I think guac is like a $2 add-on, but seeing this pop up in my app made me crave Chipotle for lunch today. Funny how that small incentive can drive user behavior.
Crafter Blue strap on a Rolex Submariner (16800)
Here’s the freshly installed strap on my Submariner.
Super easy to install. Here’s what I did:
- Removed the metal bracelet from the watch
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Reused the spring bars since they seemed to be thicker than the Crafter Blue spring bars.
Note: I read somewhere that using a thinner spring bar instead of the appropriate thickness can enlarge the pin hole over time. So if you need extra spring bars, make sure you get the right ones!
- Used my thumbnails to reinstall the spring bars back into the watch
Pro tip: After installing the strap, make sure you can visually see the spring bars poking through the holes. The 16800 has drilled lugs, so you can do this. Also, give the straps a tug to ensure the strap is seated firmly.
Initial impressions:
- This is exactly what I wanted and the price is very reasonable for $60
- Strap sits flush against the case so there’s no gaps whatsoever
- I read one review that the bezel gets stuck when the strap is installed, but that’s not my experience. My bezel works the same as before and turns without any strap friction
- The rubber is quite thick. So if you’re seeking a thin strap, this is not it. I prefer this thicker rubber as it feels more premium
- The extra strap holes is excellent. I have a 6.25” wrist and I use the 4th last hole. With a sweaty wrist, I can go up a notch for some extra room
- Overall: I’m highly satisfied and would buy this again. It’s a surprise to me that there aren’t that many Crafter Blue reviews so hopefully my review helps others considering getting one for themselves
PS: Even though the company itself is Hong Kong-based, my package was shipped from the East Coast to California.
AVC MBA Mondays
I couldn't find an easy to browse archive of Fred Wilson's MBA Mondays, so here it is:
2019
August 1, 2019 — Employee Equity: How Much?
2018
December 3, 2018 — Litigation
April 17, 2018 — The Employee Equity Project
2017
March 13, 2017 — From The Archives: Convertible Debt
February 9, 2017 — From The Archives: Retaining Your Team
January 23, 2017 — From The Archives: Turning Your Team
2014
March 13, 2014 — The Bubble Question
2013
December 16, 2013 — Taking To Dos and Moving Up The Y Axis
November 20, 2013 — Employee Equity
October 27, 2013 — Profitless Prosperity
September 16, 2013 — Exit Interviews
August 19, 2013 — MBA Mondays: When Its Not Your Team
August 15, 2013 — The Similarities Between Building and Scaling a Product and a Company
August 12, 2013 — MBA Mondays: Turning Your Team
August 5, 2013 — Focus
August 1, 2013 — A Table Of Contents for MBA Mondays
July 8, 2013 — Startup Management
July 1, 2013 — From The MBA Mondays Archive
June 17, 2013 — What Is Strategy?
June 3, 2013 — MBA Mondays: Sales Leads On A Small Budget
June 2, 2013 — Product > Strategy > Business Model
May 20, 2013 — Success Has A Thousand Fathers
May 13, 2013 — You Can Do Too Much Due Diligence
May 6, 2013 — Great Entrepreneurs Will Listen To You But Will Follow Their Own Instincts
April 29, 2013 — Because It's Standard
April 22, 2013 — You Are Working Too Hard And Not Getting Anywhere
April 15, 2013 — Tenacity And Persistence Pays Off
April 8, 2013 — Don't Let A Good Crisis Go To Waste
March 25, 2013 — Revenue Traction Doesn't Mean Product Market Fit
March 4, 2013 — Whither MBA Mondays?
February 18, 2013 — MBA Mondays: Revenue Models - Gaming
February 11, 2013 — MBA Mondays: Revenue Models - Mobile
February 4, 2013 — MBA Mondays: Revenue Models - Data
January 28, 2013 — MBA Mondays: Revenue Models - Licensing
January 21, 2013 — MBA Mondays: Revenue Models - Transaction Processing
January 16, 2013 — Guest Post: Startup Business Development 101
January 14, 2013 — MBA Mondays: Revenue Models - Peer to Peer
January 7, 2013 — MBA Mondays: Revenue Models - Subscriptions
2012
December 24, 2012 — No MBA Mondays This Week or Next
December 17, 2012 — MBA Mondays: Revenue Models - Commerce
December 10, 2012 — MBA Mondays: Revenue Models - Advertising
December 3, 2012 — MBA Mondays: Revenue Models
November 27, 2012 — MBA Mondays: The Revenue Model Hackpad, Take Two
November 26, 2012 — MBA Mondays: The Revenue Model Hackpad
November 19, 2012 — MBA Mondays: Revenue Models
November 12, 2012 — MBA Mondays: Next Topics
November 5, 2012 — MBA Mondays: One More Thing On Sustainability Before We Move On
October 29, 2012 — MBA Mondays: Sustainability Class Wrapup
October 22, 2012 — How To Be In Business Forever: Week Four
October 15, 2012 — How To Be In Business Forever: Week Three
October 8, 2012 — How To Be In Business Forever: Week Two
October 1, 2012 — How To Be In Business Forever: A Lesson In Sustainability
September 24, 2012 — MBA Mondays From The Archive: Analyzing Financial Statements
September 17, 2012 — MBA Mondays From The Archives: Cash Flow
September 10, 2012 — MBA Mondays From The Archives: The Balance Sheet
September 3, 2012 — MBA Mondays From The Archives: The Profit and Loss Statement
August 27, 2012 — MBA Mondays: Accounting From The Archives
August 20, 2012 — MBA Mondays: Guest Post From Dr. Dana Ardi
August 13, 2012 — MBA Mondays: Guest Post From Scott Kurnit
August 7, 2012 — How to Be in Business Forever: A Class On Sustainability
August 6, 2012 — MBA Mondays: Guest Post From Susan Loh
July 30, 2012 — MBA Mondays: Guest Post From Chad Dickerson
July 23, 2012 — MBA Mondays: Guest Post From Angela Baldonero
July 16, 2012 — MBA Mondays: Guest Post From Donna White
July 9, 2012 — MBA Mondays: Leveraging Your Partners To Grow And Develop Your Team
July 2, 2012 — MBA Mondays: Asking An Employee To Leave The Company
June 25, 2012 — MBA Mondays: Retaining Your Employees
June 11, 2012 — MBA Mondays: Best Hiring Practices
June 4, 2012 — MBA Mondays: Optimal Headcount At Various Stages
May 28, 2012 — MBA Mondays: Where To Find Strong Talent
May 27, 2012 — Twilio’s Nine Things
May 21, 2012 — MBA Mondays: Culture And Fit
May 14, 2012 — MBA Mondays Series: People
May 7, 2012 — MBA Mondays Series: Human Capital
April 30, 2012 — MBA Mondays: Where To Go Next?
April 23, 2012 — The Board Of Directors: Guest Post From Matt Blumberg
April 19, 2012 — MBA Mondays Live: Employee Equity - Archive and Feedback
April 16, 2012 — The Board of Directors: Guest Post From Scott Kurnit
April 15, 2012 — MBA Mondays Live: Employee Equity
April 9, 2012 — The Board Of Directors: Board Committees
April 2, 2012 — The Board Of Directors: Board Meetings
March 26, 2012 — The Board Of Directors: Board Chemistry
March 19, 2012 — The Board Of Directors - The Board Chair
March 17, 2012 — Announcing MBA Mondays Live
March 12, 2012 — The Board Of Directors - Selecting, Electing & Evolving
March 5, 2012 — The Board Of Directors: Role and Responsibilities
February 27, 2012 — MBA Mondays Series: The Board Of Directors
February 20, 2012 — The Management Team - Guest Post By Jerry Colonna
February 13, 2012 — The Management Team - Guest Post From Joel Spolsky
February 6, 2012 — The Management Team - Guest Post From Phil Sugar
January 30, 2012 — The Management Team - Guest Post From JLM
January 23, 2012 — The Management Team - Guest Post From Matt Blumberg
January 16, 2012 — The Management Team - While Building The Business
January 9, 2012 — The Management Team - While Building Usage
January 2, 2012 — The Management Team - While Building Product
2011
December 26, 2011 — Scaling The Management Team
December 19, 2011 — How Much To Burn While Building Product
December 12, 2011 — Burn Rates: How Much?
December 5, 2011 — Burn Rate
November 21, 2011 — Sustainability
November 14, 2011 — Business Arcanery: Going Concern
November 7, 2011 — A New MBA Mondays Series: Business Arcanery
October 31, 2011 — VP Engineering Vs CTO
October 24, 2011 — VP Finance vs CFO
October 17, 2011 — Revenue Based Financing
October 10, 2011 — Liquidation Analysis (Continued)
October 3, 2011 — Liquidation Analysis
September 26, 2011 — MBA Mondays: Cap Tables
September 19, 2011 — Audio MBA Mondays
September 12, 2011 — EBITDA
September 5, 2011 — Determining Valuation Multiples
August 29, 2011 — Pricing A Follow-On Venture Investment
August 22, 2011 — Financing Options: Working Capital Financing
August 15, 2011 — Financing Options: Bridge Loans
August 8, 2011 — Financing Options: Capital Equipment Loans and Leases
July 25, 2011 — Financings Options: Venture Debt
July 18, 2011 — Financing Options: Preferred Stock
July 11, 2011 — Financing Options: Convertible Debt
June 27, 2011 — Financing Options: Vendor Financing
June 20, 2011 — Financing Options: Customers
June 13, 2011 — Financing Options: Government Grants
June 6, 2011 — Financing Options: Contests/Prizes/Accelerator Programs
May 30, 2011 — Financing Options: Friends and Family
May 23, 2011 — Financing Options For Startups
May 18, 2011 — Sizing Option Pools In Connection With Financings
May 16, 2011 — Financing Options For Small Tech Companies
May 9, 2011 — Competition - The Pros and Cons
May 2, 2011 — Ordinary Income vs Capital Gains
April 25, 2011 — LTV > CPA
April 18, 2011 — Margins (continued)
April 11, 2011 — Margins
April 7, 2011 — 360 Reviews
April 4, 2011 — M&A Issues: Price
March 28, 2011 — No MBA Mondays Today
March 21, 2011 — M&A Issues: Consideration
March 14, 2011 — M&A Issues: Timing
February 28, 2011 — M&A Issues: Reps, Warranties, Indemnities, and Escrows
February 21, 2011 — M&A Issues: Breakup Fees
February 16, 2011 — MBA Tuesday
February 14, 2011 — M&A Issues: Governmental Approvals
February 9, 2011 — What A Management Team Does
February 7, 2011 — M&A Issues: The Stay Package
February 1, 2011 — MBA Mondays Everywhere
January 31, 2011 — M&A Issues: The Integration Plan
January 24, 2011 — M&A Case Studies: Feedburner
January 17, 2011 — M&A Case Studies: WhatCounts Sale Process
January 10, 2011 — M&A Case Studies: WhatCounts
January 3, 2011 — M&A Case Studies: ChiliSoft
2010
December 27, 2010 — Selling Your Company
December 23, 2010 — The MBA Mondays Curriculum
December 20, 2010 — Buying and Selling Assets
December 6, 2010 — M&A Fundamentals
November 29, 2010 — Acquisition Finance
November 22, 2010 — Employee Equity: How Much?
November 15, 2010 — Employee Equity: Vesting
November 8, 2010 — Employee Equity: Restricted Stock and RSUs
November 1, 2010 — Employee Equity: The Option Strike Price
October 25, 2010 — Employee Equity: The Liquidation Overhang
October 18, 2010 — Employee Equity: Options
October 11, 2010 — Employee Equity: Appreciation
October 4, 2010 — Employee Equity: Dilution
September 27, 2010 — Employee Equity
September 20, 2010 — Outsourcing vs Offshoring
September 13, 2010 — Outsourcing
September 6, 2010 — What A CEO Does (continued)
August 30, 2010 — What A CEO Does
August 23, 2010 — Commission Plans
August 16, 2010 — Bookings vs Revenues vs Collections
August 9, 2010 — Enterprise Value and Market Value
August 2, 2010 — Off Balance Sheet Liabilities
July 26, 2010 — Sunk Costs
July 19, 2010 — Opportunity Costs
July 12, 2010 — Purchasing Power Parity
July 5, 2010 — Currency Risk In A Business
June 28, 2010 — Hedging
June 21, 2010 — Diversification
June 14, 2010 — Risk And Return
June 7, 2010 — Forecasting
May 31, 2010 — Budgeting In A Large Company
May 24, 2010 — Budgeting In A Growing Company
May 10, 2010 — Budgeting In A Small Early Stage Company
May 3, 2010 — Scenarios
April 26, 2010 — Projections, Budgeting and Forecasting
April 19, 2010 — Price: Why Lower Isn't Always Better
April 12, 2010 — Key Business Metrics
April 5, 2010 — Analyzing Financial Statements
March 29, 2010 — Cash Flow
March 22, 2010 — The Balance Sheet
March 15, 2010 — The Profit and Loss Statement
March 8, 2010 — Accounting
March 1, 2010 — Piercing The Corporate Veil
February 22, 2010 — Corporate Entities
February 15, 2010 — Compounding Interest
February 8, 2010 — The Time Value Of Money
February 1, 2010 — The Present Value Of Future Cash Flows
January 25, 2010 — How To Calculate A Return On Investment
Cardio consistency
I've been training since April for a half marathon in October. I haven't trained since my sprint triathlon in September 2025, so it was somewhat of a cold-start. At first, I could barely run 1 mile, then over the weeks did 3 miles, and now today, I wrapped up 5.5 miles and felt like I could have run another 2-3 miles.
The human body is an impressive piece of machinery. It might be impossible (difficult?) to run 5.5 miles without training but over time, the body can adapt, improve and strengthen to accomplish almost anything. I like this feeling of self-improvement because it gives me hope that when faced with adversity, it's just a matter of surviving and trying again and again. Don't ever give up. With enough time, anything is possible.
GoRuck shirts
GoRuck has their Christmas in July special. I purchased a hoodie a few weeks ago when they (accidently?) had a 30% off coupon that stacked with the sale. Really liked the thinness of the hoodie, and it felt quite durable. So last week I placed an order for additional long sleeve and another hoodie in a different color.
Reading about the GoRuck history and how Jason started it during business school following his experience in the special forces is such an inspirational story. He's declined PE money and desires to keep GoRuck private for as long as possible.
I'm a happy customer for more than a decade. I encourage my readers to check them out and see if anything catches your eye.
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