Spin with the Survivors

During the month of January, I am participating in the annual Western New York Wellness Program “Spin with the Survivors” Virtual Spin Tour and Fundraiser , which focuses on enhancing visibility for the fight against cancer and improving quality of life for cancer survivors.

Centered on cycling, the Western New York Wellness Program makes available FREE indoor and outdoor cycling services to all cancer survivors in Rochester, NY and surrounding areas.

I am sending this email to ask you to help me in this fundraising event by considering a pledge. We all know someone touched by cancer.

The money that you pledge will contribute to funding the FREE physical activity programs offered by Western New York Wellness Program including:

 

  • Weekly outdoor bike rides (during the summer)
  • Weekly indoor spin classes (during the winter)
  • Outreach and education programs
  • Walking program for those just emerging from treatment and are not yet able to ride
  • Gym membership grants

The “Spin with the Survivors event also provides a unique opportunity for all to help. This is our chance to help directly by positively affecting the lives of survivors and in keeping with that spirit, I’ve chosen to spin with the survivors.

To make an on-line pledge:
Step 1: Go to www.wnywp.org/spin_about.htm
Step 2: Select my name (Shannon Case) from the drop down list.
Step 3: Select a pledge amount.
Step 4: When ready to donate, click the “Submit Pledge” button.

I am a two time cancer survivor and have been in remission for 7 years now and the proud father of 3 ½ year old twins. The Western New York Wellness Program has helped me stay healthy and active these past 7 years.

Thank you for your support. Together, we will make a difference in so many lives!

Campi’s – Where Sandwich is King

So today’s lunch excursion took us to Campi’s – Where Sandwich is King. I have been driving by this place on Scottsville Road for years and never noticed it. It was not until I saw it on Man v Food Nation did it finally click.

The place is very unassuming when you enter. Just your typical sandwich/grill place. All I kept thinking was how did they fit a camera crew in this place?

I saw the Steak “Bomber” on the Man v Food Nation show, but I just cannot put away that much food anymore. So I opted for the regular Steak sandwich with Swiss cheese, sweet peppers, onions, lots of steak, & a side of fries.

The sandwich was amazing. The only thing I would do different next time would be to add a little hot sauce to it.

If you are looking for a great sandwich place give Campi’s a try.

Visit their Facebook Page.

 

CPU Wars

I think I just wet my pants.

What’s CPU Wars?

CPU Wars is a trump card game created with tech geeks in mind. It’s the most fun you can have with CPU specs.

What is this game?
The deck is made up of 30 cards, each featuring one CPU from the last 40 years and a list of specs. For Volume 1.0 I chose 30 CPUs that I believe had the greatest impact on the desktop history. The game is ideally played by 2 or 3 people (but it can be played by up to 6). The deck is split between the players and then each player takes a turn and picks a category that they think has the best value. I have chosen the most important specs that could be numerically represented, such as maximum speed achieved and maximum number of transistors. It’s lots of fun, it has a bit of strategy and can be played during a break or over a coffee.

Why CPUs?
I started learning programming at the age of 10 at the beginning of the 90s, using an 8086 PC and BASIC. From the first day I was fascinated by CPUs and learning everything about them. During my Computer Engineering degree I got a chance to program in assembly language and fell even deeper in love with these small chips. I think that every geek has been at some point in love with one of their CPUs.
Read more at their Kickstarter website: CPU WARS

New Fixed Gear!

So I have this Bonktown Windows Gadget running on my desktop. It cycles a new deal every 30 min. I happen to look up and they were selling a fixed gear bike for $99!

It is a 2011 SE Draft Lite 61cm in red. I have been wanting a fixed gear bike for some time now.

I am hoping I will be able to put road bars on it instead of using the straight bar, but if not I still think it was a hell of deal.

AI Challenge: Ants

The AI Challenge is all about creating artificial intelligence, whether you are a beginning programmer or an expert. Using one of the easy-to-use starter kits, you will create a computer program (in any language) that controls a colony of ants which fight against other colonies for domination.

It only takes 5 minutes to submit one of the starter kits to the website and watch your ant colony fight for domination against colonies created by other people from around the world. From there check out the tutorials on how to locally run your bot and begin programming!

source: AI Challenge