Archive for December, 2010
the studded tires work really, really well. I get better traction while on the bike than when walking. Ice and snow aren’t much of a problem with these tires installed.
frog design built a really cool realtime twitter geolocation visualizing app, that builds a heatmap of locations for tweets posted as it monitors. Here’s the heatmap after letting it run for an hour, on a Wednesday, around noon MST:
I’d expected Canada to be much more highly represented – my perception of using Twitter is that it’s largely US/Canada/UK centric. Turns out, the US is responsible for about a third of all tweets, followed by the UK, Indonesia (? REALLY! Indonesia. I know!), Netherlands and Mexico. Canada is down in 9th place. Surprising.
headed to Saigon Y2K for lunch with Patrick. Satay Beef Noodle Soup (Rare Beef – Spicy) #33 is always a good bet. soooo good.
I’m a serial open course dropout, but Jim’s course on digital storytelling sounds like too much fun to pass up. Is it really a course? Sounds like more of an experience. A festival.
Whatever it is, I’m in. It starts January 10, 2011 (despite the claim on the course website that we must travel back in time to start the course). I really don’t know what to expect as part of this – I’m sure it’s going to be noisy, messy, chaotic, interesting and fun. What more could a person ask for? I know I’m way out of my league – seeing the work that the previous (and current) students have produced. gulp
Now, let’s make some art, damn it!
car culture is awesome, and so completely enriching to society as a whole.
a beautiful afternoon to ride. It was +3˚C, and the roads were pretty clear. Great for some thinkin’ time…
evan lines up a shot during his best friend’s neon bowling birthday party
Evan takes run #204 out of 5067, on an absolutely gorgeous afternoon. We had the entire hill to ourselves for almost 2 hours.
the bowmont pathway is scraped nice and clear – the remaining packed snow gives good traction under studded tires, and the icy spots are flat enough to not be a problem. I’m getting used to winter riding again – riding with the feet clipped in for more of the ride, and working the rear brake more. fun stuff!
part of the research for evan’s project on gorillas at school. they went on an all-day field trip to the zoo to study the animals they selected, then have been researching in books and online. next: the habitat diorama!
I think Gorillas in the Mist might be a little intense for an 8 year old…