Watch out! slow traffic ahead.
This is my first blog entry using the Raspberry Pi. Why bother, you might ask? Maybe its been about the challenge of making a $35 computer into a useable tool. I'm not sure how practical this is. However, the RPi is evolving, and it will be interesting to see how well the equivalent of a Volkswagen Beetle (original 36 HP) will do navigating the internet.
It might be a little like my experience of travelling between Crookston and Thief River Falls today. I was on my Vision recumbent. It was 43 miles, not much traffic, and a very pleasant ride. I also got buzzed in close proximity by a full size van that didn't seem to care about the speed limit in town. This was the kind of thing I was used to when I lived in the Twin Cities, but is a rare occurance for me now. *Sigh*
Friday, August 17, 2012
Monday, August 13, 2012
... And now, for something not so different.
It's been a while since I spent time with this blog-- despite my best intentions. Church life became more complex-- and what time I've had for recreation-- well, let's just say I would rather be out on two wheels, than writing about it.
I've had a curious sequence of events on the two-wheeled front. I sold my 1982 Yamaha Seca 650 to a friend. I've still got my 1989 Yamaha Venture. One motorcycle is more than enough for me. Besides, my passion and interest seem to have moved back towards bicycles.
It was somewhere during my last vacation that I wanted to get back to riding a mountain bike. I have an old one at the cabin-- and on one of our visits, I mounted new tires and had a great time riding it on fire roads. This lead to the purchase of a Salsa Spearfish 3. It's a wonderful bicycle-- full suspension 29'er... It walks over the stuff that used to bounce me around on my old GT Karakoram. I'm thinking of new adventures-- Perhaps the Maah Da Hey trail in North Dakota.
On another front-- I've been playing around with my Raspberry Pi. How is this connected to the two wheel front? It's interesting how much you can discover by having less. the Pi is much like stepping down from a motorcycle to a bicycle. While it seems to be able to do less, it tends to cause you to have more focus on what you are doing. I haven't really decided how to best use it-- but I'll keep you posted.
I've had a curious sequence of events on the two-wheeled front. I sold my 1982 Yamaha Seca 650 to a friend. I've still got my 1989 Yamaha Venture. One motorcycle is more than enough for me. Besides, my passion and interest seem to have moved back towards bicycles.
It was somewhere during my last vacation that I wanted to get back to riding a mountain bike. I have an old one at the cabin-- and on one of our visits, I mounted new tires and had a great time riding it on fire roads. This lead to the purchase of a Salsa Spearfish 3. It's a wonderful bicycle-- full suspension 29'er... It walks over the stuff that used to bounce me around on my old GT Karakoram. I'm thinking of new adventures-- Perhaps the Maah Da Hey trail in North Dakota.
On another front-- I've been playing around with my Raspberry Pi. How is this connected to the two wheel front? It's interesting how much you can discover by having less. the Pi is much like stepping down from a motorcycle to a bicycle. While it seems to be able to do less, it tends to cause you to have more focus on what you are doing. I haven't really decided how to best use it-- but I'll keep you posted.
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