Australian Made

One of the nice things about being here at the Schaumburg facility is that there is a nice gym available for almost nothing[1]. I've been trying to run 3 miles every day or other, since the weather hasn't been conducive to anything else. I'm really enjoying it.

Like the three-headed goat and hab, I recently dug out a Cold Chisel CD to listen to. Bow River, Goodbye Astrid and You've Got Nothing I want are all good for running, especially on my iPod.

It's great to be able to break the work day up by exercising, which is really only possible if you have the facilities available at work. Too bad when I return to Adelaide that won't be the case :-(

[1] Nothing if you are a US employee, USD 20 if you're me :-(

tech/misc | 07 Jan 2005 | #

Snow Storm

Over the past 36 hours we've had a big snow storm which deposited about a foot of snow, in what was our biggest snowfall so far.

This morning I got up, waited for the heavy snow to stop, took some photos, and then gave a big sigh when I saw the car. Unfortunately my employer wouldn't spring for undercover parking, so when it snows there's a big job to do. On the car itself was a layer of about 10cm from bonnett to boot (from the hood to the trunk for the Americans reading :-) which isn't too hard to remove with an ice scraper.

The big deal was the snow between the car and the road. With a foot of snow covering the ground, it meant I had to move about a cubic metre (meter) of snow via snow shovel so I could drive the car. 40 minutes later the car could be driven - my hands were frozen but the rest of me was very warm.

Getting to work was a trial too, with traffic moving ever so slowly on the I-53 and quite a few accidents on the way (fender-benders). From leaving my front door to sitting at work has been almost 2 hours.

travel/chicago | 07 Jan 2005 | #