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  • The Tour De Romandie Bike Ride

    The Tour De Romandie Bike Ride

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesYesterday I went for a bike ride and I was head towards Gland via Genolier but changed the route due to a dog walker when I wanted to turn East. I turned West instead and noticed some people and flags by Crassier. I thought “Was there an accident” as I also saw…

  • Northern Exposure and Blowing Bubbles

    Northern Exposure and Blowing Bubbles

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesNorthern Exposure is a series about a doctor who finds himself sent to Alaska to be a doctor for a few years. He thinks that it is the middle of nowhere and he has to adapt from enjoying life as a New Yorker to life as a frontier town doctor.   Although…

  • Thirty Kilometres Per Day

    Thirty Kilometres Per Day

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    Reading Time: 3 minutesThe Swiss travel an average of 30 kilometres per day in their cars, according to a new survey shared by the Radio Television Suisse. I walk 14 to twenty kilometres per day, and if I go for a bike ride I travel 30 kilometres. I use the car twice a week, for…

  • Connected Watches and Psychological Profiles

    Connected Watches and Psychological Profiles

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesConnected watches know everything about us. In theory they listen to us 24 hours a day for years in a row. My Apple watch has been on my wrist for over four years, every single day. It has been for swims, runs, rock climbing, via ferrata, office work and more.  The watch…

  • Playing With Migros SubitoGo

    Playing With Migros SubitoGo

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesYesterday I tried playing with Migros SubitoGo and the experience was good. You scan the QR code for the shop as you enter and then you scan the products that you want to buy. I kept them in my hands until I got to the checkout counters. Passabene With Passabene you shop,…

  • A Walk at the Snow Line

    A Walk at the Snow Line

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    Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe most striking thing about a winter with little to no snow is that there is no noise. Normally ski lifts clank, people talk and there is a lot of noise When there has been very little snow the ski lifts are turned off and the mountains are quiet. This is…

  • The Afternoon Sky

    The Afternoon Sky

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  • Spring

    Spring

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    Reading Time: < 1 minute25,000 steps in a day.

  • Garmin’s Auto Goal

    Garmin’s Auto Goal

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesGarmin allows you to select the number of steps you want to take in a single day, or let it be set automatically. For a year or two I allowed the goal to set. The result is a step goal that fluctuated from 12,000 steps per day to 15,000 steps or more.…

  • Spring Watch

    Spring Watch

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    Reading Time: < 1 minuteMagnolias in Nyon