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Video games bring new generation to classical music - Telegraph

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Good to see Final Fantasy music up there with the hard hitters such as Rachmaninov, Elgar, Beethoven and Mozart

Video games bring new generation to classical music - Telegraph.

April Fools Day

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Be very wary about what you read and/or hear in the news today, being 1st April….

Jai Dillon on Twitter: "A letter given to a colleague from a passenger onboard his aircraft.. Providing proof that we're all in this together http://t.co/a0NrT3LAtT"

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A letter given to a colleague from a passenger onboard his aircraft.. Providing proof that we're all in this together

 

via Jai Dillon on Twitter: “A letter given to a colleague from a passenger onboard his aircraft.. Providing proof that we’re all in this together t.co/a0NrT3LAt…".

Who should I vote for in the UK general election 2015? - Telegraph

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The Telegraph are doing a “Who should I vote for” on their website where you answer some questions, prioritise your views, and exclude any parties you’d never vote for the get an idea of which party best matches your views.

For me, it ended up with the Greens, which is the party I have been voting for a few elections, but probably won’t this year….

Who should I vote for in the UK general election 2015? - Telegraph.

Video: Sleepy readers will be woken with a boo! - Telegraph

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Video: Sleepy readers will be woken with a boo! - Telegraph.

Docker Update

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Build script now builds correctly under Utopic. Also modified the Jenkins job to include the commit version so you can see the commit active at the time of the build.

 

Motivation

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Arnold Schwarzenegger gives struggling gym-goer ultimate pep talk on Reddit

Someone told me about this. I hope I'm not too late here, I'm traveling, but I wanted to chime in.

I always say don’t be afraid of failure, because how far can you really fall? You found out - to the ground. It’s right there. Now you know it isn’t anything that should scare you.

You should be proud that you weren’t afraid - not embarrassed that you failed. You could have made excuses not to walk into the door, but you didn’t. You knew it would be hard, and it would be uncomfortable, and it might be awkward - and you did it anyway. That’s courage.

I’m proud of you.

The last guy I rooted for broke a world record in the deadlift. You have more in common with him than you think.

First, he started out lifting just the bar, too (when you look at him, he may have been 3 months old at that point). Second, imagine his courage. He walked up to that bar in front of a big audience and television cameras, knowing that not only had he never lifted that much before - NO ONE on earth had - and it was highly likely he would completely fail. You may not think about it this way, but you showed that courage, on a smaller level.

Finally, I’m rooting for you, too. You took the first step and you fell, but at least you fell in the right direction, so get back up and take the next step. Keep moving forward.

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Grading

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I Beat A Patent Troll And You Can Too

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RPHM Training - Week 6, Day 4

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Goal: Easy long run, 8k @ 7:53 pace

Achieved: 8.12k @ 7:08 pace. Was okay until 6k, then I had to drop to a walk. :(
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RPHM Training - Week 6, Day 3

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Goal: 2.8k @ 7:53 pace

Achieved: 2.84k @ 5:48 pace
I started a new job this week, and the hours have thrown my schedule out of whack somewhat. The new office has a gym so I did some treadmill running on Friday, but I can't figure out how to track that on Endomondo without having to type it in manually.
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RPHM Training - Week 5, Day 4

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Goal: Easy long run, 8k @ 7:53 pace

Achieved: 5.71k @ 6:21 pace
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RPHM Training - Week 5, Day 3

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Goal: Easy run, 2.8k @ 7:53 pace

Achieved: 2.85k @ 5:52 pace
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RPHM Training - Week 5, Day 2

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Goal: Intervals

Achieved: Achieved distance ahead of time goal.
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RPHM Training - Week 5, Day 1

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Goal: Intervals

Achieved: Aborted due to a sudden nose-bleed mid-run
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A Big Crush...

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Frozen

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Internet Explorer jokes still make me laugh

Windows Firewall

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The Ultimate Parking Revenge - Cheezburger

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And remember this?

In case you don’t remember, it was from this post.

 

Using a WordPress theme? You might want to read this … | Sherry Holub | LinkedIn

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As of January 2015, more than 23.3% of the top 10 million websites are using WordPress (source). To say it’s a popular choice for a content management system is an understatement. Part of its appeal are the thousands of free and commercial, pre-made themes available for the system. They are an enticing way to publish a website with little or no knowledge of programming required.

It helps to understand the motivation different parties may have in creating a WordPress theme for sale or free download.

Individual programmers are often motivated to create a theme to upload it to a site that sells them at low cost. Much like a stock photo, think of these themes as stock themes. You pay a fee that is a fraction of the cost of hiring a professional to create a custom design and theme, you download it for your website, and the individual programmer gets a small cut of that fee. With free themes, the original programmer usually requires that a link back to them appear on the site, gaining them more internet exposure.

However, there’s also a third, more nefarious reason for creating free themes – to spread malware and other malicious code. That’s right, some unscrupulous individuals will code nasty stuff right into a theme hoping to cash in on the popularity of themes and the ease of installing them, as well as uneducated or uninformed user. So how do you avoid this one? Of course I’d recommend going custom (more on that shortly), but if you’re determined to use a pre-made theme, be careful where you get them. There are several popular sites that sell themes, and WordPress.org has a directory of themes. Those are your best bets but you often have little recourse if you purchase or download a free theme and install it yourself any of these occur:

  • you manage to screw something up on the site
  • your site is hacked
  • your site is flagged by Google for containing malware

 

Using a WordPress theme? You might want to read this … | Sherry Holub | LinkedIn.

RPHM Training - Week 3, Day 4

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Goal: 8k @

Achieved: 6.4k @ 7:10 pace
Felt okay until 5K, then it was hard to continue. Ended up dropping to a walk for the rest of the way, skewing my pace recording.
Next week I will not be able to run, and the week after is phase 2 - starting with the interval training.
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A date that will never arrive...

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RPHM Training - Week 3, Day 3

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Goal: 2.3k @ 7:53 pace

Achieved: 2.64k @ 6:52 pace
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RPHM Training - Week 3, Day 1

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Goal: 4.3k @ 7:53 min/km pace

Achieved: 4.12k @ 6:22 min/km pace
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Commas

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Not wanting to sound like a grammar nazi, but please remember to use commas - it can make a very, very big difference in the context of your text….

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