Twitter broke so will have to blog instead

Steve Castledine  20 May 2008 09:45:05

Twitter broke so I will have to blog instead :)

Well the inevitable happened the other week and Leicester were relegated into the 3rd tier of English football for the first time, ever (now only 8 English clubs who have never been there). This is not that many seasons after we were relegated from the Premiership after finishing in the top ten for many seasons. The misery of this is captured here on the BBC.

The only "sports" bright spot is that Leicester Tigers Rugby Union got into the play off finals with an exciting victory over Gloucester at the weekend. As defending champions this was a complete fluke as a few weeks ago we were dead and buried after a poor season.

Work is busy with many things overlapping each other so trying to manage my time better than I ever have been able to before. I even spent a day a few weeks back rescuing what used to be my inbox - it was a disaster zone with such a flow of email. Managing it better is something I will work out when I get some time - the "not urgent" things tend to disappear forever whilst dealing with stuff that needs to be done.

I tried using folders a long time ago but that failed miserably. I tend now just to flag stuff I have not touched and leave it in the inbox and use Notes 8 search to locate stuff. I also delete as many emails as possible that have no need to be stored. I do wish I could also mark outgoing emails as "not important" so they did not get saved then my outbox would just be a record of stuff I need to "record" going out.

I'm trying to put together a "1stop shop" for blog template documentation. This keeps being held back by deadline work on Notes 8.02 and 8.5 - but it is high on my priorities. There are some interesting projects going on using the template which I will share at a later date.

I'm also about to write a paper on Domino and XSS, A security threat which is more often than not ignored in the Domino development world.

On the running front, after making my joints into saw dust after last years training for a marathon and having to rest for 3/4 months, I started training about 10 weeks ago again. 7 miles is my usual lunch time run with the occasional 10 mile and for sprint work 3 mile. I'm starting to feel the "wear out" affects again so need to monitor how I go and maybe take some rest again. Playing football tonight will show whether the "rubbing" feeling in my hip is just a temporary thing or if its starting to go wrong again. If I can continue my training I want to do some half marathons this year - I think full marathons are beyond my joints capabilities to withstand the training. I'm 35 but have battered my body for years and years with football etc - its starting to catch up with me.

Millie continues to grow and amaze. She seems the best behaved baby on the planet. At 10/11 weeks old she sleeps through most night's. She usually only cries when she is hungry and spends her days chattering away and smiling/laughing. She is definitely the boss around here though, and she has decided that its best if she holds her bottle now in case we take it off her when she dribbles :)

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