January 18, 2010 at 12:15 pm · Filed under Ramblings
The first half of January is over already but it’s been a pretty productive half.
I’ve always had the problem of getting started. Once I get going, I can keep my momentum pretty well but it’s always those first few steps that have always been hardest. So this year is all about getting started. I don’t like the term new year resolutions because I’ve always believe that if it’s something you want to do, why wait for a new year. Just do it. I like to think that my starting so close to the new year is more coincidental than having anything to do with the new year.
January 13, 2010 at 4:21 pm · Filed under Ramblings
It’s amazing what you can do with all these web services out there today.
I had an idea to do an exquisite corpse story telling idea through a phone number and I setup something using Twilio in a matter of hours. I had a phone number you could call and leave a message and a basic web page where you could come back and hear the message you left. The whole thing took maybe 200 lines of code and it’s done. Sure it’s basic but it’s great to be able to get up a proof of concept so quickly and easily.
January 8, 2010 at 5:49 pm · Filed under Ramblings
I’ve been slightly lusting after the new Nexus One phone from google. Though I keep going back and forth from really wanting it to being meh about it. I’m definitely not willing to pay $530 for it.
I’m not eligible for an upgrade for another 8 months I think, after signing a 2 year contract for the G1 when it first came out. I really wish cell companies would offer 18 month contracts. That would be an ideal amount of time especially the speed which new phones come out. Either that or offer long time loyal customers some kind of upgrade path. I do feel slightly cheated at being an early adopter and then getting screwed when the next cycle comes around.
I think that’s also part of the reason why I’m not 100% sold on the nexus one, I’m sure something better will come along in a few months and then I’ll be able to pick up the nexus one for a steal.
January 7, 2010 at 4:48 pm · Filed under Ramblings
It’s amazing what you can do with services like Amazon’s EC2 these days. Why run a server at home or a local copy when you can fire up an instance on Amazon and pay cents to use it. It also makes it easy to test server configs, practice sys-admin skills, etc. Screw something up, just restart a new instance.
I just started up an instance to do some scratch development on.
I’m configuring an instance with the tools I want on it, configured the way I want.
I save the AMI and it’s always there for me to use. I can hack some code and not worry about affecting other people like I would on a shared host environment.
It would also make a great teaching environment. I wonder if any schools are using it to give students their own servers to play with.
June 28, 2008 at 6:54 pm · Filed under Ramblings, Running
The month isn’t quite over yet but it’s a good month. I might run my highest mileage yet this month. Previous high was 118 in January and I’m at 111 with 2 more days to go. I’m thinking 120 is a nice number to reach. Runs have been pretty good, getting faster just by running a lot and no real speed work. If my progress keeps up, I should be running my easy runs in the mid to high 8′s by the end of the year. That’s exciting stuff, we’ll see if my prediction holds true at the end of the year.
June 8, 2008 at 6:03 pm · Filed under Ramblings, Running
Finished up the week with 34 miles and 6 days of running. New records for both.
June is starting off well.
June 1, 2008 at 9:45 pm · Filed under Running
May was a good running month, 115 miles for May. Almost caught up to my 100 miles a month goal with 497.5 miles total for the year.
I’m pretty sure I’ll catch up and surpass my goal next month.
May 1, 2008 at 10:45 pm · Filed under Running
I broke 100 miles in March and stayed ahead of my 100 mile a month goal.
April was a different story though, having family in town and spending a week in Paris derailed me from my goal. Though I did manage to run 71 miles in April even though I didn’t run for 2 whole weeks.
The break was nice though and I think it actually made me a faster taking some time off.
I’m at 388 miles for the year as of today and I’m pretty sure I’ll break 500 by the end of May and then I’ll be back on track with my goal!
February 29, 2008 at 2:56 pm · Filed under coding
Notes for myself.
To grep for a tab in bash.
Ctrl-v, TAB key to insert the tab on the command line.
Works with other characters as well.
In emacs, Ctrl-q, char key.
Found this out here.
http://www.orafaq.com/forum/t/37005/0/
February 26, 2008 at 11:39 pm · Filed under Ramblings, Running
I’m not making my 100 miles this month but it’s a good thing I banked some miles last month. Just broke 200 miles for the year and I have a few days left this month. It was a tough month overall. I was sick for about a week, it’s a short month and there’s been a lot of stuff going on.
I’m pretty proud with myself that I’ve been keeping this up though.
300 miles, here I come..
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