Asics Gel Rocket – I find them very comfy, and excellent grip, not a bad price too.

There’s another new Danny one too. Bit shorter mind, but still good.

Zip ties FTW!

http://www.dutchbikeco.com/_blog/Dutch_Bike_Co_Weblog/post/Seattle_Snowpocalypse/

How much do you train?

I’ve tried running in the past, maybe only 2 to 4 times a week for 30 mins. Did nothing for me. I only lasted about 3 or 4 months with it mind.

I used to go out on the mtb most weekends (not so much now), and again, little or no effect on weight.

I took up commuting to work by bike. Now this gets me on the bike 2hrs a day mon-fri, and voila, started to make some progress.

Because I don’t diet, or eat particularly healthy, I’m not loosing weight quickly, but certainly more so than my running or weekend jaunts on the bike ever did for me.

So for me it seems like I need to be active daily, which makes sense really as I spend most of my work time sat in an office, so I wouldn’t expect to loose weight by putting in only a few hours a week exercise.

Helmet seems to take care of my head, but the pollution mask I wear is excellent at keeping my face warm. Only downside is that it gets a bit damp in this cold weather, and gets bunged up, hence breathing gets restricted – good training innit 🙂

I do…but I don’t go as far as rubbing the bike down with my fresh white towels.

Just make sure you clean any greasy drips asap 🙂

You could just avoid having multiple repositories, I don’t really see the point, but I might be missing something.

We have a similar setup at work (although just 1 company!), lots of shared libs, and lots of projects/components that require these libs.

Our structure is like so:

/projects/
—>/foo
—>/bar

/libraries/
—>/vendor
—>/python
—>—>/a
—>—>/b
–>/cpp
—>—>/a

…
lots more stuff!
…

Our projects will then svn:external in the required libs / vendor code.

With regards for continuous integration, wouldn’t you be better with Buildbot ( http://buildbot.net ) or Hudson ( http://hudson-ci.org/ )

At our company I setup Buildbot, which comes with its own source-control poller (SVNPoller). It works pretty well. I would avoid writing your own system if poss. I did this back in the day, and Buildbot does everything and more 😉

With regards to logging, you only need to view logs for a specific project/component/lib right? You don’t need to worry about viewing all logs, so you won’t see logs of things you’re not interested in.

On a final note, aren’t people now moving towards Git instead to SVN? 😉

Didn’t recognise the film until Eddie Vedder arrived 😉

sore nuts, had to have a scan ‘n it’s making me rather grumpy.

+1 Lezyne here too

A most splended tash!

fantasyf1game.net/league/table/17074

2nd 😀

I’ve got BattleField 2 on the PC – awesome!

I did a similar thing to randombod though and got an xbox. I’ve got Bad Company 2 and MW2 on that, both are pretty good but I prefer Bad Company by far. Black Op’s isn’t catching my eye though, it looks just like MW2 to me, though I’ve not played it…

I don’t how your PC specs will hold up on the latest games – that’s always a concern…

Thought that was a great last quali!

I have no idea who’s going to win, but I think one of the big 4 will suffer some kind of failure that will ruin their chances.

Everyone will be pushing like mental 8)

http://www.alpkit.com/shop/cart.php?target=product&product_id=16341&category_id=300

You get them alpkit stuff direct, but stock levels are a bit poo a lot of the time 🙂

I went through a red light once in my younger days and almost caused an accident. Never again, I sure learnt my lesson 🙁

On my daily commute in and out of London there’s not one set of lights that I think to myself ‘hey, that will make me safer if I jump them’.

Montane Atomic DT

Brilliant bit of kit, plus an active cut so works well on the bike / walking / hiking.

One of the best hoods I’ve seen on a jacket too.

Just got an email from Cyclesurgery, they’ve got a few offers today.

Vaude Northshore 28 – £70~ down to £45
Vaude UltraTrail 20 – £60~ down to £30

‘TT63’ code at checkout if you want (today only)

About 2hrs a day commuting, but nothing at the weekend lately 🙁

Mines off and I strut around in shorts still.

If I get cold I’ll put on a jumper, if I get real cold I’ll start wearing some of my winter down kit 😉

I miss my r/c racing days back in my youth!

Got a bit peeved off though. I was the little kid on his BMX with his R/C car in his rucksack, competing with grown ups who would turn up with their campervans and setup mahoosive tents and whatnot.

Never did get my hands on a Losi XX or an Associated RC10. bleh.

When you become dependent on it, or when it starts affecting your health.

A couple of years ago I used to go to a pub near work with mates a few times a week.

The days when they couldn’t make it I started to go on my own. It was a quiet little pub, with friendly bar-staff and a few regulars that I got to know. It kinda became addictive.

A few weeks of this and I started to become dependent on it. I couldn’t wait to get out of work at 5:30 and nip across the road. I was having around 4 or 5 pints a night, which isn’t excessive in some peoples view, but was for me.

Mornings I didn’t feel too good, weight was piling on, I wasn’t eating proper dinners.

Thankfully the pub shut down so I stopped going.

It was only really at that point that I looked at myself and realized I’d become a rather unhealthy chap, so I made a few lifestyle changes and did more exercise and reduced drinking. I now have a hatred for hangovers, so tend to just have a few drinks on friday night and that’s all.

I use the bog standard yellow foam ones and found these to be the best.

I’ve tried a few pairs of funky shaped silicon ones from the local chemist, but they were pants and didn’t do anything.

Note – I only use them for sleeping when my neighbour decides to be noisy, but they did a good job at the F1 too!

This topic makes my blood boil. The amount of lies in the papers is beyond a joke.

My brother especially enjoyed the ‘firemen can earn upto 50k with overtime’ one.

The real joke is why Brian Coleman still has any say in the matter.

http://www.firebrigadedispute.co.uk/

Worth reading. I fully support these guys, they do a good job only to be treated like sh|t by pen wielding idiots.

When I did my compsci degree about 10 years ago (OUCH!) there weren’t that many candidates who were really into programming. Most were mixing it with business or math.

No doubt some of them ‘got it’ eventually, but we spent most our time doing Java with a bit of CPP, zero C.

It seemed like the only good programming chaps (and a couple of girls!) either programmed as a hobby previously, or had past experience dabbling in languages like C (some at A-Level). The degree did very little to improve their programming skills.

Not sure what they teach these days. Many of the candidates were into web development, so they’ve probably went down the PHP/Perl route back then.

I myself don’t really like C/C++ these days. Fairly happy using Python and designing our systems 🙂

RIP Jahwomble

could had an extra 30 mins in bed 😡

Most people I know play with Yonex, including myself.

I have a fairly cheap one from the Armortec range and it’s not bad, pretty light, but not as light as the more expensive ones (say upwards of £50).

The Yonex strings mine came with were actually quite good until they snapped. The new strings I have (also Yonex) seem to be coming loose ‘n need replacing, but oh well 🙂

This is where I get most my badminton stuff from, and here’s the yonex range:

http://www.kickbacksports.co.uk/badminton/Badminton-Racquets/Yonex-Badminton-Racquets/default.aspx

Price wise, it’s upto you 🙂

Mine was about £20, some chap I play with spent £70 or so, we’re both evenly matched, doesn’t make a massive difference.

I’d rather spend the extra on decent shoes ‘n better shuttles, and sweat bands!

This

http://www.vango.co.uk/tents/omega-350.html

Looks great value for around £110

Holds upto wind ‘n rain quite well too!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWaxq_k5mNU

Anyone playing F1 2010 on the PC? Looking to get a cheap build (probably from overclockers), just not sure what GFX card to go for – the two that I’ve looked at so far are the ATI 5770 (1gig) and the Nvidia GTS 250 (512Mb).

To be honest, I’ll probably only play this an rFactor (and rFactor 2 if it comes out), so not too fussed if it won’t play games in a few years time.

I’ve got an XBOX too, but my G25 wheel only works on the PC, and I love it 🙂

also after the age of 30 we all degenerate 😯

🙁

Is there anything suspect about your posture? I know everyone bangs on about it, but sitting at a desk all day? Staring at a screen?

In anycase, mebbe worth stretching, neck 'n shoulder blades 'n things 🙂

Dentist is worth it – do you grind your teeth? Even if you think you don't, you might (during sleep), and the dentist will point this out.

Get a road bike 😉

It's nice to vary your type of riding. I haven't ridden my mtb for months, but I know that I'll want to again, maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but soon… 8)

Tension headaches (if that's what you have) suck and can last weeks and weeks.

I suffered with them on/off for a few years, but touch wood, not had any for quite some time. I think a mixture of things brings them on – bad posture, staring at a screen all day at work, stress. Mine were just like an annoying band around my head, making me want to pull my hair out. No sharp pains though.

Massage seemed to help a bit, but I think a life-style change (for me) did the trick (cycling to/fro work). Everything is far more zen now, and not so stressful 🙂

wee in its basket

Was tempted by one but went for the cotic roadrat (ss/discs/drops) instead, which I'm loving, lots.

4 months ago I started commuting to work by bike. 25 miles a day, usually 5 days a week.

In terms of weight loss, it's very effective.

I eat okish, and also eat a lot more than I did before I started. I'm not on any diet.

This is the only period in the last 5 years where I've actually lost weight (about 7lbs). It's no effort whatsoever, and it's an awesome 2hrs cycling a day extra 😈

Spot on Bazz.

My brother has been in the LFB for around 15 years. You sum up exactly what he's been saying.

Sauf east here.

I live in the Beckenham / Bromley area. It's not too shabby.

I cycle into London everyday for work – takes about 45 mins and pretty direct routes on the ole bike. Train is about 20-25 mins.

crikey – Member
Perhaps after getting away from it all for a week / month / year

Perhaps…

..and the next year? and the year after?

This is a good point and one that this guy needs to face upto.

Maybe he'll get a bit stronger and be able to cope with his demons when he returns from this trek. Hope so, good luck!