April 2012
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Nine Day Weekend
Today was the first day of a nine day weekend. I think I like phrasing it that way, it makes it feel like less of a significant bit of time off and so I feel better about not actually doing anything of note. I’ll still probably be bored by Monday afternoon. Biked again today. The weather was much nice than last weekend - almost 20 degrees cooler. With today’s 63 miles, I hit 400...
Apr 29th
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Apr 16th
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Apr 11th
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“Before you diagnose yourself with depression or low self esteem, first make sure...”
– Steven Winterburn
Apr 10th
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Should have seen this coming...
I write about keeping up my weekly cycling average, then get this forecast: Guess I won’t get another ride in until Sunday then… Also, I mused about finding new music last week, and Scalzi posted a thread on Whatever on that same topic. Coincidence?! …Actually, yes, it is.
Apr 10th
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Eostre Links
Ever had to explain String Theory via text message? I got this text from Koala late on Thursday: I just heard this craziness about computer code being discovered within string theory. My mind is blown. We are living in the matrix and what the f$*& is string theory? (No, we’re not in the Matrix. The language of theoretical physics doesn’t have all the same meanings that the...
Apr 9th
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Back in the Saddle
After a month hiatus due to weather, I finally got in another metric century ride Saturday. I did get in rides of 35 (on 3/18) and 46 (on 4/1) miles in between, but for the most part the weather has not been conducive to cycling on the weekends. Even with the weather being as it’s been, after 14 weeks I’m averaging slightly more miles per week this year than I did over all of last...
Apr 8th
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Musical Interlude
So, I’ve had music on (& in) my mind lately. I’ve been thinking about it for a while, but that’s been reinforced of late because - over the course of the past month - I’ve kept getting asked (in random conversations) what sort of music I like. It’s not an easy question to answer - it is perhaps easier to answer the question of the genres of music that I...
Apr 6th
Not an April Fool: Social Media & Privacy →
I was going to write something about the “Girls Around Me” essay that was posted on Cult Of Mac a few days back, but Charlie Stross beat me to it. Things to keep in mind: while Foursquare disabled that app’s access to the APIs (as a Terms of Service violation), the APIs still exist, and the app’s developer has stated they’re looking for a workaround Facebook had...
Apr 1st