Category: Swiss walks
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Knackered Wake Up and Run
Reading Time: 3 minutesLast night, before going to sleep I had a thought. If the meeting time is 05:15 then I can’t wake at 4am as planned, I need to wake half an hour earlier, to be there in time for the warm up, and possibly earlier to pick up the running stuff. In the…
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The Increasingly Long Reel and Endless Scrolling
Reading Time: 2 minutesRecently I looked at Instagram and I noticed that almost all of the “content” is vertical videos. When I look at Facebook and TikTok I notice the same thing. Yesterday I noticed that Bluesky were promoting that they have ten minute videos. I think all of these people have forgotten that we’re…
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The Forgotten Rational of Self-Checkout in Shops
Reading Time: 3 minutesA few days ago I saw someone say that they will never use self-checkout because they don’t want to do someone else’s job, and they want to be paid for the act, if they were to self-checkout. In New York, recently, there was talk of a ten percent discount for people who…
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The Three Minutes Per Kilometre Running Spike
Reading Time: 2 minutesYesterday was an ordinary Monday. When I got to Colovray I was struck by how warm it felt. I thought that summer broke. It didn’t. The heat is still here. It was interesting to run with the social run group because I felt slow and less energetic. Eventually I checked and saw…
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A Social Run and a Social Ride with Décathlon and Pace Society in Vaud
Reading Time: 2 minutesMore often than not I need to decide between different runs, and different rides. I rarely get an opportunity for both. At first I thought that the run, and the ride would be simultaneous so I was ready to make a decision eventually. Within a day or two of the event I…
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On Instagram Becoming Obsolete
Reading Time: 2 minutesFor many years I would go for a hike, a via ferrata, scuba diving and more and I would take photos. I would then share them on Instagram to friends, colleagues and family. Facebook then bought Instagram and within a few months it went from being a social network built around our…
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The Minergie Weather Disconnect
Reading Time: 3 minutesWhen winters were long and cold Minergie seemed like a fantastic idea. They would turn a home into a thermos, blocking all heat loss to save on energy costs and more. Minergie does work extremely well in capturing and holding on to heat, from the sun, washing machine, dish washer and more.…
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AI as Glorified Photocopier
Reading Time: 3 minutesThis morning when I was opening windows to try to cool a Minergie building that was designed for cold winters that no longer exist I had a thought. That thought was that AI is nothing but a glorified photocopier. What I mean by this is that at the moment AI companies are…
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The Overlooked Cycle Lane
Reading Time: 2 minutesThere is a cycle lane that has been available for years at this point. I rarely, if ever see cyclists use it. There are three reasons for this. The first is that there is an empty bus lane that cyclists can use to get away from cars. The second reason is that…
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A Social Run and a Social Ride
Reading Time: 2 minutesYesterday I woke up and went from a social run from 08:30, for 7km before returning home, and dressing for cycling. I then cycled 77.48km according to Strava via Garmin. What surprised me is that I wasn’t knackered at the end of the ride. The run wasn’t slow. The pace was sustained…