Category: Swiss walks
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Walking to La Grotte aux Fées and Bisons
Reading Time: 2 minutesIt’s good to browse Komoot because sometimes you find nice hikes to enjoy. Today I drove towards Vallorbe and specifically Juraparc. Juraparc is a park with bisons, wolves, alpacas, goats and bears. I saw the goats, the alpacas, the bison and deer. I didn’t look for the bears and wolves. The [hike…
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Exploring with Komoot and Meetup
Reading Time: 2 minutesIt’s easy to find a group, and to do the same thing, again, and again, and again. Each year you do the same things in the same order, at the same time. It becomes routine. You get used to that routine. You don’t deviate. That’s where Komoot and Meetup come in. ##…
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Watching the Weather Again
Reading Time: 2 minutesFor five years it was sunny almost every day in Switzerland. It was sunny so often that the water tables declined and village fountains dried up, as did fields. Clouds of dust could be seen rising when tractors worked the fields. It’s because of this excellent weather, for years in a row,…
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Apple Intelligence and the European Union
Reading Time: 2 minutesApple Intelligence may not come to Europe. It blames the Digital Markets Act, regulatory uncertainty and compromised security if it needs to give access to third parties. Whether this is valid is not is uncertain but it does bring relief. If Apple Intelligence doesn’t come to Europe then the key reason for…
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A Move from Self-Hosting on a Pi5 8gb to a Pi5 4gb
Reading Time: 2 minutesYesterday I started moving from a Pi5 8gb to a Pi5 4gb to self-host Audiobookshelf, Photoprism and Immich. I want to move from Ubuntu Desktop to ubuntu server to lower the head room required. When I checked I was using 3.9gb out of 8gb of ram. On the Pi5 4gb running the…
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On Rest Days
Reading Time: 2 minutesDoing the Via Ferrata(VF) on Sunday, and then hiking down was physical. For a start, I was doing a Via Ferrata, something that I have done once, before, within the last six or seven years. The hike down was also quite physical. Combined the VF and the hike tired me. ## 62 Hours of…
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The Pleasure of Meetups
Reading Time: 2 minutesOn Friday I organised a Via Ferrata at the Via Ferrata du Moléson and it went well. I met new people including people that were not part of the group. The weather was cool so there was no risk of heat stroke or dehydration. What made this VF so relaxed for me, is…
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The Spontaneous Activity
Reading Time: 2 minutesFor years I did activities with people, usually not as an organiser for one very simple reason. Micro-managers. These are the people that have an opinion, and a schedule, that want to take control of a simple activity. These people take a spontaneous activity and make it a nightmare. For me the…
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A quick play with the AI Kit by Raspberry Pi
Reading Time: 2 minutesYesterday afternoon as I set off for my walk I noticed that the Pi AI Kit was in my post box. I moved it to the locked compartment and then went for my walk. After the walk I took the time to set it up and it went well. ## Easy Assembly…
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A Worn Keyboard
Reading Time: < 1 minuteYesterday I picked up a 2017 mac book pro that I had been given and the first thing that struck me is that it looked brand new. the keys were not worn. It was clean. Mine on the other hand is dusty, but more than that. Some of the keys are…