Author Archives: bryanbig

Not About The Lightscribe – I’m talking the Ceton Cablecard

By bryanbig | Published: November 29, 2010
Wow, I’ve fallen behind. I am alive! I was going to write about the “magic pen” I had recently purchased but since that was months ago I’ve no longer got the urge. It is pretty cool – it’s the Lightscribe. I use it for the meetings I have at work. As part of [...]
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Sorry so quiet

By bryanbig | Published: April 14, 2010
I’ll have more this week – I was off on vacation in Florida for a week which killed some time. Also working on some side projects which is sucking up a good amount of time. I have a pretty cool gadget I bought that I’ll review tomorrow/this weekend – it’s helped with two of my [...]
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WOD – puppy-style

By bryanbig | Published: March 22, 2010
Here’s an example of a Cross Fit workout, scaled to a new-guy like myself: 10-8-6-4-2 reps of the triplet: pull-ups Box jump, 12-15 inch box Sit-ups This means 10 pullups, 10 jumps, 10 situps, 8 pullups (no rest in between), 8 jumps, etc… Now, I did this at home tonight while Tracy was out with the girls at basketball. I have [...]
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Training for Chicago Marathon is On Like Donkey Kong!

By bryanbig | Published: March 15, 2010
Sorry for the sparse level of updates lately.  I’ve been very busy.  In short, here’s what’s been up: 1) After seeing how quickly my summer has filled up with some awesome life experience items + my motivation to ride my bike hours at a time has remained tragically low, I’ve come to the conclusion I’m not [...]
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Bison Jerky Recipe

By bryanbig | Published: January 24, 2010
I’ve made my fourth batch of bison jerky this year, and they’ve all been pretty good. This was the first one I made where I used my own marinade. (I’m trying to cut down on my MSG intake, thanks). 1 lb ground bison 1.5 cups soy sauce (oh, I so non-paleo – I’ll turn in my card [...]
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Installing the Zoom 5900 Skype Adapator on Windows Home Server

By bryanbig | Published: January 23, 2010
I’ve been playing around with replacing my landline with either Magic Jack or Skype. It’s silly to pay the $35/month for a phone we really never use. Both my wife and I have cell phones. The only reason we have a land-line is so the sitter has a line when taking care [...]
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Buffalo Jerky!

By bryanbig | Published: December 27, 2009
Look at one of my favorite gifts from Christmas: This was my first batch of bison jerky. As I set up my goals for 2010, I know I need to change my body composition. The more I read about it, the easier it seems. More veggies, more fruits, more lean animal food, less [...]
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Flu no fun

By bryanbig | Published: October 26, 2009
I’ve got some cool projects I’m working on, and would have finished by now if not for the flu. Ugh. Stay tuned – I have some Computrainer file generators for you to use, and am working on an awesome deal on compression socks – we’re talking 50% below what some name-brands are charging. But [...]
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Ironman Race Report – Part II

By bryanbig | Published: October 1, 2009
Sunday Morning – I had planned on drinking my shake at 2am, and then getting up at 4am.  I made a gametime decision at midnight and ate then – I figured there was a chance I’d fall asleep and didn’t want to kill it by getting up again in 2 hours.  That didin’t happen:) At 4am, [...]
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One Week After – My Ironman Wisconsin 2009 Race Report Part 1

By bryanbig | Published: September 20, 2009
Now that my body feels pretty much healed up and my head seems to be screwed on straight, I feel like I can give a race report to the rest of the world that won’t make me sound like a whiney little biatch. Trying to look at it objectively, I did okay for my first [...]
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