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Was reading this report on the days proceedings in the cricket (on CricInfo) between Sri Lanka and South Africa. Two Sri Lankan batsmen broke all sorts of records with a world record partnership of 624. The country, in gratitude, decided to award them a prize. For their herculean efforts? Well, read on, it appears not…:

That is stumps on day 3. What a day, records being broken. A world record partnership of 624 runs between Jayawardene and Sangakkara, they broke the record when they reached 577. This is also the highest partnership in first class cricket. Jayawardene became the highest scorer for Sri Lanka when he surpassed Jayasuriya’s 340, he finally got out on 374. He is now fourth in the all time list of highest individual innings. South Africa in their second innings are battling on, they are 43 for no loss.

There are some presentations to be given. Cars being presented to Sangakkara and Jayawardene for their remarkable feet. A wonderful gesture

So there you go, it was their “remarkable feet” which made all the difference in their ability to achieve this remarkable feat. And you thought it was all in the batting technique. All those years of batting practice you wasted when coulda been belting out the runs if only you had a good podiatrist.

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I was just reading an interesting piece on the greatest years in video game history. They start with 1980, talking about Pac-Man, Space Invaders and others. You look at the basic graphics and smile with a warm nostalgic feeling, you realise the graphics are no match for a game that came out that same year, one that they also mention.

It is in fact a game who’s graphics have never been surpassed since.

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Last night I dreamed up a little thought. Hopefully tonight I’ll dream up a whole book!

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Yesterday, and article I posted on Apple Matters went front page on Digg. It contained links to both an article on Qwertyrash (Switching to Mac: Useful sites and articles), and CrossOSS.From the experience I learned (re-learned?) some useful things.

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Sooner or later you need a font. So I’ve put together this post which is a lists of a few sites dedicated to free fonts.

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Micro Fiction is a short story of 100 words or less.

The Vandal

Time is the cruelest vandal of all. It had etched away at his features, leaving him haggard, stolen his youth, brought him loneliness…

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A lot of books on writing tell you to find a distraction free environment. Although I agree it helps tremendously, I’d also argue you should train yourself to work with distractions.

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One important aspect of blogging, and one I fail at sometimes, is responding to readers’ comments.

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I had this thought while doing some free writing in class today:Memories are like a jigsaw puzzle with no edges;

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I read with great interest about a study in the USA that found that road accident deaths on highways went down over the last 10 years after the increasing of speed limits.Read about it on the Wall Street Journal: Safe at Any Speed Here in Victoria, Australia there has been a very questionable campaign featuring the slogan “Wipe of 5 and save lives”.

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