Category: Swiss walks
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The Calm Week
Reading Time: 2 minutesFor two or three weeks I was afraid of overdoing it, and then the bad weather came, and public holidays, and suddenly I’m resting more than I expected to. Yesterday would have been an exhausting ride if it had taken place, but due to fresh snow, wind and rain it was cancelled.…
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A Twenty five Hour Investment for a Book Club
Reading Time: < 1 minuteYesterday I was struck by the irony of spending twenty five hours reading a book for a discussion in a book club, and then the conversation falling into a rat hole. A rat hole is a term to describe when a conversation gets sidetracked or distracted. Of course we discussed themes…
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The Faster Baudichonne
Reading Time: 1 minuteOn Saturday I hesitated for hours on whether to go for a group run, or a challenging group run. The Baudichonne is a short, but hard climb. It’s at an average of 10 percent, but don’t let that fool you. It’s not just the gradient. It’s persistent for almost the entire climb.…
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The Fediverse Stats Paradox
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe more I use WordPress, and the more they change the UI, the more I want to dump it. These stats, instead of encouraging me to use wordpress, and the fediverse, encourage me to dump both. Blogging shouldn’t be about metrics, it should be about the development of thoughts and ideas,…
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A 6AM Run in Morges
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThis morning i woke naturally at 03:30 and headed to Morges for the 6am run. Some might think that’s early but I was fine with it. The paradox is that walking early is easy. It’s staying awake that is hard. It’s also getting to sleep at a reasonable time despite noisy…
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On Assessing a Whatsapp Community Correctly
Reading Time: 2 minutesI gave a Whatsapp Community of Communities community the benefit of the doubt for over a year, and eventually, when I saw that conversations for a town based chat were locked, except for admins overnight while I slept I quit, despite conversations being open again. I quit, first and foremost because there…
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A Ride to Morges and Back to See Tulips
Reading Time: 2 minutesYesterday morning someone suggested cycling to meet a friend in Morges so I agreed, despite having been for a 7.5km run with another group from 07:00 to 08:00 the same morning. I had enough time to have lunch, and then to sprint to Gland from Nyon. I sprinted because I didn’t know…
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On Extroverts and the Stifled Online Conversation
Reading Time: 3 minutesToday I was considering joining someone’s Whatsapp Running Community until I heard the phrase “I am the only one that can write messages and I let people answer polls”. For me, as a netizen of the 90s web, this is a red flag. It is a red flag because if all you…
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On the Bike Making Geneva Local Despite Living Near Nyon
Reading Time: 6 minutesYears ago I could drive to Geneva every day, up to two times per day or more. Over a period of time they made driving more and more inconvenient. They changed road circulation patterns to create one way systems, that made direct drivers more complicated. They designed traffic lights to create, rather…
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A Bridge Too Far
Reading Time: 5 minutesYesterday I walked to a Coop shop in Nyon by foot, to shop for a day. Rather than taking the car I chose to walk down from Eysins, across the narrow, really dangerous road and bridge to get to the other side. Along the way I saw two dog walkers question whether…