I lied. I still won’t spoil the ending though. Compared to the lame way in which “The Sopranos” limped to its conclusion Ms. Rowling deserves full kudos for wrapping up her series with some dignity. I had also thought I’d be the first person to ever tie the ending of Harry Potter to Tony Soprano …
No warnings here, I will not spoil the final Harry Potter book for anyone else. But boy oh boy am I enjoying this, the final book in the series. Unlike other series I have read in which I simply slogged dutifully through them all (hello Robert Jordan?) this series has simply gotten better and better …
I came across Conway’s Law on a blog post from Global Nerdy. The law says “any piece of software reflects the organizational structure that produced it. This cracked me up for some obvious reasons. Conway’s Law – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia — Update July 23rd: amazingly enough I had Conway’s Law quoted to me in …
One of the things I write about a lot in my near-book “Accidental Ironman” is chafing. As an endurance athlete sooner or later you will chafe. Accept this. Learn to combat chafing with synthetic fabrics and lubricants but know that it will happen. When it does… We were out riding one day several years ago. …
Accidental Ironman At one point I wrote 20% of a book about training for an Ironman triathlon. I liked the name, Accidental Ironman and even bought a web site to host it. Of course I never really went anywhere with it. That said… over the years I have learned some things about training for an …