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A Parkour Poem…

Free Hands
by steelie

Now, here's a little story
about why I haven't been there.
It holds a little PK lesson,
which is why I thought I'd share.

This tale of absenteeism,
begins en route to work.
Between my car and office,
a certain trap did lurk.

I try to trace each morning
to keep the senses ready.
But on this faithful morning,
me, sadly, not so steady.

I ran along a three-foot wall
as many times before,
and when I reached the end
I jumped and tried to soar.

So, here began the problem with
the bag on my left shoulder,
the strap across my body,
the right hand gripped to hold 'er.

I landed, let's say, oddly,
and as gravity will tell,
I tried to save the ship my friends
but yup, I tripped and fell.

I've been here many times before
and dove and tucked and rolled.
Although I had full trust in me,
Right Hand would not un-hold.

So, onto my right shoulder
my weight came crashing down,
Right Hand could not prevent
the awful crunching sound.

And now I've missed three weeks,
I still might be a while.
Thankfully, nothing's broken
So I can't help but smile.

I learned a priceless lesson
to help my zig and zag,
Now when I practice Parkour,
I skip the shoulder-bag.

Yes, now I have a backpack,
I runs, I jumps, I lands.
Now here's the moral boys and girls:
"Free-runners need free hands".

:^)

I hope to be out again soon.
Save me a spot. Cheers.

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A Parkour Poem…

Free Hands
by steelie

Now, here’s a little story
about why I haven’t been there.
It holds a little PK lesson,
which is why I thought I’d share.

This tale of absenteeism,
begins en route to work.
Between my car and office,
a certain trap did lurk.

I try to trace each morning
to keep the senses ready.
But on this faithful morning,
me, sadly, not so steady.

I ran along a three-foot wall
as many times before,
and when I reached the end
I jumped and tried to soar.

So, here began the problem with
the bag on my left shoulder,
the strap across my body,
the right hand gripped to hold ‘er.

I landed, let’s say, oddly,
and as gravity will tell,
I tried to save the ship my friends
but yup, I tripped and fell.

I’ve been here many times before
and dove and tucked and rolled.
Although I had full trust in me,
Right Hand would not un-hold.

So, onto my right shoulder
my weight came crashing down,
Right Hand could not prevent
the awful crunching sound.

And now I’ve missed three weeks,
I still might be a while.
Thankfully, nothing’s broken
So I can’t help but smile.

I learned a priceless lesson
to help my zig and zag,
Now when I practice Parkour,
I skip the shoulder-bag.

Yes, now I have a backpack,
I runs, I jumps, I lands.
Now here’s the moral boys and girls:
“Free-runners need free hands”.

:^)

I hope to be out again soon.
Save me a spot. Cheers.

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I’m doing some testing here…

I’ve found a new “application” that allow you to post blog entries to “any” blog platform you might be using… It’s called Qumana!

Here’s my scenario…

I’m a Mac user and preferred browser is Safari. I use WordPress.com as my blog platform. Safari and WordPress.com don’t necessarily like each other. WordPress.com has a built-in WYSIWYG editor that places buttons along the top of your eventual blog entry which allow you to apply bold, italics, etc. formatting to any/all of your text on the fly… with no need to add (learn) HTML tags. [EDIT] These buttons do not appear in Safari which can make blog entries a bit trying.

Back to the software… I’ve got to say, so far, overall, I like it… quite a bit. It’s a tiny little application that does the job fairly well. It’s still in its BETA stages so it might be a bit buggy for you: for example, double-clicking a word does not guarantee you’ll be able to select it first try… it tends to take me a few tries on a regular basis. Plus, triple-clicking does not select an entire line as you might expect it to.

Also, the Mac versions keyboard shortcuts are not very Mac-like at all… like having to press Command + Arrow to jump from word to word. Or, having to press Function + Arrow to jump to the end of a line (Function? [I use an Apple PowerBook which gives me this lovely extra key that most other Mac users might not have… but still, Function?]).

All that aside and long story short (still a BETA remember), Qumana is an excellent little application with great potential. I will probably use this on a regular basis because, even though it’s buggy, it has been saving me pockets of time by not having to remember any HTML coding.

Check it out Qumana.com.
(By the way, I just made that link in mere seconds. I know, I know… not that big of a deal… unless you prefer Safari as much as I do but need you WYSIWYG).

Oh, and did I mention… It’s free.

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del.icio.us Purchased by Yahoo…

Doing a bit of surfing, looking for an online bookmarks manager, and discovered that del.icio.us (perhaps the most popular online bookmarks manager) is now owned by Yahoo. This is not recent news (Dec-2005-ish), only a recent discovery for me. Until I hear otherwise, notable alternatives include Spurl.net, Blinklist.net, and Furl.net.

Until next time.
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steelie

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PPP 2006-03-20…

Overall, I pushed myself a lot harder than usual this weekend. I'm getting much better at certain vaults and I learned the reverse Lazy. I've also increased my wall-climbing to 9' 4.5"… I'm pretty sure I can go higher, I've just got to find a higher place to climb 🙂

More later.
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steelie

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PPP 2006-03-20…

Overall, I pushed myself a lot harder than usual this weekend. I’m getting much better at certain vaults and I learned the reverse Lazy. I’ve also increased my wall-climbing to 9? 4.5?… I’m pretty sure I can go higher, I’ve just got to find a higher place to climb.
More later.
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steelie