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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

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.

 

10K Training: Missed Run

I missed today’s run due to a torrential downpour of rain. So I shifted my run to tomorrow. This means I’ll have three runs back to back – a jog tomorrow, a fast run (5 km @ 5:48 – 5:40 min/km), and my first interval run of the training (3 km @ 5:48 – 5:24 min/km).

The MyAsics website warns me against running “long distances in succession”. Well, I don’t really think 3k and 5k are significantly long distances, somehow….

Watch Every One of Doctor Who’s 13 (Yes, 13) Regeneration Scenes

Doctor Who. One of the longest running series to date with the same leading character and one of the only series with 12 actors playing the same lead character. And the story is seriously convoluted….

Watch Every One of Doctor Who’s 13 (Yes, 13) Regeneration Scenes.