I should have mentioned this before, but Hero is a stunning, superb film. I’m not a Jet Li fan. I’m nearly the opposite, as I find that his acting ability and insistence on appearing “cool” at all times really hurts everything I’ve seen him in (I still haven’t seen the “Once Upon A Time in China” stuff yet, so don’t go pointing those out).
But in Hero, he’s perfect. And the story is great. And the twists and turns are excellent.
And you should see it before you hear too much about it. Go.
Future Shop has the Firefly DVD Set on for a measly $25.99 CAD. You have no reason not to buy it. It’s 13 episodes, plus commentary, plus cool stuff, of the best first season of sci-fi EVER.
GO.
NOW.
BUY.
One of the unexpected outcomes of this go-round of Body for Life for me has been an incredible sense of pride in my progress. Yes, I’ve still got the belly (but it’s getting smaller) and no, I’m not “buff” yet.
But about a month ago I decided to brave the gym’s cross-trainer machine for my cardio. My first experience was frightening. I thought I was going to die. My heart rate was way over my target and dangerously close to my maximum.
But after I got over it, my body was… “humming”. I knew that what I had done was something that would be good for me.
So I did it again. And again. Now the cross-trainer is all I do. Today (we’re on week 9 here, and it’s probably been a month of cross-training cardio for me) I did my full 20 minute cardio on it, including one minute “backwards”, plus the five minute cooldown afterward, and my heartrate was only slightly above my target of 148 (set by the machine based on my age and weight). And because the first time on the cross-trainer was so traumatic, and it’s been so staggeringly different now, I’m really proud of the changes.
And every week at road hockey I see it. I’ve mentioned it before, but I’m usually the guy who doesn’t run a lot. Maybe I’ll do an occasional sprint when the situation warrants, but I never really run unless I’m sure it’ll accomplish something. But now I’m running more and more. And I’m noticing it. And I’m so proud that I’m talking about it to people a lot.
I’m so proud that I’m posting on the Internet! Durrrr.
Want good cardio? Get a gym membership and hit the cross-trainer at least three times a week. It’ll be torture at first, but within a month you’ll see great results.
Y’know, the Darkest of the Hillside Thickets should cover this:
I can’t get to sleep
I think about the implications
Of diving in too deep
And possibly the complicationsEspecially at night
I worry over situations
I know will be alright
Perhaps its just an imaginationDay after day it reappears
Night after night my heartbeat
Shows the fear
Ghosts appear and fade awayAlone between the sheets
Only brings exasperation
It’s time to walk the streets
Smell what desperationAt least there’s pretty lights
And though there’s little variation
It nullifies the night
From overkillDay after day it reappears
Night after night my heartbeat
Shows the fear
Ghosts appear and fade away
Come back another dayI can’t get to sleep
I think about the implications
Of diving in too deep
And possibly the complicationsEspecially at night
I worry over situations that
I know will be alright
It’s just overkillDay after day it reappears
Night after night, my heartbeat
Shows the fear
Ghosts appear and fade away
Ghosts appear and fade away
Ghosts appear and fade away
Remember back in the old days when Yahoo didn’t suck? When I was helping out friends new to the Internet, I’d bookmark Yahoo and Google for them and tell them how to use both, but I’d always note “Use Yahoo first, because everything listed there had to be approved by a person, and it’s organized much better”.
That’s not true any more, and I’ve found out why.
I recently finished a site for Global Simulation, operators of North America’s largest mobile flight simulation ride, and of course they’d like to show up in online searches. So I took some time and submitted them to the main ones, and headed over to Yahoo. I clicked “Submit a site” and was told that if the site was commercial, a listing would cost $299 USD.
Yes, that’s right, $299 US Dollars for a link from Yahoo.
PER YEAR.
It’s insane, and it explains why nobody “yahoos” much any more. They’re driving away useful (but albeit commercial) links with that pricing structure, which therefore reduces the usefulness of their site, which makes it less worthwhile to pay to get a link on their site. The thinking behind it baffles me. But it’s no big deal. I simply won’t bother submitting that site, or any others.
Yahoo, you used to be cool.
Wow, Settlers 3D is excellent. What is it? It’s an OpenGL version of the superb Settlers of Cataan board game. It has online play, a fully 3D gaming board and a perfect conversion of the board gaming experience.
I highly recommend everyone downloads this. If you know me you’re on my ICQ/MSN list, hit me up for a game some time.
I’ve come to realize that most blog posts about spiders follow a standard “omg there was a spider and I was so scared and couldn’t move and eventually had my partner stomp it with their shoe don’t you hate those i hear camel spiders EAT YOUR FACE.”
Me, I like spiders, for the “the enemy of my enemy is my friend” reason. Spiders eat flies, which annoy me, and they also eat mosquitos with love to bite me and leave me itchy. And while doing this, they generally stay in the same place in their web and don’t wander around much to annoy you. Sure, there are exceptions where they’ll build a web across something that you’re going to have to move past, or an object that has to be moved, but that’s an easy fix.
So my house has spiders in it. I shower in the downstairs shower (because it’s very tall and I hate having to lean over to wash my hair) and up in the corner of the shower is “Bob Spider” who has grown very large. This makes me happy, because I know the only way he’s growing is by eating the flying insects that I hate. Good going Bob, rock on.
I’ve come to realize that most blog posts about spiders follow a standard “omg there was a spider and I was so scared and couldn’t move and eventually had my partner stomp it with their shoe don’t you hate those i hear camel spiders EAT YOUR FACE.”
Me, I like spiders, for the “the enemy of my enemy is my friend” reason. Spiders eat flies, which annoy me, and they also eat mosquitos with love to bite me and leave me itchy. And while doing this, they generally stay in the same place in their web and don’t wander around much to annoy you. Sure, there are exceptions where they’ll build a web across something that you’re going to have to move past, or an object that has to be moved, but that’s an easy fix.
So my house has spiders in it. I shower in the downstairs shower (because it’s very tall and I hate having to lean over to wash my hair) and up in the corner of the shower is “Bob The Spider” who has grown very large. This makes me happy, because I know the only way he’s growing is by eating the flying insects that I hate. Good going Bob, rock on.
Mel & I have talked about it for while — if we’re ever to have a vacation, I’m going to need a notebook to take with me so I can work while we’re there. My clients will expect their work to continue to be done and, at the very least, I’ll have to keep tabs on the AEG web server in case something screws up on it.
They’re expensive, and picking the right one is hard because they’re not like regular computers which I can build myself and swap out parts in at will. After a lot of research and a big price drop on a notebook we’d had our eye on, we finally bought this beauty. So now we’ve got the wireless on our home router set up and I can use the notebook anywhere in the house, or even in the back yard if I want.
I’ve been spending most of today getting it configured the way I like it, with Maxthon (formerly “MyIE2″) as the web browser, with its own copy of Trillian contact lists, and of course, with all my working software so I can actually do work on it.
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