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On a Bike to Work Team?
The Whatcom SmartTrips Team-Up for everybodyBIKE contest looks like a fun way to try an win a small prize. Anyone I know already participating in this? I’ll join a team. I’ll even fill out a Team-Up form if people want to join up with me. May is Bike Month. Your bicycle is a 92% efficient…
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Another Reason to Avoid Soda
It is not news that the phosphoric acid content of soda leaches calcium from your body. This post about the phosphate content of soda contributing to premature aging was yet another somewhat depressing reason to avoid dark carbonated sodas. Many sodas contain citric acid and not phosphoric acid to provide carbonation. However, phosphorus apparently is…
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(Smart City) Carjacked
http://www.smartcityradio.com/show/2783/carjacked Wonderful discussion on the uniquely American problems of divorcing ourselves from our cars. I found the point about how automobile culture actually economically represses the not-rich because the proportion of income spent on petrol, tolls, and maintenance is so much greater. If public transit were used, that’s thousands of dollars a year more in…
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Last happy thots on LinuxFest Northwest 2010 #lfnw
As always, I completely enjoyed meeting all the new and returning people at LinuxFest Northwest. I was especially proud to finally shake Brian Aker’s hand and thank him for his work on memcached and how inspired I was about the ideas behind Gearman. Gearman is a job-coalescing processing protocol that can solve map-reduce problems. Please…
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Remember “In the Trenches”? That’s How I Learned of LOPSA #lfnw
I chatted with a few of the guys at the LOPSA booth and mentioned that I first learned about LOPSA by listening to Kevin Devin’s In the Trenches podcast. This Friends In Tech show was insightful, informative and inspiring in that it presented intelligent and professional discussion about the profession of system administration, not merely…
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Lightfoot Cycles: Smoothie
At LinuxFest Northwest I met an avid bicyclist: Victor Odlivak. He pointed out a northwest recumbent bicycle manufacturer named Lightfoot Cycles. Victor sent me a link to their Smoothie model. I am impressed by the features on this recumbent–it has a BionX power assist and a bench seat. This would appeal to riders that have…
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Bike Route, Hampton – BTC 1.9 mi #lfnw
I’ve ridden this route four times this weekend and it’s not unpleasant. North along Bennet is uphill, but that’s good for us :-) Making zooming down to BTC that much easier! A fun variation on this would be to stop by Squalicum beach and bike up the trail that leads to the BTC parking lot.
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Fun Saturday In a Kilt #lfnw #linux
Lots of subdued excitement at LinuxFest Northwest. It was a chilly ride that morning in the rain in a kilt. Bryan Lunduke’s talk was packed! My presentation on MySQL high availability was mellow fun, 45 minutes was not enough time. My son wanted to go home early so I skipped Alpha Geek to take him…
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Sunday Bike Ride After #lfnw ?
I heard some cyclists will show at ‘fest. Howzabouts a ride up Fernale Rd this weekend?
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