Archives for May 2008

Ultimate Prep

Friday May 30, 2008
12PM Pick-up game
Mitre Fields, Burlington, MA
Weather: 73 F, Sunny
Field: dry
Perfect conditions for Ultimate.
It was nice weather for yesterday’s pickup game in preparation for tomorrow’s end of season BUDA spring hat league tournament.
Ultimate Statistics (since January 2008):
Total Games Played: 48
Total Hours Played: 55

Ultimate Energy

Wednesday May 28, 2008
12PM Pick-up game
Mitre Fields, Burlington, MA
Weather: 60 F, Sunny, Breezy
Field: dry
Perfect conditions for Ultimate.
Felt good to be back out there playing yesterday after missing a Monday game due to the long weekend.
Ultimate Statistics (since January 2008):
Total Games Played: 47
Total Hours Played: 54

What is a Darkstar test?

As a new member of the Project Darkstar team, one of the initial tasks that I am facing is to come up with a method of automating distributed Darkstar tests. As the codebase is beginning to stabilize, much of our time is being spent evaluating performance. However, this is a very difficult and [...]

Ultimate Breeze

Friday May 23, 2008
12PM Pick-up game
Mitre Fields, Burlington, MA
Weather: 70 F, Windy
Field: dry
Perfect conditions for Ultimate.
It was really breezy for Friday’s pickup game.
Ultimate Statistics (since January 2008):
Total Games Played: 46
Total Hours Played: 53

Ultimate Warm

Wednesday May 21, 2008
12PM Pick-up game
Mitre Fields, Burlington, MA
Weather: 67 F, Partly Sunny
Field: dry
Perfect conditions for Ultimate.
Looks like we’re finally starting to get into a stretch of consistently warm weather.
Ultimate Statistics (since January 2008):
Total Games Played: 45
Total Hours Played: 52

Ultimate Dust

Monday May 19, 2008
12PM Pick-up game
Rahanis Field, Burlington, MA
Weather: 60 F, Cloudy, Windy
Field: dusty
Perfect conditions for Ultimate.
I’m going to start writing about Darkstar soon, I promise.
Ultimate Statistics (since January 2008):
Total Games Played: 44
Total Hours Played: 51

Ultimate Callahan

Sunday May 18, 2008
10AM BUDA Spring Hat League Game
Fernald School, Waltham, MA
Weather: 66 F, Partly Sunny
Field: dry
Perfect conditions for Ultimate.
We came full circle in this morning’s BUDA league game, winning just like we did in the first game of the season. It was a decisive 15-3 victory to cap off the regular season (and [...]

Ultimate Arm

Friday May 16, 2008
12PM Pick-up game
TRW Field, Burlington, MA
Weather: 62 F, Cloudy
Field: dry
Perfect conditions for Ultimate.
Good game today but I have a little bit of a tired arm from all the playing and throwing this week. It’s the four game weeks that always do me in!
Ultimate Statistics (since January 2008):
Total Games Played: 42
Total Hours [...]

Ultimate Nice

Wednesday May 14, 2008
12PM Pick-up game
Mitre Fields, Burlington, MA
Weather: 70 F, Sunny
Field: dry
Perfect conditions for Ultimate.
Nice day out there today.
Ultimate Statistics (since January 2008):
Total Games Played: 41
Total Hours Played: 47

Ultimate Sore

Monday May 12, 2008
12PM Pick-up game
TRW Field, Burlington, MA
Weather: 51 F, Windy
Field: dry grass
Perfect conditions for Ultimate.
I was a little bit sore yesterday from Sunday’s BUDA game but still made it out to play a windy pickup game.
Ultimate Statistics (since January 2008):
Total Games Played: 40
Total Hours Played: 46