Busy weekend!

I ran my first race this weekend with <lj name=splicer> and wasn’t the last in line, according to the <a href=http://dserunners.com/results/2004/mission_rock_5k_race.html>official results</a>! I ran a 9:38 pace, which is a little ahead of my usual pace. Splicer’s a bit faster than me.
We both had a lot of fun, and realized that a 5k was too [...]

My biggest work-related peeve

I <b><i>HaTE</b></i> people who can’t give relevant information when reporting a problem. I was reminded today of the Worst Boss Ever&trade; from a few years back. He was an odd duck to begin with, and any time he’d report a network problem, he’d typically tell me he couldn’t “see” a server. That could mean:
<ul>
<li>He tried [...]

Bumper Boats

Finally, the net came in handy…

We had some people over for dinner last night. I brought my laptop upstairs into our family room and plugged it into our stereo. With my <a href=http://www.kataan.org/techref/rg1000.html>second-hand wireless rig</a>, I was able to connect to tha InterWeb thing. I went to <a href=http://www.somafm.com>SomaFM</a> and streamed their “Secret Agent” mp3 stream. Voila! Instant party tunes!
I [...]

Burn through

6.5 miles in 1:10:08, not my best time by a long shot, but not the worst.
This run was grueling, for some reason - at 3 times during the run I wanted to quit and start walking back. I intentionally took it easy this week, thinking that I wasn’t recovering from my long thursday runs by [...]

Zen moment of the day…

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Busy, busy…

I’m babysitting a friend’s son monday morning, an interview for a full-time position in the afternoon, then working a full day onsite for my <a href=http://www.weiskeconsulting.com>consulting gig</a>… In the meantime, I’m brushing up on network notification systems and learning yet another FTP server for a new client of mine.
Who ever thought unemployment would be so [...]