Category: travel

  • Thoughts on WhatsApp and GoSocial

    Thoughts on WhatsApp and GoSocial

    Reading Time: 4 minutesBefore Whatsapp was bought by Facebook it was a great platform for people to chat with family and friends. When Facebook bought Whatsapp, many people, including myself, migrated towards Signal to avoid remaining in the Facebook sphere of influence. Social groups, and their luddites remained on Whatsapp, so we had to revert…

  • This Isn’t a Recovery Ride

    This Isn’t a Recovery Ride

    Reading Time: 2 minutesYesterday’s moderate recovery ride was hard. It was hard because we were riding at up to thirty kilometres per hour for sustained periods of time. We were riding fast from Geneva, to Nyon, and then again from Nyon to Geneva. With a small group you can afford to push like this. Witha…

  • The Desire to Cycle on Saturday

    The Desire to Cycle on Saturday

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteI am in the process of forming a new habit and that habit is to cycle on Saturday mornings. In cycling on Saturday mornings I keep Saturday afternoon free for other things. I can take care of washing clothes and more. It also gives me time to rest and recover before…

  • Playing with AI Agents

    Playing with AI Agents

    Reading Time: 2 minutesYesterday evening I was at a talk about AI. The person had written an AI agent that scrapes news sources for information, and reads reports, and then provides a summary of this information as a report. We often think of AI as a chat where we ask a question, and then get…

  • A Morning Run to the Lake and Back

    A Morning Run to the Lake and Back

    Reading Time: 2 minutesThis morning I ran towards the lake. If I had continued going west I could have gone to the Piscine De Colovray, had a swim, and then walked home or taken a publibike, once I was tired enough. In fact I live along the course for the Nyon Triathlon so I could…

  • A Metric Century and A Hike to Jaman from Montreux

    A Metric Century and A Hike to Jaman from Montreux

    Reading Time: 4 minutesThis weekend I went for two Meetup.com events. The first was a one hundred and twenty kilometre bike ride and the second was a one thousand four hundred metre climb from Montreux to the Dent De Jaman. The Ride to Vuache With the bike rides there was a choice of two rides.…

  • The Burning Desire to dump Whatsapp

    The Burning Desire to dump Whatsapp

    Reading Time: 4 minutesToday I went for a long hike after going for a long bike ride yesterday. I am pretty tired. I shared three photos that were directly relevant to a group’s activities and they were deleted. I wouldn’t mind, if they were not linked to the community, and to an activity organised by…

  • The Train from Eaux-Vives to Nyon

    The Train from Eaux-Vives to Nyon

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteWithin 31-34 minutes you can be in Geneva-Eaux-Vives by the RE33 train. Yesterday I tested it on the way back from Silicon Chalet Event 39 about Infrastructure as Code and Security, a combination for success. The talks were interesting and informative. It’s an opportunity to see people from the Geneva tech…

  • Commuting to Geneva By Car and Train

    Commuting to Geneva By Car and Train

    Reading Time: 3 minutesI rarely go to Geneva for two reasons. The first is that there is rarely a compelling reason to go into Geneva, except for work related things. The second reason is that Geneva is expensive to get into. To get to Geneva and back, by train, will cost 9.40 CHF. According to…

  • The Saturday Cycling Challenge to Begnins

    The Saturday Cycling Challenge to Begnins

    Reading Time: 3 minutesOn Saturday I went for a ride with Bike Club Switzerland from Geneva. The ride itself was planned on an 80km loop that went from Geneva via Vich up to Begnings and then towards one or two more places before heading back towards la Rippe, across the top, and eventually down to…