http://matthew.peach.net.nz Lost for words Fri, 18 Sep 2009 23:15:16 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en See also: More Mighty Ape HQ photos. http://matthew.peach.net.nz/2009/09/19/mighty-ape-hq-now-with-branding/ Here's a few photos we took just after moving to the new Mighty Ape HQ. Thanks, @MightyApe. Mighty Ape offices Mighty Ape warehouse Mighty Ape warehouse, vertigo edition More photos to come once we're a bit more settled! http://matthew.peach.net.nz/2009/09/15/first-mighty-ape-hq-photos/ More of Mighty Ape's master plan has fallen in to place this week, with the move into our new office building and warehouse. The big goals of the move are to allow us to hold a lot more stock so we can provide fast service on a wider range of stuff; ... http://matthew.peach.net.nz/2009/09/09/mighty-ape-gets-mightier/ OK, it's been a while between posts. Here's a quick round up of some of the stuff I've been reading/playing over the last few months. The Malazan Book of the Fallen This is a truly epic fantasy series from Steven Erikson; I've been reading it for months and I'm only on the ... http://matthew.peach.net.nz/2009/08/27/what-ive-been-consuming/ I thought this was a really interesting take on a declining share market: Stocks are crashing, so you turn on the television to catch the latest market news. But instead of CNBC or CNN, imagine that you can tune into the Benjamin Graham Financial Network. On BGFN, the audio doesn't capture ... http://matthew.peach.net.nz/2009/03/10/is-a-recession-good-news-for-investors/ For a long time I had written Twitter off as a pointless concept, designed to allow people with nothing better to do to express themselves with boring phrases such as "I am going to bed now" and "I'm watching TV". Chris and I got talking about Twitter a couple of weeks ... http://matthew.peach.net.nz/2009/03/08/so-im-using-twitter-now/ As I alluded to at the end of last year, I've bought a Garmin Forerunner 305 GPS fitness watch which has now been in possession for a couple of dozen workouts. The thing is brilliant. Combined with a heart rate monitor (included), it will log every important facet of your ... http://matthew.peach.net.nz/2009/03/04/fitness-stats-with-the-garmin-forerunner-305/ Since the launch of Mighty Ape last September I've been far more motivated to read books than I was previously... mostly thanks to them being within arms' reach of me. Here's what I've read in the last four months... A Song of Ice and Fire ~ George R.R. Martin This is actually ... http://matthew.peach.net.nz/2009/01/26/i-think-ive-rediscovered-books/ A few weeks ago I purchased a brand new road bike - the first bike of any sort I've ridden in around eight or more years - with the intention of using it as a cross-training fitness tool to compliment my running. Before getting the bike home, I entertained in my ... http://matthew.peach.net.nz/2008/12/30/biking-to-work/ I'm almost over my cold, so I've resumed my running routine. I decided that I'd start using MapMyRun.com to log my workouts. View my MapMyRun.com profile MapMyRun offers an iPhone application which utilises the phone's GPS system, but I'm reluctant to run with a phone so I'm currently entering data manually. I'm ... http://matthew.peach.net.nz/2008/12/27/im-mapping-my-runs/