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2010 Mountain Goat Run - May 4, 2010, 11:19 pm
2010 Mountain Goat Run
Pre race
Rochester weather has been flirting with warmth for a few weeks now and the burst of snow (yes, snow) last Tuesday was probably the last death rattle of winter. The...
2010 Flower City Half - May 1, 2010, 7:58 am
2010 Flower City Half Marathon
Pre Race
Saturday zipped by in the peculiar mix of restlessness and un-motivation particular only to weekends. The productivity meter barely registered anything at...
Knowledge Home - April 5, 2010, 8:58 am
Knowledge Home
For many, the personal computer is a black box, its inner workings controlled by a mysterious, often capricious gremlin. In his paper, A Knowledge Home: Personal knowledge structurin...
10 Running of the Green - March 18, 2010, 9:08 am
Johnny’s Running of the Green 2010
March 13th, is the date of the Gate River Run in Jacksonville, Florida. The race doubles as the USATF 15K Championships. I’m trying to save a dime by bo...
Pick Me Up - February 27, 2010, 9:23 pm
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Movie Review: District 9 - August 16, 2009, 4:07 pm
District 9
I haven't gone out to see a movie in a long time. I haven't seen the new Batman movie or the new Star Trek movie though I want to see both and have been told that both are good...
Zero to Three Hundred - June 6, 2009, 12:51 pm
Blinding Originality
The video game industry needs a wake up call and I know just the people to bring it to them: Squidi and Yahtzee.
Squidi gave himself the goal of composing 300 original game ...
Choke - June 6, 2009, 12:22 pm
Book Review: Choke by Chuck Palahniuk
I've not done a book review before, but I felt compelled so here goes.
Palahniuk (hereafter, simply "P") takes the gross, the disturbing, but also the ...
What I Meant to Do - June 1, 2009, 9:34 pm
This is what happened:
I go to the pizza place to pick up food for the Chase Corporate Challenge. Two young employees, probably teenagers, are helping me out while the franchise owner or some sort-...
Thoughts on chess - January 15, 2009, 8:52 pm
Thoughts on Chess
Chess has that quality that many of the greatest games share: easy to learn, difficult to master. Each piece has simple, clearly defined moves, but there are dynamics at play in a...
Stuff people should know - December 3, 2008, 9:28 am
Stuff people should know
Knowing how stuff works allows you to use it more efficiently and it bugs me when people practice irrational and wasteful habits. Here are some heat related items that ever...
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