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Google released their calendar application today, and after playing around with it for a while I was going to write up a nice review here. However, Strike beat me to the punch and wrote pretty much exactly what I was thinking. So check out Strike’s review of Google Calendar

The only thing I have to add is that I want the ability to get calendar notifications via Google Talk. I submitted the feature request to Google, so we’ll see if it ever happens.

I did not know this, but according to snopes, mobile homes are not called this because they can be moved from place to place, but because they are from Mobile Alabama According to the article:

National advertising was still something of a rarity in the 1950s, but as the new national highway system enabled the sale of prefabricated homes to spread outwards (mostly to the north and west) from the Alabama/Mississippi area, more and more consumers were exposed to the houses, liked them, and began clamoring for their own “Mobile homes.” Business boomed, more manufacturers entered the fray, and factories were established all over the U.S. to better serve local customers. Eventually whole communities of these types of homes (colloquially known as “trailer parks”) were created all across the country, populated by homeowners who preferred them to more expensive and more closely-quartered suburbs full of site-built housing.

Also, at the end was neat bit of trivia. The 1974 Lynyrd Skynyrd hit “Sweet Home Alabama” was a reworking of a 1951 radio jingle advertising “Sweet Homes, Alabama.”

I went for a ride on my mountain bike yesterday after class and noticed something weird with my left pedal. It felt kind of wiggly, like it wasn’t on straight. I stop to inspect it more closely and saw a few metal shavings around where the pedal spindle attaches to the crank arm. Great. That pedal may be cross-threaded or stripped out now, which will require a new crank arm. The bike is still under warranty, but not being able to ride while a new crank arm is ordered and installed is kind of dissappointing. It’s starting to get consistantly nice and warm out, so going mountain biking at Hueston Woods or Ceasar’s Creek would be a great thing to do on the weekends.

Oh well, I guess I’ll just get the thing fixed, but it really put a cap on the crappy day I had yesterday.

Hey everyone. I’m going to be riding in the Tour de Cure with my brother and whoever else wants to join our team this year on June 3rd. We are doing the 30 mile ride because my brother is too much of a wimp to do the 60 mile ride ;-P Anyway, here’s some info if you want to help out:

You can help by supporting my fund-raising efforts with a generous contribution. Your tax-deductible gift will make a difference to more than 20 million Americans who are affected by diabetes and another 40 million who are at risk for developing diabetes. It is faster and easier than ever to support this great cause - you can make your donation online by simply clicking the link at the bottom of this message.

More information on the American Diabetes Association, its programs, and diabetes in general can be found at the Association’s Web site, www.diabetes.org. To find out more information on our Tour de Cure, please visit tour.diabetes.org.

To donate online, click here.

Hey everyone. Here’s another layout. I really like this one. We’ll see how long it lasts….