tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49366027143422604302024-03-14T06:29:51.645+01:00Battle GeekUnleash your inner nerd. Become the geek of your dreams.Jonashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08196535630580350874noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4936602714342260430.post-66244307850462403302011-09-16T11:53:00.000+02:002011-09-16T11:53:39.813+02:00New blogNot that I was ever particularly active on this blog, but I've started a new one in connection with my PhD-studies. It can be found <a href="http://jonaskalderstam.blogspot.com">here</a>. CheersJonashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08196535630580350874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4936602714342260430.post-42294580240784092912010-05-16T13:44:00.000+02:002010-05-16T13:44:44.523+02:00One week to go.Got my ticket for the marathon.. Getting nervous now. Had an injury which has prevented me from running much the last week and with just one week to go I'm getting worried... Gonna rest pretty much all of this week now, hope my legs get their act together. I'm hoping a couple of walks, barefoot, will keep up the strength in the feet.<br />
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Eddie Izzard is the greatest inspiration ever! If <b>HE</b> can run around the UK, well damn it, then I should be able to run a single lap around Copenhagen.<br />
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<strong>Part 2</strong><br />
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<strong>Part 3</strong><br />
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</div>A very interesting paper that describes gravity as an entropic force and derives Newton's and Einstein's equations from the entropy of the matter.<div><br />
</div><div>Interesting stuff indeed!</div>Jonashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08196535630580350874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4936602714342260430.post-84413951451109055372010-01-06T17:39:00.000+01:002010-01-06T17:39:08.194+01:00AchievementsSince I don't want to spend all day on the road, I've set a couple of milestones for myself. Ultimately to run a marathon in three hours.<br />
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So, to be able to train less I have to train harder.Jonashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08196535630580350874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4936602714342260430.post-34980952806083390932010-01-06T17:26:00.000+01:002010-01-06T17:26:59.554+01:00Snow prevents blisters<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Passed another milestone yesterday when I ran 20 km. I was almost home at 13km and felt I had so much energy that I'd go for it. The last two K were a bitch but I think that has something to do with me running them through the city on paths I know all too well. I seem to get much less tired when I run in newer territory.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">The most interesting thing is that I have suffered almost no ill-effects whatsoever, even though the run was completely unplanned. I have no blisters on my feet and practically no soreness in my calves. I suspect the cold weather (minus two degrees) combined with the unplowed snow on the streets acted as a natural ice bath so to speak. Usually ice baths are applied after a run, for practical reasons I suspect ;), however having that effect throughout the run seems to have helped in preventing any blistering whatsoever. While the skin is cold, the inside of the feet is quite warm so no risk of frostbite. I did discover a small hole on the side of the right foot when I got in the shower. It's as if a needle had been used to make a hole in the skin. I can feel the muscles in my right foot today, so will be giving it some rest.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">I've also noticed that running without socks in the VFF is far superior to running with socks. My pinky toes seem to get lodged a strange angle with socks which makes them hit the ground on the side which results in some pain in the nail. No socks have no such problems, however they get colder. They are the only toes that seem to suffer somewhat from the cold weather.</span></span>Jonashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08196535630580350874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4936602714342260430.post-6428275552877331552010-01-03T10:44:00.000+01:002010-01-03T10:44:13.869+01:00Marathon in 2010So I've decided to run a marathon this year. Either I'll do it at the Copenhagen Marathon in may or I'll run my own marathon on the same date. I'll be running in my Sprints and I intend to run every day, even if it's just two kilometres, until it's done.<br />
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To keep it all recorded, I'll post updates here of my progress, mostly for my own sake.<br />
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First thing's first though: creating a playlist suitable for a run of this length...Jonashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08196535630580350874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4936602714342260430.post-63771605510754293262010-01-02T22:24:00.000+01:002010-01-02T22:24:52.800+01:00Running in -10 degrees, blissIt's interesting how running in -10 degree weather feels the same as 0 degree weather once you get your steam going. Your hands also get more cold than your feet, despite similar amount of protection on both.<br />
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After a kilometre or two, it's quite pleasant. I'd say more pleasant than running during the summer actually. And of course you have the roads pretty much to yourself as well ;)Jonashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08196535630580350874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4936602714342260430.post-60582995813217574542009-12-22T21:20:00.000+01:002009-12-22T21:20:14.350+01:00White christmas<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiHWngIfCDZ3SbnekKYc3Jnq99rbGY1I4JYhXSAUDmtc2wI2hQKxAnZL-RB87ynMgDeaqIupkPwX0XelALDuGKl5vFkzD8vdgVnedVfxe61Nni0nUGNsWE18X17e9bDxcS1YFgd-dglVA/s1600-h/IMG_0292.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiHWngIfCDZ3SbnekKYc3Jnq99rbGY1I4JYhXSAUDmtc2wI2hQKxAnZL-RB87ynMgDeaqIupkPwX0XelALDuGKl5vFkzD8vdgVnedVfxe61Nni0nUGNsWE18X17e9bDxcS1YFgd-dglVA/s320/IMG_0292.JPG" /></a><br />
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</div>Winter is great!Jonashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08196535630580350874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4936602714342260430.post-49564445005254917142009-10-08T07:14:00.000+02:002009-10-08T07:14:43.023+02:00If you get an abortion in Oklahoma, it will be posted on a public website.What possible motivation did they use to motivate <a href="http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/10/07/okla_abortion/index.html">painting a huge target on every woman who gets an abortion</a>? Apparantly, the information will help the government to "decrease" the number of abortions. Banning abortions is one thing (namely retarded), but this is more akin to accessory to murder. And of course numbers are going to go down when you're facing quite a good chance of being fire bombed.Jonashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08196535630580350874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4936602714342260430.post-23039646294988149982009-10-07T00:41:00.000+02:002009-10-07T00:41:14.060+02:00Make your sketch in to a real image.Cool stuff.<div><br />
</div><object width="400" height="300"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=6496886&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" /><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=6496886&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="300"></embed></object><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/6496886">PhotoSketch: Internet Image Montage</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user2276797">tao chen</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p>Jonashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08196535630580350874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4936602714342260430.post-47243491097538421262009-09-17T21:26:00.000+02:002009-09-17T21:26:07.534+02:00It happened like I thought, only slowerSeeing the trailer for <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFsRfjVM_Wo">Halo 3: ODST</a> I started thinking "hey, I should really take care of that Xbox Live issue". (see my <a href="http://battlegeek.blogspot.com/2009/08/why-after-15-years-i-decided-to-end-my.html">previous post</a> if you don't know what I'm talking about) But you know what? Microsoft finally did what I thought they'd do before. They cancelled my gold membership and reverted it back to silver. No more credit card nonsense. Yay! :)<br />
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Now I find myself in possession of all current generation consoles. It just kind of happened. It really did!Jonashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08196535630580350874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4936602714342260430.post-8489799056091093992009-09-01T11:53:00.003+02:002009-09-10T09:23:41.179+02:00Breaking through the great firewall of China/workWe've all experienced it. We've all hated it. <i>Web filtering</i>. Say it again. <i>Filtering</i>. It's disgusting just to hear it, let alone utter it. It's not filtering. Filtering is what you do to keep bugs out of your water. This is <i>censorship</i>. Well we will stand for it no more! It is time you fought back! And you can! All you need is access to a computer (Windows/Linux/Mac) with a clear line to the Internet, somewhere on the planet. <br />
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First download <a href="http://www.virtualbox.org/">VirtualBox</a> and <a href="http://www.ubuntu.com/">Ubuntu</a> then install VirtualBox. Once that's complete you should be presented with a window like below. Hit the big blue "New" button in the upper left corner. Then... You know what? Just follow the pictures. I'll be back once you get to the interesting bits. <b>*walks off and gets some water*</b><br />
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Right, now you have a virtual machine with a virtual harddrive. In order to run services on the VM that are accessible to the outside world we'll need to change the network interface of the VM. So open "Settings" and select "Network" in the left menu. Under "Attached to:" select Bridged Adapter. This will give the VM a clear path to your router (or the Internet if you don't have a router). Under "Name:" you select your network card. Most people only have one but if you have several, you might have to change this if the VM can't access the network later on.<br />
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While we're in here, we might as well make sure the VM boots our Ubuntu image as well. Go to "CD/DVD-ROM". Open the media manager (marked in red). Select "Add". Browse to the ISO file you downloaded from Ubuntu earlier, select it, and you should have the window looking like below.<br />
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Now you're done! Press the big "Start" button and install Ubuntu once the desktop has loaded. The standard button to release your mouse and keyboard from the prison of the VM is your RIGHT CTRL key.<br />
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Select your keyboard layout, time zone etc. Just use the default selected option for hard drive partitioning. Let the installation program worry about that stuff. This is what I selected on step 5 where you choose your account name and password. Quite nice not to be forced to log in every time you start the VM.<br />
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Once the installtion is done, don't hit "Restart Now". We don't want to restart, we want to shut down. So hit "Continue Testing", then shutdown using the red power button in the upper right corner. Go back into "Settings" and deselect "Mount CD/DVD Drive", hit OK. <br />
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Now Start the machine again. You should see it booting up from the virtual hard drive instead of the CD image now. Now we're gonna install SSH and Privoxy. Open the package manager and enter your password when prompted.<br />
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Mark OpenSSH-server and Privoxy for installation, the click Apply.<br />
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Congratulations, you are done. Both SSH and Privoxy will autostart with your VM. To actually use it I'm going to assume you're on your windows machine in China/at work. If you want help with this step on a Linux/Mac machine, say so in a comment below.<br />
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Download <a href="http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/%7Esgtatham/putty/download.html">Putty</a>. Open it. Putty is a bit weird in the way that it saves/loads sessions, so don't forget save at the end. Input the your IP. This should be your external IP, meaning the one that is usually given to you router. The port is 22 (default for SSH). Your router should forward port 22 to the IP of your virtual machine. And finally input a name as well.<br />
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Next set up a SSH tunnel like the picture, don't forget to click "Add".<br />
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Save your session so you can load it next time you open Putty.<br />
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Now click "Open" and log into your VM. All that's left is configuring your web browser to use your proxy server. This is what you should do in Firefox:<br />
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All done. Happy surfing! In a later post I will explain how to use your proxy server with any program, even those that don't support proxy servers (e.g. games). Because playing games in China/at work would be pretty sweet eh.<br />
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Edit: If you get the problem that Putty does not seem to be able to reach your computer you might have to enter some proxy details in it. You're most likely following this guide because the place you are at is using some kind of proxy server in the first place. You'll have to enter the proxy details in Putty here:<br />
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I recently got myself a Playstation 3. I know what you must be thinking: "But Geek, did you not already own an Xbox360 and a Wii? Surely one doesn't need more than that? Especially since 99% of all games are released for both the Xbox360 and PS3! More importantly, have you not dedicated yourself to Sony's destruction ever since the launch of the Playstation 1 marginalised the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultra_64">Ultra 64</a>?" That was exactly my argument when I got the Xbox360 (that, and it was cheaper).<br />
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So why did I now a year later buy a PS3 after all? Because Microsoft is a bunch of fucking <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_rights_management">DRM</a> pushing <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_patent_debate">software patent</a> lobbying dip shits carrying the plague of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monolithic_system">monolithic</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legacy_code">legacy code</a> bases.<br />
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I shouldn't be surprised. Since that was my opinion of Microsoft even before this shit fell into my lap.<br />
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It all started with the release of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street_Fighter_IV">Street Fighter 4</a>. Which in my humble opinion is <span style="font-weight: bold;">THE</span> fighting game, ever to be released; edging in just in front of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/index.html?curid=2918217">Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tournament Fighters</a> for the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snes">SNES</a>. The killer feature in favour of SF4 is the inclusion of online play. Finally, I have access to <span style="font-style: italic;">billions</span> of opponents (I realise the actual number of SF4 players might be substantially lower).<br />
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Here's the kicker, to play online on the Xbox360 you have to pay up. Microsoft won't let you use their network for actual gaming unless you pay a monthly fee of $7.99. Thinking I'll actually only play actively for one or two months anyway, I pay for 3 months of gold membership (as they call it) for a whopping $20. As I always do, I create a virtual credit card with precisely $20 on it, input the info on my Xbox360, and boom I'm in the game getting my ass kicked by unknown stranger after unknown stranger.<br />
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Time goes, and I play less and less (perhaps mainly because the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D-pad">D-pad</a> on the Xbox360 sucks donkey balls). As I predicted, I have no wish to extend my gold membership. Along comes a mail from Microsoft indicating that they can not withdraw the necessary membership fee from my credit card (as I intended). Seeing as how the console is shipped with a one month trial membership which automatically reverts to the normal silver membership once the time is up, I believed that the same principle would apply when they didn't get the cash from me. How wrong I was.<br />
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First they just suspended my gold membership effectively making it silver. "Great!" I thought to myself, just what I wanted. I could still download demos and use the Xbox Live Store and all, just not play online which I didn't want to. But soon after, they suspend my entire account! No access to Xbox Live at all! I even tried creating a new account, but no luck. Must be bound the console or something.<br />
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Then I actually start looking into resolving this shit because I actually wanted to use Xbox Live to download demos and buy Live games. And it turns out, there's is no way to cancel your subscription for gold membership through the console. Oh there's a big "Sign Up" button, but no bloody "Cancel" button. Apparently the only way was to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xbox_live#Pricing_and_subscriptions"><span style="font-weight: bold;">PHONE</span> </a>them! Excuse me? Phone? I hardly have a phone. I consider my iPhone to be more of a wearable computer than a phone. You're a computer company for fuck's sake! Get with the program and put your shit online! A friend later told me that you could through <a href="https://billing.microsoft.com/">https://billing.microsoft.com/</a> but note that it was NOT possible through the Xbox Live homepage, which I thought was the natural place to look.<br />
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Now, that they've locked my account however, I can't go through that page. I'll have to call them, or give them a new credit card with credits on it. Not being that fond of the whole concept of speaking with customer service, I start thinking of alternatives. There's only one series that's Xbox360 exclusive that I'm interested in and that's <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_effect">Mass Effect</a> (fucking amazing game). With numbers two and three looming on the horizon, I have to get this shit sorted. Luckily, it's released for Windows PCs. My computer having been upgraded to a kick ass 8(4) core iCore7 and GTX260, that's good news. I still wanted a machine to handle my media playing needs and the other 99% of games that are cross platform and that's where the PS3 comes in.<br />
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For my media viewing needs, it's everything I ever wanted. It plays everything smoothly over the network, or USB stick. It's fast, even when browsing through my external media drive which the Xbox360 frankly was shit at. It's also glossy black so it happens to looks terribly good in front of my glossy black Samsung TV. Korean and Japanese technology fused together in a dark, shiny glory. It's not perfect however.<br />
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Why the fuck does everything have to <span style="font-style: italic;">install</span>? I pop a game disc in it, it has to <span style="font-style: italic;">install </span>it. I download a demo from the Playstation Network, it has to <span style="font-style: italic;">install </span>it after it's done downloading. It's not a fucking PC. It shouldn't have to install anything. No one ever accused a Playstation of being free of loading times though.<br />
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I have to give praise for the use of a standard PC power connector and having its <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_supply">PSU</a> internally (another area where Microsoft fails miserably). This meant I could buy my PS3 from the UK and not worry about their <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AC_power_plugs_and_sockets#Type_G">idiot three pin plug</a>. Just take a spare cable with a proper plug from the closet, plug in, and I'm done. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hdmi">HDMI </a>connector in the back, thank you very much. So I ended up using none of the cables that came with the thing (except the USB cable for recharging the controller). Built in WiFi meant I could get rid of the network cable that had been blocking the entrance to the kitchen. The Xbox360 does not come with built in WiFi. For that you have to cough up about another €70. Effectively making it more expensive, while having less features, than the Playstation 3 at current prices. Way to go <a href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=491434607197997836">mr Balmer</a>.<br />
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Oh and the controller. I never really did like the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamepad#PlayStation">PS controller</a> being a SNES <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamepad#Super_Nintendo_Entertainment_System">zealot</a>. But it's quite good I have to say. I still don't like the square, triangle and so forth labeling on the buttons. I just find it confusing because I can't devise an easy system for remembering their locations. But the D-pad.. Yeah, it fucking <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pwn">pwns</a> the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamepad#Xbox_360">Xbox360 controller</a> <span style="font-weight: bold;">in the face</span>.Jonashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08196535630580350874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4936602714342260430.post-54162030391190127592009-08-18T16:39:00.004+02:002009-08-18T16:47:10.776+02:00Back from PragueSpent the weekend in Prague. Sunny skies and warm weather. A fantastic city with grand sights and good beer.<br /><br />Best thing I ate was roast pork knee. Yes, a knee, I kid you not! The place had actually drawn a pig on a blackboard and a large arrow indicated the knee quite clearly.<br /><br />I believe I share my love of knees with wolves and beers.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAuF38dYA7TI-khkDSQEqcsnWZL5R7nr8byGSY5ADbDkDlAw7tbtGwPpxkPcQaedi3yqu1bWXcu3-AJYGCOkgpI1vIbmE4ZQgIxRJRKto32NBuWGhWWUQP3DCJZ8rZr2N1rEQb5_83LL8/s1600-h/DSCN0772.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAuF38dYA7TI-khkDSQEqcsnWZL5R7nr8byGSY5ADbDkDlAw7tbtGwPpxkPcQaedi3yqu1bWXcu3-AJYGCOkgpI1vIbmE4ZQgIxRJRKto32NBuWGhWWUQP3DCJZ8rZr2N1rEQb5_83LL8/s400/DSCN0772.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371314822800281698" border="0" /></a>Jonashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08196535630580350874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4936602714342260430.post-42626536850305717292009-08-10T12:58:00.002+02:002009-08-10T13:02:42.440+02:00Seriously boredI three weeks I'll have left my current job and started my physics studies. Until then I am doomed to labour in boredom it seems. Parallell to my leaving, my department is transferring to China; meaning less and less for us over here to do.<br /><br />I am literally not doing anything work related at work these days. And it sucks...Jonashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08196535630580350874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4936602714342260430.post-78400741070055347792009-08-03T16:22:00.002+02:002009-08-03T16:24:26.157+02:00Victory!Success! Or kinda.. Will be adding my run statistics only on Twitter from here on and they will be listed to the right here. Would be nice to have some form of automatic statistics available, like total distance travelled this month, but this will do for now. Too bad Trailguru is way too promiscuous about the information it gives out. I just want that stats, not the bloody map.Jonashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08196535630580350874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4936602714342260430.post-9117407723837720792009-08-03T11:29:00.002+02:002009-08-03T11:33:03.867+02:00Pointless posts piling up.Thursday: 4,2 km. Time: 22 minutes<br />Friday: 7 km. Time: 45 minutes<br /><br />I have to see what I can do about putting these posts somewhere less conspicious. I'd like to have them in the sidebar so I don't have to write a whole post just about running 2 km. I'll have to see what I can do about that...Jonashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08196535630580350874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4936602714342260430.post-38793540218826776412009-07-30T15:32:00.000+02:002009-07-30T15:34:50.836+02:002 km of pure joyRan 2 km yesterday. Didn't want to overstrain my legs so soon after my 12k run on monday. I could pick up the pace during the second half and came in at about 6 min/km, hardly out of breath or sweaty. The vibrams rock!Jonashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08196535630580350874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4936602714342260430.post-18051229630301651172009-07-30T13:31:00.009+02:002009-08-18T16:48:09.770+02:00No more niesas<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4AMpost7Cit0YZKbc24R7XJREhjXolhCroTVT6ZlQTXfTxB-kffwgiuPZ3HRXQQXXOHSw_N21zqkXDQvQn33CO2PX5iwfsBzbVe_I5Jk5gB92YxCRuLAuN1oYUILEje5BFBWYQuThYes/s1600-h/niesa.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 324px; height: 336px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4AMpost7Cit0YZKbc24R7XJREhjXolhCroTVT6ZlQTXfTxB-kffwgiuPZ3HRXQQXXOHSw_N21zqkXDQvQn33CO2PX5iwfsBzbVe_I5Jk5gB92YxCRuLAuN1oYUILEje5BFBWYQuThYes/s400/niesa.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364224335373679810" border="0" /></a><br />Finally decided to return the niesas after all. The reasons were several and I'm gonna try and explain them below but to make short story shorter: they were just a bad fit.<br /><br /><ul><li><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" >Length</span>: As you can read in my previous post about the Feelmax Niesa, the size I ordered (42) was slightly too small for me. My feet were touching both the backside with the heal and front with the big toe. My toes are claustrophobic but that was a bit too tight for my liking.</li><br /><li><span style="font-weight: bold;">Width</span>: I'm not sure if I should describe this as too tight or too loose. But it wasn't good. I felt my pinky being squashed against the side of the shoe, but my heal seemed to slip and slide alot in the back. I want more room for toes, less for the heal.</li><br /><li><span style="font-weight: bold;">Height</span>: The top edge of the shoe is pretty high. So high in fact that it was constantly shafing and cutting into the bones of my lower leg (those knobs sticking out). This would of course make it necessary to wear high socks (which I wasn't) to protect the skin. Doesn't that feel slightly contradictory for a shoe supposed to mimic <span style="font-weight: bold;">barefooting</span>?</li><br /><li><span style="font-weight: bold;">Adjustability</span>: The shoes have three non-adjustable rubber bands where normal shoe laces would have gone; and a velcro strap above. Problem is you can't properly secure your foot inside, most likely giving rise to the problem of the slipping heal I described earlier. If the shoe is supposed to be like a sock, and they are really too small for me, why can't I get them tight around my foot?</li></ul>I'm just generally disappointed by Feelmax. Was hoping for a better product than that. Life isn't easy when you're comparing everything to your vibrams, which guess what, <span style="font-weight: bold;">fits like a glove</span>!Jonashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08196535630580350874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4936602714342260430.post-33705927667616142272009-07-28T19:51:00.005+02:002009-08-18T16:47:56.830+02:00Got my Feelmax Niesas!The niesas arrived today! They're a snug fit and I was contemplating if I should send them back for a size larger. However after walking around the house I have to conclude that it's just my claustrophobic toes talking once more.<div><br /></div><div>I'll be using them mainly for walking so should be alright anyway. But I guess I have to take em for a run sometime just to see what they're like.</div><div><br /></div><div>The sole is really thin though. If the vibrams are gloves for the foot, the niesas are more like outdoor socks. They feel alot like the super grippy socks everyone used to wear indoors when I was a kid. Will write more once I've had a chance to try them out more.</div>Jonashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08196535630580350874noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4936602714342260430.post-34353528668569855982009-07-28T09:56:00.003+02:002009-07-30T15:35:28.384+02:00How to run barefootReally good video that shows how to land with your feet. I have to work on this. Thanks to <a href="http://barefootchronicles.googlepages.com/">shoeless Ultra Jason</a> for this.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/9AlzElCH2_E&hl=sv&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/9AlzElCH2_E&hl=sv&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Jonashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08196535630580350874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4936602714342260430.post-65801422301703010462009-07-28T09:14:00.004+02:002009-08-18T16:47:40.086+02:00AftermathArgh. Woke up this morning, knees still tired. It's like all the muscles surrounding my kneecaps have just given up. My feet held up nicely though. Wearing socks in the vibrams is really a must when running. Only ended up with 2 very small blisters on my right foot.<br /><br />Hoping my Feelmax Niesas arrive today or tomorrow. Will be nice to be able to walk barefoot and not feel like society is expecting me to take up drugs and buy a volkswagen bus..Jonashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08196535630580350874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4936602714342260430.post-28228736584728599192009-07-27T20:21:00.006+02:002009-07-30T15:36:25.196+02:00First!Went for a run with the vibrams. Purposefully forced myself to run slower than normal so my calfs wouldn't give up with a big jolt of pain. Was aiming for 10k but was out for 1:35. Had to walk the last kilometre because my knees were tired! Not in pain, but tired...<br /><br />Weird feeling.<br /><br />Update: Ended up to be about 12k. So I ran 10 km and walked the last 2.Jonashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08196535630580350874noreply@blogger.com0