Category: Misc
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2017 in sport
Running One of the biggest changes to my life in 2017 was that I took up running. I built up from running 2-3km to regularly running a 5k two-or-three times a week. Running culminated in finishing the rather hilly Hardwick 10k in one hour and 41 seconds. Sadly, after the race my motivation waned and I gradually…
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Reading 2017
Nomad by Alan Partridge. I do miss the TV show Bands of mourning by Brandon Sanderson. Enjoying the Wax and Wayne series more and more Mistborn: secret history. Novella. Reread due to reading Bands of Mourning Dragon Keeper by Robin Hobb. Fantastic story telling as usual. Really needs live ships trilogy to have been read…
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Cycling 2016
2016 was my first full calendar year of cycling. Most weeks just have the short ~20 minute round daily commute to the train station. Once the days are longer though and on some weekends I’ve taken the chance to cycle further. In March I bought a new bike – another hybrid, a Giant Roam 2.…
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Reading 2016
First full year commuting by public transport, which is where I’ve done the vast majority of my reading, well on public transport or hanging around empty platforms… I thought 52 books sounded very achievable this year. Words of Radiance by Brandon Sanderson (reread) What If? by Randall Munroe – Enjoyable, though I’d read most of…
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Reading 2015
I was very busy playing Destiny so didn’t read much this year until Terry Pratchett’s death in March kickstarted me on a Discworld city watch re-read. Commuting via the train rather than driving also meant I read more after August. Too many re-reads though. We need to talk about Kevin by Lionel Shriver – I’d…
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Reading 2013
During 2013 I have read 50 novels, as compared to 57 last year. A big part of the reduction was that in 2012 I spent a lot of time reading while feeding Hugo. Here’s what I’ve read in 2013, in a rough chronological order: Foundation by Asimov – for the umpteenth time Foundation and Empire by…
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Cooking with wine
I have just found out that some people refuse to cook with wine if they have children. It has never occurred to me that a glass of wine in a risotto or stew might be a problem, and I’ve been happily serving it up to my son (there’s a stew in the oven now). Being…
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Faster than light
Faster Than Light (FTL) is an infuriating strategy game. It pits you as a Captain Kirk like figure, constantly rerouting power from the warp drive to power up your lasers (or vice versa). In between the space battles you choose how you want to develop your spaceship & crew and choose your way through random events.…
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Reading 2012
During 2012 I have read 57 novels, which is significantly less than the previous year (83 between 09/10 and 12⁄11), when I first received my Kindle but still probably more than most other years since I was a child. Here is what I read during 2012, in rough chronological order: Guns, germs and steel by Jared Diamond…
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Diplomacy
A few weeks ago I started playing diplomacy. diplomacy is a board game that is like a combination of chess and poker that looks like Risk. You have to think about the positions of your units and tactics but you also have to make alliances, bluff everyone and stab your allies in the back. The…
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