Test : Sena SMH5-FM duo – Bluetooth bike headset

Christmas 2016 brought me, among other joys, a Bluetooth intercom helmet for the bike, in addition to Angel Eyes! I wanted the opportunity to communicate with both my passenger and the rest of the world without leaving my trusty steed. I was a little tired of waiting for the red lights to talk to my son or having to put myself dangerously on the side to see the messages when I felt my phone vibrate in my pocket.

My choice was therefore on the Sena SMH5-Univ Dual (see more on Sena website) in duo mode, which allows to equip 2 helmets completely. At about the same price but, I haven’t tried it, I have also found at Amazon:

For only one person, the Univ version, cheaper, could be a reasonnable choice : amazon


The order

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Running calf injury: understanding, healing, preventing

NOTE : a new article follows this one:
How to heal his calf contractures made running

I would like to share with you, fellow runners, this excellent article from HealthSport Magazine: “Calf Slam Auto-Rehabilitation“. It’s not for nothing, because Sunday, without getting to the breakdown, I still hurt. And this article will have frankly enlightened me on the reasons and given a path to prevention. I was talking last night with the chairman of the local french gymnastic committee after a meeting, and we agreed that 10 riders = 10 tips = 10 training methods. So, take the following of this article as my only reading and keep what you want.

My history

I injured my left calf for the first time during the preparation of the marathon of Toulouse metropolis in September 2012. I chained the long outings, without pushing too much cardio and that day, I run very slowly with a beginner colleague. A “recovery” in sum … While I was little over 100 bpm cardio, I felt a tip to the calf. I walk back and decide to leave “test this”. 600 m further: CLONG !! Fatal …. The radio has “shown something” but nothing obvious. In any case, not a breakdown. A month of rest and a slight recovery still allowed me to run the marathon (3:46 for my first).
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Migrating from b2evolution to WordPress

Tutorial

The migration principle is rather simple:

  • You have to export the blog content in a MovableType format with the skin I created : _MtExport
  • You need to tidy it up a bit.
  • You import it in WordPress with its import tool
  • You smile

I had to create a skin to be able to export most of the blog data. Previous existing plugins were either useless nor downloadable. So I tried to match most of the Movable Type specifications:  Movable Type import/export format. _MtExport can export :

  • AUTHOR
  • TITLE
  • BASENAME
  • DATE
  • STATUS
  • ALLOW PINGS
  • ALLOW COMMENTS
  • PRIMARY CATEGORY
  • CATEGORY: (Toutes les autres)
  • KEYWORDS: (les tags)
  • BODY

About the comments, they are present and their important fields too :

  • COMMENT:
    • AUTHOR
    • EMAIL
    • DATE
    • URL
    • IP

Rather complete ? So, dive into this guide to know the rest and download the skin  _MtExport. Continue reading

Exporting b2evolution in MovableType format

Introduction

For the purpose of the migration from my b2evolution blog to WordPress (the complete tutorial is here – in french for the moment) , I had to write a skin that can format the b2evolution output in the Movable Type format. This article allows you to download it and presents if quickly.

_MtExport

_MtExport is able to ouput :

  • AUTHOR
  • TITLE
  • BASENAME
  • DATE
  • STATUS
  • ALLOW PINGS
  • ALLOW COMMENTS
  • PRIMARY CATEGORY
  • CATEGORY: (Toutes les autres)
  • KEYWORDS: (les tags)
  • BODY

About the comments, they are preserved and the following fields are part of the output:

  • COMMENT:
    • AUTHOR
    • EMAIL
    • DATE
    • URL
    • IP

Mostly complete ?

Download

You can get or reuse the project as part of the CeCILL-B licence. Project is available on my github : https://github.com/FrenchW/MtExport

Installation

Installation is rather simple. Extract the archive content in a folder called “_MtExport”. You’ll then upload this folder into your blog /skins folder.

You’ll then have to go to the skins to activate it and preview it. If needed, the previsualisation url meets this form http://<yourBlog>/?tempskin=_MtExport&redir=no

Feel free to comment and add your thoughts. I’ll try to provide some help if needed.