Whilst Not Running in Australia (With Photos!)

In throwing up a few pictures of my trip down under in that previous running related post, I realised I hadn’t really posted much else about that particular trip to the inter webs. I also realised that picking through those photos is a bit of a bad idea, because I’d forgotten just how much I enjoyed Perth. I tend to say that I “spent about 10 w... Read more
11 Aug 2013 / 3 minute read / globe-trotter

So I made an iPhone App

Various things have kept me busy and away from this blog just recently. I’ve done a bit of traveling (both for business and pleasure), I’ve discovered Netflix (and Crunchyroll), and, somewhat more productively, I followed through on what started off as my “20% time” project. There is, right now in the iPhone App Store, an app nominally by Googl... Read more
10 Aug 2013 / 2 minute read / hacker

That Ad

So. There has been a small(ish) ad off to the right hand side of this blog for a couple of months now. It is as small as AdSense will let me make it, though ideally I’d prefer if it had a size not unlike those used by Matt Gemmell and Marco Arment. On the whole, though, it doesn’t bother me as much as I worried it might, aside from the occasion... Read more
16 Jun 2013 / 3 minute read

Further Watching and Reading

This was supposed to go at the end of my last post, but it was running a little long. Basically, here is collection of writings about fitness from around the internet which I’ve found either useful, thought provoking, or fun. Warning: the blog post features two pictures of women in bikinis. It’s totally relevant in context, be in case that isn’... Read more
21 May 2013 / 4 minute read / gym-rat

Barbell Training Follow Up

So: after writing that giant post about the three main beginners programs I read up on while trying to figure out the best way to get myself into some sort of (non round) shape, I thought I’d switch to a topic on which I can confidently talk with some authority: me. More specifically, in case you are interested: the program I’ve ended up puttin... Read more
19 May 2013 / 8 minute read / gym-rat

A (Very) Rough Guide to Beginners' Barbell Training Programs

As I promised in my last post, I’d now like to talk a bit about the different weight lifting programs I ended up researching. I spent a fairly silly amount of time here, so I’m hoping that you find it useful. I’m going to talk about the three primary beginners lifters programs I read up on, tell you what they actually involve… and also what I t... Read more
10 May 2013 / 10 minute read / geek, gym-rat

Do You Even Lift, Bro?

After I arrived in London I decided to take a second stab at Couch to 5k, having abandoned it the first time around. The problem now was finding a time and place. At first I tried running in the evenings around Wandsworth Common, conveniently close to where I was staying. That started to feel more than a little unsafe, however, especially on the... Read more
06 May 2013 / 2 minute read / geek, gym-rat

The Wheel Weaves as the Wheel Wills

On what was, all things considered, otherwise a fairly shitty day, I finished reading A Memory of Light, the final volume of The Wheel of Time. This is, if you don’t know, a fourteen book epic fantasy series whose author died prior to its completion. Each of these books is, by itself, around the size of the entire Lord of the Rings trilogy. One ... Read more
05 May 2013 / 3 minute read / bibliophile

Perilously Close to Perfection

A friend told me about a restaurant he’d visited on a trip to New York. There was essentially no menu. You walked in, you are seated, and you are asked a single question: How would you like your steak cooked? Then they bring you an utterly fantastic steak with fries and bernaise sauce. They do this one thing, they do it incredibly well, an... Read more
19 Apr 2013 / 3 minute read / foodie, globe-trotter

Running, The First Time

When I decided to drag myself back on to the fitness wagon, it seemed to me that running was the answer. Getting myself to an actual gym clearly wasn’t working, but I lived a short walk from a large and beautiful park (oh The Meadows, how I miss you still). I went out and spent what I still consider to be a fair amount of money on a pair of runn... Read more
07 Apr 2013 / 5 minute read / geek, gym-rat