4,150 miles on bike = PR
3,150 on car
Friday, December 30, 2011
Saturday, February 26, 2011
Cutting Edge Exercise
Yeah, I know it's been a long winter, but still... I'm not sure it was bad enough to justify this... extreme synchronized indoor spinning.
Bill's Magical Mystery Tour...: Cutting Edge Exercise
On the positive side, it's in Italian.
Bill's Magical Mystery Tour...: Cutting Edge Exercise
On the positive side, it's in Italian.
Monday, February 14, 2011
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Evening commute picture
5:00 pm, 4 minutes before the theoretical sunset, at the Presumpscot River Bridge on Middle Road.
Friday, December 31, 2010
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
The digital digit
I read an Instructable article over a year ago that showed how to sew a bit of conductive thread into one's glove finger to allow touch-screen operation while engloved. I finally got around to trying it, seein' as how it's turned glovey here in Maine.
It's not rocket surgery. I operated on a pair of polyester liner gloves that I found on sale at EMS last spring. Well, the right one anyway. I thought the outside thread should be a fairly small, localized contact area, but I'm not sure that's so important... when you use your bare finger on a touch-screen the contact area is pretty broad.
The inside of the finger can/should be a messy thread nest, for plenty of contact area with your finger.
I got a chance to try it on this morning's commute. 21 degrees, with the road shoulders still crunchy after Monday's blizzard, but with not much wind and a nice bright sun. I stopped on the side of the boulevard to try to capture the sun-backed skyline of Portland across the cove.
Well, it's not very realistic looking but it's cool in a hipstamatic kinda way. Emboldened, I tried a new camera app on my iPhone called Pano, for shooting panoramic pictures. It has a learning curve that I haven't ascended yet. The double sun is the first clue.
Anyway, the conductive thread worked and the liner glove definitely helped keep my right hand from freezing for a few minutes.
It's not rocket surgery. I operated on a pair of polyester liner gloves that I found on sale at EMS last spring. Well, the right one anyway. I thought the outside thread should be a fairly small, localized contact area, but I'm not sure that's so important... when you use your bare finger on a touch-screen the contact area is pretty broad.
The inside of the finger can/should be a messy thread nest, for plenty of contact area with your finger.
I got a chance to try it on this morning's commute. 21 degrees, with the road shoulders still crunchy after Monday's blizzard, but with not much wind and a nice bright sun. I stopped on the side of the boulevard to try to capture the sun-backed skyline of Portland across the cove.
Well, it's not very realistic looking but it's cool in a hipstamatic kinda way. Emboldened, I tried a new camera app on my iPhone called Pano, for shooting panoramic pictures. It has a learning curve that I haven't ascended yet. The double sun is the first clue.
Anyway, the conductive thread worked and the liner glove definitely helped keep my right hand from freezing for a few minutes.
Friday, December 3, 2010
Morning commute picture
Takes the prize of becoming the blog header picture. Taken with cheapo HDR Pro app on my iPhone.
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