Gym part II

“Ouch” was spot on. I think I’m going to be sore tomorrow. But it’s a good start, and I’m happy with how it went. And after the first one, it only gets easier.

Ketchup in Kilburn

Allegedly, people in Kilburn eat around 33% more ketchup (4,400g, to be precise, according to the report. That’s ten pounds of ketchup a year!) than anywehre else in the UK. Now, they even have a shop, stocked entirely with ketchup.10,000 bottles of the stuff.

It’s only an experiment, and the proprietor will see how sales are going by the weekend. Bizarre, but true.

Overheard

“Are you vegetarian then?“

“No, I just don’t eat meat“

“Well do you eat chicken then?“

Gym

Tonight will be my first proper workout in a gym for just over a year. I’m looking forward to it – and also to sorting out some of the issues raised by the health check etc from Saturday.

However, I suspect that by the time I get home, my main word for the rest of the evening will be “Ouch“.

Lord of the Rings – The Server Farm

Via Slashdot, the studio that’s doing the computer generated rendering of the final instalment of Lord of the Rings has just received delivery of another 588 servers, all of them with 2.8Ghz chips. This is now the world’s largest collection of Intel based linked machines, and it’s all for the CGI in a film. Sounds good to me.

I wonder what they’ll be doing with all that gubbins once the film’s completed?

Unknown Names

Over on Fortune, there’s a feature about the two people who wrote QNX, ‘a crash-proof operating system’. It’s an interesting little read, about people I hadn’t heard of, who created an OS I’ve only vaguely heard of. All the same, it’s a very positive story, and worth the read.

Neighbours and Border Disputes

Reading this story in the Guardian just amazes me. Basically, a man shoots his neighbour after a two-year dispute over a hedge, for fuck’s sake. How petty can we get?

More importantly, can you think of a pettier reason to kill someone? Because of a frigging garden hedge. I despair.