Month: May 2010
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Mother’s Day Classic 2010Yesterday was my fourth running of the Mother’s Day Classic 8K in Sydney’s Domain. (Previously: 2006, 2008, 2009.) The weather was bright and sunny, but not as cool as in previous years. The Snook and I caught a bus into the city and headed over to pick up my timing chip. That’s…
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Shared today on Google Reader: Hit-Girl takes on Vader // by magnetgirl (via geekleetist) – Adorable little Hit-Girl. Is that at a Con, I wonder? JeffCroft.com: On the Android Flash demo at FlashCamp Seattle – Interesting, and not just because of schadenfreude. How to Opt Out of Facebook´s Instant Personalization | Electronic Frontier Foundation Japanese…
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Remember how my brother Joey was fund-raising for Jump Rope for Heart? My Mom has posted video of him jumping. Thanks to everyone who donated. 🙂
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Car RentalI just thought I’d share with you some surprising numbers regarding our trip to Canberra last month. A few weeks before the trip, I started researching car rental rates. I quickly discovered that the big problem with renting over Easter weekend is that most of the car rental places are closed on both Good…
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Congratulations to RoseRed and her hubby on the birth of their son Connor. What chubby cheeks! (Self: Must not nom other people’s babies.)
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You might have noticed that I’m trying out a new script that auto-posts my Google Reader shared items each day. I’ve gotten used to sharing links over there, and I figured this was a good way to populate the blog with a bit more content for those who don’t use Reader. So far it seems…
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Shared today on Google Reader: “So, what do you do for a living?”: A BA/Product Manager´s guide to surviving cocktail parties – The Snook always teases me with quotes from Office Space, that I “take the specifications from the customers and bring them to the software engineers.” I HAVE PEOPLE SKILLS. CAN’T YOU UNDERSTAND THAT?…
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Even Doozers Knit! LOVE IT. How did I never see that episode?
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Shared today on Google Reader: Almost half of women think motherhood not worth cost | Dynamic Business Tove Jansson Turns Middle Earth Into A Scandinavian Wonderland [Books] – SNOOK: WE NEED THIS. Met Ball Fug Carpet: Matt Morrison and Penn Badgley BBC News – A decade on from the ILOVEYOU bug – I remember this.…
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Week 18Well, I did it. On Sunday I went out for the longest run I’ve ever done: 22km. It was hot and sunny, and I had to take walk breaks and suck down a lot of water. But I got it done. Afterwards I had an ice bath and a massage to help with the…