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View from the vineyards

The Lost Art of Silent Material Cutting

24 May 2023 richard Switzerland

For years now the noise in this village has been frustrating me. It is the noise of industrial cutting. The noise of an angle grinder

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Playing With Pelican – A Static Blog Website

23 May 2023 richard website news

When looking at Codeberg as a European alternative to github I came across mentions of Pelican, a static blog generator. Yesterday I spent several hours

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View of the Garmin Explore and vineyards in the Canton De Vaud

The Energetic Bike Ride

22 May 2023 richard cycling

Yesterday my intention was to cycle along the Voie Verte from Crassier to Grilly and then back down towards, the lake, along the lake and

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Chickens nesting under a tree

The Paradox of Instagram’s Twitter

21 May 2023 richard opensocial, social media

Within the last two days I saw a headline that is either amusing or tragic. The headline is that Instagram is creating a twitter clone,

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Prompt Engineering and chatGPT

20 May 2023 richard tech related

If you follow chatGPT and AI courses you will often come across the term “Prompt Engineering”. Prompt Engineering is the art and science of writing

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Tyre fibres showing through as the rubber has been torn away

A Worn Through Tyre

19 May 2023 richard cycling

There was a time when I would change the rear tyre regularly. I was changing from an indoor trainer tyre to a road tyre and

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A speed radat that detected my walking speed

Thoughts on Moonwalkers Shoes

18 May 2023 richard tech related

Some of us remember a time when you could get roller skates that fit shoes. Moonwalkers have the same idea, except that the goal with

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A speed radat that detected my walking speed

Seventy Kilometres Later – Adapting to Barefoot Shoes

17 May 2023 richard Swiss walks

I walk from three to fie million steps per year. In doing so I wear through shoes and through socks every six months or less.

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A speed radat that detected my walking speed

One Hundred and Eighty Two Days of Blogging in a Row

16 May 2023 richard website news

With the decline in the value of social media so the value of blogging has come back up. By blogging, rather than using social media,

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Easter Friday traffic heading past Nyon on the A1 motorway

Battery Powered Transportation And Fitness

15 May 2023 richard tech related

Every time you go for a walk, bike ride or run you encounter people being moved along by something using electricity.  The most common of

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Activities List

  • Afternoon Walk
    On 3 June 2023 16:38 went 1.64 km during 00:18:02 hours climbing 16.00 meters burning 101 calories.
  • Afternoon Run
    On 2 June 2023 15:57 went 3.01 km during 00:21:15 hours climbing 8.00 meters burning 204 calories.
  • Afternoon Walk
    On 2 June 2023 15:08 went 4.57 km during 00:47:32 hours climbing 112.00 meters burning 270 calories.
  • Afternoon Walk
    On 1 June 2023 14:23 went 8.01 km during 01:28:31 hours climbing 100.00 meters burning 467 calories.
  • Morning Walk
    On 1 June 2023 09:00 went 3.36 km during 00:41:21 hours climbing 56.00 meters burning 210 calories.
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