Anthology of Interest

I was able to drag Tamara away from Nethack long enough to inflict a 25.16 km cycling trip on her. I took us 1 hour and 57 minutes or actually riding, and more like 3 hours all together, because we stopped at a farmers market thing about 8 km north of Victoria and had some nice cream of tomato soup and a forgettable sandwich.

We averaged 13.6 km/hr. Tamara is pretty saddle sore now. She hasn't ridden her bike in quite some time.

The ride gave me a chance to test my clipless pedals, which required some adjustment (this being the first ride), but were very nice overall. I didn't fall over at any point, but I almost did at the first stop sign. Hopefully I can avoid doing that in traffic on my commute.

On the way home my left crank arm decided it would be funny if it came loose. It was well on its way to falling off before I figured out that it was the loose crank arm causing the incredibly poor stroke on the left side. I though it was the pedal or something. Fortunately I had the tools to fix it, just a hex key. Apparently I didn't tighten it enough the first time, since I had to do it again when I got home. Hopefully I didn't round off the axle or anything.

"Who knew a cooler could also be a handy wang coffin?" - Bender

For anyone who wants my wish list, you can see it here: https://shop.chapters.indigo.ca/WishList/publicwishlist.asp?email=mhughe%40uvic%2Eca. This does not imply that you should shop at Chapters.

Of course, MEC gift certificates work too.

So, apparently, winter in Victoria is upon us. And this means lots of rain. Fun.

One for the nuances for the Python language escaped me until now, so my photo album script was saving photos and thumbnails alike at 75% quality. I've finally got it to save at 100%. Yay. So I'm regenerating the photos from our wedding, for those who care. Tamara says that some day she's going to do a favorites page.

My bike is in a sad state of disrepair. The bit that holds the cable in the level for the rear brake is all rounded off and pulls through the lever, so it's usless. I think a big sinker might help, or I could pony up for a new cable. Hopefully I can find something for a bike that old. Also need new brake pads all around; the old ones are worn right down. The rims are also damaged; when I use the front brake, I see aluminum flakes being scraped off. Tires are in rough shape, and tubes too probably.

So I can't decide if I should put money into it, or look at finding a slightly newer used bike... hmmm. In the meantime, I'm riding the bus. The poor shape of my bike gives me a good excuse not to ride in the rain in anycase. But I'm not getting any exercise!

We went to see Kill Bill Volume 1 on Tuesday night. It was pretty cool, but I think the crazy blood was a little over the top. It's definitly very violent.

Good music though.

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