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Virtual Cycling Adventures: Exploring the World of Zwift from Your Living Room
In the scorching heat of July, beneath the towering peaks of Telluride, fate dealt me a cruel hand—or rather, finger. The Telluride 50 mountain bike race, a thrilling event I had eagerly anticipated, took an unexpected turn. A tumble on a rocky descent left me nursing a broken finger and a bruised ego. Returning to…
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Steve Roberts: Computing Across America – BIKEPACKING.com
What a crazy awesome story! I don’t know if I would be disciplined enough to actually do any work though. Steve Roberts may well have been the original digital nomad. Learn more about him and his fascinating computerized bicycles here… — Read on bikepacking.com/plog/steve-roberts-computing-across-america/
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Standing up before the light turns off
These people are not paying attention. Either willingly or unwillingly they have played their cards.
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Perception: dim
I’m reading Meditations for the first time and it’s a good one for this time in my life. I took a substantial amount of philosophy classes at university. I was interested but my limited life experience meant a t was distant for me to comprehend. I understood the words but not necessarily the set and…
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How Did We Get Here? – Dive Into HTML5
How Did We Get Here? – Dive Into HTML5 — Read on diveintohtml5.info/past.html It’s wild to read about the start of the web. All of this happened while I was in high school and then undergrad at CU Boulder. I was aware of some of it. I recall someone telling me in 1996 to start…
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Busy month of snow sporting
February has been a month of snow sporting like I haven’t experienced since I was a teenager. In November I bought a used set of skate skis and got back into a sport if barely done over thirty years ago. That prompted me to get snowshoes and start backcountry hiking. Which prompted me to start…
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Flying on snow
This winter, I have gotten into the sport of Nordic Cross Country Skate Skiing, aka Skate Skiing. In the winter, the weather limits me from riding my bike. It’s freezing, but also, when there is snow, it can be dangerous. Cross Country skiing is a great winter activity when there is snow; this year, we…
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LeVar Burton Reads to me
I have been winding my days down lately listening to these podcasts. LeVar is such a good reader and the production quality is so high that I cannot believe these are free. I listen to them by myself but I could see a group listening to them like people used to listen to the radio.…
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Prepping for the morning
As a recent morning person convert, I have found that preparing the night before helps my morning be successful. This preparation has two significant parts: clothing and a glass of water. The first thing I do after waking up is brush, floss, and put my contacts in. After that, it’s time for my 30-60 minute…
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Putting your phone on alert
As I work to reduce my screen time, one of the most significant and effective changes has been disallowing my phone from entering the bedroom. Again this is a tip I picked from Ryan Holiday, who says he leaves his phone in the kitchen to charge overnight. This prevents him from looking at the phone…