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39... humid!

Thu, 05/27/2010 - 11:17am

Yesterday was a warm and humid day in Somerset. It felt like North Carolina, and I'm clearly not in a good shape to run in this weather. My usual course took 39 minutes.

Today my back hurts -- I pushed it hard!

Distance: 
3 miles
Duration: 
39 minutes
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Sluggish 37

Mon, 05/24/2010 - 10:17pm

Run went okay. Low energy, maybe because I didn't eat much today.

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3 miles
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37 minutes
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NCRC -- out of shape

Thu, 05/20/2010 - 9:51pm

Went for a run with NCRC tonight. Boy, I'm out of shape! It was only 5 miles on a trail but it felt very tough. I haven't run enough on hills, I think; New Jersey of course is 'flat as pancakes'.

Great run, great group. Small turnout, only 15 people.

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Google I/O 2010

Wed, 05/19/2010 - 7:23pm

The Google developer's event is going on right now: lots of HTML5 and several new and improved Google APIs. The event is held in San Francisco, but I've been following the news coming out.

I especially liked the announcement of the Google Font Directory, a directory of high quality open source fonts. They can be included in commercial and non-commercial projects alike.

Non-Latin fonts, such as Cyrillic for Bulgarian, are not yet supported but this is coming soon, according to the blog post.

It's very easy to use. Add the following to your HTML section:

<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Font+Name">

and now you can use 'Font Name' the standard way:

<div style="font-family: 'Font Name', serif;">Your text</div>
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Run in the rain

Mon, 05/17/2010 - 9:30pm

After a long day of travel yesterday it was good to go out for a run. I had been looking forward to a run in the warm North Carolina weather but today it was raining like crazy.

I ran an hour, the Wholefoods course. Great as always. Nicely tired now.

There's a new pavement next to Erwin road, where I used to run through the grass. I was always a little worried about snakes there, although I never saw any.

Distance: 
6 miles
Duration: 
64 minutes
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Back home in Durham

Sun, 05/16/2010 - 9:54pm

Sasha and I left at 8.40 am this morning, and arrived around 2.00 pm in Washington DC in the house where she'll be staying. We met our friends there, and I left two hours later.

The second part of the road trip was much less fun than the first, driving alone, but the radio kept me company. David Plouffe, the campaign manager of Barack Obama, spoke in Richmond last week and NPR in Virginia broadcasted his very interesting speech on the influence of new technology on his work and on election campaigns.

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Internship & 8 hours driving

Sun, 05/16/2010 - 8:03am

We'll be leaving in a few minutes from Somerset to Washington, DC. Sasha will start an internship on Monday at the International Monetary Fund. A great opportunity.

After I bring Sasha to her new place there, I'll continue driving for another four hours until I reach Durham, NC.

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Before work

Wed, 05/12/2010 - 8:19am

Sasha and I went for a walk last night, that was nice. This morning before work I put in a run. Good to run.

35:49

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3 miles
Duration: 
36 minutes
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Kaaterskill Falls

Tue, 05/11/2010 - 7:40am

When we were first in the Catskill mountains 12 years ago I didn't know the Dutch history of the Hudson Valley.

Close to the resort where we worked are the Kaaterskill Falls. Kaater is Dutch for 'cat', Kill is an old Dutch word for 'creek'.

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A trip back in time

Sun, 05/09/2010 - 5:14pm

Yesterday we made a trip back in time -- 12 years, to be precise. In June 1998 Sasha and I met each other for the first time in Tannersville, New York in an exchange program. Yesterday we visited the hotel where we then worked.

The resort changed owners several times since we were there, and sadly it's in pretty bad shape. Two workers were patching things up for the summer season and allowed us to go inside and take some pictures.

It was amazing to see the places were we worked that summer, and a great day trip.

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