Marathon training programmes, at least for inexpert runners, seem to follow a common pattern. You increase your distances gradually week by week, peaking with long runs of around three-quarters of marathon length. (Why not longer? I suppose it isn't considered worth draining your reserves completely and risking injury.) Then there's a "tapering" period for the… Continue reading Tapering
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A Marathon
The reason for all this running—or at least for running such long distances at a time—is that I've entered a marathon. It's the inaugural Marathon of the North in Sunderland on the 5th of May. Although I've lived in London for years, I come from Durham and I'm much looking forward to a run in… Continue reading A Marathon
Running around London
During the past few months, for very boring reasons, I've been spending a bit of time running relatively long distances around London. It's been quite a revelation. London is, as every Saint Etienne fan knows, a very big place1. It's hard to find the time to walk around very much of it, just because the… Continue reading Running around London
A dot com is an American domain
"Verisign seizes .com domain registered via foreign Registrar on behalf of US Authorities" (via Daring Fireball) — a gambling site based outside the US, using a .com domain registered by a non-US registrar, has had its domain seized by US authorities after prosecutors in Maryland asked Verisign, who control the top-level .com nameservers, to hand… Continue reading A dot com is an American domain
Open source licences explained
A new article about open source software licences, aimed at audio and music researchers developing their own software: http://soundsoftware.ac.uk/open-source-software-licences-explained If you notice any mistakes, please add a comment here or drop me a line.
Why the proposed US copyright regulations should worry UK citizens
Referring to today's 24-hour Wikipedia blackout in protest against proposed US copyright regulations, a colleague at work asks: Could someone explain to me why wikipedia et al wouldn't just move hosting to a different country if they have issue with US regulations... this blackout kind of implies that US law regulates the whole internet A site… Continue reading Why the proposed US copyright regulations should worry UK citizens
The Breakfast Post 