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View of the Léman lakeside in Geneva

Application Programming Interfaces, Really Simple Syndication and the Open Protocols

3 June 2023 richard Swiss walks

Twitter and Reddit want to charge people to use their API despite already wanting people to pay them directly. Twitter decided to drive users away

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An old American car

The Solitaire Puzzle

2 June 2023 richard Swiss walks

Recently I rediscovered my love of the game solitaire. It is the game we played on windows 3.1 and other windows operating systems, up to

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View of Cuvaloup with dandelions

Playing with the Hugo With An Old Site

1 June 2023 richard Swiss walks

For a few days I have been playing with Hugo with Markdown and HTML pages. It says that it is “the world’s fastest framework for

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A glove in a field

The Pay To Play and Pay To Win iOS Games

31 May 2023 richard tech related

I like casual gaming. I like to play games on the iPhone when commuting or waiting for something to happen. The problem is that casual

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An old American car

The Mindful Shave

30 May 2023 richard tech related

For two weeks or so I have been using a safety razor rather than the usual electric shaver, or conventional three to four blade shavers.

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A broken tree in the Jura

On The Value of Not Being Anonymous on Social Media

29 May 2023 richard tech related

For years I felt comfortable tweeting as myself for two reasons. The fist reason is that we met up so often than tweeting under my

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Twenty Seven Thousand Steps in BareFoot Shoes

28 May 2023 richard Swiss walks

A few days ago I took twenty seven thousand steps in barefoot shoes. My feet did not suffer at all from walking that far in

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View from Cuvaloup today

Hiking in the Jura in Minimal Shoes

27 May 2023 richard Swiss walks

Today I went for a short walk in the Jura with minimal shoes and I felt fine. The shoes, despite being thin soled, felt fine

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Travel time from Nyon train station, by foot.

Cycling from Nyon To Geneva and Back

26 May 2023 richard cycling, environmentalism

Catching the train to Geneva and back to Nyon costs about 14CHF per day, depending on whether you have paid 180 CHF for the half

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global wear on trail glove 7 after 60km

Walking “Barefoot” with The Vapor Glove 6

25 May 2023 richard tech related

Most shoes are designed to protect the heel with a cushion of air or material that absorbs heel strikes, before they are transmitted to the

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Activities List

  • Afternoon Walk
    On 3 June 2023 16:38 went 1.64 km during 00:18:02 hours climbing 16.00 meters burning 101 calories.
  • Afternoon Run
    On 2 June 2023 15:57 went 3.01 km during 00:21:15 hours climbing 8.00 meters burning 204 calories.
  • Afternoon Walk
    On 2 June 2023 15:08 went 4.57 km during 00:47:32 hours climbing 112.00 meters burning 270 calories.
  • Afternoon Walk
    On 1 June 2023 14:23 went 8.01 km during 01:28:31 hours climbing 100.00 meters burning 467 calories.
  • Morning Walk
    On 1 June 2023 09:00 went 3.36 km during 00:41:21 hours climbing 56.00 meters burning 210 calories.
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