Author Archives: Blender Fox

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

Secrets, lies and Snowden’s email: why I was forced to shut down Lavabit | Comment is free | theguardian.com

The owner of Lavabit, the encrypted email service used by Edward Snowden finally tells his story. And it makes uncomfortable reading.

Secrets, lies and Snowden’s email: why I was forced to shut down Lavabit | Comment is free | theguardian.com.

China bans the installation of Windows 8 on government computers

China believes that Windows 8 poses enough of a future security risk that it’s banning government agencies from installing the operating system on any of its new computers.

China bans the installation of Windows 8 on government computers.

Guardians of the Galaxy

Two words. Oh, YEAH!

Weekday Run #17

Easy run with 60/20 easy/med intervals.

Note to self: don’t run in the local park in the evening with your mouth open unless you want fly pie. :P

New trophy for finishing my kilometres goal

Tracks: Endomondo, ZR, Nike+

Apple sued over iMessages that fail to reach ex-iPhone user | Technology | theguardian.com

A Californian woman has filed a class action against Apple after switching to an Android phone and finding that text messages sent by friends with iPhones didn’t reach her.

Apple sued over iMessages that fail to reach ex-iPhone user | Technology | theguardian.com.

Weekend Run #5

Sunny, hot, and dry. A complete opposite to last week.

Got my Silver Trophy with today’s run.

Tracks: Endomondo, ZR, Nike+

Oak Hill Parkrun #3

parkrun logo (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Sunny and warm. A big contrast to last week’s run. My phone’s GPS fritzed again, so no path tracked in Endomondo or ZR.

Also, broke 250K running with my Nike+ SmartWatch.

You finished in 45th place and were the 34th male out of a field of 84 parkrunners and you came 8th in your age category VM35-39. Take a look at this week’s full set of results on our website. Your PB at Oak Hill parkrun remains 00:26:11. Your best time this year remains 00:26:11.