Archive for the ‘other sports’ Category

And… Session Aftermath

Thursday, September 4th, 2008

My second session at Railsconf Europe ended a few hours ago, and marks the third time I've talked about Advanced RESTful Rails. This one went noticeably better than the tutorial (I'm thinking

Unexpected blogging

Sunday, August 17th, 2008

So as it turns out, Milorad Cavic has a blog. (If the name's not ringing a bell, you probably haven't been watching one of the most remarkable sporting accomplishments in history—he was the swimmer out-touched by 0.01 seconds in the 100m Olympic butterfly.) For me, this brings two surprises: first, ...

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 ...

Tournament report

Sunday, July 24th, 2005

Very tired, so short report: we came, we saw, we conquered pool play and lost in the semis. Longer version: my friend Em and I went 8-0 in pool play (with something like a +45 point differential), won our first playoff game 15-8, and lost in the semis to the eventual ...

Long day, for a change

Sunday, June 19th, 2005

I just woke up from a much-needed nap; before the nap, I was up before 7am to go to my first grass doubles volleyball tournament of the summer. I'd love to provide a full report of the day, but I'm still a little tired, so I'll limit myself to: I played ...