Archives for February 2009

Ultimate Game

Monday February 23, 2009
12PM Pick-up game
Mitre Fields, Burlington, MA
Weather: 21 F, Sunny, Really Windy
Field: thin layer of crunchy snow
Perfect conditions for Ultimate.
Winter continues to hang on for Monday’s game as it was cold with stiff, stiff winds gusting over 40mph at some points. Despite the conditions we still had some good quality play (other [...]

Ultimate Wind

Friday February 20, 2009
12PM Pick-up game
TRW Field, Burlington, MA
Weather: 25 F, Cloudy, Windy
Field: patchy snow, ice
Perfect conditions for Ultimate.
A bit of a frustrating, windy, icy game on Friday. As much as I love playing in the cold and the snow, I’m really looking forward to soft, dry grassy fields in the approaching spring.
Ultimate Statistics [...]

Ultimate Catchup

Wednesday February 18, 2009
12PM Pick-up game
Mitre Fields, Burlington, MA
Weather: 38 F, Partly Cloudy
Field: cruncy grass
Perfect conditions for Ultimate.
Just catching up on my ultimate posts.
Ultimate Statistics (since January 2008):
Total Games Played: 157
Total Hours Played: 183

Ultimate Catchup

Monday February 16, 2009
12PM Pick-up game
Mitre Fields, Burlington, MA
Weather: 35 F, Partly Sunny
Field: cruncy grass
Perfect conditions for Ultimate.
Just catching up on my ultimate posts.
Ultimate Statistics (since January 2008):
Total Games Played: 156
Total Hours Played: 182

Ultimate Thirteenth

Friday February 13, 2009
12PM Pick-up game
Mitre Fields, Burlington, MA
Weather: 25 F, Partly Sunny, Windy
Field: ice
Perfect conditions for Ultimate.
Almost impossible to play on an icy field but we found a small patch that was reasonable.
Ultimate Statistics (since January 2008):
Total Games Played: 155
Total Hours Played: 181

Project Darkstar Maven Plugin

As I mentioned in a previous post, one of the main goals I had in mind for version 0.9.8 of Project Darkstar was establishing an application deployment mechanism that was both simple and consistent. A cornerstone feature of any application container, at least from an IT and system administrator’s standpoint, is a clearcut and [...]

Ultimate Ultimate

Monday February 9, 2009
12PM Pick-up game
Mitre Fields, Burlington, MA
Weather: 33 F, Sunny
Field: snow
Perfect conditions for Ultimate.
This week at work, some of our west coast counterparts are here for some business meetings. At first they didn’t believe that we actually played ultimate outside in the snow during winter. Well we proved it on Monday [...]

Ultimate Weekend

Sunday February 8, 2009
11AM Pick-up game
Danehy Park, Cambridge, MA
Weather: 50 F, Partly Sunny
Field: slush, ice water
Perfect conditions for Ultimate.
I swung by the weekly Arlington/Cambridge game on Sunday for a 4v4 in melting, icy slush.
Ultimate Statistics (since January 2008):
Total Games Played: 153
Total Hours Played: 179

Ultimate Friday

Friday February 6, 2009
12PM Pick-up game
TRW Field, Burlington, MA
Weather: 21 F, Sunny
Field: deep snow
Perfect conditions for Ultimate.
I bought a new pair of white cleats over a month ago after my old cleats were once again developing holes and nearing a blowout. They’re still white.
Ultimate Statistics (since January 2008):
Total Games Played: 152
Total Hours Played: 177

Ultimate Powder

Wednesday February 4, 2009
12PM Pick-up game
Mitre Fields, Burlington, MA
Weather: 20 F, Sunny
Field: deep snow
Perfect conditions for Ultimate.
Lots of fresh powder made for a great 6v6 game yesterday.
Ultimate Statistics (since January 2008):
Total Games Played: 151
Total Hours Played: 176