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Xmas is coming

kevan@emmott.com — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 17:21:09 +0000

… the goose is getting fat! (or is that me on all this office snacks that keep appearing?)

Stuff of Late

kevan@emmott.com — Thu, 16 Mar 2006 16:15:08 +0000

OK, so a bit too much time without updating.

Erin and Cooper had birthdays. Cooper is now 3 and had a big party at JW Tumbles which is like a kids gym. It was a hit, lots of his friends were there (pics are up on adventures) and everybody slept well that night.

Fletcher got tubes in his ears in late February, had some fluid draining out for a while, and then got rotavirus from school (non-stop spit-up and well, the other end). He seems better today – we think we’re out of the woods, but quite the ordeal for the little guy.

Went ahead and got the new Intel based Mac Mini – pretty sweet. Quite fast, double the memory, seems to be working well. One of the issues is tracking down or verifying Intel or Universal versions of all the apps. They are coming out fast and furious, but not everything is all ship-shape yet. For instance, the exporter I used to send stuff from iPhoto to gallery seems hosed for now. ffmpegX is almost there, MacTheRipper is working on it, VLC seems good but still only by using a nightly build. Some stuff can use Rosetta, but a lot of things need to be recoded. Plus, you just want to use the full power of the new box.

More running

kevan@emmott.com — Sat, 23 Apr 2005 03:37:39 +0000

Good grief. Took me long enough to go again. Slowed the pace a bit – same distance (a mile and a quarter maybe), eleven minutes “clock-to-clock” – i.e. I look right before I step out the door, run, have a cool down section, and walk inside and look again. Last time was 9 minutes I think, and I was HURTING. Not so bad now, but we’ll se tomorrow. This time I just really need to get back out there sooner.

Pills

kevan@emmott.com — Thu, 14 Apr 2005 06:19:46 +0000

Kind of distressing this evening. Looked down and realized I was taking a regular drugstore’s worth of pills – two ibuprofen (which is less than I often take), one multivitamin (this new one has ginko and ginseng!), one claritin generic (antihistamine), and one sudafed twelve hour (decongestant). Fuckin’ hate allergies.

Pain

kevan@emmott.com — Thu, 14 Apr 2005 06:16:52 +0000

Started running on Sunday. Yesterday (Tuesday) I was still in pain, and today I got an allergy attack – should have run though. The main part being I need to establish a routine. I’d like to get to 3 times a week, and then start increasing length of time and/or distance…

Health Check

kevan@emmott.com — Wed, 04 Aug 2004 17:05:35 +0000

Always a little funny when you get a glimpse at your vitals. My company employs several nurses as full-time staff, and regularly runs things like “Get-Fit” programs. So they came by the office to measure blood pressure, etc. for everybody who was taking part.

When they were done, they offered to measure the blood pressure of anyone else in the office who might want it – “Oh sure,” we said. Not too bad – 110/65.

As I said to Bill, my standard routine is paying off. Hah. It would best be described as “everything in moderation”.