MXit !

Today I started writing a PC client for MXit, because the existing ones suck. Since the company uses a proprietary variation of the jabber protocol to reduce bandwidth usage, I have to decode the protocol myself.. Will post details of it later...

Get MXit http://www.mxit.co.za/web/downloadmxit.htm

Kilimanjaro preparations

So I have started training to get fit enough to gracefully reach the top of Kilimanjaro in 2009.
Information on the various routes here.

Here I will keep a log of certain walks I do, and their timings.
Note that time_down usually includes time spent at the summit.

+------------+------------+------------+-----------+------------+------------------------------------------------------+
| date       | start_time | time_there | time_back | time_total | venue                                                |
+------------+------------+------------+-----------+------------+------------------------------------------------------+
| 2008-12-27 | 16:37:00   | 00:47:00   | 00:32:00  | 01:19:00   | Lions Head                                           |
| 2008-12-28 | 05:47:00   | 00:48:00   | 00:35:00  | 01:23:00   | Lions Head                                           |
| 2008-12-30 | 12:57:00   | 00:42:00   | 00:30:00  | 01:12:00   | Lions Head                                           |
| 2008-12-31 | 12:24:00   | 00:39:00   | 00:30:00  | 01:09:00   | Lions Head                                           |
| 2009-01-02 | 12:09:00   | 00:37:00   | 00:28:00  | 01:05:00   | Lions Head                                           |
| 2009-01-05 | 12:45:00   | 00:39:00   | 00:22:00  | 01:01:00   | Lions Head                                           |
| 2009-01-07 | 17:19:00   | 00:37:00   | 00:21:00  | 00:58:00   | Lions Head                                           |
| 2009-01-14 | 12:10:00   | 01:01:00   | 01:29:00  | 02:30:00   | Home->La Med (via KloofNek)->Joburg (via Sea Point)  |
| 2009-01-24 | 06:00:00   | 01:05:00   | 00:47:00  | 01:52:00   | Platteklip                                           |
| 2009-01-29 | 13:30:00   | 00:38:00   | 00:27:00  | 01:05:00   | Lions Head                                           |
| 2009-02-21 | 07:26:00   | 00:58:00   | 01:31:00  | 02:29:00   | Home->La Med (via KloofNek)->Joburg) (via Sea Point) |
+------------+------------+------------+-----------+------------+------------------------------------------------------+
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