Tonight we studied the knee-ride, which is a nasty move whereby you place your knee on your opponent’s sternum and drive your weight through it. From here we learnt a clock choke and two armbars (a near and far, depending on which arm they use to defend the knee).

We rounded out the session with some wrestling, which is usual. I tackled Shane who weighs over 110kg and is taller than me. He’s a beginner, and I think he’s less technically skilled but unfortunately his strength and weight are overpowering. I gained side control (with me being on top of him) and he attempted a sweep. The sweep damaged the rear of my left knee, and I had difficulty walking after the session.

I remember hearing Adam shouting to Shane to not use his strength, and instead use technique, but he didn’t pay attention. It’s disappointing and I feel that him powering through the moves did lead to my damaged knee. We’ll see tomorrow how bad it is, but the warm water of the shower has helped. Adam said to give him a call if it gets worse tomorrow - I’m sure he’s dealt with numerous injuries like this before.

The lesson I learnt though is that using your strength to power through a move is, in my mind, like cheating. If it was a serious competition, or we were on the street then I’d expect my opponent to pull out all the stops, but in training it just causes injuries and doesn’t teach you anything. I’ll be careful when wrestling smaller people that I don’t run them down with my strength advantage.

Some dude got in a fight with his girlfriend when she said he was an idoit for claiming that any fool could make a website that gets 2 million unique hits. He upped the bet to 74 million, and she put a threesome on the line. If he can get the hits, she gets it on with him an another chick.

Sounds like my kinda bet.

He’s currently at:

… and needs your help. Go visit him!

Personally, I’d just lie. I’d register a generic-sounding “hit counter” domain, make a fake hit counter service and then lie about the hits. The assumption is that she’s less technical than him, but it just might work ;)

Edit: Wednesday April 26th, 10:18PM
Whoops, I forgot to mention this was via Mac. Thanks Mac!

I got, and subsequently replied to, an email from a work associate today. He’d been using Novell’s SuSE Enterprise Linux, after having started with me on Debian.

On Wed, 2006-04-26 at 12:13 +0800, Peter Christie wrote:
> OK, so you can say I told you so now… I’ve seen the light and am
> heading back to the nice open world of Ubuntu and Debian.

Welcome home.
–
Thanks,

Matthew Lambie
Technical Director

THE FRONTIER GROUP, PTY. LTD.
Suite 17/44 Kings Park Road
West Perth, WA 6005
Australia

I get so frustrated using any other operating system now. I can’t imagine not having the power of Ubuntu at my fingertips. When I flirted with a Mac last year it was a hassle not having apt, though I understand that there’s a port, or some similar system for OSX. Bah, whatever.

I would only ever get another operating system for games, which I don’t have much time to play as it is.

If you answer more than 20, apparently you are:

Do you have:

• ☑ your own cell phone
• ☐ a television in your bedroom
• ☑ an iPod
• ☑ a photo printer
• ☐ your own phone line
• ☐ TiVo or a generic digital video recorder
• ☑ high-speed internet access (i.e., not dialup)
• ☐ a surround sound system in bedroom
• ☐ DVD player in bedroom
• ☐ at least a hundred DVDs
• ☑ a childfree bathroom
• ☑ your own in-house office (I share it with Maggie, but it’s still my own)
• ☑ a pool (it’s shared, but it’s ours)
• ☐ a guest house
• ☐ a game room
• ☑ a queen-size bed
• ☑ a stocked bar (there’s half a carton of foreign beer)
• ☑ a working dishwasher
• ☐ an icemaker
• ☑ a working washer and dryer
• ☐ more than 20 pairs of shoes
• ☐ at least ten things from a designer store
• ☐ expensive sunglasses
• ☐ framed original art (not lithographs or prints)
• ☐ Egyptian cotton sheets or towels
• ☐ a multi-speed bike (I used to)
• ☑ a gym membership (BJJ membership)
• ☐ large exercise equipment at home (well, an exercise bike, large enough)
• ☐ your own set of golf clubs
• ☐ a pool table
• ☐ a tennis court
• ☐ local access to a lake, large pond, or the sea
• ☐ your own pair of skis
• ☐ enough camping gear for a weekend trip in an isolated area
• ☐ a boat
• ☐ a jet ski
• ☐ a neighborhood committee membership
• ☐ a beach house or a vacation house/cabin
• ☐ wealthy family members
• ☐ two or more family cars
• ☐ a walk-in closet or pantry
• ☐ a yard
• ☐ a hammock
• ☐ a personal trainer
• ☑ good credit
• ☐ expensive jewelry
• ☐ a designer bag that required being on a waiting list to get
• ☑ at least $100 cash in your possession right now
• ☐ more than two credit cards bearing your name (not counting gas cards or debit cards)
• ☐ a stock portfolio (almost :)
• ☑ a passport
• ☐ a horse
• ☐ a trust fund (either for you or created by you)
• ☐ private medical insurance
• ☐ a college degree, and no outstanding student loans (got the first part, not sure about the second)

Do you:

• ☑ shop for non-needed items for yourself (like clothes, jewelry, electronics) at least once a week
• ☐ do your regular grocery shopping at high-end or specialty stores
• ☑ pay someone else to clean your house, do dishes, or launder your clothes (not counting dry-cleaning)
• ☐ go on weekend mini-vacations
• ☐ send dinners back with every flaw
• ☑ wear perfume or cologne (not body spray)
• ☑ regularly get your hair styled or nails done in a salon
• ☐ have a job but don’t need the money OR
• ☐ stay at home with little financial sacrifice
• ☐ pay someone else to cook your meals
• ☐ pay someone else to watch your children or walk your dogs
• ☐ regularly pay someone else to drive you
• ☐ expect a gift after you fight with your partner

Are you:

• ☐ an only child
• ☐ married/partnered to a wealthy person
• ☐ baffled/surprised when you don’t get your way

Have you:

• ☐ been on a cruise
• ☑ traveled out of the country
• ☑ met a celebrity (only in computing circles)
• ☐ been to the Caribbean
• ☐ been to Europe
• ☑ been to Hong Kong (seen the airport, twice)
• ☐ been to Hawaii
• ☐ been to New York
• ☐ eaten at the space needle in Seattle
• ☐ been to the Mall of America
• ☐ been on the Eiffel tower in Paris
• ☐ been on the Statue of Liberty in New York
• ☐ moved more than three times because you wanted to
• ☐ dined with local political figures
• ☐ been to both the Atlantic coast and the Pacific coast

Did you:

• ☐ go to another country for your honeymoon
• ☐ hire a professional photographer for your wedding or party
• ☑ take riding or swimming lessons as a child (only swimming with school)
• ☐ attend private school
• ☐ have a Sweet 16 birthday party thrown for you

I counted 22, but expect that it’ll be among the lower socres within my group of friends. Those that are married get a few instantly, and those living in Europe will get a few too.

So many egos.

So many titties. And they’re out already. Excellent.

I generally make my predictions early on, so here goes. Top three will be Michael, Tilly and maybe David, the country guy. We’ll see.

Update: Tuesday April 25th, 12:50PM

After a few days I think my top three are looking strong, weak and average.

David’s the all-round nice guy, and I think he’s most likely to win over the women, both inside and out of the house.

Michael’s the “Insider” now, so that might mess with his overall chances. It’s too early to tell, though I think it’ll be a hard slog.

Tilly… who knows what I was thinking.