Poplars beside Bio Sciences cast shadows in the morning sun.
Monthly Archives: June 2010
one step backward
The U of C has had a really great bike shop on campus for awhile now. It’s been fantastic having access to a fully equipped bike shop – although I’ve only needed it a couple of times, knowing it was there was a huge comfort.
Was.
It’s getting the boot at the end of July.
Hopefully we can find a new home for the Bike Root on campus. Perhaps the Student’s Union can find/make some space? It’s pretty crappy for the U to kick the shop out, without having a backup space available. Yes, I know it was a short term pilot project, but the shop was a huge success by all accounts. Closing it, or forcing it to move off campus, is a huge step backwards in the efforts to make the U of C bike friendly.
wired
this is google’s new tracking interface. they will know everything you think, at all times.
the eeg was really quite relaxing, aside from the fracking strobe lights. I almost fell asleep a couple of times…
I’m glad I don’t have much hair. Cleaning up the sensor goo was really easy after the test 
indifference
“The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.”
-Plato
cruising under stoney
I was bonked on the ride home. Completely out of gas, so I had to stop to rest briefly under the Stoney Trail overpass. There were lots of other bikes out on the path, which is always great!
BIG hill into Longview
day 2 of the ride was definitely less gruelling than the first day, but this long, steep climb into the town of Longview as still pretty brutal.
2010 @ 1900km
heading south, between Okotoks and Nanton, during the 2010 Ride to Conquer Cancer
2010 Ride to Conquer Cancer
Day 1: Calgary to Chain Lakes (via Okotoks, Nanton, and Highway 533)
8:49:11 AM: $7.3 million. Ride begins. http://yfrog.com/9fbb0yj
9:50:12 AM: First pit stop. Awesome day for a ride! http://yfrog.com/9gmkhej
11:00:10 AM: Pit stop #2. Woohoo! http://yfrog.com/jbn63zj
12:00:57 PM: 2900km http://yfrog.com/ev2rbkj
12:15:44 PM: Pit stop 3. 78km down. Lunch! http://yfrog.com/2pmitjj
1:43:13 PM: Longest/highest hill I’ve ever climbed. Ow. Almost to camp. http://yfrog.com/bc7o5j
1:43:58 PM: Pitstop 4. Next stop is camp.
1:49:07 PM: Guy just told me we’ve climbed for 13km. And we’re only 3/4 of the way up. Yay.
2:48:15 PM: I’m at camp! Pain. http://yfrog.com/afyehrj
2:50:00 AM: Rogers failed. No coverage at camp
Day 2: Chain Lakes to Calgary, via Longview, Black Diamond, Turner Valley
7:50:10 AM: Leaving camp. Starting day 2!
8:36:26 AM: At pit stop 1. Flying this morning. Not ugly countryside. http://yfrog.com/0vlh1gj
9:16:24 AM: Now THAT was a hill. Holy shit. http://yfrog.com/mc5b5j
9:22:58 AM: Pitstop 2 in Longview http://yfrog.com/5cgh2nj
10:14:11 AM: 3000km http://yfrog.com/emicobj
10:30:56 AM: Lunchtime! http://yfrog.com/1gns4jj
11:54:09 AM: Final pit stop! Woohoo! http://yfrog.com/0j2nnmj
12:58:46 PM: Finished! http://yfrog.com/g454fj
Photos from the ride:
rajdroid
raj boora, surgically attached to his Droid. It was really good to finally meet Raj in person. What an amazing combo of talent, brainpower, and niceness. I hate him.
Notes from Andrew Feenberg’s keynote
