One week into my workout routine and I’ve gained 2 pounds. Oops. In my defense, we had back-to-back-to-back Christmas parties this past weekend. My workout consists of 15 minutes of cardio, a round of weightlifting on the “express” fitness machines, and then 20 more minutes of cardio. I’m not crazy about the weightlifting, since using [...]
Archive for December, 2007
Weekly Fitness Update
December 17, 2007
The Power of Being Ungentlemanly
December 16, 2007
Kate and I were watching the Amazing Race last week. During a difficult stretch for one of the teams, one competitor remarked to her boyfriend, “I expect you to be gentlemanly!” (Or something like that — I’m paraphrasing). I was immediately struck by the thought that Kate would never say something like that. Because, awesomely, [...]
Ubunting
December 16, 2007
I’m writing this blog post while running Ubuntu! The migration is now (more or less) complete and it had some delights and some frustrations. After spending a bunch of time trying, unsuccessfully, to re-partition my hard disk I decided to throw in the towel and just start from scratch with a complete overwrite. To my [...]
Tee hee
December 9, 2007
Just click here.
Leaping To Linux
December 9, 2007
Today I started preparations to convert my main computer over to linux. Ubuntu, specifically. This computer had become too slow and unstable and I figured if I was going to have to re-install Windows anyway, I might as well take the opportunity to make the conversion. It turns out my leap won’t be such a [...]
Goodbye, My Little Furry Friend
December 8, 2007
So few got to know you; even fewer understood you. And now, you are gone… forever?
Big Old Me
December 8, 2007
I joined a gym last week and had my first workout on Friday. My plan is to have several early-morning workouts every week, often joined by my friend Michael, and to supplement those with weekly soccer games and the occasional weekend run (weather permitting). I weighed 205.5 pounds after my workout yesterday, which I figure [...]