Owls Count

Last year I ran at Culbin and made a reasonable job of it, so it was with some confidence that I returned this year. For the individual we were running on a bit to the east of the one used last summer.
I did not start too well. I allowed myself to be distracted by others [...]

The new version of WordPress adds additional protection for cookies. It is very much worth adding the config option mentioned, since it helps protect against problems where a database have already been compromised.
Hot on the heels of WordPress 2.5.0 is the security update - WP 2.5.1.
Rumours that I have as many draft posts as SKG [...]

In between all the recent orienteering I have also helped at an event. Just after Easter my parents had agreed to plan and organise the BAOC event, which was held at Blandford Camp - on the training area.
While I’ve run around the camp before, the bit we were using for this event is new to [...]

I saw this meme going around the blog world and decided to join in.
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Work
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63 svn
62 cd
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48 vi
24 sudo
24 grep
17 acroread
15 ispell
9 ./repos-update.sh
Home
57 vi
54 cd
52 rm
50 ls
25 svn
25 sudo
23 make
23 git
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14 irb

Geir mentions that GitHub is live and that ‘Git is conquering the world‘.
At this point I feel rather smug. I keep a repository of my own files on one of my machines. When I set up this repository, several years ago, I picked Subversion. However, recently the repository server has been offline and, so, I [...]

The new version (2.5) of WordPress came out recently. Upgrading this blog went smoothly.
The most noticeable change is the redesign to the admin section. It is certainly a big improvement on the old.

Qualifier
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My Route
I had a slightly slow first control, while I struggled to locate exactly where I was and where I was going. After that I kept a good pace through the first half of the course, with only a small wobble on one [...]

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My Route
From waking up on Saturday morning I was never feeling too great and this was reflected in my run. While my navigation and route choice was ok, I never managed to get a decent pace going.
For the first couple of controls my navigation was off. [...]