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Archive for March 2009

Gut Check

In Personal, Self Improvement on 13 March 2009 with no comments

Gyms aren’t new to me. Over the past couple of years, i’ve had memberships in various fitness centers. Each time, i’d go in for a week or two, then find a convenient excuse to slack off. Work, life, the (then) girlfriend; whatever. If it was a legitimate excuse to get away from the muscle aches [...]

Snagged: Awesome Dell 20″ Widescreen Display Deal

In Technology on 12 March 2009 with no comments

Edit @ 5.32pm: Damn, looks like Dell got smart and fixed the apparent pricing error. Still no email apologizing for the error etc though. Oh well. If it looks too good to be true, it probably is. Not 20 minutes ago, Longadin and another colleague alerted me to an awesome deal for a 20″ Dell [...]

New Geek Toy: Samsung S2 Portable 500GB

In Geek Toys on 10 March 2009 with 1 comment

Work’s been rather crazy the past couple of days, but little things like the arrival of my latest geek acquisition can be a great way to perk up my day. I’ve been meaning to pick up a portable hard disk for quite some time now, and when opportunity presented itself to get the 500GB Samsung [...]

Getting in Shape

In Personal on 9 March 2009 with no comments

In the spirit of getting my tubby behind in shape (despite the oft used cliche that round is in fact, a shape), I decided to revisit one of the oldest internet memes I can remember. One that remains as a personal favorite. Yes folks, its Badger Badger Badger. Also helps greatly that said badger appears [...]

Heading into the Unknown

In Personal on 6 March 2009 with 1 comment

This isn’t the first time i’ve set up a blog. This is probably the twentieth or thirtieth time installing WordPress, and the fourth domain i’ve got under my belt. Hope this one sticks, because damnit, I actually have my name up there (and below) for once. What’s this going to be about? We’ll see. I’ve [...]