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While I’m not currently active on my bicycle, I do still enjoy shopping and looking at gadgets for the biking experience. The latest one I’ve seen is the CyFi wireless speaker.
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This device allows you to connect to your ipod (via an included bluetooth adapter) or another bluetooth audio device, including phones. I’m not fond of wearing headphones while riding, nor do I like the idea of a bluetooth headset, as I like to be able to see and hear the cars around me when I ride. In the “old days” I used a set of portable speakers connected to the audio out of my device and mounted via long velcro straps either to the front rack of my bike, or to the extra cat eye bracket I had on the handlebars. This was nice, but the speakers were pretty fragile and really sucked the batteries dry. The CyFi, on the other hand, comes with it’s own mounting bracket, and recharges on it’s included cradle. If this thing works anything like my MotoRokr T505 (in my car), then it will have a decent battery life coupled with enough volume to make you glad you bought it. Get it here.
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I spent some time tonight looking at Google AdSense and trying to incorporate it into the site. I’ve decided that while the site is the plain white, it’s probably not a good idea to try to ad Google ads, since it just makes the site look even busier than it currently does.
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I figured I’d post a picture of how the site looks right this minute so anyone reading this in the future has a reference point. I’ve decided I need to come up with a good color scheme, possibly using Adobe Kuler, or maybe I’ll just roll over to Lowe’s and get some paint swatches 
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I’m thinking of going with a blue/tan scheme. Anyone have input on that?
I’ve decided that I’ve dabbled in this web world for long enough without jumping in. In order to remedy this, without making any serious decision about where I’d like this to go, I present Phil’s Comments. Here I will comment on things I see, do, hear to think about in my daily travails. Expect to see rants, raves, endorsements, condemnations and other various forms of entertainment as I see fit.
I’m also learning about SEO, Google Analytics, sitemaps, twitter, AddThis, WordPress and other associated technologies as I go. I expect to add Amazon ads and Google Adsense as I push forward.
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