I wondered why I didn’t enable auto-sharing to Twitter from Wordpress,
Then I remembered, that method only puts the title of your blog entry, plus an embedded link. Unless you have a really informative blog title, I don’t think it works.
Instead, I use IFTTT, but have to remember to either add a picture somewhere in the post or manually shre it through force checking the IFTTT applets.
First run of the new year. Only 3.22km today, but give it time… .^_^
A happy new year to the readers still following this blog. I’ve been slacking off posting for a while now. Hopefully should rectify that this year.
Will start blogging my attempts at getting back into shape with the intention of retrying going for the Royal Parks Half Marathon.
Current weight, 12st 0lbs.
My disdain of Facebook is no secret, and now AllTime10s has put out a video listing 10 reasons why.
Yes, running on Christmas Day. A shortish one. It was pretty dead in my local village, with pretty much all the shops closed except for the Fruit + Veg store.
Have a great Christmas Day, everyone ! :)
First time road-running 5km for a while, and did drop to a walk a few times, especially going up the hill.
Average pace 06:28min/km, and Strava says I’m gradually getting faster on this route (which is good)
Who knew that Gwyneth Paltrow could sing?
And damn well, too.
She’s one of a select few Hollywood actors who can do a pretty fine job of singing too. Some other notables include
Kate Winslet
Hugh Jackman – who spent time in Broadway, so he’s probably got a bit of an unfair advantage to those who started in acting initially, but still, he definitely knows how to belt out a song
Not to forget also, Joaquin Phoenix
Here’s a WatchMojo list I found while rummaging for videos. Who knew?
You don’t need a multimillion dollar budget to make a film that has impact. This guy did it with £50…
So I haven’t been posting here much recently so here are some updates.
Been slowing trying to get back into running, have been slacking off WAAAAY too much lately. Tried using Aaptiv (@aaptiv) which is a training fitness app that has trainers talking you through the stuff, there are a few problems with it.
On a separate note, I have bought another attempt at the CKA exam, but this time bought the bundle with the Kubernetes Fundamentals Training from Linux Foundation. Let’s see how different that is to Linux Academy’s training….
The biggest bombshell news in tech recently was that RedHat are being bought by IBM. And in one of the WhatsApp groups I’m in, someone posted this:
One-lap run around my park. Nothing major.
First run for a long while – decided to push and go for the 5k I had been leaving for a long while
Made it in 30mins near enough on the dot. Strava tracking 5.03km in 29.57 with an average pace of 5:57min/km
Easy run today, made it to about 3k
A random thought popped into my head today, and something I don’t know the answer to.
Assume someone publishes a research paper. For sake of argument, let’s say it’s a Doctor who claims s/he can clone from cloned cells an infinite number of times without genetic instability or degradation.
The paper is published in journals like @thelancet and passes a few verification checks for content and accuracy.
Other doctors extend on, and/or reference the findings in this paper when creating their own.
Now, a few years down the line (or maybe decades), it’s found out that the findings of the original paper were derived using objectionable means. Perhaps the doctor experiments on corpses during the creation of the paper, or kidnapped children to perform said experiments or to extract cells or organs.
This doctor’s paper is subsequently severely discredited.
So what happens to the other doctors' papers who used or referenced this now-discredited paper? Do their papers get discredited in the same way, even though the authors weren’t aware of the original doctors' behaviour regarding the original paper? What about the doctors who wrote those newer papers that referenced the (previously good) paper?
12 minute fitness test today. According to Endomondo, I made 2.16 km.
Intervals run today – I decided to try walking the beginning and end since the target pace was just under 8mins but I struggled to find a good speed, since 8min/km is too fast for my walk pace and too slow for my jog pace
4.3k run today
Reset my Endomondo plan to reflect updated pace. Today’s run was a 3.8km run. Got to about 3km then dropped to a walk, but kept a pretty consistent pace until then.
Straight walk 3.3k
Straight walk for 3k. Was actually 3.3k, but Endomondo tracked 3.3k before my Fitbit did.
Run/walk 4 intervals at 2min/1min times
No scheduled run today, so just did a straight run and one lap of my local park.
6 intervals today, back to running for each of the fast-walk intervals
Changed the run schedule a bit in @endomondo – Wednesday I’m normally late due to office stuff and Friday… well, Happy Hour ^_^
So next run is now Sunday with a 4x 2min run/1min walk interval.
8 intervals today with two short ones (and that threw me a bit)
Spotted a sign from the local council on a lamp post on the run near the end – apparently, they’d found 2 dead fox cubs with no injuries, implying they had been poisoned, which is in violation of a Wildife Act or something along those lines.
Then on the lamp post opposite “Dog Owners, don’t let your dogs poop on the pavement, clean up after them. You know who you are”
Someone hates animals it seems…
Missed a run due to heavy rain.
Today’s run was a walk/run with 4 intervals