Tag: cycling
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I like small speakers, I like tall speakers
I’m not usually one to tout products, but I got myself a pair of JayBird BlueBuds X Sport for the gym, and they’re pretty damn good, so I thought I’d pass on a good word. Whenever I’m on the treadmill, I like to listen to music. Not that it is necessarily in time with my running (you try sprinting along to True Widow…), but it drowns out the sound of my huffing and puffing and gasping for air, which is really off-putting (for me, and I guess it would be for others if anyone ever used the machine next to… Read more
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Peddling my Wheres
Last week, my car started getting through antifreeze faster than it was getting through gas; I’d fill up the radiator and before I’d gone a couple of miles the Radiator light was on and I’d left a trail of blue liquid all up and down the road. This being Texas, there’s ample opportunity to overheat, so I thought I’d better get it seen to. I’m a one (crappy) car family, and the nearest Chevrolet service center is some 5 miles away, so I figured I’d strap my bike to the back of the car and drive it round on Monday… Read more
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A yearly cycle
I’m not really one for new year’s resolutions (on account of my life being so perfect already), but I’ve been meaning to start cycling into work again when I get the opportunity. Today that opportunity arose, so given that this is the first work day of the new year, I’m claiming this as my new year’s resolution. I used to cycle into the work back in the day (well, 3 or 4 years ago), and I’ve cycled longer distances in the meantime (it’s pretty much a flat 10 miles to the office), but somehow it seemed longer and harder this… Read more
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Who would break a butterfly on a wheel?
Recently I moved back to my old work location, which is significantly closer to home. Ten miles, to be exact. Last time I worked at this particular location I got into the habit of cycling to work, and thought it might be nice to start cycling in again – especially as there’s rumor they may move my project to another location some 40 miles away by the end of the year so I really ought to make the most of it while I still can. As it’s been a couple of years since I cycled more than round the block… Read more
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Back in the Saddle
You have to admire their powers of persuasion. The project that was trying to pressgang me a while back have finally managed to second me onto their team. Officially I’m on an 80/20 split, but both projects think they are the 80% so my workload has increased from “Ridiculously busy” to “Sleep, what’s that?”. The work itself is about the same (Change Management / Knowledge Management), but this new project is just starting out so it will be nice to be able to make the right decisions from the outset as opposed to coming in mid-project and trying to get… Read more