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[Jul. 17th, 2009|01:59 pm] |
I owe 7p on my credit card. The online payment thing won't let me make a payment of less than £1; and it won't let me pay in £1 because that's more than I owe.
Brilliant.
Maybe I should just tape a 5p piece and a 2p piece to an envelope and send it to the Halifax. |
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[Jun. 25th, 2009|10:22 am] |
New experimental Firefox addon: Dispute Finder.
Allows you to highlight claims in websites and check to see if they're disputed/supported elsewhere on the web; also you can submit your own disputed claims & evidence. Clever stuff. |
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[Jun. 24th, 2009|09:56 pm] |
So I did an 80kg (176-ish lbs) deadlift tonight, which is more than my bodyweight*. I tried an 85kg lift but failed it. Still, I'm very pleased! The instructor wrote it up on the club board as my personal best :-))
I received a catalogue & training tips from Maximuscle, only... it's from fucking "Maxiwomen" and the whole thing is about "toning up" and "look good in your bikini this summer" etc. Um, whut? So not the point. I'm annoyed now.
*either 76kg or 79kg, depending on which set of scales I'm on. |
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[Jun. 16th, 2009|04:23 pm] |
I did another 5k at lunchtime today with the personal trainer. That was supposed to be my last session with her, but.... I can't resist, I've signed up for more. She's doing a 12 sessions for £300 special offer at the moment, called "Beach Fit" or something, but since I'm a regular customer she's going to let me have the special rate without doing the Beach Fit regime thingy.
So for lunch today I had a 5k jog followed by a chocolate protein shake. OMFG, what have I become?
What did you have for lunch? |
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| Tube strike |
[Jun. 9th, 2009|09:41 am] |
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I don't mind the tube strike from a getting to/from work point of view - I can get the 148 from Camberwell Green to White City. It'll take an age but it'll get me there.
What I don't know how to do is get from White City to powerlifting in Bethnal Green, for 6pm tomorrow. The "alternative journey planner" on tfl.gov.uk only recommends taking the tube!!! WTF?!
I am SO annoyed. SO SO annoyed. |
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[Jun. 3rd, 2009|09:32 pm] |
OK, who on my flist weighs 10st 3lbs / 143lbs / 65kg? COS I COULD TOTALLY DEADLIFT YOU :-)
I am ridiculously buff now. Feels good! |
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| Jewellery |
[Jun. 1st, 2009|02:10 pm] |
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I'm after jewellery shop/maker recommendations in London. Do you have a piece of custom-made jewellery, or something that was made by a small-outfit jewellery-maker/shop? (i.e. not Goldsmiths etc) Can you recommend them, or do you know of someone taking commissions etc etc. All leads welcomed... |
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[May. 23rd, 2009|10:00 am] |
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The baby blue tits in my garden have fledged, and are fluttering round my garden learning to fly, pestering their parents for food & making a right racket. They are absolutely tiny and cute! (I'm really glad there are no cats around...) |
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[May. 17th, 2009|07:10 pm] |
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There's a nest of baby blue tits in my garden! Well, behind a broken tile in the upper wall of the house that's at right-angles to mine. I can hear them peep-peep-peeping every time I go out the door! The feeders in my garden are duly replenished :-) |
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| Whut of the week |
[Apr. 4th, 2009|02:08 pm] |
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The weekly "upcoming special offers" leaflet I got from Lidl this morning features a unicycle. It's available from 6th April if anyone wants one. |
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| Race for Life |
[Apr. 1st, 2009|12:50 pm] |
I'll be doing Race for Life this year in Coventry, on 5th June. Please sponsor me!
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| Joke time |
[Mar. 26th, 2009|05:15 pm] |
I need a laugh, after the day I've had (and it's not even over yet!)...
We call our grandad "Spiderman". He hasn't got any super powers - he just finds it difficult to get out of the bath.
(via Popbitch) |
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[Mar. 24th, 2009|03:49 pm] |
An 18-year-old has secretly painted a 60ft drawing of a phallus on the roof of his parents' £1million mansion in Berkshire. It was there for a year before his parents found out. They say he'll have to scrub it off when he gets back from travelling.
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[Mar. 24th, 2009|12:07 pm] |
Today is Ada Lovelace Day - which I read about in the Metro this morning but totally forgot about until ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) geekette8 mentioned it!
I have to admit I'm not a person who has heroes or people I admire (which makes feel like I sound awful), but a female techie I met at a Geek Girl dinner once really stood out for me: Julia Lerman of The Data Farm, who is a .Net guru and technical book author.
Not only was the talk she gave at LGGD really good, but she also took the time to talk to anyone who wanted to talk to her; and after the event she gave me a few tips via email on how I might start writing technical stuff (so that I might one day write that XSLT tome that I totally am never going to write, but like to think I will). I thought it was really nice of her to take the time to email me, even though she must be *so* busy with conferences and talks and work etc etc; and despite the fact that our specialisations are totally different and she has no idea about XSLT!
And, of course, a special mention to Dr Jeni Tennison, but I don't so much admire her as am ferociously envious of her career ;-) |
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| Good bird |
[Mar. 17th, 2009|08:23 pm] |
Incidentally, this is the same kind of parrot which live in droves in London. I totally want one now! |
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