Fitness Blog – Lap #002
It's been a minute since my last fitness update. That's probably because I haven't been running. I played tennis twice since my last post but the last time I ran was yesterday evening. I weighed in and found I'm back over 200 pounds so I know I have catching up to do. The bright side is, I'm still able to complete my 2 mile circuit and yesterday it took me 25 minutes. That ends up being a pretty horrid 12m 30s mile but seeing as I can't spend all my energy on a single mile I'm pretty sure I could take out a mile in 7 minutes. That's still not very good but it's better than 12m 30s. Right now, I'm scaling back to just running the two miles as often as possible. I want to throw in some other workouts later to try to build and tone muscle but for now, I think it can wait.
Side Note: Despite my running (barely jogging at this speed), going up stairs still kick the crap out of me.
Terms That Need to Die #2
Current Trend: Having a PC as opposed to a Mac.
personal computer: a small digital computer based on a microprocessor and designed to be used by one person at a time - Princeton WordNet
No, I'm not saying you should get a Mac instead of a PC. I'm saying a Mac is PC and a Windows-based machine is a PC. They're both PCs and marketing divisions need to stop destroying jargon for their own selfish desires.
Windows != PC
There was an age where we could distinctly divide Apple machines from the rest of the world. That time ended with the death of the PowerPC architecture. Everyone is running on x86, OSX and Vista are interchangable.
On the side, I really don't like how this completely obscures Linux from the whole PC collective. Commercially backed Linux distros like Ubuntu and Red Hat are not to mindlessly ignored or grouped with Windows.
"Hi, we're actually both PCs..."
I Like Fast Cars: Noky and the Hyundai Genesis Adrenaline Tour
This is their rice'd up Genesis coupe they had on display.
I threw up a tweet a few days ago about Hyundai's Genesis coupe. My friend Jan had registered for the Hyundai Genesis Adrenaline Tour and was kind enough to bring me along as his guest.
Oh snap, the big move!
As you may have noticed - my blog is no longer "n4AEGIS." I've decided to move to a seperate top-level domain and my own hosting. Cool? Yes. However, seeing as this is still just another blog why drop all this money? Well, I decided I needed a platform to publish the projects I'm working on and I'd probably need a paid host for that. Yes, there are goodies coming - I only ask that you wait a bit longer.
I also now have a work environment for other forms of web-based development not limited to other websites and web-enabled applications. I don't have some grand roadmap laid out but I'm sure I'll have some neat stuff in the works soon enough. It's about time, right? With graduation on the horizon, I decided it's pretty much now or sometime far in the future when I have far less potential for greatness.
So expect more posts and even more non-blog content. I should probably get a resume on here or something...
Just because I care… Religion + Game Development = Idiocy
So normally this would be a tweet but the quote is too long:
event though I am an atheist, and vehemently against all religions and their backwards modes of thought, I can respect people who do believe in their respective religion, especially when they're not preaching or encroaching upon others' beliefs
-mastersmith (a GameDev.net Forums member)
So calling people backwards is a sign of respect now? Man, how words change...wait no, I think it's still insulting. Oh wait, he only respects people when they're not actually voicing their believes. At that point they're encroaching on your believe of...well...nothing. Now, I don't know this guy but this single post makes me think he's an idiot. Not even just stupid, but actually mentally deficient to the point that we should consider removing him from society. I'm sure he's not that bad of a person, he's a budding game developer after all and we all know how I just love all game developers . Not everyone is aware, I've developed some serious displeasure with Cliffy B and Peter Molyneux (I wanted to say hate but that's just too strong a word) over the years. That however, is another story for another time.
Anyway, this thread spawned from some ridiculous religious backlash to some kid looking to create this grandiose Bible-based video game. The thread has been locked (although there is a new one without all the flames). I've honestly never seen this side of GD. It's kinda perplexing really...
So much for a short tweet...
What’s this? A Fitness Blog – Lap 001
I caved, I'm going to join the masses and do a little fitness blog thing. I already have a blog about myself and my interests so instead of managing yet another blog - I'm just going to load it on here. Here's the "program," it's quite simple:
- Run
- Play Tennis
- Push-Ups
- Sit-Ups/Crunches/etc.
- ???
- Die at 46 anyway
July Status Update
It's been a minute since I've checked in here. I decided to discontinue the FFXI blog. I don't have a good reason but it's dead now. So if I haven't been blogging about FFXI what have I been up to?
FFXI Journal #3
I was going to wait to do another journal entry until after I posted some content for all of those people who could care less about FFXI. However, an update was requested and who am I to deny those who request of me? I promise more non-FFXI updates, really...believe....'hon...
On to the update:
FFXI Journal #3
Man, I got a lot done in Vana'diel last night. Expect this post to be long. Brief overview: 10THF and 7RDM, new friends and linkshell, lots of pics.
Noky’s FFXI Journal #2
Day #2 of my adventures was not nearly as exciting. I restarted because I wanted to be a Tarutaru. I've had second thoughts that maybe I should've been an Elvaan but they are occasionally questionable. Tarutarus never fail to disappoint.
So, I managed to get back to level 5 as a WHM and level 5 BLM as of last night. The eventual goal is to settle on RDM with my skills already leveled up.
With this first photoset, I spent a lot of time back in Zehrun Mines. After awhile of not getting anymore Zehrun Soot (a gil quest item), I decided to move outside where I began getting experience and crystals at a much faster rate. Man, I feel like the mines was a complete waste comparatively. Thanks to the mines however, I have a little extra income and I grabbed some extra spells and gear. Now, I'm ready to start lowbie adventures in pretty much any job.
As all my jobs are level 5 or lower, I'm stuck battling monsters just outside of Bastok in South Gustaberg. Once I graduate to Valkrum Dunes, things aren't going to get that much exciting but I remember that once I approached twenty (18+), the environments were pretty cool. Jueno was quite the experience.
I'm trying to take a plethora of screens as I play. Right now I'm soloing so it's easy to remember to grab a shot and fool around. Chances are I won't have as many snaps when I hit level 12 but we can all hope they keep flowing. Picasa sucks so managing a photo-blog seems oddly difficult. I wanted to have a folder within a folder and Picasa doesn't like that. Oh well, all the FFXI pictures will be grouped together. I don't want to litter the main directory with 120123 folders of FFXI Journal posts (Of course now that I've said something it'll probably end up that I stop making FFXI posts and move on to something else).
