Oops, completely forgot to write up any notes on Sunday. Or Monday. It must be because my life’s so eventful and busy …
So, um, what did I do last week? Hmm.
We’ve started running an agile development primer thing for some colleagues in India, based on the one we used to (and may soon again) do for new graduates. We cover the basics of clean code, refactoring, automated testing, test-driven development and so on, with a mix of talking, demos and hands-on exercises. We’re using Java because that’s what people are familiar with, although “people” doesn’t really include me (last used the language in anger around 15 years ago) or Anders (who had to learn it specially). It’s harder to do this kind of thing remotely, but unavoidable, at least for now. At least doing it one morning a week is less intensive than three or four days straight.
With no racing this week I managed to run 57 (slower) miles, which is my highest weekly total since last October. I also added graphs to ytd.kerryb.org, so I can see my cumulative mileage starting to move towards the target line again rather than away.
Some of those miles were a massive group run round the Big Hoot Trail owls in Ipswich (and then to the pub). I took my usual “hiding at the back” position for the group photo, but as we were on the town hall steps I ended up less well-hidden than usual, on the apex of a pyramid.
I made some ginger nuts for the first time in ages. In a remarkable display of restraint, I still haven’t finished them.
And, um, I think that’s about it.