Run: 10k in just over an hour.

Once a week I have a run with my friend. We do a 9k route which leaves each of us about another kilometre to run on our own back to our homes. I love these runs as they are done at a moderate …

Day 3 - the slow morning run, 5k keeping it slow around ~ 36 minutes

Wednesday is a day that I run with my dear wife. I love these runs, not because I'm contractually obligated to say this, but because I like being out running with her. We chat, we don't talk …

Day 2 run - To the river and back Distance and time: 5k and just over 27 minutes

This run was done after procrasinating for over an hour. YouTube can be the bane of my existance. After dinner, I waste almost an hour watching bloody stupid videos in what started as …

I had this thought, what if I just blogged for a while about the runs that I do. Not to say how wonderful I am, but just to reflect on each run. Today is day 1...

Run length: 5k, time: ~ 28 mins, Route: The easier downtown loop

I have about …

Years ago, I was at (Linuxfest Northwest)[https://lfnw.org] and picked up a OpenSUSE DVD just out of interest. I remember a few hours later in the hotel room with a buddy that I was sharing a flat with that we installed it and then proceeded to try to …

I think I have typed this on the blog many a time, I flip flop between distrobutions and desktop environments often. Sometimes this is simply a stress managment thing for me. I find the swap of distro as a means of finding a moment of Zen in a stressful time …

While it was not as friendly, my car dealership has moved from paid staff to shuttle customers to their workplaces and back, to a model of providing $20 of Uber credits for a ride. I have feelings about Uber around how the media details how they treat drivers by "enshitifying …

I have been a faithful user of Pocketcasts for years. In many ways, it allowed me to discover and then listen to podcasts that I enjoy today. After a time, Pocketcasts were accquired by Automattic the company that is also behind WordPress. As seen in the news there are issues …

As I continue the ham radio journey, there are so many little joys in the hobby. Here's a few highlights over the last several weeks:

• I started using World Radio League as my log book of choice. Is it freedom and privacy loving (as a Linux user)? Maybe or maybe …

It's been awhile, sorry...

So now that I have passed my ham radio license, I have spent time on the 2m band chatting with a number of contacts in the local area. I have started to use APRS with a cable and my Baofeng UV-5R with some success (receive, no …