June 2008
Friday, June 27
Today, I rode bikes with Nanette at the Shelby Bottoms greenway. I've wanted to go see the pedestrian bridge for a while. It is an awesome use of taxpayer money.
Some photos here.
Note: They're all on one page and fairly high res, so the page takes a few seconds to load.
Tuesday, June 24
I'm laying plans to build a new web site for Le Studio, and will likely implement some layout changes for this one, too.
I'm going to need a camera, so I found a nice point-and-shoot from Canon. Also, I'm wading back into Flash programming - more on that as things progress.
This camera has some limited manual control, but it's best for me to automate most shots. I'm no photographer, so technology beyond a point-and-shoot would be generally wasted on me, and would put the cost well beyond my intentions. However, it will do closeups, which was a big selling point. I had some fun with the familiarization process, and shot some blooms around the gardens.
Monday, June 9
More cycling. Did an early Saturday morning ride down to the Shelby Street bridge. A very cool civic feature, and not far from the house. Maybe twelve miles; I don't know the actual distance. (I put my bike computer away for some reason, somewhere in the past, I cannot find it anywhere, and fear it is gone.)
Out at 5:40 this morning, to ride the shorter loop through Percy Warner park. That one's maybe 4.5 miles. You'd think I'd know for sure by now; I frequently traversed that particular loop in the fall of 1973, after I got my first serious "ten-speed" bike, and have ridden the route often over the years. But I've never cared much for mileage data. I'm usually more impressed by actual time spent.
I'm waiting for the delivery of a pair of shoes to stash at the external account, at which point I can make it official. Leg strength still has quite a way to go, but overall balance has improved.
Some car drivers are still self-centered shitheads (this will never change). To be sure, there are many precious, arrogant cyclists out there who are practically begging to get pushed around. Unfortunately, their actions make fair game out of people like me who consistently follow the rules of the road.
Monday, June 2
Happy June, the unofficial beginning of summer. For many of us, summer starts when school stops.
It looks like there will be a significant upcoming workload at the external account, so I've been gradually re-entering the world of bicycle commuting. The bike has undergone a good cleaning and tune-up, although Lynn at the bike shop said it was in great shape. Points to me for stashing it away clean. It rides as beautifully as it ever did, all components working like a dream.
I've been riding some, mostly in the evening or early morning. Today, I got out into traffic for the first time since fall of '04. Well, it was six-thirty A.M. trafiic, nothing hairy, but there were a couple of reminders of the inherent perils.
My balance is improving, and it won't take a long time to get some decent strength back. I need some skin tone; the legs are a little pale.
A couple of mega-mansions (ostentatious, oversized, unoriginal, grotesque) have gone up along the old route. Otherwise, things haven't really changed.
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