{"id":3321,"date":"2013-05-08T11:29:46","date_gmt":"2013-05-08T01:29:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flamingspork.com\/blog\/?p=3321"},"modified":"2013-05-08T11:29:46","modified_gmt":"2013-05-08T01:29:46","slug":"omg-we-appear-to-have-entered-a-run-for-ms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flamingspork.com\/blog\/2013\/05\/08\/omg-we-appear-to-have-entered-a-run-for-ms\/","title":{"rendered":"OMG we appear to have entered a run for MS&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We are <a href=\"http:\/\/register.mswalk.org.au\/2013-MS-Walk-and-Fun-Run-Melbourne\/Meep\">team MEEP<\/a> &#8211; as that is the noise Beaker the cockatiel, our team mascot, makes. Stewart is going for 10 km, Leah is planning for 5 km &#8230; and Beaker will enjoy having two tired people to sit on afterwards. :)<\/p>\n<p>We are taking part in the 2013 MS Walk and Fun Run in order to raise funds for people affected by multiple sclerosis (MS). MS is is the most common disease of the central nervous system and affects more than 23,000 Australians.<\/p>\n<p>Did you know?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The average age of diagnosis of MS is just 30 years<\/li>\n<li>MS affects three times as many women as men<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>MS Australia aims to\u00c2\u00a0minimize\u00c2\u00a0the impact of multiple sclerosis on all individuals affected by the disease, as well as their families, carers and the community, by offering a wide range of services, equipment and support. MS Australia&#8217;s goal is to assist everyone affected by MS to live life to their fullest potential and secure the care and support they need, until we ultimately find a cure.<\/p>\n<p>You can sponsor us here:\u00c2\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/register.mswalk.org.au\/2013-MS-Walk-and-Fun-Run-Melbourne\/Meep\">http:\/\/register.mswalk.org.au\/2013-MS-Walk-and-Fun-Run-Melbourne\/Meep<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are team MEEP &#8211; as that is the noise Beaker the cockatiel, our team mascot, makes. Stewart is going for 10 km, Leah is planning for 5 km &#8230; and Beaker will enjoy having two tired people to sit &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flamingspork.com\/blog\/2013\/05\/08\/omg-we-appear-to-have-entered-a-run-for-ms\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2],"tags":[529],"class_list":["post-3321","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-life-the-universe-and-everything","tag-run"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5a6n8-Rz","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3325,"url":"https:\/\/www.flamingspork.com\/blog\/2013\/05\/13\/a-few-points-on-talking-about-the-internet\/","url_meta":{"origin":3321,"position":0},"title":"A few points on talking about the internet","author":"Stewart Smith","date":"2013-05-13","format":false,"excerpt":"There are a few things you should keep in mind when talking about the internet: Use of the word \"cyber\" is not cool. Whenever you hear the word \"cyber\" substitute it with \"Information Super-Highway\"... yes, it sounds that dated. Use of the word \"cyber\" is applicable only in discussions relating\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;General&quot;","block_context":{"text":"General","link":"https:\/\/www.flamingspork.com\/blog\/category\/general\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3748,"url":"https:\/\/www.flamingspork.com\/blog\/2014\/05\/26\/ms-run-and-fundraising\/","url_meta":{"origin":3321,"position":1},"title":"MS Run and fundraising","author":"Stewart Smith","date":"2014-05-26","format":false,"excerpt":"This year, I'm again fundraising for the MS Walk and Fun Run on June 1st. I'll skip the details of why you should throw money at the problem and all that, but you should - because good reasons. I'll be doing the 10k run. Go here and donate: http:\/\/register.mswalk.org.au\/2014-MS-Walk-and-Fun-Run-Melbourne\/stewart","rel":"","context":"In &quot;General&quot;","block_context":{"text":"General","link":"https:\/\/www.flamingspork.com\/blog\/category\/general\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":95,"url":"https:\/\/www.flamingspork.com\/blog\/2003\/05\/05\/rules-for-a-better-web\/","url_meta":{"origin":3321,"position":2},"title":"rules for a better web","author":"Stewart Smith","date":"2003-05-05","format":false,"excerpt":"1) Web Browsers refuse to render non standards compliant sites 2) SVG is used for all applicable images. 3) META tags are used properly 4) Comic Sans MS is deleted from all computers, everywhere 5) Background music becomes impossible 6) ban the plugins","rel":"","context":"In &quot;website&quot;","block_context":{"text":"website","link":"https:\/\/www.flamingspork.com\/blog\/category\/website\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":474,"url":"https:\/\/www.flamingspork.com\/blog\/2005\/09\/16\/fix-network-file-system-nfs-client-users-that-do-not-have-the\/","url_meta":{"origin":3321,"position":3},"title":"FIX: Network File System (NFS) client users that do not have the","author":"Stewart Smith","date":"2005-09-16","format":false,"excerpt":"FIX: Network File System (NFS) client users that do not have the \"List Folder \/ Read Data\" permission can still see the file list from an NFS share Aparrently Linus himself is a NFS client. (I'd report the bug to MS, but it seems impossible to do so).","rel":"","context":"In &quot;life, the universe and everything&quot;","block_context":{"text":"life, the universe and everything","link":"https:\/\/www.flamingspork.com\/blog\/category\/life-the-universe-and-everything\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":75,"url":"https:\/\/www.flamingspork.com\/blog\/2003\/03\/25\/poptop-pptp-and-the-vpn-issue\/","url_meta":{"origin":3321,"position":4},"title":"poptop, pptp and the VPN issue","author":"Stewart Smith","date":"2003-03-25","format":false,"excerpt":"VPNs are just plain annoying IPsec isn't remotely easy enough to configure yet (i.e. it's not easy point and click or at least point and type). PPTP is butchery and icky and all wrong and not really *that* secure, but, MS OSs have support for it, and there's a suppossedly\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;work et al&quot;","block_context":{"text":"work et al","link":"https:\/\/www.flamingspork.com\/blog\/category\/work-et-al\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":4099,"url":"https:\/\/www.flamingspork.com\/blog\/2016\/08\/08\/windows-3-11-nostalgia\/","url_meta":{"origin":3321,"position":5},"title":"Windows 3.11 nostalgia","author":"Stewart Smith","date":"2016-08-08","format":false,"excerpt":"Because OS\/2 didn't go so well... let's try something I'm a lot more familiar with. To be honest, the last time I in earnest used Windows on the desktop was around 3.11, so I kind of know it back to front (fun fact: I've read the entire Windows 3.0 manual).\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;General&quot;","block_context":{"text":"General","link":"https:\/\/www.flamingspork.com\/blog\/category\/general\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"win31-setup","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.flamingspork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/win31-setup-300x167.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.flamingspork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3321","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.flamingspork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.flamingspork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.flamingspork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.flamingspork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3321"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.flamingspork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3321\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3323,"href":"https:\/\/www.flamingspork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3321\/revisions\/3323"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.flamingspork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.flamingspork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.flamingspork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}