Yesterday I did it! For the first time in a very long time, I jogged an entire mile. For me, this is a big thing. Sure, it was a treadmill mile (which is a bit easier than the real thing), and sure, I really had to push myself especially the last 1/8th mile, but still! I just like the fact that I'm slowly seeing some progress from my trips to the Rec. Center's fitness center. And I must admit I do love the after-effects, the natural endorphine high exercise brings.

My roommate got back from the hospital yesterday, recovering well from a colon infection. Hopefully he'll be feeling well enough to make the trip to Salt Lake City this Saturday morning to attend the morning session of General Conference.

Even though I went geocaching two weeks ago, took photos, I've procrastinated writing up my log entries and logging them on the Geocaching web site. Hopefully the owners of the travel-bug I placed won't be too irritated at my non-logging the move.

I need to get with it and write up an article or essay on the value of adopting an open data format policy. As more and more proprietary software vendors seek new ways to lock customers in to formats of data storage that are inaccessable except by using the same vendor's software, it is in the best interests of any organization, especially publically funded organizations and government, to adopt a policy that encourages or requires the use of software (proprietary or otherwise) that stores data in open, publically documented and standardized formats. There's a serious risk, otherwise, that your own data could become in accessable or unreadable sometime down the road unless you use software that stores that data in open, freely accessable and implementable formats.

Yes, this another one of my pet interests, one that most ordinary people probably don't even think about, and wouldn't even realize they're having trouble with, unless it were pointed out to them by some techno-geek like me. (In fact, I had a lengthy online chat discussion about this topic with my mother one evening. I think it was eye-opening to her.)

Well I think this is enough on the topic tonight.

UPDATE - 10:46 PM
I feel great! The good ol' endorphines are quite nice! Because I did a mile yesterday, tonight I headed over to the Rec. Center again to see if I could do a mile again today. Yep! I warmed up for a third of a mile (walking), jogged a mile, walked a half-mile, then jogged a quarter mile, then cooled down for another half-mile. Ahhhh, I feel good!