I have wanted to take a look at the iPad since it came out and finally got a chance to take a look at one today. It is an interesting device but I have decided that I will not be getting one. I can't justify having multiple devices with 3G accounts so I will have to stick with my iPhone for now. I am hoping that they will announce new iPhones and tethering this summer and that will make it easier to use my Macbook Pro when I am away from home. There are a couple of places I go with regularity that do not have any WIFI access and that limits what I can do when I am there. I still use my Macbook at my Desk more than away but it is nice to have the ability to take it with me as I go other places.

Training for the 3-Day

Well the weather here in Wisconsin has been pretty hit and miss. We had some very awesome weather and things have kind of gotten cool again so I have not been walking as much. I did get a couple of good 10 Mile walks in the first two weekend of April but have been a little lax since then. I hope to get back to some longer walking this weekend but the weather may not cooperate and it may rain all weekend. We'll have to see what the temp is like. If it's not too cold I will do some training in the rain.

Podcasts

I don't listen to that many Podcasts with any regularity. I used to listen to Geeks and God every week and really looked forward to it but they stopped producing weekly Podcasts last fall as they are working on a new project. I was really surprised to see that there were a couple new podcasts when I checked out the site the other day. The original guys had a special podcast to publicize efforts to get more people so sponsor children through Compassion. They also were announcing that the Geeks and God Podcasts would be back on a Monthly basis with new hosts. The new hosts have all been active members of the Geeks and God Forums and I am really looking forward to checking out their podcasts as I have some spare time this week. Will let you know what I think.

This year I decided that I can't rely on just sending out e-mail to get donations like I have in the past.  I need to branch out a little so I am putting together some 3 Day Business Cards with Donation information on them and I am going to post them on posters in public places that have spaces like Grocery stores and Libraries and maybe some other Businesses.  I just ordered my Business Cards today and am going to work  on my posters this week so that I can get them out in public as soon as the Business Cards arrive.  I have posted a picture of my Business Card Below.  Will post later to let you know how this is working.

Well I started training earlier this year than I did the last two years.  It was so nice today I had to get out and get my first training walk in.  We don't get many 40 degree days in February so I had to take advantage of it.  It was 39 and Sunny at 3:00 in the afternoon so I got out my walking shoes, fanny pack, and pedometer and hit the road.  I ended up doing just under 5 miles and felt really good.  It was nice to get out and try out my new walking shoes too.  The Keens that I have worn the last two years are getting a litlte worn out so I got new shoes for this year.  I got a pair of New Balance MW1200's.  These shoes are very light and breathe well so that may help me avoid getting blisters this year.  The biggest issue I had with these new shoes is they breath well and that is a bit chilly this time of year.

I have been using Drupal to manage several websites for a couple years now but really have not spent as much time as I should have in learning more about CSS and Drupal theming.  I have been relying on Drupal themes that others have put together and just making some very minor changes to the themes for the sites that I am maintaining.  I spent some time over Christmas break working on a new theme for my Blog site and for my 3 Day Team site.  To learn more about theming in Drupal I ordered some downloadable video tutorials from a group call the Lullabots that do training on how to do things in Drupal.  I have not made it all the way through both videos yet but they are already helping me understand the theming much better than I had before and I consider them a good investment.  The only problem I have now is having enough time to make all of the changes that I want to.