Don’t ask why, but I was mucking with Excel this morning and came across this new error:
What!? What dumb design decision made this possible? Who developed this?
A great way to start your morning.
Eclipse Summit Europe 2009 5K
By Chris Aniszczyk
Are you registered for Eclipse Summit Europe 2009 yet? I am!
Besides presenting about OSGi Versioning and Testing… I plan on hosting a 5K run every morning:
If you’re interested in running, make sure to check off the proper box while you register for ESE.
Hope to see everyone out there!
Keep Austin Weird 5K 2009
By Chris Aniszczyk
Yesterday, I participated in the Keep Austin Weird 5K. Let’s just say I woke up… started to walk to the start line from my flat and it looked pretty dreary:
I finally made it to the start line and it started to pour:
The race was delayed about 15 minutes for some unknown reason… at least the announcer was entertaining… I learned that the record for a 5K in a two-man horse costume is about 37 minutes. The race eventually started and I got off to a good start… I hit the 1st mile marker at about 6:15 and then my soaked shoes started to feel like dead weight. I slowed down quite a bit and made it to the finish line at a disappointing 20:18… at least I got to see the AGLCC finish with their skirts and rainbows:
To help with my speed, I’m going to focus on speed work the next couple of months as my normal 5K time usually floats just about 19 minutes. The next race on the agenda is the Austin Marathon Relay hosted by SI.
Hood to Coast Relay 2009
By Chris Aniszczyk
Last weekend, I participated in the Hood to Coast 2009 Relay race. It starts at the top of Mount Hood, stretches 197 miles, has 36 legs and finishes in Seaside, Oregon.
My team finished 197 injury-free miles in 26:58:54!
I had the honor of doing the following legs:
I ran an average of about a 6:30 mile for each of the legs with no injuries so I’m happy!
I highly recommend the race to anyone who hasn’t done it before… it’s beautiful!
This weekend it’s the Zilker Relays!
Emma’s Revenge 18K Trail Run 2009
By Chris Aniszczyk
Last weekend, I particpated in Pure Austin’s XTERRA Emma’s Revenge 18K trail run.
It was fun race out in Emma Long Park involving two 9K loops. I have doubts that the actual race was a full 18K, but I managed to finish in 1:12:08 which landed me 11th overall and 4th in my age group. I just missed getting an award… it looked like a gigantic alka seltzer tablet!
This upcoming weekend, I’ll be in Portland to run the Hood to Coast relay with Team Smart!
197 miles and sleep deprivation here we come! Wish me luck!
Developer Stereotypes
By Chris Aniszczyk
A colleague of mine recently pointed me to Adobe’s Flash Catalyst product which partially makes use of Eclipse!
Adobe seems to be doing some interesting stuff trying to link the work designers and developers do. It looks slick, but will it work in practice, I’m not sure yet. What caught my attention was their characterization of developers and designers:
Can you guess the developer ;)?
If you guessed the guy with the dirty stache, collect your prize. I guess it’s a step up from RMS.
Now that I think about it… it could be worse 😉
San Francisco Half Marathon 2009
By Chris Aniszczyk
Last weekend, along with 21,000 other people, I participated in the San Francisco Marathon.
It was a scenic race, albeit a cold one for me since I’m used to running in 100 degree weather in Austin, Texas. I don’t know why people are crazy about SF weather… it’s cold and foggy almost all the time 😉
I ran the half marathon distance because I wanted to be useful next week and I had a bunch of friends running that distance also. I was suppose to start in the first wave, however, I decided to start in the last wave as that’s what I was peer pressured into. It was the first time I started a race all the way in the back so the view was interesting.
When the wave started, we were moving at a very slow pace since things were congested. After about 5 minutes, things opened up a bit near the marina district in San Francisco so I decided to take off. I then hit the Golden Gate bridge which turned out to be a gigantic traffic jam.
It was like running a single-track trail race… very difficult to pass people but kind of fun in a strange way as you invent ways to pass people without running into someone else.
In the end with all the people dodging, I ran the half marathon in 1:36:
This weekend I have a 60k trail race coming up, Capt’n Karl’s 2nd Annual All Nighter! All I know is that it starts Friday at 7pm… and that they start the 30k racers at 7:30am on Saturday. I guess that means we have at least 12 hours to finish the race 😉
Los Chupacabras De La Noche Trail Race 2009
By Chris Aniszczyk
I had the pleasure of running the Chupa 10k trail race last weekend in San Antonio.
I finished incredibly happy and in record time, 33:55!
The only problem was that instead of running 10K, we got lost and ran an 8.5K! This was surprising given that the course was well marked with glow sticks everywhere. Oh well, to celebrate our good fortune, we drank Alamo Beer since we were able to get to the party early.
Eclipsepedia and FCKeditor
By Chris Aniszczyk
Eclipsepedia got a subtle upgrade yesterday with the FCKeditor extension.
It should be easier to edit wiki pages for people who don’t like to deal with the wiki syntax directly.
If you love wiki sytnax, simply select the ‘Wikitext’ button:
Thank you Eclipse webmasters!