Monthly Archives: November 2017

This weeks links (2017-11-27)

In brief: * Getting in early this year Running: * Cycling: * Some reading/listening: *

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Black Friday? #OptOutside

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Wednesday WIN (2017-Nov-22)

Testing Ourselves by Kilian Jornet an Emelie Forsberg ❝ Is it possible to climb an 8,000m mountain in two weeks? What sort of acclimatisation is necessary and how does it affect the body? These are the questions Kilian Jornet and … Continue reading

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Trail Gear – Two Bays Trail Run 28km

Moving this across to the blog so that it is in a location that I can refer to and update easily. Just in case Rohan Day is watching, I’ll link directly to to http://www.twobaystrailrun.com/iEntrantInfo.html right up here at the top … Continue reading

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HIKING POLES – Trail racing

1.) Buy a good quality set of poles. ❝In Europe you would be the odd one out not to be using poles in a trail running event. In Australasia it is almost the opposite. You are considered to be a … Continue reading

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Tuesday Tunes‬ #258 – Vale Malcolm Young: AC/DC co-founder and guitarist

ACDC Malcolm Mitchell Young (6 January 1953 – 18 November 2017) was a Scottish-Australian musician and songwriter, best known as a co-founder, rhythm guitarist, backing vocalist and songwriter for the hard rock band AC/DC. Except for a brief absence in … Continue reading

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This weeks links (2017-11-20)

In brief: * Insight : Season 2017 Episode 40 — Pushing the Limits This Insight episode hears from people that are driven to push their body to its limits. And explores the role of the mind, does it control the … Continue reading

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YES

Nearly eight out of 10 eligible Australians (79.5 percent) expressed their view. All states and territories recorded a majority Yes response, with 7,817,247 (61.6 percent) responding Yes. Now it’s the government’s turn – If you cannot legislate on the will … Continue reading

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Firefox Quantum (v.57.0)

Version 57.0, first offered to Release channel users on November 14, 2017 Today we’re thrilled to introduce you to our brand new browser — Firefox Quantum. What you’ll notice first is that the new Firefox is blazing fast. In fact, … Continue reading

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Pratchat 02 Mort

According to LSpace’s Discworld reading order guide (v2.21), Mort is the first book in the Death Novels thread of Discworld books. Mort Terry Pratchett – Mort (1987) ( Death, #1; Discworld, #4 ) 🎧 Mort, like many teenagers, is gangly, … Continue reading

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