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Der Spiegel, Spiegel Interview with Haruki Murakami:

“SPIEGEL: Are you a better writer because you run?

Murakami: Definitely. The stronger my muscles got, the clearer my mind became. I am convinced that artists who lead an unhealthy life burn out more quickly. Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison, Janis Joplin were the heroes of my youth — all of them died young, even though they didn’t deserve to. Only geniuses like Mozart or Pushkin deserve an early death. Jimi Hendrix was good, but not so smart because he took drugs. Working artistically is unhealthy; an artist should lead a healthy life to make up for it. Finding a story is a dangerous thing for an author; running helps me to avert that danger.”

1 mei 2008: Haruki Murakami, What I Talk About When I Talk About Running. (via)

Zie voor een vroege bespreking Canuck in Asia, Harakui Murakami Talks to Himself While Running, but only in Japanese (So You Can’t Hear Him). En zie verder vooral ook Haruki Murakami Resources: Excorcising Ghosts.

Walk Jog Run is een Google Maps Mashup voor wandelaars, joggers en hardlopers. Meet afstand, tijd en verbruikte calorieën. Voorbeeld: ‘Ons Buiten’ Running Route.

Zie ook Measuring Distances and Areas in Google Earth

Times: More Rimbaud and less Rambo, critics tell sweaty jogger Sarkozy

“Is jogging right wing?” wondered Libération, the left-wing newspaper. Alain Finkelkraut, a celebrated philosopher, begged Mr Sarkozy on France 2, the main state television channel, to abandon his “undignified” pursuit. He should take up walking, like Socrates, Arthur Rimbaud, the poet, and other great men, said Mr Finkelkraut.

“Western civilisation, in its best sense, was born with the promenade. Walking is a sensitive, spiritual act. Jogging is management of the body. The jogger says I am in control. It has nothing to do with meditation.”

Boris Johnson: Bravo, Sarkozy – from one jogger to another (via)

Measuring Distances and Areas in Google Earth.

Zie ook Webgemm: Hardlooproute bepalen met Google Earth

• CNN.com – Software finds missing ‘a’ in Armstrong’s moon quote – Sep 30, 2006
  “An Australian computer programmer says he found the missing “a” from Armstrong’s famous first words from the moon in 1969, when the world heard the phrase, “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.”"
  (tags: semantics moon quotes)
• Recipes For Race Success
  “Is there anyone more qualified to create healthy and delicious meals for marathoners than a chef who runs?”
  (tags: food diner running marathon)
• Who’s next in fashion? No one. – Style – International Herald Tribune
  “The third and most compelling reason to believe that the designer era is over lies in the cultural landscape. “
  (tags: design brand fashion)

• Pruned: Hill of Crosses
  “This amazing site has been built over hundreds of years by devoted pilgrims from all over the world.”
  (tags: trendbeheer lithuania religion landscape)
• Map your trails with TrailRunner – Lifehacker
  “Free program TrailRunner is a route planning software for runners, hikers, bicyclists – basically anyone who needs a trail.”
  (tags: gps maps route running mac osx)
• Torrents sites
  “The Web of Knowledge blog has posted a huge list of well over a hundred torrent sites organized by type.”
  (tags: bittorrent)
• Deelkaart Amsterdam / StemWijzer – StemWijzer
  Stemwijzer gemeenteraadsverkiezingen.
  (tags: elections amsterdam oud-zuid)
• GRAFFITITV
  “…watch one of the many “channels” in which documentary makers from around the world take you on a tour of their neighborhoods, serving up fresh and original artwork on the culverts and walls of the urban jungle. “
  (tags: trendbeheer art video graffiti)
• Image: Undersea cables | CNET News.com
  “The vast bulk of international telephone and Internet traffic travels through underwater cables. This map shows the cables that were in use as of the end of 2004 and gives an indication of where traffic is heaviest.”
  (tags: maps submarine cables internettraffic)