Londoners' Life http://www.aracelicheca.com/blog Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 09 Jan 2009 16:25:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 en hourly 1 Snow in Madrid http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/londonerslife/~3/iGev4IG5VdE/ http://www.aracelicheca.com/blog/2009/01/snow-in-madrid/#comments Fri, 09 Jan 2009 16:25:43 +0000 acheca http://www.aracelicheca.com/blog/?p=77 Madrid travel snarled by deepest snow in years: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28576217/

And they say London is cold…. :P

My favourite picture so far:
http://www.elmundo.es/albumes/2009/01/09/temporal_nieve/index_2.html

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]]> http://www.aracelicheca.com/blog/2009/01/happy-new-year/feed/ http://www.aracelicheca.com/blog/2009/01/happy-new-year/ Wii Fit Age http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/londonerslife/~3/8XrN6Z8ZPMI/ http://www.aracelicheca.com/blog/2009/01/wii-fit-age/#comments Thu, 08 Jan 2009 09:30:21 +0000 acheca http://www.aracelicheca.com/blog/?p=69 Yesterday’s body test announced my wii fit age is 20 years :). Impressive! I felt really good…

But then a message appeared:

That’s a difference of -7 years. That would mean that your body is still in relatively good condition.

Should I be happy?  I certainly felt this was not the message I deserved.. But anyway, this measure is a bit random, and two days ago I was 35 (with a nicer message!)

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Email: 383 unread emails
Reader: 3426 unread posts

Work:
Email: 6049 unread emails
Reader: 22 unread posts

This is going to take a while…

]]> http://www.aracelicheca.com/blog/2009/01/catching-up/feed/ http://www.aracelicheca.com/blog/2009/01/catching-up/ Merry Christmas! http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/londonerslife/~3/j6d13s0lxm4/ http://www.aracelicheca.com/blog/2008/12/merry-christmas/#comments Wed, 24 Dec 2008 23:34:35 +0000 acheca http://www.aracelicheca.com/blog/?p=64 Merry Christmas to you all! I hope you are celebrating with family, friends, etc. and have a wonderful time!

See you in 2009! :)

]]> http://www.aracelicheca.com/blog/2008/12/merry-christmas/feed/ http://www.aracelicheca.com/blog/2008/12/merry-christmas/ Monty Python has a YouTube channel http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/londonerslife/~3/xqiXOkq4Er8/ http://www.aracelicheca.com/blog/2008/11/monty-python-has-a-youtube-channel/#comments Wed, 19 Nov 2008 13:36:53 +0000 acheca http://www.aracelicheca.com/blog/?p=62 I’ve just read in Blogoscope that Monty Python has their own YouTube channel! See http://www.youtube.com/MontyPython

“For 3 years you YouTubers have been ripping us off, taking tens of thousands of our videos and putting them on YouTube. Now the tables are turned. It’s time for us to take matters into our own hands…”

Two of my favourite scenes:

WPvideo 1.10
Download!

Always Look On The Bright Side of Life

WPvideo 1.10
Download!

Killer rabbit

]]> http://www.aracelicheca.com/blog/2008/11/monty-python-has-a-youtube-channel/feed/ http://www.aracelicheca.com/blog/2008/11/monty-python-has-a-youtube-channel/ I’m finally a SDK! http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/londonerslife/~3/KgAlPB2--YU/ http://www.aracelicheca.com/blog/2008/11/im-finally-a-sdk/#comments Sat, 08 Nov 2008 00:47:20 +0000 acheca http://www.aracelicheca.com/blog/?p=60 After four and a half years I am finally a SDK! (Single Digit Kyu, see http://www.emptytriangle.com/archive/39). I know I have a long way to go in order to be shodan, but I can’t avoid feeling so proud for hitting the 10k barrier!

I got stuck at 12k for a long time, without playing all the games in tournaments and feeling very stressed, but this year it has been very different:

  • February: didn’t play Barcelona’s tournament, but got interested in the game again
  • March: played 4 out of 6 rounds in Paris’ tournament; lost all of them and went back to 12k :(
  • April: played Madrid’s tournament; 3 wins and 2 losses, getting back on track…
  • July: European Go Congress (EGC) in Sweden; outstanding result! 5 wins! went up to 10k
  • September: Korean Ambassador Cup in Alicante; 3 wins out of 5, but enough to break the barrier and reach 9k!
  • October: 1st World Mind Sports Games (WMSG); +123 points! 8k!

Thank you to all the people who supported me! I am back on my feet and wanting to test my strength against all of you! Let’s play Go! :)

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Hand detail

And yes, it’s real :)

]]> http://www.aracelicheca.com/blog/2008/11/give-me-five/feed/ http://www.aracelicheca.com/blog/2008/11/give-me-five/ The competition begins… http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/londonerslife/~3/QlLKv5_i8Hc/ http://www.aracelicheca.com/blog/2008/10/the-competition-begins/#comments Sat, 11 Oct 2008 04:10:48 +0000 acheca http://www.aracelicheca.com/blog/?p=56 Today the women’s team tournament begins!

We have played the first round so far, against DPR Korea and lost all 3 games :( We are in a tough group, A2, and we’ll do our best!

Let’s hope we’ll have better luck for the following games. Gambarimasu!

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I’ve just uploaded some of the pictures. Enjoy!
http://flickr.com/photos/sheska/sets/72157607789321354/

IMG_7244

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