Monthly Archives: January 2013

Motivated Again

Posted on January 11, 2013 by larry

Not sure why, but today when I worked out with the trainer I really felt motivated. I pushed a little harder than usual. I felt good and this was unusual because I didn’t want to work out before.  This is … Continue reading →

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Learning About VDI and Resource Management

Posted on January 10, 2013 by larry

Interesting day in the virtualization space, went to a workshop/seminar on vmware, specifically VDI and Resource Management. Some of it was a rehash, but learned some interesting new things like VMXNET may not be what we need. Got home late … Continue reading →

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Struggling On New Treadmill

Posted on January 9, 2013 by larry

Last time I ran for 18 minutes today I ran for 20 on the new treadmill, burned 304 calories which is not much over the last one of 299. Just need to punch through this slump, my body will get … Continue reading →

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Overheating Samsung Galaxy S3

Posted on January 8, 2013 by larry

Was supposed to go to gym early but when I grabbed my phone it was really hot. I think an app was running and chewing up the CPU cycles.  Not good, I suspect it was the app that communicated with … Continue reading →

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New Treadmill Is Here

Posted on January 7, 2013 by larry

Finally, I tried running on it today though, I felt really heavy and out of shape to run on it though.  Only burned 299 calories but I did go over a mile. I think lunch kind of weighed me down … Continue reading →

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Slippery Day To Run

Posted on January 6, 2013 by larry

Since our treadmill is not here yet, it delivers tomorrow, I had to go outside to run my mile.  Also walked one too, I noticed ground was extremely slippery.  Really bad conditions to run in. Time: 14:50.77 When I got … Continue reading →

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New Long Saturday Run

Posted on January 5, 2013 by larry

I am trying a new route http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=5777606 New 5k Route with a little extra Time was pretty horrible, will cal this my new 5k though. Time: 57:52 Nice that I am losing pretty fast though. Weight: 284.0

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Another Wyse Thin Client

Posted on January 4, 2013 by larry

I decided to buy a thin client I saw yesterday at RePC. It’s a wyse one and I had my reservations. But looks like it will work for me, it has a 1.2Ghz CPU, uses DDR2 for RAM, and LARD … Continue reading →

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Walking to get fit

Posted on January 3, 2013 by larry

Sometimes running hard is not how it should be done. I need to work on the diet portion of my weight loss. Doable. Anyway I did a long walk about a mile around work, and another 300+ calories on the … Continue reading →

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Returning Good Habits

Posted on January 2, 2013 by larry

I did some reflection today, I think one of the big things I need to do is go back to some of the good habits I engaged in when I was successful at getting fit. Here is the initial list … Continue reading →

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