Archive for August, 2005

A work post? Here???

Tuesday, August 16th, 2005

That's right, folks, I'm finally talking about work. I know you've all been waiting eagerly, so here it is: I'm dealing with podcasting at the moment. We're trying to create a podcast that individual users can subscribe to (each via a custom url) and download their purchased products. I've got everything humming ...

The run from heck

Monday, August 15th, 2005

So, I woke up Saturday morning and didn't feel the same pain that had marked every day of the previous week; I thought this was a good sign, so I got dressed for my run, loaded up the old iPod with some audio, and zipped out the door at about ...

Last week in Ben

Monday, August 15th, 2005

Let's see - when last we left our interpid hero, he was recovering from a near-ten-mile run and looking forward to a volleyball tournament, no? Well, that was over a week ago, and let me tell you - things didn't go quite as I had planned. First, the tournament: I showed ...

Long run, I think

Saturday, August 6th, 2005

I'm getting used to saying this, but today was the longest I've ever run - my schedule called for ten miles, and I think I did something pretty close to that. Normally, I'd be a little more confident in my judgement of the distance... but then normally my watch doesn't ...

A quick note about pace

Wednesday, August 3rd, 2005

Yesterday's run taught me a very valuable lesson: I'm crap at judging my own pace. To switch things up from my normal heartrate-guided run, I decided to add a little pace-guiding into my weekly schedule. Easy enough - I set my watch for a 9:45/mile for the first two miles ...