I managed about 20 minutes of climbing this morning, then I pulled something in my left elbow and I'm now in a fair amount of pain. I had to come straight home - driving back was quite challenging too ( Read more... )

In the internet age, this is how some people deal with a miscarriage.

It's possibly the most disturbing thing I've seen on the internet so far...I think it even tops goatse.

Romani ite domum?

I don't know why this bugs me so much, but :

Cache (with pronunciation guide).

i.e. it's "Kash"/"Kashing". Not "Kaysh"/"Kayshing".

And after a mostly crappy weekend, redeemed only partly by climbing yesterday afternoon, it's time to return to work.

I really don't want to go.

Deeply unimpressed with the Flex Tree control - it seems incredibly buggy and prone to unintelligible exceptions (there's also some weird infinite looping going on). I really don't have time to write my own, so I'll probably have to think of a different way to represent the data. This is irksome.

UpdateIt seems that one of the bugs I had found was ( Read more... )

If I'm considering a laptop/netbook/scc/tiny computer, battery life comes in as one of the most important factors. I'll actually put up with quite a few minor niggles if the battery life is considerable.

So, given that, why on earth do Wired recommend the Lenovo S10? It has a sub 2-hour battery life! It's a netbook for heavens sake! I expect a ( Read more... )

Bad Flex. No biscuit ( Read more... )

There's nothing like starting your day at work with a fine tune.

I'm sticking to the weekly climbing schedule so far. I have callousy hands - I think I understand the tape thing now ( Read more... )