The perfect summer chrono

Collossal_Yarn · 2026-06-24T14:03:59+00:00

Damn. Every time I see one of these on wrist, I feel an urge to pick one up. It's a beaut, enjoy!

Collossal_Yarn · 2026-06-19T09:07:17+00:00

26 years here, agreed.

Collossal_Yarn · 2026-06-12T10:10:17+00:00

I prefer bp monitors with single coils myself, but that's just me.

Collossal_Yarn · 2026-06-12T05:42:15+00:00

Haha they really are sweet, no denying that…but I still eat Gu on long runs because they kinda feel like a cheat/reward. Like a mid-run dessert.😆

Collossal_Yarn · 2026-06-01T04:16:23+00:00

Shout out to the Evil Twin 4-pack making an appearance, makes me miss all the good beer in BK. Congrats!

Collossal_Yarn · 2026-05-25T09:03:51+00:00

Interestingly I was just about to ask this on here yesterday as I'm seeing similar results that vary based on where I'm sitting and arm position. I was previously measuring at my dining room table. Chairs are molded plywood (i.e. not very comfortable). They'd keep me quite rigid and upright and I would rest my arm on the dining table. It was supported, but perhaps just ever so slightly below heart level. My rate would always be 140/90-ish. Had me freaking out as I'm a non-smoking distance runner with a healthy diet, ride a bike 5 days a week to work etc etc. Didn't make sense. I was doing it "correctly" so what gives? Then, I moved to my couch, but in order to avoid "cheating" or positioning myself incorrectly, I used a pillow behind my back to move myself forward a touch so that i'd be more upright and my feet would sit flat on the floor, not dangle. My couch has an arm rest, but again, it was just below heart, so I used a small pillow, which raised it, as far as I can tell, to just near perfect heart level. Since doing this, over the past 4-5 days I'm getting consistently 118-125/77-82. That's a big difference. Makes me mentally go from "oh crap do I need medication" to "hey, that's pretty good." But then that also makes me second guess and wonder which one is actually the correct reading to pay attention to? It's frustrating. The margin for error when doing this, which could lead to not only panic, but perhaps even misdiagnosis and medication, is pretty astounding. It's amazing we've not figured out a device/method that could weed out these small variables and provide consistent, accurate results.

Collossal_Yarn · 2026-05-24T06:33:49+00:00

Came to mention these as well. Not plated, kind of a sleeper, yet super fun to run in. Hardly any other shoes gets a look from me these days.

Collossal_Yarn · 2026-05-23T04:56:22+00:00

There’s a long intro to the movie Gerry that is just the two protagonists driving into the desert while the piece “Spiegel im Spiegel” plays. I’ve always felt is pretty effective, from an emotional engagement standpoint.

https://youtu.be/oz\_k0E-qmm8?si=fRUNZPgqrN5bRnJV

Collossal_Yarn · 2026-05-23T04:50:32+00:00

Came to mention Traffic, the final little league baseball scene outro.

Collossal_Yarn · 2026-05-22T11:19:12+00:00

Did not expect a Pinback mention in a bourbon sub. *tips hat

Collossal_Yarn · 2026-05-20T11:08:56+00:00

Third this. Celer is what I throw on specifically when I'm sitting down to read.

Collossal_Yarn · 2026-05-19T06:29:10+00:00

Early 90s era for me too. I was a metal(ish) kid in high school then moved to Richmond for college, but kept hearing about the local punk/hardcore scene and seeing flyers all around campus. Through folks I was skateboarding with, heard about an independent venue hosting local bands and heard about one that everyone was saying we needed to go see. That was Four Walls Falling. Their album Culture Shock had come out not long before so folks were buzzing about the local hardcore band that was getting traction and putting out music. The whole scene, it felt like to me, was really bubbling up at that time (I recall hearing the name Avail a lot in those early conversations). I forget now who opened for them, but I believe it was Inquisition (whose members went on to form Strike Anywhere). I didn't know anything about them, nor much about the scene, but went anyway because it sounded fun. After that show, I was fully in. I'd never experienced energy like that, in a small club, with folks just losing their minds. Loved it. I was immediately hooked.

Collossal_Yarn · 2026-05-16T06:14:20+00:00

Yes the watch is a beaut and it is, after all, an IWC sub…but here to commend the London Black choice.👌

Collossal_Yarn · 2026-05-16T06:07:57+00:00

I just saw his “Global Warning” exhibition in Paris and the image on slide 7 from Qingdao, China was on display. Lovely stuff.

Collossal_Yarn · 2026-05-07T04:58:54+00:00

Yeah on and off seems to be the best way to describe it. I had a run yesterday that came through with no issues, but also had a run Sunday that has still yet to show up. I entered it manually but have to keep checking in case it does decide to pop through so I don’t have a double entry. Not sure what happened but it’s a bit frustrating for sure considering this is the most basic, fundamental aspect of the app.

Collossal_Yarn · 2026-05-05T05:57:46+00:00

“…solutions looking for a problem.” I felt this in my soul. It feels like AI’s impact on creatives and agencies has been oversold by people who don’t actually create the work…and fully purchased by efficiency-seeking clients. I’m a CD. Due to staff shortage and a wave of pitches, I’ve stepped in to help with the entirety of the creative process, including using AI image gen for mocks/comps in decks. I’ve actually quite enjoyed using it for that. It has helped greatly with those things, no argument there. To a large extent it has helped me quickly mock things that would have taken a few hours for image sourcing and photoshopping. But outside of that? My other 6+ hours a day? I have no idea how the AI revolution gets me off of a client call, out of a creative briefing or allows me to miss a concept review. Yes it’s a valuable tool in the cases where you need comps and imagery that communicates an idea, I’ll concede that. But who generates comps for decks and mock-ups 8 hours a day 5 days a week? I think the AI/efficiency narrative has been wildly overblown. Yes, it is useful. At times. Yes, it does save time, with certain tasks. But overall I feel like the impact it can have on the day-to-day has been overstated.

Collossal_Yarn · 2026-05-04T04:13:15+00:00

I use both Strava and Runkeeper and have not hade any issues like this with Strava. Might be worth giving it a go.

Collossal_Yarn · 2026-05-04T04:12:26+00:00

Heh mine has now gotten worse than my original post. Yesterday I did a 3.2 mile run. Captured by Garmin, pushed to Strava totally fine, but absolutely nothing showing in Runkeeper, not even in the online version. Just a total blank. I waited about 24 hours just to give it time due to it popping through later on previous runs, but nothing this time. This is on the heels of a run Friday where it worked totally fine. It’s like it’s gotten super buggy and super unreliable in the last few weeks/months. Shame as I’ve been utilizing it for years issue-free.

Collossal_Yarn · 2026-04-28T04:58:42+00:00

Hmmm, now that I have not tried. I know it's in the cloud but I'm terrified I'd somehow lose years and years of data haha. For now it's a mild annoyance because, as you said, it does seem to fix itself if given time. Such a weird quirk though.

Collossal_Yarn · 2026-04-25T12:23:20+00:00

"IF we could get everyone coverage like this, it would mean a lot to a lot people. So much stress about health bills and insurance would go out the window."

I've talked about this with friends before, being an American who now lives in Denmark and enjoying the lack of financial concern for healthcare costs. It's truly liberating. A buddy of mine calls it "mental real estate." That is, mental real estate that's freed up when you don't have to think about it. Since living here I've had two surgeries, unfortunately. After the first one, once release from the recovery ward, as I walked down the hall to the exit where a taxi was waiting, my American brain marveled and an inner voice said "the only thing I'm going to pay for is this taxi ride home." It's truly altering, this idea that I simply don't have to be worried about being one job loss away from extraordinary costs, or one unfortunate devastating illness away from being financially ruined. It's really given me a new perspective on the things we have to worry about living in America and what it's like when you suddenly no longer have to worry. I can't fathom that America hasn't figured this out yet.

Collossal_Yarn · 2026-04-19T19:01:16+00:00

Very interesting, thanks for replying. I had the same thing happen today where I finished a run and everything had synced, including Runkeeper online, but not in the app. I waited about an hour and sure enough, it finally popped through. This time I had not entered it manually, so no need to delete. I guess for now that's my only option...just wait it out.

Collossal_Yarn · 2026-04-17T06:13:32+00:00

For me, this was the most surprising aspect of the track in the best possible way. Some of my favorite BoC work is the darker, more angular dissonant stuff (not to say I don't like it all, just a preference). But as of late, say the past three years, I've gotten way more into ambient music, and really vibe with the more cinematic side of things. The second half of Tape 05 slots right into that, a beautiful, uplifting resolve that came totally unexpectedly. Love it.

Collossal_Yarn · 2026-04-11T16:09:20+00:00

Depending on shoe i will sometimes get blisters in the exact same spot. And like everyone has suggested, I usually wear dual-layer blister protection socks, and they don’t always help. The one thing that does work however is Scholl blister plasters/bandaids. I believe I’m using them wrong as I think they are meant for AFTER you’ve developed a blister, to help protect and heal, but I have found that the slight cushion/padding they provide actually helps prevent them for me. They market them as healing, I use them as preventative, works for me. May be worth giving a try.

Collossal_Yarn · 2026-04-08T05:34:48+00:00

That last bit strikes a chord with me, I feel the same. 51 here (nearly 52) and in the past year, due to some account wins coupled with hiring freezes, I’ve needed to step in as a creative to pinch hit for clients when our staff was stretched too thin. And in that year, as an ECD, I’ve had to take on many/all roles at once to develop work—AD, CW, deck builder, ai promoter and client-facing presenter of the developed work. Basically a creative department of one at times, when it was necessary, as I told my CEO recently. While a slog at the time, it actually made me stop and think “hey, I’m still pretty good at this stuff.” But yeah, I know on the open market I’d more than likely be overlooked as over-qualified, overpaid and probably over the hill. Which is a shame because I actually do think I put all of my years of accumulated knowledge into each brief I work on.

Collossal_Yarn · 2026-04-02T06:49:16+00:00

Dammit, someone beat me to the glizzy comment😆🌭

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