(Disclaimer: Chicago is not ‘home’ for me…that would certainly be Islamabad. However, I do have a very real emotional connection.) The Chicago Tribune posted a very nice poll about the 7 wonders of Chicago. A little curious that Chicago-style pizza didn’t make it, but I do agree about picking Lower Wacker Drive over Michigan Avenue — [...]
Archive for September, 2005
WEP cracking
12Sep05The worst part about moving to a new city is most certainly the period when you’re Internet-less. I was lucky in that my corporate housing here in London had excellent broadband, with 802.11g to boot! Since I’ve moved out of there, however, my flatmates and I have been forced to sit in uncomfortable positions with [...]
Military Press
07Sep05Military press (in power rack): - 15 x 10 - 16.25 x 7 - 16.25 x 6 - 16.25 x 5 Lateral raises: - 7 x 10 - 7 x 10 - 7 x 10 Front raises: - 7 x 10 - 10 x 10 - 10 x 8 Bent-over rows (more like bent-over facepulls with dumbbells): - 8 x 10 - 11 x 10 And by that tme the gym [...]
Jeez, you know it’s time to get some sleep when it takes you 15 minutes (plus a reboot!) to figure out how to reference your SQL Server instance. I installed SQL Express on my machine and tried to connect with the machine name, localhost and several other choice words before finally trying zujitsu\sqlexpress, which did [...]
Madeleine Peyroux & Stacey Kent
01Sep05I’ve heard a couple of fabulous modern jazz singers in the last few weeks. Madeleine Peyroux, a wonderful singer with the same rich voice as Billie Holiday is now officially top 15 on my list of current artists, even though she’s only got a couple of songs that I really truly love, namely Careless Love [...]
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