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About Blender Fox

Recreational road-runner, blender/CG rookie, linux user (LE-1, LPIC-1, SUSE CLA 11, SUSE 11 Tech Spec), programmer, avid tinkerer (I'm always breaking things), self-confessed anime & manga otaku & japanophile

‘He was a right c***’: Cash Converters win at reference letters

Funny – but wholly inappropriate for a reference letter. Since the manager’s signature is visible, I’m sure s/he will be having words with directors, who may in turn give him/her a reference of their own…

C25K – Week 4 Day 3

I completed C25K Week 4 Day 3 (3.20 km), in 17:45, pace 05:32 min/km, with @RunDouble http://rndb.co/T519

Next workout is first workout of Week 5: 5 minute warm up followed by 3 sets of 800m running then 400m walking, followed by a 5 minute cool-down.

I found Week 4 tough going, so Week 5 is going to be even tougher.

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Plus, a new milestone:

700K

Major South Korean Pharmaceutical Company Ditches Windows for Ubuntu

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South Korea has been very friendly with Microsoft and its products, so it’s understandable why succeeding in that country with an open source product would be very difficult. Canonical is now trying to make a dent there with its Ubuntu operating system.

Canonical published some very interesting details about a South Korean company called Bukwang Pharmaceuticals, which ditched most of its Windows OSes for Ubuntu and saved a lot of money. On top of the obvious savings, it also got a lot of good press, and other businesses found out that it can be done.

“Bukwang Pharmaceuticals has been developing and manufacturing drugs and personal hygiene products in South Korea since 1960. Today, it has over 600 employees based at various sites across the country. Prior to its switch to Ubuntu, the company had 620 desktops, with 60% running Windows 7 and the remainder on Windows XP. When Microsoft’s support…

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C25K – Week 4 Day 1

I completed C25K Week 4 Day 1 (3.20 km), in 18:17, pace 05:42 min/km, with @RunDouble http://rndb.co/f4ZY

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C25K – Week 3 Day 3

I completed C25K Week 3 Day 3 (1.83 km), in 14:59, pace 08:10 min/km, with @RunDouble http://rndb.co/k520

GPS fritzed during the run again today, messing up my pace time. Last workout of Week 3. Next run is the first workout of Week 4. 5 minutes walk, followed by and interval of 400m run/200m walk, then an interval 800m run/400m walk, and then a repeat of the two intervals, before a 5 minute cool-down walk.

Nike+ Track

C25K – Week 3 Day 2

I completed C25K Week 3 Day 2 (1.83 km), in 13:18, pace 07:16 min/km, with @RunDouble http://rndb.co/z50E

GPS fritzed during the run, messing up my pace time.