Podcasts, Bad Shox, and a major threat

First things first... iTunes 4.9 was finally released from Apple. Podcasting is now available for all those people who didn't want the hassle of using iPodder or those who didn't even know what this podcasting thing was all about in the first place. Only one problem, according to the latest Daily Source Code , apparently Apple forgot to host all of the popular podcasts on their akamai servers. whoops. So, lets just say actually accessing most of these podcasts is sort of ugly for now ;). Screamer pointed me to a nice one... Endurance Radio Podcast , where they interview ultra athletes. Seems pretty rad so far.

Next up on the agenda. Finally had it up to HERE with Nike Shox as my running shoes. After doing some biomechanical research as part of a 4th year project, I had concluded that the elastomer shox technology actually held some water. Not in terms of energy return, because 99% of the research has concluded that the entire concept of shoes springing energy back into your stride is pure marketspeak (and 1% of it is just terrible research). The cushioning itself is great... however the design of the shoe is just bad. The lateral heel aspect of the outsole wears down so fast (might post photos soon), that they literally have broken down in just over 4 weeks of running. I've decided to send back the 2 pairs I have to Nike, get new ones, and use those sparingly. I bit the bullet and bought a pair of Mizuno Wave Creation 5's , and will start breaking those in shortly.

Finally, just thought I'd point out some interesting links on the topic of Nike making mistakes. Here's the gist of it. Basically Nike tried to enter a culture by ripping off one of their icons. Awesome. Maybe they should create a new religion; plenty of noteworthy icons to use there! Anyways, here's the response .

i'm out