Hello Sidestep

Are you paranoid? I’m just an aspiring ‘paranoid’ with a long way to go before full-blown paranoia. Nonetheless, I’ve been unhappy with my remote wifi connectivity. I’ve never felt particularly secure on wifi unless I was at home or at work.

Today I set up Chetan Surpur’s Sidestep and was surprised at how economical it is to set up.

Sidestep's General Preference Pane

The Sidestep general preference pane.

Sidestep's Proxy Server Preference Pane

The Sidestep proxy server preference pane.

Oh, New Balance MT876OR, what a giant tongue you have!

I was looking for red sneakers, just trying to get out of my usual pattern and red seemed like a good choice. I really loved the construction of the MT876OR but the tongue was too long. I have wide feet, 4E, and the tongue would never stay tucked. I hardly needed these for keeping out debris while out running on the trail, because I don’t run! So it’s original purpose of keeping out debris was never quite useful.

MT876OR

New Balance MT876OR

On a related note, I just found out I can return shoes for up to 365 days at onlineshoes.com, who knew! I have a pair of ill fitting New Balance MO1320GT that I’m going to return. This will help subsidize my next purchase. They were a really nice looking shoe but they ran a bit too narrow for my hobbit-like feet!

MO1320GT

New Balance MO1320GT

New Stand for My Logitech Force Feedback Wheel

Here are a few photos of my first ‘rig’, it’s just a prototype, but it works well for my apartment. If it weren’t for the CSL I would have never gone this far. There’s only so much ‘losing’ a guy can take. ;)

The next step is to make it collapsable because I’d like to be able to fold it up and toss it under the sofa when I’m not using it. For now, I went with the fixed structure to make it easy to build, $30 in materials, 1 hour at Home Depot, 1 hour at home, and it was complete.

CSL Enduro Race 1 Fastest Lap

Here’s a QuickTime of my fastest lap from Race 1 of the CSL Enduro Series. Please feel free to drop me a line with any suggestions on how I can improve my times!

CSL Enduro Series, Race 1, Adelaide, Fastest Lap (26MB)
(Right-click and ‘Save Target As’ for best results.)

In case you’re wondering, that’s [FOG]Kokomo from the ‘Fast Lane Racing Team’ that I’m trying to chase down.