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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

OpenSUSE

I tried to install OpenSUSE today using the Network Installer. Some interesting things happened.

  1. When installing via a Network Installer, you would expect the latest versions of packages to be used. Evidently not. I did this, and when the installer did the update (which I would expect to be quick since there’s nothing to update), it took an extra 30 minutes to apply hundreds of DRPMs.
  2. Whilst doing the update, the installer flagged up the fact that I had run out of space on my boot partition — so the boot partition I had just created via the installer, using values the installer decided upon by itself, has now been clogged up DURING the install. Needless to say, the next thing I did was roll back to my previous Clonezilla image.

This isn’t going to discourage me, though, I do want to try out OpenSUSE properly, so I think what I’ll try next time, is run the installer from the CD instead of the netinstall and keep my software choices minimal until after the install is complete.

 

10K Training – Day 25: Race Simulation – Day 4

Tracks: ZR, Endomondo, Strava

Target: 10km 5:31 – 5:44 min/km

Achieved: 10.13km 57:11 min. I missed several days of the start of the Simulation phase due to some really crazy long-hour (10-14 hour) days at work. But on the plus side, I took nearly 2 minutes off my 10K PB.

Next Run: Monday, 5km 7:39 min/km

10K Training – Day 24: Getting Faster – Day 20

Tracks: ZR, Endomondo, Strava

Target: 7km 5:37 – 5:45 min/km

Achieved: 2.79km 5:47 min/km. Started drizzling, so I ended the run early.

Next Run: Monday – 5km 7:41 min/km

The Last Samurai: I Will Tell You How He Lived – YouTube

The one scene in the film I could watch over and over, and never tire of it.

The Last Samurai: I Will Tell You How He Lived – YouTube.

Dilbert comic strip for 09/06/2013 from the official Dilbert comic strips archive.

 

Dilbert comic strip for 09/06/2013 from the official Dilbert comic strips archive..

10K Training – Day 23: Getting Faster – Day 19

Tracks: ZR, Endomondo, Strava

Target: 5km Intervals 5:21 – 5:45 min/km

Achieved: 3.22km 5:07 min/km. Above my target speed, but short on distance.

Next Run: Saturday – 7km 5:37 – 5:45

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ZombieLink has now been upgraded. The previous beta.zombiesrungame.com URL now redirects back to http://www.zombiesrungame.com

So if you want, follow me ;)

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The Essentials Of Run Cadence

Now this is interesting. I never knew this, but I did find out through trial and error that bigger strides = more energy expended. Therefore, when running up a hill, shorter is better, and when running for distance, shorter is also better, so this confirms it. I will admit that my sprint steps are still longer than my fast jog/easy run steps, because, as the article explains,  it’s counter-intuitive to shorten strides when you want to go faster.

The Essentials Of Run Cadence.