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Love this video. LOTS of robots in action. A few people too.
Love this video. LOTS of robots in action. A few people too.
This fall, I spent a couple of weeks traveling through China with my Dad, who's now 75. Amazingly enough, was the first time that either my Dad or I had been to China.
I shot a lot of photos there, and here's a collection of photos of bicycles. Bicycles were once ubiquitous throughout China, but they're an endangered species in urban areas. Here's a collection of photos of people using bicycles in interesting ways. Almost nobody wore helmets, and often you could see entire families commuting on a single bicycle.
2010 was my first year back on the bike after a long time off. It felt good to be a bit more "selfish" now that the boys were 6 and 4, and take some time to do some riding just for me.
Without a doubt, the best purchase I made this year was my little blue friend: a Garmin Edge 500 bike computer. It's an ANT+ compatible device that records data from a number of different channels:
For a fantastic review, check out Ray Maker's write-up on the Edge 500. The Garmin software is pretty good (I've re-implemented a good chunk of it on my own as well - look for details in the new year). It makes it really easy to analyze your rides after you're done.
My goals this year were pretty simple: 1) get out and have fun, and 2) ride up as many hills as I could find to force myself to get into some kind of shape. I didn't have any well-defined goals this year, since that would have defeated the get out and have fun goal. Looking back on my training logs on Garmin Connect, I can see that I:
Next year I'll follow a much more structured training plan to see what I can pull off. Looking forward to it!
