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  • Apple Fitness Training Load Thoughts

    Apple Fitness Training Load Thoughts

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Apple Fitness App now has Training Load data. It looks at the workouts you have done over the last 7 days and compares it to the last 28 days. In theory this is interesting but in practice I find it frustrating. To be specific about what I find frustrating, the Apple…

  • Playing with Xiaomi Smart Band 9 and a Fairphone 4

    Playing with Xiaomi Smart Band 9 and a Fairphone 4

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesYesterday I went on a bike ride with a Xiaomi Smart Band 9 and a Fairphone 4. I wanted to see two things. The first was to see if the GPS track would be accurate for the entire ride, as well as how much battery power would be squandered in the process.…

  • The Desire to Participate

    The Desire to Participate

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesI saw that there is a hike taking place nearby. I would have really liked to join it but I would have been participant eleven with a limit of ten people. I wanted to participate because it would have required walking to Nyon, and taking the train de St Cergue to St…

  • On Arriving Early to Charge

    On Arriving Early to Charge

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesI know that if I drive from one place to another I will use about 30 percent of the car’s battery. This means that if I want to offset the drive with charge time I need to go extra early. I know that the battery needs 1 hour for each five percent,…

  • Freedom of Speech and the Control of Volume

    Freedom of Speech and the Control of Volume

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesLast night I listened to Yuval Harari and Ari Meiber speak about Nexus, the new book and related topics and the concept that I found really stood out is about freedom of speech and volume. Yuval Harari believes that we should be able to share information and lies, but that social networks…

  • The Kindness of Drivers

    The Kindness of Drivers

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    Reading Time: 1 minuteRecently I have been walking and running into and out of Nyon and in the process I have had to cross busy roads regularly and what has struck me recently, especially when running is that people stop to let me cross the road, even when they don’t need to. I really appreciate…

  • When a Tree Suddenly Shivers

    When a Tree Suddenly Shivers

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    Reading Time: < 1 minuteA tree without Leaves

  • Incline Walking for People in a Flat Country

    Incline Walking for People in a Flat Country

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesToday I followed a link where a writer wrote "My every-other-day workout is walking three miles, fast, on a high incline on the treadmill—often times with hand weights too." and I find it amusing. It’s amusing because in Switzerland, and especially in the old town of Geneva, Nyon, Lausanne, Neuchatel, Fribourg and…

  • The Uncertain Train Journey

    The Uncertain Train Journey

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    Reading Time: 1 minuteFor years I automatically took the car for everything I did, or almost. Over the last seven or eight years that habit has changed as I grew used to walking locally, and catching the train to activities. This shift in habits is due to two things. The first is that I met…

  • Instagram and Net Neutrality

    Instagram and Net Neutrality

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesWhen videos are older, or are not viewed often their quality will be downgraded until they are either viewed regularly or never at all. This decision showstype: posts that Instagram is forgetting that it should promote net neutrality rather than a two tier system where influencers get the red carpet, and normal…