J5's Blog » heath http://www.j5live.com Where the urethane hits the pavement Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:05:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Took the Plunge and Joined a Gym http://www.j5live.com/2007/12/15/took-the-plunge-and-joined-a-gym/ http://www.j5live.com/2007/12/15/took-the-plunge-and-joined-a-gym/#comments Sat, 15 Dec 2007 21:09:23 +0000 J5 http://www.j5live.com/?p=431 Davis Square is opening up a new Boston Sports Club and I finally decided to join. The tipping point came last week during the snow storm when I slipped and fell down a couple of stairs at the Porter T stop. Usually I would walk away pretty embarrassed but non worse for ware. This time I thought I actually might have injured myself. In the end I slept it off and felt fine the next day, if a little bruised, but I realized sitting in a chair programming every day wasn’t getting me any healthier. We already have a fitness room at our office but I figured having trainers around and a place to go when I am home and on weekends will get me a bit more motivated. We will see how long this lasts but as things go these days I had to sign a contract so they’ve got me for a year. Being the type of person who skips the ‘fillers’ at a buffet just so I feel I got my money’s worth, I think I will be utilizing the gym quite a bit.

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This sucks for me because besides Compiz being very visually appealing, 3d effects and composition is the future of the Linux desktop not to mention a myriad of other consumer devices with displays. The biggest problem is, it is not just the 3d effects which cause an issue but a static screen where no animations are happening seems to trigger vertigo. However the worst offender was scrolling in Firefox. I wonder if anyone is doing research in this area because I hope it is fixable.

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