Month: July 2006

  • Meetings

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    I am sat in a series of very slow, official, dull meetings. It’s too warm, there is too much paperwork, and it’s hard to maintain focus (especially if you’re blogging from your PDA). All I can think about is how much I’m looking forward to going for a swim after all this. Warm up, 4x…

  • Lotto Win

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    Woohoo! Actually only a tenner, but it’s still nice.

  • Sod’s Law Revealed

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    I told you Sod’s Law was real – a descriptive formula for the law has been calculated, and by a Cardiff University lecturer no less. Mathematically it is expressed as: 1/8Ti x I 3/8 + O + SbP + M with: Task Importance (Ti) Inconvenience, and financial and emotional cost of task not going to…

  • Gadget Geek Kim

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    Kim says she wants to buy a Playstation 3 when they come out. Honest, this was not my idea. She really does want a game console. I swear I didn’t put her up to it. She loves playing the musical genre of games, like Songstar (the karaoke game) and Buzz (the music quiz game). Jack…

  • Blue C on BBC

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    Swansea University and the School of Medicine’s IBM Blue C supercomputer is noted on the BBC’s news website. We’re predicting UK avian flu scenarios. Link.

  • The Triathlon Salmon

    I’m reading an article on xtri.com about cortisol, stress, training and the salmon. It’s nicely relevant to www.dontbeasalmon.net (this website) and is similar to comments I’ve made in the past, but this time is linked in with problems of overtraining (the salmon “under-rests” for weeks in its attempt to reach its spawning grounds and as…

  • TDF Outage

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    Noooo! I’m in Swindon, trying to watch the deciding stage of this year’s Tour de France, but we’re under a huge thunderstorm & the satellite signal has been lost. Rivers in the street, hail of the size to put in your drink, & lightning almost in the garden. All because my sister planned a barbecue.

  • Specs

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    I picked up my glasses today. Only a minor correction (honest), but computer screens & other reading material instantly feel so much easier to read. Now I can feel the strain in my eyes without glasses. I’m back to maximum geek power!

  • Mad Blogs

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    I love the internet: thegalacticpost.blogspot.com

  • Landis

    Uh, did I say “out of contention”? OK, not if you attack on the first hill with over 120km to go, drop riders in the top 10 with bemused looks on their faces and blast your way over all the mountains on your own to both win the stage and come back to within 45…