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Haskell resources
In order to reclaim some of our programming mojo that has waned from years of maintenance programming and meetings, a couple of us programmers decided to go and try to learn a completely new language–Haskell. I think this expedition was spurred by a blog post titled Great resources to learn Haskell. I’m as much a…
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The Five Stages of a Bad Marathon Run
A parallel to the Kübler-Ross model / five stages of grief: Denial – You went past the first couple of mile markers, and you’re not anywhere near where you need to be in terms of time. Your legs may not feel like they’re going too easy, but your brain is making up excuses, such as…
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Do not try this at home.
I was aiming for 16 miles today, and planned to get moving as close to 5:30 as possible. Instead, I intentionally disabled my 5:30 alarm at 5:15 and then woke up just before my 6:30 alarm. I ate one of those Little Debbie Brownie things for pre-run fuel. Awful nutrition, I know, but I didn’t…