Author: Roger

  • Chilly Tuesday | 5/100

    Chilly Tuesday | 5/100

    It got down to 36F last night so we brought the plants inside to prevent a freeze on them. We should have done the same with the water hose. Not a fun thing to wake up to. Nothing burst but there was no running water to start the morning with. Rather than sulk I hopped…

  • Manic Monday | 4/100

    Manic Monday | 4/100

    So far the writing in the morning habit is falling off the face of a cliff pretty well here. I am thinking about writing all day though so that counts for something, right? 😎 Watching: Listening to: Reading: What the Happiest Countries in the World Have in Common – Among – “While rankings are based…

  • Seeing old friends 3/100

    Seeing old friends 3/100

    Happy Sunday! I got some yard watering done and a big ride. Gonna sleep well tonight. I hope you enjoy the post. Watching: Listening to: Workout details: Today’s prescribed ride was for 2.5 hours. I ended up at just over 5 and it was great. Let me tell you more… As I mentioned in yesterday’s…

  • Late post Saturday 2/100

    Late post Saturday 2/100

    Bike maintenance: If there are two things you need to maintain on your bike they are the tires and the chain: Tires need air. Most pumps have gauges and generally your tires will tell you what pressure they should be inflated to. You should check this before every ride. Proper tire inflation will ensure a…

  • So it begins! 1/100

    So it begins! 1/100

    Big day, today! Its day 1 of the 100 days of blogging challenge. I have reached out to my coworkers to join me in writing a blog post everyday for 100 days. We start today, May 1st 2020, and continue till August 9th, 2020. So far these are the other sites involved in the challenge:Jon’s…

  • Tempo Thursday

    Tempo Thursday

    Reading: 68 Bits of Unsolicited Advice – “You can obsess about serving your customers/audience/clients, or you can obsess about beating the competition. Both work, but of the two, obsessing about your customers will take you further.” Listening: Open Source World – TED Radio Hour – Wide ranging conversations about Open Source. From Tim Burners Lee…

  • Body-weight Wednesday

    Body-weight Wednesday

    Listening to: Fitbit story of how it came to be on How I built that. Fun listen about the start of a big brand that got clobbered by the Apple Watch. Product Strategy from the Rework podcast. Always interesting to hear how people design and build things. One take away for me here is setting…

  • Turning Pedals Tuesday

    Turning Pedals Tuesday

    One of the first things my dad did when I got into racing bikes was make me learn how to maintain my bike. He did it out of necessity as bike shops are expensive but it was also a great way to get me to show my commitment. I am not a great mechanic but…

  • Recommended Routine

    Recommended Routine

    Ok Monday lets go! Its a day off today. Well not from working-out but from working. Since we moved back to Colorado over the weekend it seemed like taking an extra day to settle in is a nice touch. Plus there is a lot of work to do on the land, and family and friends…

  • Making it back

    Happy Sunday indeed. We got the trailer back up to Colorado no problem and have already gone for a bike ride. The dogs have run the yard a few times and the sun is setting. Its been a fun few months getting back here but now we are stationary till Fall and maybe longer. Probably…