I just noticed a post I wrote over two years ago about starting running: http://moralindifference.com/harder-than-it-looks/
I got a kick out of that, considering I’m running a half-marathon tomorrow. 21km, when I can still remember not being able to make it 5 without feeling like my heart would explode.
The plan is to run it in under 2hrs – if Matt drops behind I’m going to leave him for the raptors. Hope my knee holds out.
update: 1hr 57! Narrowly beat an old guy in a Wally costume.
Look, I know there’s a word for that thing where there’s a buxom yet adorable model wearing a bikini top that’s two sizes too small. It’s probably Korean or something and the closest translation is “maximum cute times wondrous overflow”.
Whatever it is, just tell me so I know what magic glyphs to put into google image search and I’ll be on my way, alright?
Dear sir/madam,
Before I begin this letter in earnest, let me first entreat you to secure any and all nearby balls. Do not be unduly alarmed, but it is my solemn worry that the contents below may indeed cause you to trip all of the balls.
I am writing in response to your posting for [job] which I observed in [place where jobs are posted]. As outlined in the accompanying CV, I have a first class degree in kicking arse as well as a thorough self-taught grounding in taking names that I believe makes me particularly suited for this role.
Working in [where you work now] I have developed extraordinary reflexes and cat-like agility, as well as the ability to immediately tell when a human is lying to me.
Over my career I have worked constantly to deliver just shy of what is expected of me in a way that my employers can totally overlook. This has primed me for great success in the field of [relevant field], and is also the reason I am well regarded by both my peers and the demonstrably inferior as a highly skilled negotiator and taxidermist.
I hope that I will have the opportunity to interview for this position and shake your hand really firmly – I’ll be working on my utterly unnecessary vice-like grip until I hear word from your office.
Yours sincerely,
Bob T Gorilla
News today that Time Warner cable are soon to launch an iPad app that will let subscribers watch live TV… so long as they have wifi, and are using a Time Warner internet connection. Money quote:
“For all intents and purposes … this enables you to convert any room in a house into a TV room”
Talk about aiming for the stars.
I have to admit it’s a pretty good first step, but a terribly cautious one. Why not let me take my iPad to a friend’s house and show him the channels he’s missing out on? Or, even simpler, why not let me watch the channels I’m paying for wherever I have a working data connection?
Restrictions like this are rife among these first-attempt moves to a digital delivery system; I can only imagine that when the dust settles they’re something we’ll look back on as a transient and ill-advised fad, like DRM.
source: AP News (via MacRumors)