Archive for the ‘Personal’ Category

Twitter Updates for 2008-08-14

Thursday, August 14th, 2008
  • I’ll miss DM’s by SMS, but I’ve never been into the constant interruption of receiving tweets by SMS so the news doesn’t bother me that much #
  • Inspired: http://beeroverip.org/ - well done @brunobord #
  • @aquarion: too complicated. Who cares about tracking? It’s the thought that counts and http://beeroverip.org is instant gratification. #
  • @Aquarion: Also foamee is Twitter-centric whereas I’ll be sending most of my beers over IRC #
  • Finally getting around to listening to my first Linux Outlaws. #
  • @matthewrevell: Try Gwibber! #
  • So either the company lied about being out of stock, or they got their delivery earlier than they expected. Either way my order has shipped. #
  • @andrewgee: HTH HAND :) #
  • 4 miles, no stops, no walks, and an average pace of 8m40s. My best run yet! #

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Twitter Updates for 2008-08-13

Wednesday, August 13th, 2008
  • Just enough time to make chilli before my meeting. #

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Twitter Updates for 2008-08-12

Tuesday, August 12th, 2008
  • Wondering at the accuracy (or lack thereof) of Nokia Sports Tracker #
  • Went for a 2.5 mile run this morning. First run in two months. Felt good though - a couple of stops, but no walking. #
  • Why, when there’s less than 1M between it and the phone, do my BT headset crap out when something passes between them?!? #
  • Because it’s an el cheapo eBay headset, that’s why. :( #
  • @loudmouthman: You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means. (Nice find BTW). #
  • @loudmouthman: Maybe you’re camp enough already. #
  • @oojah: Possession is 9/10ths of the law… #

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Twitter Updates for 2008-08-11

Monday, August 11th, 2008
  • Getting annoyed with MSN IM spam. :( #
  • @codedragon: I’m not even sure why I’m using it, because I don’t really use it… #
  • Trying to figure out why the hell I need Nokia Email when the N95 already supports POP/IMAP… #
  • OK so it does push email, but to get that I have to entrust my mail to a third party. No thanks. #
  • That’s enough for one day. Time to make some pasta. #

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Twitter Updates for 2008-08-10

Sunday, August 10th, 2008
  • Braid is a beautiful, brilliant game. #

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Twitter Updates for 2008-08-08

Friday, August 8th, 2008
  • just remembered the car was booked in for a service today. Fortunately the garage didn’t mind us being rather late. #
  • got the Gwibber WebKitUI branch working thanks to http://tinyurl.com/5jbyek #

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Twitter Updates for 2008-08-06

Wednesday, August 6th, 2008
  • Back from 5 days in the woods. Time to start wading through e-mails. #
  • Overdid the salt in the pizza dough. Oops. #

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Twitter Updates for 2008-07-29

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008
  • @froodie: Dark Knight is ace, but only because of the Joker. The rest of the film is so-so. #
  • Good morning world #
  • Wordpress upgrade? Check. New theme? Check. New plugins? Check. Now waiting for complaints about daily Twitter summaries… #
  • Finished playing with Facebook/catching up on mail/reading feeds in Google Reader. Time for some tea and some TV. #

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Twitter Updates for 2008-07-28

Monday, July 28th, 2008
  • Playing with Gwibber to see if it can handle updating Twitter, Facebook and Identi.ca at the same time #
  • @brunobord: According to Cuil the best result for ’schwuk’ is my Twitter page. http://schwuk.com doesn’t even show up… :( FAIL. #
  • Note to self: be aware of the enter key when using Gwibber. Partial messages == FAIL. #
  • @tonywhitmore: Echo? :) #
  • Failed miserably to get Gwibber WebKitUI running. :( At least Gwibber is still working. #
  • @sil: My wife sympathises. #
  • @sil’s Gwibber seems to work quite nicely. #

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Running Naked

Thursday, May 8th, 2008

After much procrastination, and then frustration - the nice weather arrives, I want to get out there and do things, and I go and get sunburnt effectively curtailing physical activities for a while - I finally dragged myself out for a run again this morning.

I thoroughly enjoy running, although I admit to being a bit of a fair weather runner, but actually gettting out to do it can be a bit of a performance. First I need to locate all my running gear, then my pedometer, then my listening device of choice which of course needs updating with new tracks or podcasts, and while I’m at it I might set up a new playlist or tweak an existing one. Before I know it at least 30 minutes has passed since I made the decision to go out and actually getting close to leaving the house.

This morning I was better prepared: I knew where all my running gear was, and I deliberately chose to forgo the technological accoutrements that I normally take. No X300 Sports Tracker, no iPod Nano, no Nokia N95. I didn’t even take a watch.

Without all that junk, I found the experience quite liberating. I wasn’t worrying about my current speed, or which track was currently playing, and without the phone there were no other distractions. I just ran, and I definitely feel I ran better for it. Obviously as a card carrying geek I love the toys, and I love tracking my stats and performance, but it is easy to forget that they really don’t matter.

I’m not saying I’m going to be running ‘naked’ everytime, but I will be doing it again and I thoroughly recommend you try it as well. Just grab your trainers and go.