Bike Lights without Batteries

by | Equipment

Unplugged Living, a website about living off of the grid and reducing energy wastage, has an article about bicycle lights that do not require batteries. They are located in the pedal, and they use the kinetic energy of the pedaling motion to charge a capacitor which...

Coast to Coast 1 year anniversary

by | Sports

Today is the 1 year anniversary of the completion of the RIT Coast to Coast Run by some former teammates of mine. I was jealous at the time that I could not get the time off from work, and wish that I had been able to be a part of it. I am looking forward to buying...

Lap Swimming Rules

by | Fitness

There are different rules that should be followed when swimming in a public pool. These rules can be a little different depending upon how many other people are sharing your lane with you, and most of these can usually be negotatiated simply by asking the others in...

Is numbness a problem?

by | Fitness, Injuries

Imagine that you are weight lifting, and all of a sudden something goes numb and you are not really expecting that. Hopefully, it does not happen when you have heavy weights above you; in my case, it happened as I was hanging suspended in the air. I was finishing up...

Jay Feeley is a dirty word

by | Sports

I would hate to be Jay Feeley right now. The New York Giants tied up the game late in the fourth quarter with a two point conversion, but Feeley failed to successfully kick three consecutive field goals, instead letting Josh Brown kick the game winning field goal for...