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1 Post in 2017?!

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Well, this is embarrassing… only one post on the site for 2017! what can I say about 2017 – it was a little bit of a whirlwind – Changed teams at Amazon, 1st Wedding Anniversary, and then… Q4 at the new team? All in all, it’s now 2018, and time to look ahead. Some 2018

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3 weeks in

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We’re already 3 weeks into the 2017 and I haven’t had a chance to update on a lot of things. So here’s a post about what’s been happening so far, and the plan for the next couple of weeks.

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Missing a day or two?

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So, the weekend wasn’t as good as I expected, and today wasn’t great either. Sunday only included a 2 mi Run, no biking and nothing today. The secret is not in never skipping, but to never give up. So, i’m thinking of doing a 1/2 marathon around. nothing formal, but a goal to shoot for

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Visualization

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Visualization is considered one of the best forms of learning something new or training for something. Many believe that it is important to visualize goals and achievements throughout your training in order to reach ones full potential. I feel that it can also be applied to daily tasks and long term

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Sometimes taking a break from the norm is the right thing

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So the last couple of weeks have seen some changes in my daily routine from e.g. a year ago. These have been positive changes, and there are too many people to thank for that, but I’m sure they know who they are. Starting from the running, to the cycling, to the moving, and to the

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Socrates (469 – 399 BC)

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No citizen has a right to be an amateur in the matter of physical training…what a disgrace it is for a man to grow old without ever seeing the beauty and strength of which his body is capable.

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So, 2013 is the year I’m going to lose weight.

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as I stated 2 posts ago, which also happens to be 3 months ago… I was going to blog more. Here it is: This year is going to be defined as the year I lost weight. Don’t get me wrong 2012 was a good year too, but 2013 won’t even hold a candle against it.

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Book review: The one minute manager

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its been a while since I’ve written a book review – mainly because I’ve been busy training, or finishing off other projects. but now that im chilling in the Philippines, with ample time on my hands, I thought it was a god time to start posting! A good uni friend of mine recommended this book to

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So, i bought a keyboard

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So, I just bought a keyboard for my surface and the split minute decision is that it is a great decision! Why – because with this it has made typing so much faster and accurate! I really didn’t want to learn how to type a again! that was the one thing that was great about

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My Surface review – from a Surface

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Preface Let me preface this review with a little bit of info about the user: Is familiar with Windows 8 on a traditional desktop environment i.e. downloaded the customer preview and then downloaded the RTM build when available on MSDN, knows that there is no Start button and understands that it is a

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This too shall pass

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One thing I’ve realized recently, is that life goes by fast – really fast. It’s Friday one minute, its Monday the next, just like that its 1986 one year, and its 2012 the next! So, if time is a constant and its going by really fast – the best way to live is in the

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Times for change

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Times for change, they always come in one shape or another. This year it comes in the form of activities! Things to do and spend time.

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Weighing in on Google vs. Bing on cheating

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The blogosphere is buzzing about how Google has charged Bing with cheating or copying its results. And they have proof that it happens. 1. What is the charge and what is the proof: Google had 20 engineers use winXP machines with the Bing toolbar installed while searching for their own random search

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LensHero!

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My next favorite site for lens selection! So, came across this site on lifehacker, and have to say that its amazing… Normally, i’d research the lenses at dpreview, but it wasnt always as easy to use and loved the suggest feature. Being the site that it is, it suggested a 70-300, which was definitely

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Three Cups of Tea [Book Review]

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Just finished reading this book, and I have to say it really is an amazing story about a real life Indiana Jones! Starting from the failure to climb K2, to the kidnapping in Afghanistan and ending on a minefield. Amazing story and inspirational to how one man can actually make a difference. And as i

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Miner’s Rescue

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33 men rescued in Chile… what an amazing feat of achievement. I have to say that the people came out looking like the y were just trapped for only a day, but the fact of the matter is that they were in there for 69 days! they were living in close quarters, and had to

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hrazi.com fixes

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so it took me a while, but its finally done! archives page automatically creates the thumbnail and also hopefully have the cronjob running every 24 hrs… we’ll find out in 22 hours for sure. only thing left to do now is to fix the archives page so its paged, will need to tweak the code

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13 Days with Leo

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Leo! A golden retriever pup is a ball of joy… and work! soo much work that I never though a puppy could be! but its because of him that the last 13 days have flown by! so lets summarize whats happened since then… the biggest highlight has of course been the deworming, leo had stopped

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Time to start getting things done!

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Well, turns out I have some time out for myself…. that only means that I am going to spend more time on hRazi and hopefully get some things done by the end of the free time! Quickly: Update hrazi.com, be regular on blog.hrazi.com annnd… i guess thats it for now… but need to start making

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And so it starts!

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May 5th, 2010 – wow. I can’t believe the date has finally arrived! I remember last year I was choosing the date and getting everything booked. And now its already here, summer is about to start/has started. I guess the only thing I’m waiting for are the grades! I should be fine, but there is

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4 Days to go!

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4 days away from being done my eng undergrad!! ! the excitement is mounting, but so is the uncertainty! there’s a lot that needs to be done in the next couple of weeks, and I dont think there are enough hours in the day to acheive them all! which just means that i’ll be borrowing

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The Hobby!

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I was thinking about why i started this blog and this whole domain thing… and well this answers it!

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2010 Goals & Resolutions

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Things I hope to accomplish in 2010! Get a Job Finish Last Semester at McMaster University! Finish OI6 Design Project – Autonomous Racer!

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