Back to swimming

I hurt my achilles tendon(s?) sometime at the end of apr/early may. It hasn't been getting better, so I decided to stop standing (I had switched to a standing desk) and stop running.

Still had to do something, so I did biking and swimming.

It was really awesome getting back into the pool. The first day I went the 50mx25m pool was setup as a 50m pool, which is great. Water was cold and I did 1km.

I need to find a way to keep on swimming, maybe do two 30 min-ish workouts some days.

side note: I bought running shoes :( . Apparently it gets "hot" in July (making the road hot), and I am not sure that I am going to get up to 10k by July 4th on my bare feets [sic]. So, plan is to wear the VFF KSOs a bit while running until the 10k. I'll use them when in inner cities (oh the needles!!! (common reaction)), and for trail/river stuff.

Let over lambda saves the day (sbcl threads)

Messing with threads and sbcl/common lisp.

(loop for n from 1 to parallel-decision-num do
       (format t "~&outsidethread~a" n)
       (sleep 0.5)
       (sb-thread:make-thread
        (let ((m n))
          (lambda ()
            (sleep (random 5))
            (format t "~&insidethread~a" m)
            (sleep 2)))))

Remember to use a let so that the threads all have their own scope as you are spawning them. Also, join those mo-fos back up so that you don't cause horrible things.

(loop for thread in (sb-thread:list-all-threads)
   do
   (if (equal thread sb-thread:*current-thread*)
       '()
       (sb-thread:join-thread thread)))

Probably not the best way to do it, but it is *a* way.

M1911 Adoption Centennial

The M1911 was adopted on March 29, 1911.

To celebrate, I gathered my M1911(well, technically closer to the M1911A1 standard, but I digress) owning friends (friend).

Highlights of the celebration included "eyes closed" 1911 disassembly and reassembly.

My best times for eyes closed were: 41 seconds disassembly, 76 seconds reassembly.
Best times for eyes open was 19 seconds disassembly (stupid barrel bushing!) and 38 seconds reassembly.

Andy got 12 seconds disassembly with his eyes open, he basically picked it up and shook it and parts rained down. He was consistently faster at disassembly but slower with assembly. I think that my disregard for light scratches from the slide stop helped me there.

Went and got the patent for it, number 984519. I found something that shocked me, apparently the firearm originally had a magazine disconnect. Glad he came to his senses. I think one element of the longevity can be attributed to the nice trigger (ha, also that the plans are available and not patent encumbered like other newer designs).

Anyway, thanks JMB, PBUH.

Update: Thinking about the magazine disconnect, it *should* be possible to make one that does not affect trigger pull. I'll need to look at the hi-power and see why it increases trigger pull/gritty-ness. Anyone want to donate to the "Get me a hi-power" fund?

Just in: We interrupt this lack of posts for...

Just thought I would let people know how I am feeling. I have in my bloodstream:

Cetirizine Hydrochloride (Zyrtec)
mometasone furoate monohydrate (nasonex)
Diphenhydramine (Benadryl)
Acetaminophen, Dextromethorphan hydrobromide, phenylephrine (Alka-Seltzer Plus Day)

Reason?:
Pollen count soars (2248 grains per cubic meter of air) 89 is the max that can be called moderate, 1500 is the max high, and anything about that is very high.

Also might have a cold, which is why I was on the Alka-seltzer.

Blog posts coming soon (aren't they always?), I need to fix a computer to get some photos off of it.

Friday at 5pm, really?

I seem to be at peak productivity on Friday at 5pm.

wtf?

really!?

Anyways, heading home.

Two stitches

I got two stitches today.

It is most likely a cyst, the doctor said it didn't need to be removed.

It was driving me crazy, so I had it removed anyway. She might have taken out a bit more flesh than she needed to because it was easier. Next time, I might just grab an exacto knife and some dental floss and take care of it.

Thats a crop from a larger photo, but I doubt you want to see my chest and part of a nipple.

side note: Its hard to take a good picture of your skin with a cell phone camera while using a mirror. I was probably moving slightly.

Blog posts i write in my head

For the last few months I have been writing blog posts in my head.

Then, when I get to the computer, I consume rather than create.

I have forgotten most of the ones I have written, but I need to figure out a way to remember them.

Maybe write it down like I do for other stuff with a pen?

Anyway, a friend has asked his non-blogging friends to get back on it. so here I am.

Gross post to follow.