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  • Listening to every Podcast

    Listening to every Podcast

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesThere was a time when it was much easier to listen to every episode of a podcast for two reasons. The first of these is that they were new so it wouldn’t take too long to burn through one hundred episodes. The second reason is that podcasts were half an hour long…

  • The End of my Exposed Host Experiment

    The End of my Exposed Host Experiment

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesFor months I have been hosting Immich, Photoprism and AudioBookShelf and the experiment has been a success. It has been stable and reliable so far and I did not detect anyone accessing my server without permission. I had these services as Exposed Host via the Swisscom router DMZ setting. it was easy…

  • Strava and the Fallacy of Quick Edit

    Strava and the Fallacy of Quick Edit

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesTwo days ago Strava came out with their "Quick edit" feature that is actually nothing new. They claim that it will simplify renaming activities to get more likes but that’s not what the "simple edit" is about. It’s about renaming activities to train AI. Some apps will call a run Morges Run,…

  • The Post Cold Run

    The Post Cold Run

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesSome people will see that it’s running, and that they are still recovering and think "I’m not running in that. I did and my "short run" project was changed to a full run. I had planned to run two to three kilometres but ran five instead. The Apple watch wasn’t happy, not…

  • Thoughts on a Rainy Day

    Thoughts on a Rainy Day

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesToday it’s raining, which may imply that I will not go out for a walk, or a run, and definitely not a bike ride. It also implies that I am wearing the Apple watch for no reason today. My step count will be low, as will my calories burned count, and finally…

  • Threads and Chirping

    Threads and Chirping

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesFor less than a week I have been using Threads heavily. In that time I have commented on plenty of posts without senseing any hostility or unpleasantness so I thought that Threads may be troll free. I realise that this is not the case after posting that I would not get the…

  • The Missed Hike

    The Missed Hike

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesToday I could have been coughing and spluttering on the train like someone did last week, except that I would have worn a mask. Yesterday I had a fever and when I was sitting at the desk in the morning I felt awful so I went for a siesta that lasted for…

  • Silly Not to Mask

    Silly Not to Mask

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesOn Sunday, less than a week ago I was on a train. I could hear someone coughing, and coughing. She sat in the seats a set of seats in front of the group of people I was with. I could hear the bronchial cough and I considered masking but didn’t and now…

  • A Possible Change of Plans

    A Possible Change of Plans

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    Reading Time: < 1 minuteIn theory I am waking at 0400 or earlier tomorrow to go and run in Vernier at 0530 but in practice that is now in doubt, not because I’m lazy but because I have a sore throat.I really hope that what I am fighting is just a short lived bug, nothing…

  • Garmin and Other Services

    Garmin and Other Services

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesYesterday I wore the Suunto Peak 5 alongside the Apple Watch SE rather than the Apple Watch SE and Garmin device as I usually would. The reason for this is that I want to continue playing with Suunto devices, and I’d like to wean myself off of the Apple Watch, for at…