when I got home and I noticed that my leg was still bending as I was riding. Your leg is supposed to extend fully when it gets all the way down. If your seat is too low it can cause an injury to your back and/or legs.
Well, when I lowered my seat I lowered it all the way then I realized how to raise the handlebars but I never raised the seat again. Big mistake.
So anyway, this morning I thought it was high enough but it wasn't and I came home from my ride in a little bit of pain in my legs. Not as much as before but I raised it even higher and got on it and it was perfect. My legs straighten completely. Hopefully tomorrow I can keep going past California Ave instead of turning right.
My goal is to get my muscles strong enough to where I can ride the bike for long periods of time but having my seat so low was counter productive to my progress. The longer I am able to ride the more calories I will burn and then I can just go back on with my life. When I was a kid, teen and young adult (in my 20's) I was very active. Either running from bullies (junior high) or riding my bike to and from school, to and from work, to and from Hollywood via North Hollywood, to and from Simi valley via Canoga Park. Point is I was active and active means skinny. I never gained an ounce. I could eat and eat and eat and believe me, I was a hungry guy and I never gained any weight. So, hopefully, I can keep my eating habits but exercise it all off with the bike.
I also wanted to add that I am so excited to have my Dell DJ back. I went too long without it and I'm so excited that I got that battery for $10 + $7 shipping. I nearly bought the same battery from another retailer for $25 and another was selling the same thing for $50. I almost gave up until I went on eBay.
Well, when I lowered my seat I lowered it all the way then I realized how to raise the handlebars but I never raised the seat again. Big mistake.
So anyway, this morning I thought it was high enough but it wasn't and I came home from my ride in a little bit of pain in my legs. Not as much as before but I raised it even higher and got on it and it was perfect. My legs straighten completely. Hopefully tomorrow I can keep going past California Ave instead of turning right.
My goal is to get my muscles strong enough to where I can ride the bike for long periods of time but having my seat so low was counter productive to my progress. The longer I am able to ride the more calories I will burn and then I can just go back on with my life. When I was a kid, teen and young adult (in my 20's) I was very active. Either running from bullies (junior high) or riding my bike to and from school, to and from work, to and from Hollywood via North Hollywood, to and from Simi valley via Canoga Park. Point is I was active and active means skinny. I never gained an ounce. I could eat and eat and eat and believe me, I was a hungry guy and I never gained any weight. So, hopefully, I can keep my eating habits but exercise it all off with the bike.
I also wanted to add that I am so excited to have my Dell DJ back. I went too long without it and I'm so excited that I got that battery for $10 + $7 shipping. I nearly bought the same battery from another retailer for $25 and another was selling the same thing for $50. I almost gave up until I went on eBay.
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Sanctuary
I was just watching a commercial on Sci-Fi channel for the new show Sanctuary. They mention that they use green screen technology so the actors are basically in a empty room with green walls so they have to act as if they are in a castle or a subway tunnel which they are not then the computers do the rest.
I have seen the first 2 episodes of the show and I did notice that the lighting of the people was too washed out compared to their background. I think if they are going to do that they need to work on that lighting issue. It's a good show and I can get past that issue but it's kinda hard to not notice it. I mean, that technology isn't new, they use it in movies all the time, you'd think they had all the kinks worked out for a tv show.
I have seen the first 2 episodes of the show and I did notice that the lighting of the people was too washed out compared to their background. I think if they are going to do that they need to work on that lighting issue. It's a good show and I can get past that issue but it's kinda hard to not notice it. I mean, that technology isn't new, they use it in movies all the time, you'd think they had all the kinks worked out for a tv show.
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
PlayStation Store
Wow I just read on the PlayStation Blog that the PlayStation Portable is going to get a firmware upgrade to 5.0 which will allow you to go to the PlayStation Store using the PSP to buy and download games, demos, wallpaper, themes etc. All you have to do is sign in to your account and they keep your credit card info so you just buy something and you don't need to worry about entering your credit card info. Which is actually dangerous unless you have a very very good password with at least 20 digits with random letters, numbers and symbols.
Ok so I just went to the PlayStation Store website and it says that the website is going to be down until late October cause they are totally redesigning the website so you can download to your PSP or PS3. How will they make any money if their website isn't operational for 2 weeks? LOL.
Wow I just read the full blog and they are also adding a full keyboard for texting instead of like a phone. That's pretty cool and I can't wait for that. It will make texting on the PSP much easier I think. They are also adding a sleep timer that can be used for playing music on the PSP. I am not quite sure what that means, maybe if you set it for 1 hour then in 1 hour the PSP goes into sleep mode so you don't waste your battery. Like if you have to have music on when you go to bed. I actually like that idea because I do like to hear music when I go to sleep but don't want it to run all night.
Ok so I just went to the PlayStation Store website and it says that the website is going to be down until late October cause they are totally redesigning the website so you can download to your PSP or PS3. How will they make any money if their website isn't operational for 2 weeks? LOL.
Wow I just read the full blog and they are also adding a full keyboard for texting instead of like a phone. That's pretty cool and I can't wait for that. It will make texting on the PSP much easier I think. They are also adding a sleep timer that can be used for playing music on the PSP. I am not quite sure what that means, maybe if you set it for 1 hour then in 1 hour the PSP goes into sleep mode so you don't waste your battery. Like if you have to have music on when you go to bed. I actually like that idea because I do like to hear music when I go to sleep but don't want it to run all night.
Longer, Harder and Uncut
Ok. I rode the bike 2 minutes longer than yesterday so 17 minutes. Actually it was 17 minutes and 23 seconds but whose counting? (ME!)
I thought the ride would get harder because when you push yourself to go that extra block you use more energy to get there. Well, when I got to Eye st. I decided to just keep going to Chester and I made it so then I was able to turn right and go back to 3rd. It was actually easier coming home on Chester than it was going to California on H. Maybe because I knew I was coming home.
Hmmmm, let's see, what is uncut... Well, this blog is, there are no commercials. So there :-P
By the way, going from Eye to H to California to Chester to 3rd then back to Eye was only 1.6 miles and I've been going 1.5 miles turning on Eye instead of going to chester while on California. I know, 0.1 mile is not a lot and 2 min extra is not a lot but I started out with 15 min for 2 days then got to 17 min. Who knows, tomorrow I might do 17 min again or I might do 20 min and 1.7 miles. The point is that I'm getting my legs used to the work. The first day my legs were in agony, I could barely move. Of course today when I came home I could barely walk, I looked like i was an old man using a walker again lol. But that's what it takes to get the muscles back into shape. A little pain at the beginning so I can go the distance with no pain at all. That's why they say "no pain, no gain".
I remember as a teenager riding my bike to school in the morning and not being the least bit tired from the bike ride, then riding home, putting my McDonald's uniform on and going back out the door on my bike to work. When I got there I had no pain in my legs because I was so used to riding a bike that my legs were never in any pain from it. I think because I was so thin back then helped my case because I have 100lbs more than I did 22 years ago.
Also when I was 22-23 years old and I rode my bike from North Hollywood all the way to Hollywood and I did that several times a week too and it would take maybe an hour but it didn't matter, I was never in any pain. And I never had a water bottle with me because it wasn't that hard that I needed water. Although now that I think about it I probably could've used a water bottle lol. But that trip was uphill and downhill and curvey.
Oh and when I was 19 and I lived in Canoga Park I used to ride my bike once in awhile on the Santa Susanna Pass going to Simi Valley to visit my Aunt Betty at Ralph's. That never even phazed me. Although I was a bit winded, I needed water lol. But I got through it no problem and the ride home was a breeze because it was uphill the entire way there so it was downhill the entire way home.
I thought the ride would get harder because when you push yourself to go that extra block you use more energy to get there. Well, when I got to Eye st. I decided to just keep going to Chester and I made it so then I was able to turn right and go back to 3rd. It was actually easier coming home on Chester than it was going to California on H. Maybe because I knew I was coming home.
Hmmmm, let's see, what is uncut... Well, this blog is, there are no commercials. So there :-P
By the way, going from Eye to H to California to Chester to 3rd then back to Eye was only 1.6 miles and I've been going 1.5 miles turning on Eye instead of going to chester while on California. I know, 0.1 mile is not a lot and 2 min extra is not a lot but I started out with 15 min for 2 days then got to 17 min. Who knows, tomorrow I might do 17 min again or I might do 20 min and 1.7 miles. The point is that I'm getting my legs used to the work. The first day my legs were in agony, I could barely move. Of course today when I came home I could barely walk, I looked like i was an old man using a walker again lol. But that's what it takes to get the muscles back into shape. A little pain at the beginning so I can go the distance with no pain at all. That's why they say "no pain, no gain".
I remember as a teenager riding my bike to school in the morning and not being the least bit tired from the bike ride, then riding home, putting my McDonald's uniform on and going back out the door on my bike to work. When I got there I had no pain in my legs because I was so used to riding a bike that my legs were never in any pain from it. I think because I was so thin back then helped my case because I have 100lbs more than I did 22 years ago.
Also when I was 22-23 years old and I rode my bike from North Hollywood all the way to Hollywood and I did that several times a week too and it would take maybe an hour but it didn't matter, I was never in any pain. And I never had a water bottle with me because it wasn't that hard that I needed water. Although now that I think about it I probably could've used a water bottle lol. But that trip was uphill and downhill and curvey.
Oh and when I was 19 and I lived in Canoga Park I used to ride my bike once in awhile on the Santa Susanna Pass going to Simi Valley to visit my Aunt Betty at Ralph's. That never even phazed me. Although I was a bit winded, I needed water lol. But I got through it no problem and the ride home was a breeze because it was uphill the entire way there so it was downhill the entire way home.
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