February 2010
5 posts
2/11 North Chagrin Skiing
I went skiing at North Chagrin after work today. It was on my way home. I got off the exit and made a wrong turn. Shocking, since I’ve been to the park numerous times before. Again, I was watching the clock worried that there wasn’t going to be enough sunlight.
I wasn’t sure where to park when I got there. I parked, grabbed my skis and started exploring. The main trail was...
2/10 Park Skiing
Back to Simms park today after work for some skiing. It snowed consistently throughout the day so I was hopeful that the park conditions had improved since earlier in the week. I was glad to see that there were another 3” of snow in the park. It was drifting a bit and the wind was howling. I skied next to the trees to beat the wind and ran around the park for about an hour. I created track...
2/9 Golf course skiing
I tackled new terrain today. I checked the clock every 5 minutes at work after lunch. I was eager to get out and hit the links. Yes, golf links. Shawnee Golf course, around the corner from work, is a metroparks golf course that opens up it’s land for XC skiing.
It was snowing heavily when I left the office. I fought some bad traffic for 20 minutes, concerned that I was losing precious...
Park skiing and ski pole weaponry
Day #3 of XC skiing was a new experience. I bought my new, incredibly old, skis and ski poles from Play It Again Sports. The poles and skis were $20 together. I also bought a pair of Whitewoods ski boots. The only downside is that the boots and bindings are 75cm type vs the click-in variety. I was too anxious to wait to buy new bindings. I also didn’t want to increase the investment by $50...
24 years wasted
I can’t help feelings of disappointment with my recent joy. I found a reason to love winter in Ohio. It only took 24 years to find it out. I don’t count the first four years of my life because likely I wouldn’t have been enjoying cross country (XC) skiing or at least wouldn’t have realized how much it helps the winter blahs.
It’s truly amazing how happy I’ve...
September 2009
5 posts
160 characters aint enough for me
Twitter and blogging serve entirely different purposes for me. I don’t like twitter. I thought it could replace writing but it can’t. It’s the same travesty as people who think text messaging is a replacement for a phone conversation.
I was importing twitter updates onto this site thinking that it’d be interesting. No, its’ just noise. Twitter is more of a real-time...
it's not about you
I’ve noticed a theme on here: “the semi-annual weblog reboot”. Here it goes again. Who knows why I stop from time to time, but this time it will stick. REALLY. If it doesn’t, it doesn’t matter. The important thing is to understand why I write.
I write because it gives me an outlet. It stretches my brain beyond zeros and ones that I have to deal with every day. It...
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August 2009
5 posts
joebo: Can't wait for tuples in c# 4.0. Until... →
joebo: decided on an array - DateTime[] →
joebo: @mohlsen mentor house. commission in beer... →
joebo: having trouble getting going after 9th day... →
joebo: 28 years later... 3 gigs isn't enough for... →
June 2009
8 posts
joebo: I should have known that I was hopeless to... →
joebo: way to cheat at inbox 0 - install a new... →
joebo: note to self:don't delete all messages... →
joebo: @jenniferlgarner welcome back from FL! re:... →
joebo: booking personal travel is no fun -... →
joebo: @mohlsen bing travel rocks! i saw your... →
joebo: @ericmatz congrats! six months for me :-) →
joebo: Upgraded to the 1 litre coffee thermos. I'd... →
April 2009
26 posts
joebo: @rosspace only did about 40mi last weekend... →
joebo: chocolate covered pretzel + coffee = a... →
joebo: @rosspace nice! that's a good ride →
joebo: dear sears. fix the back button on your... →
joebo: as much as I'm getting sick of changing... →
joebo: after 5pm on a friday means it's beer per... →
joebo: trying to decide whether to keep working on... →
joebo: looking forward to the first long bike ride... →
joebo: installing performance point. not happy... →
joebo: @mspenicka here's a pdf of it ... →
joebo: tablesorter is great until you start paging... →
joebo: @muttech never had to deal with... →
joebo: hard to get excited about writing data... →
joebo: getting depressed looking at code →
joebo: less depressed after adding tests with my... →
joebo: abusing generics and lambdas with my... →
joebo: @mohlsen @alanstevens in some ways only... →
joebo: hacked together a cucumber-like inline spec... →
joebo: @alanstevens where do you hang on irc? →
joebo: happy hour (5 minutes) over. back to coding →
joebo: door + Rigid portable work support =... →
joebo: @kaitswanson 11 more to go :-) →
joebo: playing with sizzle http://is.gd/qwTH.... →
joebo: @jlinden7 @jenniferlgarner @mohlsen... →
joebo: @jlinden7 @jennifgarner @mohlsen i'm going... →
joebo: wondering if i have a.d.d. - listening to... →
March 2009
60 posts
joebo: espresso + coffee beans helped the... →