Hiked in the Santa Catalina Mountains above Tucson to a height where fewer cacti roam. Sabino Canyon Recreation Area.
Category: Living
Tucson on Foot, Bike, and Streetcar
Explored Tucson on foot, bike, and streetcar.
Coffees by a Fire
Walked with a friend through the University of Minnesota East Bank campus. Warmed up with coffees in a cafe with an actual wood-burning fire.
Trip Stacking
Posted Trip Stacking: Managing COVID Uncertainty.
Trip Stacking: Managing Uncertainty
Lava rocks stacked to build a cairn, Hawaii Big Island, April 2009. This summer we’ll be traveling somewhere overseas with our nephews and their parents. Exactly where we go will depend on the trajectory of the Covid virus and how different jurisdictions choose to manage transmission risk. To minimize uncertainty, I’ve resorted to stacking three…… Continue reading Trip Stacking: Managing Uncertainty
Almost-Clean Bicycle Helmets
Prepared gear for an upcoming trip; washed the summer off our cycle helmets.
Heated Garages
I knew when I woke up this morning we’d be driving between heated underground garages this evening.
The Antithesis of Fast Fashion
Wallked the Minneapolis Skyways to avoid frostbite. At a small tailoring business, Dwight dropped off a much-loved, 25-year-old shirt for a $6 repair: the antithesis of fast fashion.
Twelfth Night 2022
12th Night, time to put away our Christmas decorations.
Measuring Angles
Worked on my latest “science project.” I’m trying to move an arm smoothly to any angle using a pneumatic piston. This brings together LEGO Mindstorms and Pneumatics, as well as 3rd-party digital sensors to measure air pressure and angles. This is proving surprisingly challenging.