LAN computer gaming session in Kuilrivier

This last weekend was one of those infamous LAN gaming sessinos in Kuilsrivier again. We were six people for a change. It is difficult to get more than six people to show up due to various issues and excuses. The purpose of these sessions is to play computer games for fun. Often we end up having a braai as well.

We ended up playing Need for Speed Shift, Unreal Tournament 3 (UT3) and Call of Duty - World at War. There were several issues because Need for Speed is buggy as every version. World at War was a similar issue. Someone have UT3 dying during a game. I have doubts that the heat outside had much to do with this. Overall it was a fun weekend.

Google chart tools

Lately I have been eying the chart tools that Google has on the code website. I am considering using those charts to see if visualising bookings for selected date ranges will be useful. I cannot find exactly the chart that I am looking for, but there are similar charts that might be useful. Getting time to play around with this is another matter.

Barefoot running on tar road in Cape Town

Yesterday evening I decided to run to the train station from work. I ended up running barefoot (no shoes on). The idea was to see what the difference was compared to having shoes on that can slow me down due to weight. The other plan was to also get my feet used to that kind of thing for excercise reasons. On fairly smooth road surfaces this works fine, but I do not want to do this on a rough road surface.

The detour from work to the train station due to locked gate, ended up being my new best time for that route and I managed to get to the train on time. Then I switched over to another train. Once I got off there, I started doing the same running again because of clients and I had to cover 2.6 kilometers. After a big more than 1 kilometer, my feet started complaining a bit.

Birthday party in dinosaur costume

This last weekend on the Saturday morning I was inside a really hot dinosaur costume for a children's birthday party. Being in the suit was a lot of fun to perform for the kids, but it got extremely hot in there and I was sweating a lot.

Running from Mowbray to Salt River station again

For two weeks I have been working rather late. As a result of this, I was always trying to catch the 19:30 train at Salt River station, because the next one is a long wait. My work is in the suburb of Mowbray and there is the entire Observatory suburb between my work and Salt River station. Over time, I have been getting better in regards to running the entire trip. It is a lot of effort and the ground to run on is not smooth and it has some slopes.