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Musings about life on two wheels
Electric bikes decrease theft of analog
Tl!Dr: thieves value e-bikes more than analog, so park near them A time-honored bicycle security measure is to make your bike less attractive to thieves. But this is not the only way to make your bike less desirable. You can also park near people with more attractive bikes. And the most attractive bikes (for bike…
Intuition as a ranking strategy
Tl;Dr: I do it, you do it. Even the most GTD’re uses it often Earlier I was writing about the 2nd simplest Getting Things Done tool: Ranked List (the first simplest is something I call The Compost Pile). A ranked list is just things labeled 1 to n in order of importance. The hard this…
Musings about Getting Things Done
Tl;Dr: Everybody knows you need priorities, dates and… Why not just a ranked list? Getting Things Done (GTD) is one flavor of Productivity strategies. The basic idea being: you can get more done if you are organized about it. Seems pretty obvious, there are books, apps, diaries, about it. They range from pretty simple to…
Seattle is in a Jungle
Tl;Dr: seriously. Riding around Interlaken with M. today – so lushly green and viney. It must be a jungle.
1 handed with handlebars – bad plan
Tl;dr: If you have to emergency, stop with one hand on the bars you’re in for a bad time Earlier today I saw a guy riding an electric scooter down the road while holding his phone to his face. One hand on the bars. I’ve been riding bicycles for a long time and the truth…
Do One Thing
Tl;Dr: Pick one important accomplishable task each day, the rest of your time will fill up I’ve recently had a bit more time on my hands. While working, it’s easy to imagine that with more time, more of the things that you think about doing will get done everyday. It can be frustrating to find…
Weird Steering on a bike? Check the crown race
Tl;Dr: If your bike creaks or sticks when turning, see if the crown race is right side up Steering on a bike is WAY more important than you think – than anybody thinks. This is because riding a bike is a constant unconscious process of extremely minor corrections to stay balanced. Here’s a great example:…
Fixing Kanga’s Nose
A story from a long time ago. Kid2 had a variety of stuffed animals when he was young. His favorite was always Kanga. Over the years Kanga was the recipient of lots and lots of love. Primarily on her about. After around 7 years of this her face was pretty much destroyed. Around this time…
In Praise of Home
Tl;Dr: Michael Franti is very good, Home is my favorite Spearhead Album Home came out in 1994 – I was about 25 when I saw them live in downtown Seattle. I was living the dream – 3ish years into my dream job (computer-land). Perhaps room mates with N. Boxer. This was right around the time…
Abundance: Ok, what’s next?
Tl;Dr: Abundance was a good book, but it leaves me wanting next steps (like Katie Wilson) BerkClerb read Abundance. I’m glad we did, it made me think a lot about my political affiliation, and how to orient towards a future that works well. Here are a couple big thoughts from the book and me: The…
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