BigCat’s Blog of DOOM

My name is Ben Catlin, and this is where I rock out on topics like my life, technology and faith.

Browsing Posts published in July, 2009

Had a hard time sleeping last night. Mondays, it always seems like they show up and I didn't catch up on any sleep during the weekend. # http://is.gd/1FcNA This isn't exactly the process my company makes machines for, but I thought this was still really interesting. # Wondering why the word doc for the VLI [...]

You may have heard some of these questions (some from me) or thought of them yourself: Why does only the iPhone have visual voicemail? If I can make calls for free using skype from one computer to another why can’t my phone automatically know if I’m calling a computer and switch to that when wifi [...]

Stupid bird outside our window woke me up at 4:30, and I couldn't really get back to sleep. Another zombie Monday coming up # After plateauing for 2 weeks, I dropped 4lbs in 2 days. -50lbs reached! 10.4lbs to goal 2, and I think I have a 5k picked out for the fall. # Half [...]

Stupid bird outside our window woke me up at 4:30, and I couldn't really get back to sleep. Another zombie Monday coming up # After plateauing for 2 weeks, I dropped 4lbs in 2 days. -50lbs reached! 10.4lbs to goal 2, and I think I have a 5k picked out for the fall. # Half [...]

Re-oragnizing my office post-painting is a pain, especially when I have two offices with lots of heavy stuff in them. Ugh… Mondays. # Working out in the morning after running in the afternoon hurts, and yesterdays run was especially painful for some reason. # http://www.videolan.org/vlc/ VLC = Best damned media player in existence. Version 1.0 [...]

This book is going to break me. I'd be amazed if I get through it and haven't signed up to be a missionary. http://is.gd/1i8R5 # 8-minute runs (2) today. 1x20min Wed. The second 8 min one made me nervous about the 20min one. # Trying a body-weight workout today. We'll see how this goes with [...]