Global warming?

With these record heat waves..( The last time it was this hot was 1930s) I wonder if this is a sign of global warming and more of this to come. How wasteful we as a species have become. Is it in our nature to be this wasteful and do things without thought of consequence. Maybe it is...I know that as much as I want to have less of a carbon footprint, I still want to drive my car solo to work and take flights where I want to do...and yes even buy plastic bottles and containers although this really does irk me at times.
I wonder what it will take for me, us to change? Maybe proof that by being less wasteful things will improve, polar ice caps will stop melting and crazy heat waves and smog will reduce...hmmm.

can the media destroy rim

Today Apple announced earnings of 30 billion dollars and a profit of 7 billion for the quarter...thats 3 months of business...Fuck! apple is a pure capitalistic company, deliver a good product that is made great by an ecosystem of talented developers of apps. there is nothing truly extraordinary about an iphone when compared to other devices other than their design and the apps. it makes it a useful device and people love the endless uses it has. this post is not about the fact i couldnt answer my iphone because its become sluggish or the fact that it doesnr really multitask all that well..no thats maybe a different post.

this is about rim, a couple months ago i bought a playbook by rim. its a good device however its got a ways to go to match ipad ability. one being native email support. we are probably talking about a few months of updates. although if you were to listen to the media, you would think the playbook is dead. there are rumors that it will be discontinued and every executive who leaves rim is reported by the media as another nail in the coffin for rim. the only balanced comments seemss to be from the users of rim or loyalists of the phones who express how much they enjoy using their playbook. its funny how quickly we and the media are ready to bring down a comoany or pit one as a loser against another and the distortion is so great. there is room for apple, android and yes the playbook, they each have their strengths. i am an apple fanboy but i dont agree with the company's negative marketing, arrogance and overpricing. i believe that Apple will take a mighty tumble when Steve jobs dies and they will find the need to reinvent themselves much like rim is having to do now. lets hope the media is a little less nasty on Apple.

Toronto scotia marathon training

Today I did a solo 18km run. I am very happy with my pace. 6:03/km it's a bit short of my goal of running a Marathon in under 4 hours. My target pace should be 5:45 but in due time. this is the heaviest I've been in a while. 175 yes too much late night eating. But I'm optimistic I'll shed some pounds and reach That milestone! More updates to come. This is really week 4 of my training for the october marathon and I'm glad to be on track! Next up massage to get rid of the aches and pains :p
Much love
Krisen

Happy New Year 2011

Party night at the Welllington bar...nice group of friends compliments of Alex. I took the Queen streetcar from my place to the pub and it was a fun experience.

Highlights:

- drunk spaniard next to me with really bad breath..he had just come from the hospital after a construction accident..really tough nice guy.

- looking at young girls with short short mini skirts..I must be getting old, I wanted to put clothes on them.

- drunk out of towners yelling on the streetcar ..you could tell it was a novelty to ride the streetcar

- parkdale has got some nice joints, the busiest club i saw was the Rolling stone themed club.

- Warm and Interesting people from different backgrounds: i liked the italian/japanese couple. I thought the italian guy was indian. The goan/philipino/brazilian guy and the fun loving turkish girl who was cute and had the personality to match.

- view from the Wellington Patio, close up of the CN tower was beautiful.

Hamilton marathon prep

Today I did a 29km run and felt exhausted. My pace is slower than I would like. Would like to achieve a pace of 6mins per km, but I'm averaging just around 7mins. Which means that it would take 7*42=294/60= almost 5 hours. That's too damn long! I think I can achieve the 4:15 mark by continually practicing over the next 3 weeks, but it's going to be a challenge. I will run again on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday, with Sunday's run being 32 km. I will do my best to work on my pace in the runs leading up to Sunday.
Why am I doing this, for one its a challenge that is very difficult. The only way to do it is with discipline. I also enjoy running because it makes me feel good, ala Prozac and helps me with weight control, because I do like to eat.
I work an office job and running makes me feel like I'm getting my activity. The downside, it's hard on the knees, it's time consuming, and I wonder if I'm going to get arthritis as a result of this.
Like any challenge it's just putting blinkers on and just looking down, focus on the next step and eventually you've run 30kms, not thinking so much about it but just setting a time and doing it.
Adios

Calmness

I woke up this morning feeling a sense of peace. I had been reading/watching a lot of spiritually related material from Eckart Tolle's books and a video called What the Bleep do we know. I realize that my mind plays a lot of tricks that shape my emotional experience, or rather roller coaster ride. Tolle calls this mind content, and our mind is always complaining saying it needs more and it doesn't have enough or "I" am not enough. As i went to bed, I had the same thought feeling like I need to study more or watch my World War 2 dvd collection that has been sitting on the shelf for years in a span of a couple weeks. It was like I was searching for more content and not satisfied with knowing what I know.

When I woke up, I just thought about love and doing things from the heart. This is my natural state and when I do things this way, I feel more connection with what I'm doing and even more aliveness because it's what I genuinely love doing. I hope to keep listening to my heart as these days pass and will share the results on this blog.

Much love,

Krisen

how to download videos from youtube to watch when not connected to the internet

I found this great little plugin for Firefox browser. it's free and
you can queue up multiple download of youtube movies.

http://www.sothinkmedia.com/web-video-downloader-firefox/

after installing, you just go to a youtube video, and click on the
icon to download the file..choose where to save and you're done after
a few minutes of downloading.

You need VLC media player to watch flv videos...it's also free, for
pc and mac.