RoamingNerd Blog

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5 miles, and boy are my arms tired!

  ya gotta wonder just how sapien it is for a whimpy, toothless primate to enter the food chain in Florida’s water ways, wearing nothing but a colorful candy shell… Shortcode: [sgpx gpx=”/wp-content/uploads/gpx/OrangeRiver-08092015.gpx”]

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6th Prime Achieved…

Ah, precious v*t… I’m sure I haven’t run 13.3K since I was between the 6th and 7th prime in years. [sgpx gpx=”/wp-content/uploads/gpx/SandariEsperanzaLot-SandarioRd-Loop-03012015.gpx”] I extended the 10K Bajada Loop today by starting from the Sandario Esperanza...

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…a light day; ~5E-8 AU

I tightened up yesterday’s 10K Bajada loop to decrease the distance a bit (7.5K), and vary the terrain. [sgpx gpx=”/wp-content/uploads/gpx/Bajada-TightLoop-02222015.gpx”] Wild Dog Trail from Golden Gate Rd, directly across from the entrance to the...

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Made the Bajada Loop Run in 3.24E-13 Parsecs…

That’s 10K on this planet! Just 4,000,000cm to go! [sgpx gpx=”/wp-content/uploads/gpx/BajadaLoop-02212015.gpx”] That little section on the pavement is a bit of a drag; blind curves, no shoulder, but the rest of the loop is...

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You’re gonna run how far???

My New Year’s Resolution, henceforth referred to as NYR (nɪə(r)), has survived a critical milestone! Today, 15 February 2015, is significant in the context of NYR, in that it is the Day After Valentine’s...

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Mighty Rosat, Tre!

An agreeable gastripity in Silver City, NM; Tre Rosat… The white chicken chili was not disappointing in the least. We stumbled upon Tre Rosat on the way to Santa Fe, and were very glad...

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Ubuntu 14 – vncviewer Connection Failure

Apparently, the vino-server binary included in Ubuntu release 14 requires TLS encryption, by default. This is visible in the logs files, or if you start vino-server from the command line: [time stamp] Advertising security...

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A Welcome Visitor

Sadly, this super cool warrior of the arthropod persuasion (mantis religiosa?) lost an epic battle with a half-full tea cup in the kitchen sink, a few hours after this photo was taken. …a reminder never to...

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Come on, Baby… Myco-Safari…

…more like a foray than a safari, honestly… Tucson had a particularly productive Monsoon Season, this year, but there’s nothing but desiccation in the forecast. So, today we take to the hill (Mt. Lemmon)...