Category: Switzerland
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Migrating to kDrive from Flickr, Apple and Google Photo Clouds
Reading Time: 4 minutesAs I write this my consolidated photo album is being uploaded to kDrive, to serve as an offsite backup but the journey to this point took about two weeks, due in part to experimentation and learning to use various tools. Tools I used rsync Google Takeout Flickr Export jdupe Gemini Euria Le…
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Nosferatu The Spider
Reading Time: < 1 minuteWhen I see spiders in nature they don’t bother me but when I see a large Nosferatu spider waiting in ambush in the stairway/hall it makes me deeply uncomfortable. If you’re hiking on snow, in April, in Switzerland, you will often see hundreds of spiders crawling across the snow. It doesn’t…
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A Sunrise Run
Reading Time: 2 minutesToday I woke early. I set the alarm for 05:30 and again at 05:40 and yet again at 06:00. The reason for so many alarms is that it’s easy to set the first, wake up to turn it off, and then wake too late. It’s also as a backup. Usually the first…
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The Day I ran my First Semi-Marathon
Reading Time: 3 minutesYesterday was cold and grey when I set off on my daily walk/run and my intention was to go up to Cheserex across to Tranchepied and then back down towards Nyon. I had no intention of running a semi-marathon. The reason for which I ran so far is that I saw dog…
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On Noise Pollution and a Skipped Bike Ride
Reading Time: 2 minutesI know, without a doubt that if I ride with one group, especially if there are only 25 people, that it will be hard. It’s because of how hard I know the ride will be that I am not keen to join that group. despite this I still considered going for a…
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Five Ten Kilometre Runs Later
Reading Time: 3 minutesRecently I ran with the goal of getting above the fog and I succeeded. The result was a 16km run. Since then I have run ten kilometre runs four more times. In the process I have shifted from not seeing myself to seeing myself as more of a runner than before. Last…
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A Year to Experiment with Swisscom MyAI
Reading Time: 2 minutesA few days ago I was looking at MyAI and I was going to unsubscribe from the "Pro" account before they charged me, before realising that as an early adopter I have a year to play with MyAI for "free". When I say that I can play with it for free I…
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On Payed Online Audiobook Library Subscriptions
Reading Time: 2 minutesFor a long time you could choose between one credit or two credits per month with Audible, and you were limited to that one or two books. With time they increased the price, but they also added plenty of books that were included with the membership. At this point, if you’re not…
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Driving to the Sun
Reading Time: 2 minutesIf you’re like me, you might read "driving to the sun" and think I’m speaking of driving to Spain or to Southern France. This wasn’t the case today. Today, as I saw we were in the fog, or in a layer of cloud I decided that I would drive up to an…
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A Run to Blue Sky
Reading Time: 2 minutesYesterday we were under the clouds for the entire day. Low lever clouds or fog kept us away from the sun. I noticed that someone on Strava had managed to get above the clouds by going for a bike ride. I decided to try to do the same thing, eventually, by running.…