I’ve now completed my third week of a new strength program. This program involves full-body training 3 times a week with squatting each session (!) and deadlifting once a week.
Until I read Practical Programming I didn’t know that bodybuilders were generally the only weight-lifters to squat once per week, or to “train legs” to use [...]
In my post on batch preparation of oats, written in response to Trent’s post, I mentioned that I also prepare the boiled eggs I enjoy for breakfast in advance.
At the weekend past I’d just boiled a saucepan of eggs, cooled them with cold water and put them into a tupperware box when I remembered my [...]
I’m spending a few days down the country before I start my new my job catching up with my family, tinkering on some personal projects and just generally “getting my head showered.”
I’m enjoying the break from the daily grind with my only real task being to steel myself for the upcoming change to my 9-5 [...]
I read Trent’s post on preparing oats at the weekend and decided to write about my own process. I’m also relieved I’m not the only one doing this kind of thing
Part of my weekend routine involves preparing my breakfasts for the coming week. I boil a large saucepan of eggs which end up [...]
For the past week I’ve been using up the annual leave that I’d carried over from last year and hit the road for Fermanagh to spend some time with my family.
My Mum and myself went to pay a visit on my Grandmother and while stopping to buy some flowers I spotted this on the dashboard:
I [...]
For nearly a week now I have been exclusively using an Eee PC. I promised an action shot and here it is:
Using this device I have went about all my regular activities, even a bit of web development.
The biggest hindrance I've found has been using a screen resolution lower than what I'm accustomed to and [...]
I couldn’t resist…
I was having a quick look through some second-hand books last weekend and happened across a copy of Neuromancer by William Gibson, the “father of cyber-punkâ€. I had to have it and this marked the third time I’ve purchased a copy of this seminal work.
I started into it on the bus home yesterday and it [...]
My brother got married at the weekend and as part of the preparations we had to transport the wedding cake from my uncle’s bakery to Lusty Beg island, where the reception was held: a distance of 10.6 miles, according to Google.
Due to the size and weight of the cake it was decided that I would [...]
I can’t believe it, but I actually took the time out yesterday to make this. Here’s what it’s meant to look like:
..and here’s my effort:
It is safe to say I drank too much coffee yesterday