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Black Belt Test

Today the 27th of June I had my grading or test for black belt.

In Haidong Gumdo this test consists of

A poomsae or kata called Shimsang Gumbap
20 finger pushups
Breaking a piece of wood with your sword.

The finger pushups were easy and the wood was surprisingly easy to break.
Unfortunately when performing Shimsang Gumbap I was nervous [...]

Mapping F13-F16 on Apple Keyboard under OS X

I recently purchased an Apple Keyboard for my Mac Mini. It includes 2 USB ports, as well as volume control and mute keys. All very useful but the thing that caught my eye was the F13 through F16 keys as my normal PC keyboard ends at F12.

So how can you use these extra keys in [...]

Memorial Day (Korea)

Today is the day, Koreans remember those who have fallen defending their country.
So what did I do on this sacred day? Shopping!
I went to Busan, watched the new Dreamworks movie “Over the Hedge” which was OK, but it is not Toy Story by any means.

And I then got my Mac Mini upgraded to [...]