Chicago City Chase

Tonight is the the night Sarah and I pick up our team packets at advance registration for the Chicago City Chase. Instead of doing actual work this morning I have spent some quality time preparing for the race. After updating my iPhone, I have downloaded every CTA map I could find, and set checkpoints into the Google Maps app to use with the GPS. Gotta love it when technology is on your side for once!

What are our chances of winning this event? I'd say pretty low. Anyone that knows my motto "I don't even like to drive 10K, let alone run that far" will understand. (That's not true... I DO like to drive on a track, just not in traffic.)

That being said, I think our team has heart (...and a combined height of over 150 inches). I agreed to compete with the understanding that this would be a fun event and I would look back with either fond memories or regret depending on my decision.

So this Saturday, hungover and out of shape, I will attempt to conquer this challenge with my head held high and my knees throbbing. . . Luckily they were smart enough to make the finish a bar.

To the victor goes the spoils!

(Be sure to follow us on Twitter to get real time updates throughout the race.)

Finally have my iPhone working properly and reset the wireless connection in my apartment. Technology is more patient than I am.

My new iPhone is trying to get me fired...

So I spent a few hours on Friday at the Apple Store in Oak Brook picking up a new iPhone 3G. The weekend was full of surprises with this new technological marvel.

The first surprise was that once I had used the iPhone's camera feature it would only load Aperture when connected to my Powerbook. I was a little disturbed because this made iTunes not read the phone at all thinking it was a camera. Looking through the Aperture settings I simply turned off the preference to launch when a camera is connected. This will mean when I do connect my E-510 Olympus I will need to launch it manually. Oh well.

The flip side is that it no longer can be read by iTunes, which required a fresh download and re-installation to get it to work. Finally my iPhone is back.

Fast forward to Monday morning in bed. Alarm on my phone is set to go off at 7:20. I check it and see I still a little time to sleep in. After the alarm goes off I get up to shower only to find out that it is actually 9:02.

I knew this phone would get me into trouble sooner or later. I was expecting later.