Well, January is over so that means its goal assessment time. Since I started my goal of 2000 Sochin this year only ten days ago, I have missed most of the month to actually achieve this goal. Despite that fact, I only find myself with a deficit of 42 kata. Not too shabby! I feel […]

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Tonight I did five Sochin using five pound wrist weights and ten pound leg weights. I then did five more with the 20 lb weight vest on. I then did a total of five more au natural. In between classes, and I did five more kata. That brought the grand total up to 20 Sochin […]

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John McLoughlin Originally uploaded by dalcher. I screwed around a little bit attempting to find some inspiration for some 8 bit graphic icons to augment the vintage video game feel of my website. I didn’t have much luck, which led me to the distraction du jour: The Gimp, an OSS Photoshop-like application. The Gimp’s usability […]

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