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Posted by gotshoo? 2 years ago.
So, I’ve got about 22 days left till the triathlon.
Where I’m at, and what I need to work on.
Swimming… C- Trust me, I’ve gotten a tons better. My kicks have been reduced to a minimum so that I’m not killing all of energy. My...
Posted by gotshoo? 2 years ago.
It’s been a while since I’ve had the camera out. Here are some of the latest snap shots.I cooked up my first batch of spare ribs the other day. This is just before they went under the broiler.This is immediately afterward. After this I put t...
Posted by gotshoo? 2 years ago.
So… less than a month away before the big event.
Things are looking great. Here are a couple of blogs / Twitter streams to keep me motivated.
The Fat Cyclist. A super funny guy on a bike that’s training for an Ironman. Still reading the archiv...
Posted by gotshoo? 2 years ago.
36 days to go.
Progress, progress, progress.
I feel it. I do. My legs are stronger. Running doesn’t suck as much as it use to. In fact, the distance that I’ve ran in the last couple of weeks is the most I’ve ran in 10 years. And the best...
Posted by gotshoo? 2 years ago.
I think I work much better under a deadline. Even my fortune cookie tonight said, “You’re transforming yourself to succeed.” Here’s what I’ve done since the last and a little before the last blog post.
I’ve biked 44 mil...
Posted by gotshoo? 2 years ago.
Call me crazy, ill-prepared, or the hottest thing you’ve seen in spandex, but never call me not willing to try something new. Ladies and gentlemen, I’ve signed up for a Sullivan Civic Center Triathlon (sprint). 400 meter swim, 13 mile bike rid...
Posted by gotshoo? 2 years ago.
It practically snowed all day today. I can’t want it to be spring any faster than now. Damn groundhog.
Posted by gotshoo? 2 years ago.
It’s been a while since I’ve actually ‘written’ a blog, so this one will be in note form.
After a year and a half, a guy has been hired to take over my position as the server administrator on a project that I’ve been working ...
Posted by gotshoo? 2 years ago.
I haven’t posted anything in a while, but I was going through my Flickr photos. Thought I’d put together a post of my favorites from last year.Sarah and her ‘baby’ Clancy.The hipster generation. From Lolla 2010.This was taken down ...
Posted by gotshoo? 2 years ago.
Redid my friend’s laptop. Took a day and a half to get it going. His laptop was full of spyware and crapware.
The only stipulation was that he is not allowed to use Internet Explorer.
Posted by gotshoo? 2 years ago.
I’ve been playing around with a open source .Net Twitter project appropriately named TwitterVB. It’s a .Net library that you import into your .Net application and start sending status updates, pull twitter mentions, trending topics… just...
Posted by gotshoo? 2 years ago.
Found a list of 12 things that have become obsolete in the last decade.
1. Encyclopedias
I’d have to argue that these were even obsolete in the late 90’s with the move of putting encyclopedia information on CD’s. Microsoft’s Encart...
Posted by gotshoo? 2 years ago.
I had some time to work on the house this weekend. I had set out to do two things: 1. Re-caulk the bath tub, 2. Patch a hole in the wall from a previous project.
With any DIY, it really never goes as plan. In the bathroom, I started removing the old caulk...
Posted by gotshoo? 2 years ago.
Had to make a quick repair this afternoon. I was cleaning up my desk in the basement and realized that it was way too cold by the wall. I started feeling around and realized all the cold air was coming from the window. After further investigation, I found...
Posted by gotshoo? 2 years ago.
I don’t know if work has gotten the best of me or life has just turned on auto-pilot mode but blogging material seems to be barren. Instead, I’ll just make a list.
1. Favorite musician of the moment: Jack Conte
I’ve watched a ton of his ...
Posted by gotshoo? 2 years ago.
A majority of the Shoo milestones have made it to the blog in one way or another. Somehow, I totally ignored publishing anything here on our 2nd anniversary which was 11/10. It’s been a busy weekend and I did send her a message on Twitter and Facebo...
Posted by gotshoo? 2 years ago.
Today it reached up to the mid-70’s. The was also in rare form with clouds.
Posted by gotshoo? 2 years ago.
I found a backup CD from 2001 with old photos on it. This was back in my ‘punk’ stage after high school.Steve and I outside waiting for a concert. Check out the bleach blond hair! My parents loved that.Billy Spunke from the Blue Meanies, a Chi...
Posted by gotshoo? 2 years ago.
Hello local 217 Internets, we’re holding another get together or “Tweetup” as the kids are saying these days. 11/11 (Wednesday) 5:30pm at J P Kelley’s in Springfield.
You don’t need a Twitter, Facebook, iPhone, or even a blog...
Posted by gotshoo? 2 years ago.
So the blog hasn’t been updated in almost a month. Ehh, shoot me. With a camera of course.Clancy.The house. Still a ton of DIY projects to do. But never enough time.Our new pet. Don’t tell Sarah. She’s deathly afraid of them.Me being art...
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