Monthly Archives: August 2013

10K Training – Day 7: Getting Faster – Day 3

endomondo

Tracks: Endomondo. No ZR tracks because (you guessed it), the app is playing up on me again. Really frustrating when it happens.

Target: 3 km intervals @ 5:48 – 5:24 min/km. Completion time: 17:24 – 16:12 min/km

Achieved: 2.93 km @ 5:03 min/km.

I intended to use my ZR app to help with the interval training by getting zombie chased, but since the app kept crashing on me (I guess it doesn’t like working with gmusicfs), I had to go without.

Next run: Saturday – 5 km @ 5:48 – 5:40 min/km. Completion time: 29:00 – 28:20 min

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Google Play Music – All Access Trial

Google are now offering All Access to users in the UK. I had a go at their trial. And I wasn’t impressed. The things it offers like Radio and recommendations you can already get for free in other providers (Last.fm, Spotify, Grooveshark). Recommendations you already get from the main Play Music app. Suffice to say, my trial didn’t last very long before I cancelled it…

Take a look at some of the related articles and make your own decision.

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10K Training – Day 6: Getting Faster – Day 2

Tracks: ZR, Endomondo

Target: 5 km @ 5:48 – 5:40 min/km (Completion time target: 28:20-29:00)

Achieved: 5.40 km @ 5.34 min/km (6 secs faster than target range)

First “Fast” run of the training. Tough trying to break the 30 minute mark, and dropped to a walk several times, but a good start. The only way is up :)

On the downside, I was witness to the arrogance of a BMW driver (they’re normally a nightmare on the road anyway), arguing with a cyclist after he almost knocked the rider over. Of course, the driver blamed the cyclist, even though the cyclist was stationary before the driver even came round! I despair…. -_-

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11 Hidden Windows Secrets and Tricks

Whilst primarily for Windows 7, there’s plenty of tricks hidden under the Aero hood.

11 Hidden Windows Secrets and Tricks.

Do you have the dumbest PIN in ATM history?- MSN Money

Is your Credit/Debit/ATM card PIN in this list? Change it — NOW.

1. 1234
2. 1111
3. 0000
4. 1212
5. 7777
6. 1004
7. 2000
8. 4444
9. 2222
10. 6969

Do you have the dumbest PIN in ATM history?- MSN Money.

10K Training – Day 5: Getting Faster – Day 1

Tracks: ZR (None – app playing up again), Endomondo (here, and here)

Disappointing today. My phone reset itself during my run, completely screwing up my stats.

Zombies, Run! Audio Extraction Script

Here’s a snippet to extract all the ZR zips. Copy all the zips onto your desktop and run this in a console window

for a in *.zip
do
unzip -o $a -d `basename $a .zip`
rm $a
rm `basename $a .zip`/*.json
done

Now, each ZR zip contains the audio (as mp3s), plus a json file detailing what item ranges can be picked up during each block and with what probability. We don’t need this for what we are doing.

There’s also no telling whether or not Six to Start will start including other files within their zips, so rather than extract just the mp3s, I extract everything, then take out what I know I don’t need.