The race management solution that I eventually chose for FLRC was a system called Webscorer, which combines an online registration Web site with an iOS app (also available for Android) for timing. It works, but it’s labor-intensive, requires an additional volunteer, and is prone to error, and the effort doesn’t help with posting results on the Web for posterity. Everyone wants to know how they - and their friends and competition - did, and they want to know as soon as possible after finishing.īack in the day, FLRC would solve this problem by tearing off the bottom of the bib numbers that runners wear (the numbers are made of Tyvek, with a perforated strip on the bottom), pinning the numbers to a corkboard that had been marked up with a grid of finish place numbers, and then writing finish times on the tear-offs with a Sharpie. The tricky part comes with providing results to runners during the race. (It’s also a great excuse to hang out with friends for a while, see the best part of a race, cheer for friends and family, and get volunteer cred for a few hours of socializing broken up by a small amount of work.)
The opportunity to improve races for the Finger Lakes Runners Club by careful application of technology is part of what attracted me to timing. If a Printer Prints in the Woods… - One of my hobbies is managing the timing and logistics for track meets and running races, an activity that may rely on a great deal of technology in major situations like the Olympics but is often still extremely low-tech in small community events. What sets it apart from the pack and makes it worthy of examination, is that it’s small, portable, wireless, and can run on an optional battery pack. So it’s hard to say much more than that.īut today I want to tell you about the Canon Pixma iP110, a printer that is unusual, even though it too could be described as being reasonably priced, printing well, and using expensive ink cartridges. Hardware quality is generally good, upfront printer prices are usually quite low, print quality is acceptable for most uses, and consumable costs are almost always usurious. In part, that’s because printers simply aren’t that interesting anymore.
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