Blender Fox


graze | exclusive breakfast club

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Graze have a Breakfast club where they send not snacks, but combinations of 8 different porridges. Healthy and tasty. It’s invite only for now, and I’ve just got in :-)

graze | exclusive breakfast club.

Half Marathon Training - Day 32

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ZR Track Here

For today, I had to revert to pace training because I foolishly left my pacer on and it flattened my battery. You can see that my Green Zone is quite narrow and actually, it’s a reasonable effort keeping that pace zone. This is why I need to do my Assessment Workout again.

Reboot

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There seems to be an unhealthy appetite for rebooting films (Hulk, Evil Dead, Django etc.), but until now, I didn’t think it affected anime that much. Then came Evangelion’s movie, OVA and (sort of) reboot, and now, I find Sailor Moon is going to get rebooted.

http://www.fandompost.com/2013/04/29/new-sailor-moon-anime-delay-confirmed/

Why did the pigeon fly cross the road?

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To nearly get hit by me, that’s why ^_^;

This picture is a picture from my dashboard camera. It’s actually one frame from the video hence the slightly blurry appearance.

Pigeon

Half Marathon Training - Day 31

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Dead or Alive 5's Newest Project Unveiled for PS3/Xbox 360 - Interest - Anime News Network

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Something for you DOA fans:

youtu.be/7dQGGz7v7…

Dead or Alive 5’s Newest Project Unveiled for PS3/Xbox 360 - Interest - Anime News Network.

Follow Your Passion

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“Follow Your Passion” – have to admit, he does make some sense there.

Dentist

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Interesting fact I found out on Saturday. Even though I’m into my fourth decade, a visit to my local dentist for a checkup revealed that I still had two wisdom teeth that hadn’t come through, and based on the angle of them, if they do come out, they will cause problems with my other teeth.

And here I was, thinking all my teeth had come through already….

Half Marathon Training - Day 30

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AKB48 - Earworm

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I’ve been watching a new anime - AKB0048, which has numerous songs by the J-Pop group AKB48 and now I’ve got their songs ringing in my head.

I did hear their tracks before watching the anime, and I have a thing for group J-Pop songs, which are pretty common during Anime, but with AKB0048, ALL of the songs were group songs, with the occasional solo in the middle of the songs.

It’s disappointing J-Pop tracks aren’t made available in the West on places like Google Play or Spotify. And even if they are, they are usually far behind.

Tails - Privacy for anyone anywhere

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In case you haven’t seen this, Tails (The Amnesic Incognito Live System) is a live incognito DVD/USB which you can use to boot off any machine that supports USB boot (and for those which don’t boot of USB, you can use PLOP).

All connections go through Tor and since its a live disk, nothing is left on the hard disk (unless you choose to save something off the Internet, I guess).

I’ve been tinkering with Tor and managed to get my DNS routed through Tor, with my normal DNS as a backup, although routing traffic is a bit tricker, since not applications like to play with the Tor network properly. Some applications such as Vuze provide SOCKS capability, which allows routing of traffic through the Tor network via proxy. Others, like Chrome/Chromium don’t offer this as well, and you have to fudge it.

Half Marathon Training - Day 29

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ZR Track here

There was a huge blip about a third through, not sure what that was. A few blips at the end, but mostly stayed within range for an extended period. Pretty pleased with this long run.

Why Do You Run?

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The logo of the Virgin London Marathon. Virgin...

 

 

In the recent weeks, with the bombing in Boston at the Marathon there, it has, like many others, no doubt, caused me to reassess and reorganise some of my priorities. I used to run as part of my ongoing physio to heal a fractured metatarsal in my foot. There was no reason for me to run for charity, or anything like that.

 

Then the bombs hit Boston and in the aftermath, both stories of heroism, and stories of sadness. People who ran towards the chaos to help people. People who lost arms, legs, and, of course, people who lost lives. The most touching one is the one of the 8-year old boy, Martin Richard, killed near the finish line by the bomb.

 

Although I was not in time to register for the London Marathon, my target is to race at least a Half Marathon next year.

 

In my recovery time after my fracture, I could not run, I could not walk, but in 6 weeks, I was back to walking and within 3 months, jogging. I recall the feeling of helplessness whilst I was on crutches. Being unable to walk long distances without aid, and near-total reliance on everyone around you. People who have lost limbs because of the bombs will have to endure that for a longer period than I did. I feel for them.

 

I used to run for fitness. Now, I have a new reason. I run, not just for fitness. I run, not just for physio. I run for everyone who cannot run.

 

   

You Are Runner Five

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Winner of one of the ZR fan contests. More detail and other winners here:

https://www.zombiesrungame.com/competition/

Blender Collection

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My Training DVD collection. This is from January 2013, and since this picture was taken I have one new DVD, and another on pre-order.

P1000869

Half Marathon Training - Day 28

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ZR Track here

Endomondo Track here

My heart went all over the place today. :-(

Pinterest

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I registered for an account on Pinterest a few days ago and I’m struggling to “get” it.

On the off chance anyone’s interested in the Pins I do (is that the correct phrase?), here’s my profile:

http://pinterest.com/blenderfox/

Small World

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It’s a really small world. This morning, I just bumped into my college mate from my undergrad days (about 13 years ago) and we were both filling up our cars at the same petrol station.

Soleus

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[caption id="" align=“alignright” width=“240”]Soleus - Muscles of the Lower Extremity Anatom... Soleus - Muscles of the Lower Extremity Anatomy Visual Atlas, page 34 (Photo credit: Rob Swatski)[/caption]

 

Not sure why, but my right soleus seized up in the middle of the night, and now its really, really, sore.

 

Guess I should call it a sore-leus :P

 

Zombies, Run! 2

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I think I’ve managed to fix the problem with the sync on ZR2, but a consequence is that I lose around 4 of my runs.

Also, the base cannot continue being built because the “Spanners” which are used for building are only issued as part of Season 2 missions.

Half Marathon Training - Day 27

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Evidently, Threshold Runs aren’t my strong point…

Half Marathon Training - Day 26

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Pace Timing

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I just checked Endomondo and found my PB for 1 KM is 4 minutes 44 secs. Not brilliant, but a start. If I was to keep that speed, I’d clock a 5K in approx 25 minutes, a 10K in 50 minutes, and a Half Marathon in about 1 hour 45 minutes.

Better start working on my pace….

Half Marathon Training - Day 25

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Zombies, Run! 2 - CNET Review

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It looks like I’m not the only one to get p***sed off by the upgrade.

http://asia.cnet.com/zombies-run-2-jogging-game-makes-your-runs-more-exciting-62221190.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:%20CNETAsiaCraveStories%20(CNET%20Asia%20Crave)&utm_content=FeedBurner