Year: 2006
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Not just for breakfast anymore
I came downstairs this morning to hear the sound of cereal crunching away, and scurrying feet. The cereal sounds were coming from the girl, the feet were the boy’s. Rather than wake me or wait for me to come down, as we’ve done for years, the boy had gotten breakfast for himself, including milk for…
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Tuesday Track: painful pyramid
I committed to six pieces beforehand, and I did finish six pieces. Things were tougher than normal out there, but at least it wasn’t raining. I gave myself 200m of very slow jogging to recover between each one. Perhaps I need a bit more rest if I’m going to climb the pyramid again! 800m in…
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Make sure you are an organ donor
A useful reminder, prompted by this post: make sure you are an organ donor. Painless but potentially powerful. For information about signing up, visit http://www.shareyourlife.org/. Read frequently asked questions about organ and tissue donation. I’ve added a linked logo to the left-hand sidebar of my blog.
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Tuesday Track: 6x 1000m, 2 min rest
Yesterday morning on the Kezar track, it was 6x 1000m with 2 minutes rest (measured, this time). As usual, gentle to start, and pushing the final repeat. 4:09 3:59 4:01 3:55 3:55 3:30 Last time we ran similar distances, in late August, I ran 3:32 for 1000m on the final one. These felt good, but…
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Amazon.com is making the right moves
Speaking of Web 2.0… the only reason I would want to be at that conference is to hear Jeff Bezos speak. I think Amazon Web Services, and their other efforts to re-use their existing infrastructure across the web (and the real world, including shipping centers) is the most impressive change in how business works I’ve…
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ISPCON instead of Web 2.0
In the past, I’d be paying more attention to the Web 2.0 conference this week in San Francisco, November 7-9. Instead, I’ll be in Santa Clara for the same three days for ISPCON, the semi-annual conference for Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and the companies which work with them. We’ll be announcing a new service for…
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Movie: The Sentinel
Last night, we watche a popcorn action movie with Michael Douglas once again hanging around the White House, this time as a Secret Service agent. I just described The Sentinel, and there’s a reason why I’d never even heard of the movie before. But at least it keeps moving, and it’s not too long. Metacritic…
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Movie: Mystic River
We’ve had Mystic River out from Netflix since late April. Friday night, we finally made time for it. I was looking forward to this movie, perhaps too much, since I didn’t love it. The opening scene, which ripples through the rest of the story, is ominous: one of three boys is abducted and sexually abused…
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Movie: Little Children
We were looking for a lighter movie on Thursday evening. Little Children wasn’t it. Still, a worthwhile movie which I’d add to your future DVD queue, without worrying about seeing it in theaters. This is a character story, centered around the affair between the mother of a small child with the father of a small…
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Book: Basket Case
Carl Hiaasen’s Basket Case is another romp through a South Florida sprinkled with, ahem, characters. You’ll never have so much fun reading about an obituary writer. 😉