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The following is a letter from John Kerry, regarding the many smear emails circulating about Barack Obama. I post this not only because I’m backing the same candidate, but because I’ve also been forwarded some of the same mails from, I believe, well-meaning people. Whatever your political views, do what you can to ( Read more... )

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Readers of this may find it hard to believe, but before this morning I had not run since last Sunday. This was mostly due to a sore ankle I was allowing to heal, but later in the week laziness simply got the best of me. I paid for this activity on the 22 miler with Martino and Dougherty this morning; even though most ( Read more... )

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Another simple C# tip I keep forgetting: Need to format a decimal for a specific currency? What about only showing the whole dollar amounts? Use the Decimal.ToString() overload that takes a format string and a CultureInfo instance. Here’s how:

// CultureInfo is in System.Globalization namespace ( Read more... )

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My pick for President in 2008 won the Iowa caucuses!

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A great Japanese proverb for the new year, from the amazing Scott Jurek:

“Stumble seven times, get up eight times.” This is the Japanese proverb, 七転び八起き, nanakorobi yaoki. Perseverance over defeat.

It’s time to pick a new challenge. Will faster times be enough for me for 2008?

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Congrats to Larry for running his first marathon! What’s next for Larry?

Charlotte’s Thunder Road marathon was on Saturday, and despite feeling a bit low in the tank I decided to go out hard and try to hang on. I was right on pace with a 1:27 half, but the second half of the course was brutal. During mile 19 I ( Read more... )

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With two weeks until Thunder Road, I started the Sat-through-Friday week with the large group run of the second half of the course. It’s definitely not a flat course, but I’m not discouraged from attempting a fast time.

I felt a bit sick late Sunday, and took off from running until Wednesday.

• Saturday: Pre-run 6ish ( Read more... )

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Amazon’s MP3 Downloads are DRM-free, 256k/s, the downloader app has nice iTunes integration, and they have a surprisingly decent selection. I’ve already bought more from it than iTMS’s iTunes Plus. Give me the real lossless CD together with the download at a nice package price and I’ll use it exclusively.

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Despite its fugliness (which I suspect is less so in person) and high price tag, I have been excited about Amazon’s Kindle e-reader for some time. I still have major content concerns (can I at least get a discount on titles I’ve already bought from Amazon, please?) that prevent me from investing in such a platform ( Read more... )

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My schedule is getting pretty packed with races, but the Napa Valley Marathon looks like a very awesome event. If I’m a 3:15 pacer at Myrtle Beach, will I have legs for a PR attempt two weeks later?