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Well that was disappointing! Subject didn¹t transfer across and the images in the signature just got plastered all over the place without any structure.

Posting to Tumblr via email

Hitting the keyboard

After the demise of Posterous (why? oh why??!?!) I tried this little tool to migrate my old content to Tumblr... I should have paid more attention, because now Posterous is no more and only half my content with most images broken got here.

Oh well, that's my fault.

The point of this post? I'm going to try use this thing... see if it is any good, if it is, I will blog more regularly from now on, if not, I'll have to look at Blogger or a Wordpress site of sorts.

Here goes...

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Hi,

I just moved my posts from Posterous! Do go though my blog for all the new posts.

Its easy to migrate try JustMigrate

3Crumbs app - Are you the local thrifter we all have been looking for?

Taylor's art... She insisted I post it to Facebook

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Uh oh!!! Data Centre disaster Fwd: LGA11 - Hurricane Update

Begin forwarded message:

From: Internap <[email protected]> Date: 30 October 2012 9:43:46 SAST To: <[email protected]> Subject: LGA11 - Hurricane Update Reply-To: Internap <[email protected]>

LGA11 - Hurricane Update

Hurricane Update: LGA11

Dear Customer, **EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION** Please be advised that Internap's LGA11 facility is experiencing significant flooding in the sub-basement of the 75 Broad Street building as a result of Hurricane Sandy. The flooding has submerged and destroyed the site's diesel pumps and is preventing fuel from being pumped to the generators on the mezzanine level. The available fuel reserves on the mezzanine level are estimated to be nearly depleted and able to support customer loads for less than 2 hours. Once this fuel supply has been exhausted the generator will no longer be able to sustain operation and critical customer power loads will be lost. For those who have not done so already, we urge you to take necessary remote action, if shutting down equipment in a more graceful fashion is possible before the outage occurs. The building itself is being evacuated and no remote hands support will be available to assist in any equipment shutdown. Life safety is our number one priority and we are making plans to completely exit the facility. No customer access to the building is possible at this time either. Agile customers are advised to begin shutting down their servers immediately. For our Pro-managed customers, the customer support team has begun shutting down your servers gracefully to avoid damage to your equipment. For our cloud customers, we have already shutdown the infrastructure and your virtual machines will be restarted once power is restored. Internap will continue to work hard to assess the situation and our recovery plans, and will communicate those plans as soon as possible. Thank you for your patience and understanding during this crisis. If you have any questions or concerns please contact us at 877.843.4662 and choose the option for Agile support.

Thank You, Best Regards, Matt Price Director, Hosting Operations and Support E: [email protected] P: 408.501.6285

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Marina Bay Panorama - Singapore

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Investing in Asian Mining Indaba - Singapore

Posted from: Marina Bay Sands Hotel and Convention Centre - World class facility

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Well now that is a decent 3G connection speed!

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Homework funnies - courtesy of @seandunn07

Some of these had me giggling…

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Asian Mining Indaba 2012

Who is going?

We will be there! Can’t wait.

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The first annual Investing in Asian Mining Indaba will connect the leading Asian mining exploration and production companies with global investors, financiers, government delegations and other mining stakeholders. The Asian Mining Indaba's unique educational and business networking platform highlights current and emerging opportunities on the Asian continent including but not limited to: China, Indonesia, India, Philippines, Afghanistan, Dubai, and other Central Asian countries. See the full three-day programme.

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New iPad with red smart case - insurance covered the loss of the old one

Posted from: Pretoria, South Africa

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This is too tempting! TaylorMade R11s Driver special #Golf

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Cool marketing tactic BMW! Complimentary Apple iPad

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My SleekGeek Journey

Earlier this year a group was created on Facebook promoting healthy living for a generation of IT folk who generally are not the healthiest bunch – I don’t really regard myself as being unhealthy, but I certainly do identify with the IT crowd. The concept was cool, so I gave it a go, everyone puts R500 into the pot and the winner walks away with approximately R8,000 (various categories were defined and in total their were around 70 contestants). More details here: http://www.facebook.com/groups/sleekgeek/

I went for the “Get toned/ripped” category, and apparently I came in second… how depressing, 1st loser! LOL. Oh well, I guess it means I need to work harder.

I was asked to submit a testimonial, so below follows my response and pics. There has also been a web site created for the concept and another competition is lined up for a few weeks time, if you’re looking to get healthy, I recommend joining in: http://www.sleekgeek.co.za

Q&A from the Judges:

1. If you have them on hand then your key starting end measures

Weight: 70.9kg -> 71.5kg (It was not my goal to put on weight, but I definitely have more muscle and less fat now!)

Height: 167cm

Neck: 36.5cm -> 37.5cm

Chest: 96cm -> 103cm (happy to report the flexed state shows much greater improvement)

Bicep: 33cm -> 33.5cm (happy to report the flexed state shows much greater improvement)

Tummy: 87cm -> 85.5cm

Thigh: 55cm -> 56cm

Wrist: 18cm -> 18cm

Body fat: 18.9% -> 18.4% (probably the biggest disappointment as visually the results are MUCH better)

2. What your plan was? What you did?

I had planned to win! In fact I’m still bummed that I didn’t! It’s first place or nothing in my book!

Unfortunately the first 4 weeks were marred by flu and personal and work commitments. Nevertheless when I got going, I went hard. It was a mixture of healthy living, moderate dietary changes and exercise.

3. Eating?

I was on a high-protein diet, regularly swapping my breakfasts and lunches for a protein shake. I think the biggest improvement I made diet-wise was to cut-out late evening snacking on junk food. I didn’t eliminate it completely but I managed to substitute a lot of the chips and ice-cream for biltong and almonds.

I probably could have done a bit better on the eating side of things, I didn’t restrict myself when we had to entertain guests or on the odd-trip to a rugby match, but I regularly chose the healthier options at restaurants. It wasn’t actually as tough as many would think – but then again I could have been a little more strict with myself. I tried to restrict my carbs, but I definitely did not come close to eliminating them.

I had almost no alcohol at all, but this was a lifestyle change I had made about a year before already. When I did drink beer, it was always light beer and in moderation.

4. Training?

On average I hit the gym 3 or 4 days a week and I chose to pursue a muscle building routine focused primarily around large muscle groups. On days I didn’t go to gym I did many push-ups…. Many, many push-ups! It wasn’t uncommon for me to complete 500 push-ups in a day (spread over 10 sets and a few hours). I set myself a few goals:

Complete 100 push-ups in a single set: Achieved, managed a high of 107

Bench press (flat and inclined barbell) my body-weight: Achieved

Push double my body-weight on the dips machine: Achieved

Run 5km: Didn’t put enough effort into this one! Failed

Complete a set of 10 unaided chin-ups without rest: Achieved

Cycle 30km: Did not achieve this, but I’m confident I could if I tried – just didn’t have time for cycling in the last few months.

5. Biggest lessons/tips?

You can’t ignore diet! And trying to lose fat at the same time as building muscle is very difficult! Without sufficient nutrition muscle won’t grow and you won’t have the stamina to work-out properly, while without a calorie deficit you cannot lose weight… so it’s a fine balance which is sometimes easier to avoid by first losing weight and then adding muscle, or first "bulking up" and then “cutting”.

I don’t believe it is wrong to take supplements like Phedra-Cut or Creatine, at the very least they offer a psychological boost, I tried both during the 12-week period with some noticeable affects. I think I would recommend these products if asked.

6. Next goals

I’m going to continue on the same routine, the focus will be to add muscle but this time I’m going to ignore fat loss and rather add a component of getting myself much fitter. I suspect that if I achieve that goal the additional fat will fall away as a side effect. Getting myself in shape for XMAN (http://www.xmansa.co.za) should pretty much match my goals.

7. Your twitter handle (if you have one)

@tag11mac

My progress pictures from start to 12 weeks:

Front after and before:

Side after and before:

Back after and before:

And that is my story… pretty happy with the progress, but I have a lot more to do still before reaching my goals.

Thanks to the SleekGeek group of guys and gals, I honestly believe the camaraderie and competition helps a lot.

PS. Here are some pictures of the eventual winner of the competition. Well done Amien!

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