http://klimb.com/blog Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:43:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Check out a movie about me: http://klimb.com/blog/2010/03/11/dmitry-kalashnikov-hero-movie My brother came out climbing with us and took these awesome pictures. Check it out! http://klimb.com/blog/2010/03/07/river-boulders-index-wa Took a ferry to Bainbridge Island for a nice ride this weekend! http://klimb.com/blog/2010/02/28/dmitry-kalashnikov-ducati-sportclassic-gt1000 A prime number is divisible by 1 or by itself. To generate prime numbers to 20 we'll use Sieve (of Eratosthenes) algorithm, which is really simple to explain: Strike out all multiples of 2's: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 ... http://klimb.com/blog/2010/01/24/sieve-of-eratosthenes-algorithm-prime-numbers As I was studying, I came across this list of virtues that Benjamin Franklin tried to arrive at. He would focus on one each week. "TEMPERANCE. Eat not to dullness; drink not to elevation." "SILENCE. Speak not but what may benefit others or yourself; avoid trifling conversation." "ORDER. Let all your things have ... http://klimb.com/blog/2009/12/16/thirteen-virtues-of-benjamin-franklin Did you know your iPhone/iPod software can display lyrics for songs? Adding lyrics to your songs You just need to make sure your mp3 files have "lyrics property" populated. On your computer, open iTunes, right click on a song and choose "Get Info". You should see this dialog: Now click on "Lyrics" tab and ... http://klimb.com/blog/2009/12/05/how-to-display-song-lyrics-on-iphoneipod People are patiently waiting to watch the open finals... My best friend Johnny Goicoechea on the first finals problem ... killing it! waiting to go after it ... Sean McCall sends the 3rd finals problem, the crowd goes crazy. Johnny and Jamie on the last problems By the way, to rename all of these picture ... http://klimb.com/blog/2009/11/22/stone-gardens-seattle-bouldering-challenge-2009 Never forget that people are emotional beings. All of our reasoning, and even most technical facts and logic stems from emotions. People have a never-ending desire for significance, a feeling of importance. The desire for significance can be manifested in so many different ways: You're trying to switch lanes in traffic, but ... http://klimb.com/blog/2009/11/13/heart-over-mind Super light, tons of torque, handles like a mountain bike! It has a much lower seat height compared to my Triumph: Nice and crisp, love the color scheme: http://klimb.com/blog/2009/10/15/dmitry-kalashnikov-ducati-monster http://klimb.com/blog/2009/09/22/leavenworth-september-2009 Mt. Rainier, camp Muir -- Jonna, Jamie, and Dmitry: http://klimb.com/blog/2009/07/20/mt-rainier-camp-muir-jonna-jamie-dmitry I am excited to start building a CB550 "cafe racer" style bike. I'll show you guys a couple of bikes it is highly inspired by... Here a bigger picture: Here is a side view of it. It's just raw! (Not sure about the purple and pink). I like a touch of copper – goes ... http://klimb.com/blog/2009/06/27/cb550-cafe-racer-project There are no bad answers … there are only bad questions The Quality of your questions literally creates your World. It determines the state of all areas of your life: Spiritual, Mental, Emotional, Intellectual, Physical, Relationships, Work, Fun and so on. We experience the World with our thoughts. Our perception of Reality ... http://klimb.com/blog/2009/04/14/asking-questions Intro Let me backtrack a bit a give you an overview of what this post is all about. My whole life I've been asking myself questions like: what is success? what makes people successful? what is my purpose here? how can I go after things I desire and at the same time bring good to ... http://klimb.com/blog/2009/04/08/best-life Check out this vid of my friends and me dancing in lo fi: http://klimb.com/blog/2009/02/16/dancing-at-lo_fi-seattle Check out my friend Fredo's video: http://klimb.com/blog/2009/02/16/bboy-free-beggin-video-circle-of-fire-crew Today was so much fun! My friend Kevin and I drove to Bremerton Motorsports Park for a full track day with Porsche Club to practice slalom, skidpad, accident avoidance, figure 8, autocross and open events. Getting ready for autocross event. Safety first Kevin's white Carrera 4, and my Evolution MR. It started to rain! ... http://klimb.com/blog/2009/01/11/driver-skills-day-at-bremerton-motorsports-park Masakatsu, "True Victory". Agatsu, "Self-Victory". Katsuhayabi "Victory right here, right now". "If your thoughts are antagonistic toward the cosmos, those thoughts will destroy you and wreck havoc on the environment. I know not how to defeat others I only know how to win over myself!" (Morihei Ueshiba, Creator of Aikido) "Finally, ... http://klimb.com/blog/2009/01/04/morihei-ueshiba-true-victory-is-self-victory-right-here-right-now "The most important thing for a human being is not what is between his or her ears; it is what is in his or her heart. If the spirit is strong, one can accomplish anything.  You only live once. Keep yourself in the present. The past is gone, and the ... http://klimb.com/blog/2009/01/04/tempu-nakamura http://klimb.com/blog/2008/12/01/thanksgiving-was-awesome As usual this was a great comp: lots of awesome problems and strong competitors! http://klimb.com/blog/2008/11/25/seattle-bouldering-comp-2008 I went to Olympia bouldering comp with my friends and we rocked the house! http://klimb.com/blog/2008/11/05/olympia-bouldering-comp http://klimb.com/blog/2008/10/11/gymnastic-rings-training-clips I am (re)reading a book on Aikido called "KI In Daily Life" by Koichi Tohei.  Aikido has a very deep personal meaning to me and it has definitely shaped the way I go through life and interact with others. This is a great book on some of the basic principles, ... http://klimb.com/blog/2008/09/23/aikido-ki-in-daily-life-quotes Found this video as I was looking through my old pictures. In 2005 I was coaching Melissa Main for US Junior Nationals. Melissa places 2nd! Made it into US Junior National team and went on to compete in China in World's Cup a month later!!! This is the womens finals route ... http://klimb.com/blog/2008/09/22/dyno-from-junior-climbing-nationals-2005 Dancing with Free and Orbitron (Circle of Fire crew), and other local bboys at club "LO_FI" (Seattle): Orbitron is freestyling on the second half of the video. Listen to 4:23 "... great to see release - my man goes Dmitry is in the circle -- he spins and let goes with the palm on a ... http://klimb.com/blog/2008/08/14/lofi_seattle_bboy_sessio As you might know, I am in the process of making a movie with my friend Johnny Goicoechea. Climbing is a great passion in our lives! We are fortunate to be able to climb during a week and to escape from the city outside on weekends. There is a very strong ... http://klimb.com/blog/2008/08/10/klimb-movie-project-random-footage I was uploading our climbing movie project and found this video of me on youtube. I think it was shot by UW students for studying dynos? http://klimb.com/blog/2008/08/10/found-a-video-of-my-on-youtube After having a discussion earlier today about this, as I was driving home ... I realized something about this saying - its just not true. Any kind of excitement and anticipation make it feel like time is sloooowing down. Think about it. Lets say you’re so excited to do something with ... http://klimb.com/blog/2008/08/08/time-goes-by-faster-the-older-you-get What do you guys think? Should I keep the stock wing, take it off, or get a little "trunk lip" for my car? Stock Wing So, here is a picture of my car (first pic). I think the stock wing is kinda big and silly, but it is functional ... if ... http://klimb.com/blog/2008/08/04/evolution-keep-the-wing-or-go-wingless Campusing is a climbing exercise or "move" depending on your style :-) where you climb up the wall without using your feet. You don't have to be able to do this in order to climb -- There are plenty of climbers who can climb very hard but can't even come ... http://klimb.com/blog/2008/07/20/campusing-videos-climbing-without-feet I am going to share some of my very personal ideas on being balanced and staying on top of things. These things I figured out on my own a while back and I have been perfecting them every day. Being a software developer, I constantly trying to find an improved ... http://klimb.com/blog/2008/07/17/finding-a-ballance-in-life As many of you already know my friend Johnny Goicoechea and I are making a climbing movie. We have been going climbing every weekend in areas around Seattle (and further) and capturing the best climbs we can find. It's all being shot using a very nice hi-def camera, so 10 years ... http://klimb.com/blog/2008/07/16/new-climbing-movie-project Jackie Chan loves EVOs (Mitsubishi Evolution) and owns all generations of them (which is 1 through 10). Most of his movies have an Evo chase seen - watch "Who am I", "Thunderbolt"). As you know, he does his own stunts and most of he is also a great driver. Here is a video ... http://klimb.com/blog/2008/07/13/jackie-chan-mitsubishi-evolution People are always wondering what I eat, or if I do any other training besides climbing. I do lots of other stuff, like martial arts, dancing, gymnastic rings, etc. But as far as foods, I actually do have a system that balances my energy. Here is a list of ... http://klimb.com/blog/2008/07/12/foods-to-get-you-ripped Hagakure is a very interesting book I picked up -- it has a lot of historical value since it describes life during ancient japan, when the shogun and samurai ruled the country. I've been a student of Aikido and other martial arts for some time now, so this is very ... http://klimb.com/blog/2007/11/20/hagakure Bummer! I injured my ankle while climbing at Stone Gardens. They just got done upgrading the floor at the gym – now it has a padded floor. No more rocks. As I came off the wall, my foot got stuck in-between pads and my body pivoted around it. I'll be ... http://klimb.com/blog/2007/11/10/sprained-ankle This weekend went to Leavenworth again and I've had a really good day of climbing. It was one of those perfect temperature zero-gravity days. I warmed up by ripping a hold off the problem that everyone was trying. Haha. Felt kinda bad about it, since we were all going to ... http://klimb.com/blog/2007/11/06/the-best-climbing-day-of-the-year Regular expressions (regex) let you search for a particular pattern. Regex consist of literal characters, and special characters, also called meta characters. Regex syntax has 2 modes, one inside of character classes, which is inside [ ] and one outsided of character classes.Character classes []: Regex inside [] are ... http://klimb.com/blog/2006/12/15/regex-notes Today was one of those memorable days I'll always remember! My bboy crew, "Flovolution" performed at Big Easy for the RedBull "Flight Club" theme party. We shared the stage with breakers from Tri-Cities, and the "Circle Of Fire" (Seattle). Crazy Legs was there too, but he didn't perform. Everyone was ... http://klimb.com/blog/2006/12/08/bboy-performance-at-big-easy-for-redbull-flight-club-party