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Last night after running in -2C, my hair froze into this position and I had to pull pieces of ice from it. My gloves had frost on them too. Why didn't I join a gym???

Way back in the day, I tried to find out what newspapers were providing RSS feeds. I got minimal response. Here's where things stand today.

It's never good to wake up and discover 3 fire engines, a Simon Snorkel, 2 ambulances and 2 police cars outside your house. An old lady in the next stair had something burning in her house. Thankfully the lady was OK, and the fire boys didn't hang about getting everything under control. The smell is still lingering in the air - yeuch.

[Update at 15.39 GMT]: It was an electric blanket which caught fire.

Yesterday was beautiful for a nice long walk.

A lot of happy Eritreans & Ethiopians after walking away with all the silverware at the International Cross Country Championships in Edinburgh.

Happy Burns Night to everyone celebrating Scotland's most famous poet, and author of Auld Lang Syne. Hazel and I are having haggis on Friday, due to ... geographical scheduling difficulties. More info here and here.

Hazel booked tickets for us to see Match Point last night. As we sat down, and some shots of a tennis court were being shown, Hazel said "oh, it's about tennis". My heart sank ever-so-slightly at that point.

Thankfully, after about the first 5 minutes, there wasn't really too much more about tennis. There was a great story, with some great actors. I've only seen a few Woody Allen films, and I doubt I could name them, but this felt like a classic.

The story was somewhat predictable although enjoyable for the first half, but it definitely picked up and improved from there. One review I since read mentioned elements of Tales of the Unexpected, and I'd agree. Most definitely a film to catch. Good story, great acting, nice twist.

It's the first time I've ever noticed this, but the official site of the film has some interesting podcasts including interviews with Woody Allen and other cast members.

Last night's dinner (and today's lunch) was pretty tasty. Probably 6.5 out of 10. Here's the recipe.

Glasgow has a subway system called the clockwork orange. This dude decided a little challenge: could he get off the train at one stop and make it overground to the next one at the same time as the train? It makes some great viewing, especially if you know Glasgow. Check it out. Thanks to Colin for the link.

Mike and Diego didn't manage to drink 100 cups of coffee in 48 hours, but they did hit 75 and learnt a lot from the experience. Now that the beta is over, when do you go for the full release?

Telewest Teleport is very handy indeed. If you miss a TV programme, Teleport gives you another week to see it. Thanks to Rich, I caught Three Men In A Boat. Anyone for some fun on the Thames?

Mike is going for it -- 100 cups of coffee in 48 hours. Pictures are online here.

Mike is a pretty energetic guy anyway, so I'm almost scared to think what this is going to do to him...

Following several extremely amusing anecdotes over a Christmas get-together, I encouraged a friend to blog some of his stories. Here it is. The Atom feed is not advertised, but here's the link.

Has anyone found a decent piece of gallery software that:

• runs on Apache
• is written in (ideally) PHP, or perl
• doesn't require 15MB just to install
• looks good
• handles automatic thumbnailing

Princes Street preps for the big night.

Welcome to 2006 ... just a few days late. ;-) Hope you had a great time over the festive period. Time to get the head down, and start the year at pace.

The early part of my year is going to be Marathon-oriented, with holidays planned hopefully for snowboarding in February and (maybe) March. With any luck, there should be a house move in there too.

As ever, I don't really do resolutions, but I'm aiming to sleep more, eat better/cook more and read more. Those are all things I started during 2005. It's going to be a busy year, so I'm going to try to be Getting Things Done.

Any plans you care to share?

On Boxing Day, my family all went to see Charlotte's Web at the Citizens Theatre. Good stuff.

On Boxing Day, my family all went to see Charlotte's Web at the Citizens Theatre. Good stuff.