Last Thursday I rode a train to Chicago from Winona. I returned this last Monday. The train was definitely the best method of travel for this journey. I could have driven to Chicago (5.5 hrs) or flown from Minneapolis/Rochester/LaCrosse (less than 1 hr in the air, lots more on the ground). The train took 6 […]
Amtrak is Awesome for Medium Distance Travel Read More »
The UCI – the international cycling union, publishes a list of bike frames allowed in the World Tour – the series of races that comprise the premier event of professional road cycling. If there’s a premium mass market road bike, it’s on the list. And this list is a great way to analyze the development
Preparing the UCI Framelist Read More »
The Ribble CGR SL is a bike unfamiliar to most Americans, an English brand that has positioned themselves more on the value end of the market. ‘CGR’ stands for Cylocross, Gravel, and Road – its meant to do all three, and comes in steel, aluminum, and carbon, the last being what I have here. I
New Bike Impressions: Ribble CGR SL Read More »
For fun, I had the Raspberry Pi take pictures for a year with a PS3 Eye camera, and I then put them together into a little time lapse video. It’s really not that interesting, but easy enough to do: plugged in USB camera, cronjob to take the photo using the following script, in a .sh
Farm Time Lapse Video Read More »
I’ve always had an unusual interest in water control – particularly surface water flow control. I would like to build a dam across the ravine at some point to stop that big problem, but for now, a smaller problem. In the course of constructing the house and surrounding retaining walls at the farm, it accidentally
Building a Rain Garden – and it actually works Read More »
My first road bike was a Motobecane Lechampion Titanium with Ultegra groupset that my dad liked so much that he bought a second one – that one with SRAM Force mechanical. My bike was given away a few years ago to a friend of a friend, a pastor who needed a decent bike for commuting
Polishing and Rebuilding a Titanium Bike Read More »
Also available in cinnamon – kaneli, the cardamom roll is closely related to the cardamom bread we ate frequently as children in my family, which Kelly in particular loved. It’s a sweet bread with cardamom, nothing too complicated there. While related as well to the American cinnamon roll, the American versus the Swedish cinnamon bulle
Kardemummabullar – Cardamom Rolls Read More »
https://github.com/winedarksea/ACIShinyServer Even as a primarily Python Data Scientist, I have always liked R Shiny. I think it is the best way for a data scientist to deploy a web app for end users. Lots of features. Easy to use. I have deployed apps for end users both as desktop apps and to shinyapps.io. But recently
View this post on Instagram Light and shadow around this beautiful ship, which I’ve waited years to see A post shared by Colin Catlin (@colin_catlin) on Jun 2, 2019 at 6:17am PDT I wandered into Stockholm’s old town (‘Gamla Stan’) today. I had been wondering where the true tourist hordes would be, and well, here
A Rant Against Stockholm Read More »
What is paradise? I do believe paradise would have lots of bikes, and lots of people riding them. Paradise would also weather suitable for athletic activity, cool but not cold. The sun would shine. Flowers and greenery would be in abundance. Splendid monuments would rise. The place would bustle, but it wouldn’t be busy. People
Oslo: Another Nordic Paradise Read More »
