I have to admit I was pretty excited about this race, and at the same time somewhat concerned. I had just spent the past 3 months in a hotel in Detroit for a project for work, had little to no motivation to ride during the week after working 10+ hour days and couldn’t find much time to ride on the weekends when my family hadn’t seen me all week. I had no idea what to expect and was hoping for anything other than “Epic Fail”. Read the rest of this entry »
Iceman Cometh and Goeth
10 11 2008Comments : No Comments »
Tags : iceman, mtb, racing, singlespeed, team mysinglespeed
Categories : Cycling
RE: The Simplicity Manifesto
5 11 2008At one time or another I signed up for a free subscription to Visual Studio Magazine, probably because it is free, and occasionaly I’ll read an article if it catches my eye. Today I happened across an article titled “The Simplicity Manifesto” and thought it could be interesting, and that it was.
I didn’t get far into the article before I ran across this statement.
Outside of Apple Inc., simplicity and elegance don’t carry much weight in the development community.
Obviously this guy must have been hiding under a rock for the last decade and never heard of Agile development, or read anything by guys like Bob Martin, Kent Beck, or Martin Fowler. I know in my own day to day development I try to strive for simplicity and elegance, as do many of the developers I’ve worked with in the past, even the ones who don’t practice some sort of Agile methodology.
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Tags : .net, simple
Categories : Rant
It’s Movember
4 11 2008Someone I know turned me on to this charity event called Movember. The official website describes Movember as follows…
Movember (the month formerly known as November) is a charity event held during November each year.
At the start of Movember guys register with a clean shaven face. The Movember participants, known as Mo Bros, then have the remainder of the month to grow and groom their Mo (Australian slang for moustache), raising money and awareness along the way for men’s health and the fight against prostate cancer.
I’m participating this year as the men in my step-father’s family have had bouts with Prostate Cancer, including my step-brother who was barely 30 when he had to go through chemo.
If you’d like to donate here is the link to my “Mo Space” http://us.movember.com/mospace/1930291
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Tags : charity, movember
Categories : Rant
