Those of you on Enlightened* computers may have noticed my website attempting to do some Moderately Bad Things to you as you browsed my blog and other material. I think I’m in the final stages of ripping out the crap that has infected this site while I was looking the other way. Some of you may find this stuff interesting.
It probably wouldn’t be much of a surprise to anyone that I was too impatient to wait for the scheduled appointment to take my cast off. In two occasions in the 72 hours before it came off I had tried to convince friends to saw it off with a bread knife. Monday came around and I couldn’t even wait one more day for the Tuesday morning appointment, so I rescheduled and drove myself to Kaiser that afternoon. The cast came off without much of a hitch. The leg was not as white, hairy, thin or scaly as I had expected. But I guess it was a little of each.
I spent the last couple of weeks putting together a video showing one of VMware’s cool new features. I’m pretty proud of the video, so I wanted to share it. I wouldn’t expect someone that’s not familiar with our products to make heads or tails as to what’s going on, so here’s a brief description.
Very late last night I touched down in Singapore for a week-long visit to a region of the world that has received much of my attention over the past year. Singapore is an island nation just eight miles north of the equator at the very southeastern tip of Asia. It was a British colony for many years and has developed a distinctly English feel save the population that shows the diversity of the area. And I suspect that like many people in Singapore, I’m here on business and most of my interactions will be with visiting businessmen.
Saturday morning my team in training ran a 20-mile run through SF as we continue to train for the Oct. 19 Nike Women’s Marathon. Coach Terry–our uber-fit running mentor–told us before the run that priority number one was to stay healthy. Check out the course so the hills don’t scare you in a few weeks, but stay healthy. I wish I had remembered this advice in last night’s softball game.
I have so far exceeded my expectations of how I would do with running. A week ago Saturday I ran 10 miles over a moderately hilly track in Palo Alto. This was about eight miles further than I had ever run even four weeks prior. Now that I think I can actually complete this event running–that right: no walking!–I’d like to ask for your donation.
All of your money goes to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society which uses donations for research, education, patient support, and a variety of other services. Help me hit my $2500 goal by donating even a few dollars at my fund raising page.
I’m sure that most of you have read about Japan’s famous Engrish by know. In the event that you haven’t, let me introduce you to a bit of Engrish and a bit of Japanese culture.
The skies are getting light over Tokyo already. It’s only 4:00 AM and traffic is picking up on the highways and bridges in the distance. And, from my 13th floor vantage point over an inlet that runs to the Tokyo Bay, it looks like its going to be overcast, drizzly day. Fine San Francisco weather, to be sure.
So, you guys know I hate running, right? I mean I really hate running. I’ve never understood the point of it. It is the world’s most boring way of getting exercise. And all the stories you hear from runners are about screwed up feet and legs and knees in addition to bleeding and swelling in places that should do neither. I just don’t get the appeal. Nonetheless, I’ve signed up to run a marathon in mid-October.
I was able to to squeeze a few pictures out of my trip to SE Asia out of my flash cards this weekend. Check them out in the pictures section and let me know what you think.