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Footwear musings....
Since moving as much as possible from 'conventional' Western footwear toward things like Vibram Five Fingers and tabi I've noticed a couple of things which are interesting at least to me. Foremost, the change in posture they engender- it's significantly forward from where it is in other shoes. Particularly for someone who tended to be a heel-strike ( Read more... ) -
Weirdness
I feel as if most of the time I don't dream. At least, it is uncommon for me to have upon waking more than the most fragmentary recall of more than two or three a year ( Read more... ) -
*tap* *tap* Is this thing on?
This journal has been sadly neglected for far too long. I didn't even have the client on my current laptop. I don't know that it'll ever go back to the frequencies with which it was once updated- I think there was a two year stretch of daily posts at one point, which is decidedly unlikely to happen again. Twitter is probably easier, and skipping ( Read more... ) -
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It has been far too long since I've posted here. Mostly, that's been because I don't think I've had much to say which didn't fit in a Twitter-friendly space.
In summary:
Life is. I'm regularly- if not continuously- physically and emotionally exhausted.
Work is good. I work with an insanely senior testing department, and in a development environment ( Read more... ) -
"Blue Roses"
If the embedding continues to crap out (as it seems to be doing presently), you can find the image here. Either way, feel free to use the interactive controls and play with it.
I just won an award at work for producing the best artistic data visualization. I'm a little embarassed by this, because some of the other entries were really intricate ( Read more... ) -
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iTunes, you do a good job...
most of the time.However ( Read more... ) -
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Well, pending mechanical review, we should replace Branwen with a slightly newer Volvo wagon in the next day or so. It should hopefully tide us over until our next vehicle. We're really considering a Tesla Model S when they become available ( Read more... ) -
Why to Invest in Swedish Steel [Or, Branwen Slayne]
I had a nice day planned today. damashita was off to Snoqualmie to provide professional feedback for a friend who is in massage school, and while she was doing that, I was going to take pictures at the Northwest Railway Museum and/or Snoqualmie Falls. Went past the museum and was headed to the Falls- to get a feel for the time it'd take to go from one to ( Read more... ) -
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Are any of the Seattle-area (or willing/planning to relocate in the Seattle CMSA) folk seeing this software professionals who might potentially be interested innew career opportunities? Right now, my company (Tableau Software) has a handful of openings- at least two funded positions in test which we'd like to fill quickly and at least four to six ( Read more... )
