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I am a media asset manager, camera operator and more. I hike, cycle and climb in my free time. During the COVID-19 pandemic I am blogging on a daily basis to keep a record for future generations.

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  • Twitter, As a Joke

    Reading Time: 2 minutesTwitter went down and I didn’t notice, yet again. According to The Verge it has been down five times in five weeks. It goes down so regularly that it feels as if they have allowed the Netflix Chaos Monkey to run freely around Twitter code. They say that they need to rewrite…

  • Spring Watch

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  • The Absurd

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteOver the last few weeks I have been thinking about the absurdity of life during this pandemic. People are pretending the pandemic is over and falling sick with a disease that keeps them sick for months. Entire professions are now unstable so finding work is harder. Millions of others are unable…

  • A Spring Walk

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  • Not a chance

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteDo you believe in fate/destiny? Nihilism

  • Cycling and Running

    Reading Time: 2 minutesI like cycling, hiking and climbing rather than running but I read an article that makes me think that cycling and running are incompatible. In one sport the leg becomes a spring and as you run it becomes fine tuned to reflect the energy back into forward motion whereas in cycling torque…

  • The Setting Sun Walk

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteI went for a walk and by the time it ended the sun had set. I walked with a flashlight in case but didn’t need it. Usually I would have gone for a walk earlier in the day.

  • Dry Weather, Clean Shoes

    Reading Time: 2 minutesWe’re having dry weather which means that I have clean shoes, once again. They cut the grass recently but rather than see greenery we see yellow. We’re in March and it already looks as if we’re un June/July, with how dry the landscape is. The sides of the road, where it was…

  • Of Casio, Suunto, Garmin and Apple

    Reading Time: 2 minutesThese four brands create watches. Casio creates rugged watches with batteries that last for a decade or more, and pair with mobile phones to track walks and more. Suunto and Garmin have fitness/sports trackers that measure activities, whether sailing, climbing, running, walking, cycling, scuba diving or more. Apple in contrast creates fragile,…

  • Running In High Winds

    Reading Time: 2 minutesYesterday I tried running and walking in high winds. I have cycled and walked in high winds but I had not yet had the sensation of running in high wind and it is quite interesting. In cycling you feel that the wind pushes your bike to the side, and you counteract the…