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So, I’ve decided to do some exercise, and this time I might actually go ahead with it. This jogging thing isn’t terrible, and I’ve got a goal.  The Old Cleveland -> Creek -> Stanley loop is my current one, and being able to do it at a slow jog without having to stop is the aim.

I bought a pair of shoes, Mizuno Wave Inspire 8′s, in a size 15. Quite comfy actually. I went for a jog, and when I had them done up too tight I got the terrible foot pain issues I’ve had in the past.

The next part of the shopping journey was to get my glasses prescription. Unfortunately they wouldn’t give it to me without re-testing my eyes, so I got them re-tested. It seems they’re still OK, woot.

I’ve been eyeing off a smallish frypan so I can have bacon and eggs for breakfasts. Shiny and PTFE-free. Baccarat Ceramix frypans look fairly cool, and I got the 20cm one for only $10 more than the 30cm one!

I got myself a cookbook which looks pretty freakin’ cool. 35% off was even better, so it was only $35 or so for a hefty book full of italian food The recipes are well laid out and have many photographs.

So, it seems if you’re running a recent Ubuntu install (l/m/n/o initials) and you use Easy Install on VMWare Fusion you’ll have issues with keymaps. Up and down arrow, and a few other keys might play up too.

There’s a simple trick, run this from the console as an admin (sudo if you please):

dpkg-reconfigure console-setup

When it asks what kind of keyboard you have, hit “m” to select Macbook then hit enter. Keep hitting enter (or letter keys to select options, multiple taps on the same letter will scroll) and you’ll get your way through.

Keys should work after that