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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

Zombies, Run! Runners List

Here’s a list of all known runners and their current designations that I’ve picked up from the game. I haven’t yet checked the audio from the 5K app, so there could be some more updates.

Abel Township Runners
Runner 3: Simon
Runner 4: Jody
Runner 5: Alice Dempsey (Deceased since pre-story. Mentioned in S2-M21), You
Runner 6: Maggie Doane (Deceased as of S1-M22), Owen
Runner 7: Evan Deaubl (Head of Runners)
Runner 8: Sara Smith (MIA since S1-M23, returns at end of S2-M10/start of S2-M11)
Runner 9: ?? (Mentioned in S2-S3)
Runner 10: Chris McShell (Deceased as of S1-M19, mentioned in S2-S12), Jamie (temporary designation)
Runner 12: Jack (also S1 radio presenter)
Runner 13: ?? (Mentioned in S1-M15)
Runner 14: ?? (Mentioned in S1-M15)
Runner 17: ?? (New Designation, mentioned in S2-M21)

New Canton Runners
Runner 5: ?? (Designated to you during S2-M1)
Runner 38: Lem
Runner 47: ?? (Mentioned in S2-M1)
Runner 49: ?? (Mentioned in S1-M18)
Runner 93: You (temporary designation in S2-M1)

As with all my ZR info, it’s going onto my BitBucket repository so I can keep it updated. Link to this version here.

Zombies, Run! | Get your voice on Radio Cabel (blenderfox.com)

10K Training – Side Run #3

Tracks: ZR (beta track here), Endomondo, Strava

Side run. My legs were still aching from yesterday’s 5K push, so I decided to make today a loose run, and I thought I’d give Endomondo’s Interval Training a go. The beeps were really loud (which is good, as it overpowers whatever I’m listening to) and the beeps tell you which intensity to work at. I’ve programmed a 3K and 5K interval plan which is mainly run at medium intensity for 1km, then slow down for 2 minutes, then repeat for as many times as is needed to beat the distance target. A simple interval training method, and nothing like HIIT or Tabata, but when I finish this MyASICS plan and switch to the Endomondo Half Marathon plan, it will use Interval Training much more heavily.

Today: 2.72 km @ 7:04 min/km

10K Training – Day 14: Getting Faster – Day 10 (blenderfox.com)

Zombies, Run! | Get your voice on Radio Cabel

Want to be a part of Radio Cabel? If you’ve been with us for a while, you may remember us asking the Zombies, Run! community to submit clips for use in Radio Abel way back in Season One. It was such a success, that we’ve decided to do it again!

We’re looking for more “Stories from the road” and “Survival tips”, as well as call-ins from citizens of both Abel Township and New Canton. How do you feel about living in a zombie apocalypse? How does life in Abel differ from life pre-Z-day? What do you really think of that New Canton lot?

Make sure your submissions are no more than a minute long (60 seconds) and after submissions close, we’ll pick the best ones and get them into the game.

You can submit your own radio clips starting today. We’ll stop accepting submissions September 23. Which gives you just over a month to get something over to us. Our actors will record accompanying lines when we can schedule them in, but recording sessions and actor availability mean it may be a while before they are added to the game.

Instead of calling in to a special phone number, we’re going digital with the submission process this time around, so we can ensure a higher quality.

You can email us with your entries in .wav or .mp3 format to support@zombiesrungame.com with the subject “Radio Cabel” (alternatively, please include a link to a Dropbox file if it’s too big to attach). This means that anyone in the world can submit something for Radio New Tomorrow. Abel Township and New Canton are multicultural, equal opportunity survivor camps, after all.

via Zombies, Run! | Get your voice on Radio Cabel.

Endomondo Training Plans

You may recall a while ago, I posted about training plans suddenly showing up on Endomondo. Well, they’ve now hit the mobile app – at least on the Pro version. Unsurprising, really, since Training Plans are a premium feature (at the moment)

Link to the Endomondo Pro app

Training Plans on Endomondo (blenderfox.com)

10K Training – Day 14: Getting Faster – Day 10

Tracks: ZR (Beta track here), Endomondo, Strava

Target: 5km 5:40 – 5:48 min/km. Completion time: 28:20 – 29:00 min

Achieved: 5km at 4.53 min/km. *REALLY* good run: three new PBs:

Cooper (12 min) — 2.77 km
3 miles — 22:58 mins
5 km — 24:05 mins

Next run: Thursday – 3km Intervals 5:23 – 5:47 min/km

10K Training – Day 11: Getting Faster – Day 7 (blenderfox.com)
10K Training – Day 10: Getting Faster – Day 6 (blenderfox.com)
10K Training – Day 9: Getting Faster – Day 5 (blenderfox.com)
10K Training – Day 8: Getting Faster – Day 4 (blenderfox.com)
10K Training – Day 7: Getting Faster – Day 3 (blenderfox.com)
Endomondo turns 5! (endomondo.com)
Best fitness apps for a healthy 2013 (e2save.com)

Facebook: We Failed Timeline Hacker

Facebook has long been associated with all manner of negative connotations, from murder, rape, party-crashing, yet, when one person tries to point out a security hole, they getting the virtual equivalent of a f**k off, denial that it is a bug, and a metaphorical middle finger? So the hacker then takes it higher and gets suspended for violating T+Cs? Why am I not surprised by Facebook’s behaviour? Because that is what I have come to expect of Facebook.

I am thankful I have no Facebook account. I used to many moons ago, and terminating it was probably the best decision of my life.

Facebook: We Failed Timeline Hacker.

10K Training – Day 13: Getting Faster – Day 9

Tracks: ZR (Beta track here), Endomondo, Strava

Target: 5km 7:45 min/km. Completion time: 38:45 min

Achieved: 5.11 km, 5.27 min/km. Ahead of target range, and a decent run. Still having trouble keeping my pace, though

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

LastPass Passwords Exposed for Some Internet Explorer Users

Internet Explorer, a malicious hacker’s dream. Am I the only one to think that as long as you have it installed, you’ve got a hole in your system?

LastPass Passwords Exposed for Some Internet Explorer Users.

London Marathon record-breaker Simon Freeman shows you how to save money and get fit with run commute | Metro News

Commuting to work. Feasible for some, not very much so for others. For me, this is the equivalent of running a Half Marathon each way. Probably not possible right now, but if I could do that, then I would be doing an Annette.