Anything worth doing is worth overdoing!
Bicycle touring, hiking, fun stuff. This page is in the SiliconValley neighborhood, right? Well, there are a few techie things here. But I refuse to be one-dimensional – there are some other interesting topics here, too. Let me know what you think.
Yeah, the Bay area is too crowded. The air isn’t as clean as we’d all like. And there’s urban sprawl in all directions. But if you have a bike, or a pair of hiking boots, there are a few rather nice places around the area.
Adventures. Life is short; let’s have dessert first – Bicycle touring and day rides, SF peninsula, California, Europe... Also a hike or two. And a few random adventures.
Humour
You find statues, murals, fountains everywhere. Each has some combination of historic, grotesque, dramatic, tragic, graceful and other attributes. I watch for them all, but I’m especially keen on the humorous. Here are a few of the ones I like, most of them from Germany, which does well on this particular subject.
And then there's the Salzburg duck story
Everyone knows the story of St George and the dragon. But did you realize George was a consultant? Read on –
Technology
Ever wonder whether the gearing on your bicycle was as good as it could be? And what you could do about it?
Cyclists frequently don’t exploit traffic sensors because they don’t understand them. Here’s how they work –
Adventures putting mountain bike gearing onto my road bike.
Science – astronomy, weather, mathematical toys
Libertarianism
For those who believe that a lot more government is inflicted upon us than we deserve, though fortunately less than we pay for –
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