Archives for January 2009

Ultimate Warm

Friday January 23, 2009
12PM Pick-up game
Mitre Fields, Burlington, MA
Weather: 36 F, Sunny
Field: deep snow
Perfect conditions for Ultimate.
Warmest day of the year!
Ultimate Statistics (since January 2008):
Total Games Played: 147
Total Hours Played: 172

Ultimate Deep

Wednesday January 21, 2009
12PM Pick-up game
Mitre Fields, Burlington, MA
Weather: 25 F, Sunny
Field: deep snow
Perfect conditions for Ultimate.
After the back to back snow storms over the weekend, the fields at Mitre had over a foot of soft fresh snow. Great layout conditions but also makes for a good high knees and quad workout!
Ultimate Statistics (since [...]

Ultimate Game

Friday January 16, 2009
12PM Pick-up game
TRW Field, Burlington, MA
Weather: 8 F, Sunny
Field: powdery snow
Perfect conditions for Ultimate.
Surprisingly it didn’t feel too cold out there today. With basically no wind, bright sun, and soft powdery snow, we had a great 5v5 game.
Ultimate Statistics (since January 2008):
Total Games Played: 145
Total Hours Played: 170

Ultimate Cold

Wednesday January 14, 2009
12PM Pick-up game
Mitre Fields, Burlington, MA
Weather: 15 F, Sunny, Windy
Field: powdery snow
Perfect conditions for Ultimate.
Today’s game featured sub zero degree wind chills, twelve total players, and tons of fun. I did land a little funny on my wrist on one layout attempt, though. It feels ok but I’m hoping it [...]

Ultimate Year

Monday January 12, 2009
12PM Pick-up game
Mitre Fields, Burlington, MA
Weather: 23 F, Sunny
Field: powdery snow
Perfect conditions for Ultimate.
For those who have been keeping track, this is my third, and longest running attempt at maintaining a blog. Today marks one year since starting this blog last January! Even though some of my posts tend to [...]

Did You Know?

So I was watching the NFL playoff game between the Eagles and the Giants earlier today. At one point in the game, Donovan Mcnabb was called for intentional grounding in his own endzone, which translates of course, to a safety and two points for the Giants. On the ensuing play, the Eagles lined [...]

Ultimate Ice

Friday January 9, 2009
12PM Pick-up game
TRW Field, Burlington, MA
Weather: 25 F, Partly Sunny
Field: icy snow
Perfect conditions for Ultimate.
Friday was about as close to unplayable conditions as you could get. The field was covered in a crusty layer of ice that only sometimes broke through when you ran on it. Of course, we still [...]

Ultimate Sleet

Wednesday January 7, 2009
12PM Pick-up game
Mitre Fields, Burlington, MA
Weather: 33 F, Sleet
Field: slushy snow cover
Perfect conditions for Ultimate.
Yesterday here in the northeast, we got hit with yet another snow and ice storm. In fact, most people from the office chose to work from home due to the weather conditions. Not I though! [...]

Project Darkstar 0.9.8

Project Darkstar is, in the simplest description, an application server for games. What J2EE has done for business applications, we want Project Darkstar to do for MMOPGs, virtual worlds, and the like. If you’ve used a J2EE server such as Glassfish or JBoss, then you know that deployment and maintenance of applications into [...]

Ultimate Status

Monday January 5, 2009
12PM Pick-up game
Mitre Fields, Burlington, MA
Weather: 34 F, Cloudy
Field: thin snow cover
Perfect conditions for Ultimate.
Back to work and back to regular numbers with the holidays over on Monday.
Ultimate Statistics (since January 2008):
Total Games Played: 140
Total Hours Played: 165