As the Wheels Turn

Performance Tweak

Some of you may have noticed on the homepage of STR that the page would hangup temporarily right before the recent topics. I’ll spare you from the techno-mumbo jumbo but I figured out the bottleneck and switched it to something a lot quicker. Same functionality but now the homepage usually loads a lot quicker if you’re logged in.

Jerseys Update

As of the beginning of last week Hot Shoppe had all the jersey numbers, name info, and the deposit so it’s up to them now. I can’t wait to see the new jerseys!

New Job For Me

I’ve started working for DPI as a PHP programmer and search engine marketer. It’s a lot more challenging than my previous gigs but also a lot more rewarding. The company itself is composed of a small but talented team and I feel good about working there. This job would not have been possible without the experience I have gained while working on STR.

Plus, it’s like a 10 minute bike ride from my house!

Warriors Society Link Love?

I have been trying to persuade the Warrior’s Society to give SoCalTrailRiders some link love on their race write-ups. We have tons of awesome recaps written by people who experienced those races first-hand — that’s great additional reading material for anyone interested in those races.

Here’s the email I wrote today to Chris Vargas and their webmaster:

Hi Chris,

Thanks to you and everyone who helped put on the Traverse. A lot of our members rode it and loved it.

I enjoyed reading the write-up on your website and have a suggestion that will be of great benefit to other readers. We had a discussion going with Traverse recaps and it has the best collection of racer write-ups. Here’s the link: http://www.socaltrailriders.org/forum/trail-talk/6279-traverse-recap.html. I bet the readers of your write-up will also enjoy reading recaps from the racers themselves — perhaps you can have Barry include a link to it in the recap?

We also have the best collection of VQ/CC recaps written by racers (along with some photos) at http://www.socaltrailriders.org/forum/racing-training/4956-vq-cc-rrs.html. I emailed you after the Pow Wow about it but perhaps you didn’t get my email.

thanks for your time,
George Gonzalez