web-goddess

Month: February 2011

  • Sage advice

    Sage advice.

  • RunningBlog: Week 7

    This was one of my longest distance weeks ever! On Saturday about ten of us got together for a dailymile meetup and 5K run. The Snook and Kunaal were there too. My foot was still taped up, and I was amazed at what a difference it made. I didn’t have any pain on the 20 minute walk through Glebe to get to the starting line, and the first 3K of the run were pain-free too. (I said to the Snook: “It feels like I got a foot transplant!”) By the 4th kilometer though, I started to feel my arch aching a bit beneath the tape. Still, it wasn’t too bad. On Sunday I did my longest run since the Half-Marathon last year: 19km (12 miles). I did 1:1 run/walk the whole way. I went to Centennial Park, did a couple big loops, then headed back. The Snook met me and ran the last few km’s with me. I felt surprisingly good and I didn’t have much trouble with recovery afterwards. My foot was sore, but I think the tape definitely made a difference. I took Monday and Tuesday off to rest. Tuesday night I did a core workout at home, then Wednesday had a killer session at Spudds. Thursday night I walked home from work carrying a big heavy backpack. And then this morning went for a slow 6km on a grey and humid morning.

    Feb. 12: 5.34km
    Feb. 13: 19.51km
    Feb. 18: 6.02km
    Total this week: 30.87km (19.3mi)
    Total in 2010: 161.84km (101.1mi)

    I’ve crossed the 100-mile threshold for the year! To meet my goal of running 1100km in 2011, I should be at 148km right now. Wow, my buffer is growing! Time for another cutback week though to give everything a rest.

    I’ve also got a follow-up session with the podiatrist today. I’ll let you know the outcome…

  • Boston University

    Wait, what? I got Notre Dame around the corner, and Boston University a few blocks away? I had no idea.

  • Falafel Land

    Last week there was a bit of a brouhaha when Eddie McGuire referred to western Sydney as “the land of the felafel” on his radio show. (My personal feeling is that it was probably only 25% racism and 75% Eddie-being-a-dickhead, but whatev.) Anyway, the Snook is going to the apps4nsw “Hack Day” event tomorrow, where developers from around Sydney will spent 10 hours mashing up government data in new and interesting ways. As practice, he decided yesterday to test Eddie’s hypothesis. He pulled restaurant data from TrueLocal to create a heat map of the kebab shops in Sydney.

    Land of the Felafel

    Some interesting results there. Plenty of felafel available in the CBD, but once you go over the Harbour Bridge, you’re in a veritable felafel desert.

    Incidentally, if you have any inspiration for an app idea for the Snook, leave a comment or drop me an email. He’s even dabbling in iPhone development too…

  • Photo Post

    Elf shoes (ie plaster casts of my feet)

    Elf shoes (ie plaster casts of my feet)

  • Shared today on Twitter

    Trying to achieve a balance between brevity and over-specifying. And obviously losing.

    @codepo8 Nah, not today. Kicking ass requires jeans. 🙂

    Meeting @Opheli8 to deliver her dresses! (@ Marlborough Hotel) http://4sq.com/gU5hXb

    @chrisgander A friend is a U.S. lawyer mainly helping poor people. She said that game is very true to life for a lot of her clients. 🙁

    The Snook decided to test Eddie McGuire’s “Land of the Felafel” hypothesis: https://web-goddess.org/archive/9646.

  • Shared today on Facebook

    Just signed up for this…

    Terrible walk home w/ massive backpack. ARGGGH SO ANNOYING.

    Slow run. Legs/feet have no bounce! Podiatrist again today.

  • Shared today on Twitter

    My constant badgering of the vending machine man has finally paid off. HEAPS OF PRETZELS. HEAPS!

    @witty_knitter Dissertation Haiku: http://bit.ly/4xg0Uu. Thought of you. 🙂

    @redambition Do you like the show? It’s like that. Not really traditional recipe format; more like order of operations for a full meal.

    @redambition Hmmm… And actually, probably only 10 vegetarian meals in it, to be honest.

    @redambition Come over some night. You can have a flip through and watch an ep (we have them on the DVR).

    @redambition Check your gmail. Sent you a scan I had so you can see the non-traditional format. Lifting out single dishes isn’t easy…

    @gilmae @redambition It’s hard because he doesn’t always give timings. Some things you cook for duration of doing other things.

    @gilmae Having two people cooking also messes things up, because one of us is always jumping head to a different task.

    @chrisgander The hammer and the shield ARE pretty cool…

    RT @PhoenixCub: Lady Gaga shows up at the VMA’s in meat & arrives at the Grammy’s in an egg. She’s only 2 red carpets away from being a …

    @redambition Ooh, don’t know it. Do a blog review! I’m going to write one on Health Month, which I think you’d LOVE.

    New veggie in the box tonight: amaranth. http://twitpic.com/40d26u Treated it like spinach in scrambled eggs. Tasty and healthy!

  • Shared today on Facebook

    New veggie in the box tonight: amaranth. Treated it like spinach in scrambled eggs. Tasty and healthy!

  • Shared today on Google Reader