I went for my first 5k run today, got there late had to run through a street full of people, I don’t know what was my time as race had already started when we got there but when I crossed the finish line clock was at 35 min, am excited just to have been there.
Note to self come with stop watch next time come early. I will scan my race number put it here just as a reminder for me.

Today I went running and ended up walking home. No it wasn’t a new course I went running just one I haven’t run in a long time but for my excuse it was also the hottest day yet this year 86F. I just started running again a few weeks ago after recovering from a foot injury. I started out with a short course for the first few weeks and thought I was ready to go back to where I was before, but my body was not co-operating. I became so dehydrated I stopped sweating, next I started getting mini cramps in my legs, and that’s when I knew my run was over, I walked home for the first time in my life. I have seen it happen to some of my training buddies before but never to me.
It also seems the older you get your body slows down more than you think, it certainly gets harder to lose those few pounds you gained over Xmas, and you take longer than you used to to get used to working out again it definitely hurts more too.

I got introduced to open source software a few years back and to me I think it’s the best thing out there.
This week apple got a patent for the touch technology employed on the iphone. This is their way of stiffling further development on devices with such capabality. The touch technology has been around for some time, and it’s not an invention of apple. So what if the person who invented it also patented it all those devices using it wouldn’t be there, or only big companies which can afford licensing fees would be able to use it.
Companies which have devices utilising this feature are getting ready to defend themselves against apple, but for small companies which can’t afford getting into battle with the likes of apple will hold of on innovating in products in this area until the dust settles. In the meantime it’s the consumers who suffer because we are the ones who would have stood to gain from other
entrants in this field, and you keep saying how apple loves you, no just your money.
I bought my wife a shuffle sometime back when they were still selling for $80 a piece “not my choice”, and compared to what was available from it’s competitors at the time for the same amount they put it to shame interms of features available. Even at its current price the competitors offerings leave it way behind interms of value. They are the same ones who said they don’t know how to build a sub 500 machine that ain’t a peice of junk, well psyster came and proved that was a lie.Their $399 machine wasn’t a piece of junk. That’s it for now as the more I write the more pissed of I get and, using more of my time on this topic is a waste of my valuable time. So that you know my choice would be the G1 or or palms devices which run on linux.

Yes we were there me and wife drove up there, and toughed it out until he got sworn in. Then we had to run for some warm cover. I have never felt so much cold my toes were frozen numb. We were up by 3am and in our places by 5am. Some people just couldn’t take the cold and returned home. One woman squeezed herself behind me and started complaining every time I breathed, or anyone else moved around us suffice it to say the crowd got tired of her complaining, and she got a couple of words forcing her to leave and head home or up some tree. I will be putting up pics we took soon.

I just watched the movie Seven Pounds today and it was great. I plan to watch it again tomorrow and maybe a couple of times more with my wife as we both enjoyed it very much. Imagine my suprise when I went online and looked at some of the movie critics reviews they were so off the point that had we read them before watching the movie we might not even have bothered with it. Actually the reviews from watchers give you a better feel for the movie and a lot of people have the same complain, the professional critics did a bad number on the movie. The average score by viewers was A while the critics gave it a C+. Looking at how the critics rated the movie you get the feeling that they try to vote the same way “it’s like a heard of sheep following  each other” and nobody is ready to break the status quo. While the watchers scores are more varied . So next time you are planning on watching a movie i’d advice you take any cri
tics comments with a pinch of salt and go be your own judge. If you really need to see the reviews on it check out reviews from regular watchers and don’t put too much weight on critics who are afraid do go against each other. Those same critics are the ones who gave great raves on “Rachel Getting Married” a view not shared by viewers who got disappointed by it.

The night of November 4th 2008 will go down in history as the first black president of America was chosen by the people of America. I would be a bad Kenyan if forgot to mention that his father came from Kenya, the scenes of Kenyans celebrating in the streets as the victory was announced was unforgettable. In case you missed the speech here it is I have watched it like ten times now and every other day its played over on the radio in his own words I leave you with this words Yes We Can.

Like most people out there right now during this hard times I keep thinking of ways to save an extra buck for something else. One money hole is the car like or not you have to change your oil and brakes when they wear out. Solution get a tool box and get ready to get your hands dirty. After driving around with breaks so worn that i was starting to get worried they might fail anytime, I decided to change them for myself. I was suprised how easy the whole process was, it only took two minutes max to change out the pads. But my biggest problem was raising the car armed with a screw driver to operate the jack in a series of quater to half turns at best on the jack. It was around 15 to 20 minutes before the tire was off the ground.
Now with two cars the cheapest mechanic would have caused me $168, by doing it myself am looking at just $68. In future am looking at getting a hydraulic jack for around $30 to make my jo
b easier next time. Since my oil change is due am thinking of getting some ramps for around $34 and doing it myself, last time I went to walmart and had a high millage oil change I had to sit down when they hit me with the bill $45 for an oil change this made my head was spin, at least the minimum they could have done was use a top end product for that kind of change. By doing the job myself the first time am figuring i will save enough to offset the cost of the ramp, with all my future oil changes averaging $15.

To make a long story short with a little sweat and learning you might be surprised by the amount of money you might be able to save yourself by simple jobs around the house. My work mate armed with a plumbing manual tore down his bathroom plumbing after he saw a leak coming through the wall. At the end of it all a job which would have cost him $3000 minimum ended up costing $400.

I was not able to watch his nomination acceptance speech live, but i was able to hear the speech next day from some radio station and I loved what I heard. In two months we will be able to find out the results.

I was watching the news over the past week and am shocked at the reaction of muslims from the pope’s speech in which he cited the words of a Byzantine emperor who was against muhamad’s teaching of “his command to spread by the sword the faith.” .The pope has had to apologize for this, while the Iranian president is always in the news saying how israel should be demolished and nobody reacts to this.

For a religion which is all too ready to criticise others it’s funny how they take criticism