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WOD – July 20, 2009

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This will be my last WOD for a week. I’m taking a one-week hiatus to rest and recover. I’ve been having shin pain recently so I’ll be icing my shins and keeping off my feet until next Monday. Hopefully it’s just a case of shin splints and nothing more serious. Next WOD in seven days! [...]

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Quebec City Trip

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Two trips in one month, are you crazy? If I had much choice in the matter, yes I would be, however both trips this month have been for work. Last week my destination was Quebec City for the ATWG (Army Technical Working Group). Three days with other sysadmins and policy makers from across the army [...]

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Halifax Trip – Day 2

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A bit bleary-eyed, everyone loaded on to the bus early in the morning. Our first stop was the navy dockyard in Halifax harbour. As a Squadron of geeks and techies, our first tour was of the joint operations section. Unfortunately I couldn’t get any pictures, and I won’t say much more because it’s very secretive [...]

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Halifax Trip, Day One: Radio Canada International

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As I write this I’m lounging in a hotel room on my last night of a two-night, three-day professional development trip. There are about sixty of us on this trip; military and civilian. This is the first time in the six years I’ve been working at the Signal Squadron that they’ve planned anything this involved [...]

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Look what my car can do!

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Wow, check out this guys’ car after rolling it over three times: Are Tiny, Gas-Saving Cars Unsafe? I drive a Yaris too, and hope I never have to test its safety like that!

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