General – miscellaneous

Here’s the miscellaneous section, about (almost) anything. There’s no red thread, particular aim or angle. All down to brief/fleeting moments of inspiration.  For motorcycle related stuff go here.


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Interval ergometer pedaling, one month+ of experience

It's been about 2,5 months since I first wrote about my not so cheerful experience buying a techy ergometer bicycle.  We know how it is, sometimes when buying stuff ...
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Polarization of the internet? Well If so, with our blessings

Polarization of the internet? Since an old'ish semi-nerd I've been on the internet since the beginning. In fact I've been on the, or rather sort ...
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I got a real winter…

... in fact, as real as I recall it from the days of ignorance and youth. That would be back in the 60s, 70s and and ...
I miss a real winter...

I miss a real winter…

...more specifically, I miss an opportunity to exercise, without falling, without sliding, getting hurt or breaking a bone. Might have to reconsider this about going ...
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New year, clean slate? Don’t know about that, but…

..making promises at the end of the old year, for the new year, to myself, and keep them, yep, tried and failed. Yet sometimes, for whatever reason, whether associated with a ...
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Not a Christmas Carol, but a Christmas story

I started morning of December 24th by getting up much too early and almost immediately, before completely woken up, bravely (or foolishly) hopped on an attempt to ...
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A piece of advice; don’t (always) listen to advices

Well, I won't be categorical about it. Sometimes an advice might save you time, trouble and money. However, at other times it might actually be better not taking ...
Gun nutters are everywhere, a plague

Gun nutters are everywhere, a plague

Mass shootings might perhaps not lead to higher number of victims (per capita) in the US than elsewhere on the planet. But the frequency is high, among the highest ...
Paris Friday 13th - cruelty and evil knows no boundaries

Paris Friday 13th – cruelty and evil knows no boundaries

Yesterdays terror took place in the lovely, fantastic city of Paris. A place many of us have been to, more than once. We have walked ...
Then it was this about not giving up

Then it was this about not giving up

... very important. Kids must be taught this at home, as well as in school. In fact, kids should be taught this from kindergarten and up, daily, ...
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A treshhold mile, along a road named Procrastination

I find myself camping there, every once in a while. Somewhere along the road named (or called) Procrastination. That road might, for lack of better ...
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Sometimes change feels good, sometimes it feels bad

"There's nothing new under the sun", a saying goes. Astrophysics teaches us, if you stay reasonably updated, that with the ability to gaze deeper and deeper ...
The world might need rocket scientists

The world might need rocket scientists

... but I am not one of them. Nope, just a someone who might, occasionally, succeed in offering a healthy perspective, whether it's about life, ...
Counting stars? Nope, counting trees

Counting stars? Nope, counting trees

Indeed, and that is what some scientists have done of late. A Yale study have led to the conclusion that there are some 3 trillion ...