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Blog Stats Through 2023

This blog is generated by Publii, which is a pile of JavaScript around leveldb and SQLite databases. All of the content and everything that makes up the blog is in the SQLite database. In theory,…

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Failing to Drive an EV to Yosemite

This past holiday, we had a visitor who is really into sustainability. I thought it would be an interesting experience to drive an EV to Yosemite for their first visit to California. It was interesting,…

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 Cu nesci arrinesci

 Cu nesci arrinesci Old Sicilian Proverb A rough translation could be: "Those who leave their own comfort zone succeed."  A few weeks ago, I found myself working on something and my instinctive usage of vim…

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Ode to Sabine

Sabine Schmitz was the "Queen of the Nurburgring" and a role model to so many young girls which got them into motorsports. When all you see in the media is white men racing cars and…

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Dropping Google

Over the past year, I steadily removed Google from my life. Initially, it was an experiment to see which products I could live without. Turns out, I can live without all of it. I'm not the first person…

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Positive side of COVID-19? More bikes.

Bicycle ridership is up, at least in New York City, https://grist.org/climate/coronavirus-has-caused-a-bicycling-boom-in-new-york-city/ In San Francisco, the rise in ridership was up after Better Market Street was implemented, https://www.citylab.com/transportation/2020/03/car-free-market-street-data-san-francisco-bus-bike-scooters/607711/ Vehicle traffic is down, https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2020/03/13/coronavirus-pandemic-cratering-road-traffic-these-us-cities/5041250002/ I suspect both…

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E-bikes, entirely different mobility platform

These are not just bikes with motors, they are an entirely different mobility platform. — Read on www.treehugger.com/bikes/gazelle-dutch-style-e-bikes-will-eat-cars.html I've been reading about Lloyd's conversion to e- bike advocate over the years. Having spent extended time…

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