BikeDex 2.0

We're working on a new interface for the BikeDex site. So far, I really like it. It's much more "Web 2.0" and allows us better formatting and flexibility. I'm alot better at the back-end stuff, so I've enlisted the help of an old friend and trustworthy partner, Eric Hanson. Our combined efforts should really help BikeDex come to fruition sooner!

Check out a sneak peek of the new layout: BikeDex 2.0

Also, we have a classifieds section up and running! I'm not sure exactly how we'll arrange things, but hopefully we can get some people to utilize it. It's free, and heavily monitored by BikeDex staffers (chuckle) to keep things kosher.

Drop me a line if you have any suggestions on the project!

Floyd Landis: Cheater!

Like I so sarcastically hinted at yesterday, it turns out that Floyd is highly suspect as the unknown doping culprit from this year's Tour De France. His A sample blood test came back positive for abnormally high levels of testosterone. He has stated that he's doubtful that the B sample will test differently from the A sample. "Hey, I'm a realist!"

Tour De France Doping

From Reuters: "PARIS (Reuters) - A rider on this year's Tour de France failed a dope test during the race, the International Cycling Union (UCI) announced on Wednesday.
"The UCI received today a report from the anti-doping laboratory in Paris stating (there was) an adverse analytical finding following an anti-doping test carried out at the Tour de France 2006," the sport's governing body said in a statement.
Details of the rider were not released and the UCI said their anti-doping rules did not allow them to make his name public at this time, although they added his team and national federation had been informed of the test result.
"The adverse analytical finding received this morning relates to the first analysis, and will have to be confirmed either by a counter-analysis required by the rider, or by the fact that the rider renounces (his right) to that counter-analysis," the statement read.
The test was conducted at a specialised anti-doping lab in Chatenay-Malabry, outside Paris, from a sample taken during the Tour.
Tour de France organisers were unavailable for immediate comment.
American Floyd Landis won the race in Paris on Sunday.
This year's Tour was hit by a doping scandal on the eve of the prologue when pre-race favourites Ivan Basso of Italy and German Jan Ullrich were forced to pull out and were suspended after being implicated in a doping investigation in Spain."

Doping up to win a race clearly doesn't work, fellas- just ask Floyd, this year's winner. Go USA!

New features at BikeDex

Well, things are going smoothly so far. BikeDex now has a Classifieds section, where users can post their own new/used goods for sale! It's a pretty slick setup. You can paypal the seller to make the purchase right off the bat, there's a built-in ebay like feedback system so users will get ratings from either good or poor performance after the sale is completed. I hope it interests people, because I know a lot of bike enthusiasts have a bunch of old spare parts lying around, that they probably could convert into some cash.

Check it out and let me know what you think!

Announcing BikeDex.com

Well, after about 200 hours of coding and re-coding things, www.BikeDex.com is now live. Check it out and don't forget to click on ads so I can pay the bills!

That's just the way it is.

While listening to the musical selections constantly being played over the building's sound system, I pondered the concept of becoming desensitized to music. If you can become mentally conditioned to have little or no reaction towards images of violence, could you condition your musical tastes along the same lines? If you are forced to listen to selections of dull, uninventive and overplayed tunes for eight hours a day, seven days a week could it affect your judgement of what is good music, and what is bad music?

Enter services like Muzak - the Holy Grail of the corporate world - protecting our antisocial tendencies from uncomfortable silence, especially in cafeterias and restrooms! While being able to listen to 'music' while you work may seem like a benefit to some, it may actually be a burden. Does playing the same Phil Collins and Dave Matthews Band songs twice daily improve workflow and efficiency? Does it make you like your job more? It may improve your desk tapping and foot drumming skills, but that's about it.