Making time
March 22, 2021 Filed under Inspiration
It’s never too late to be who you might have been.
George Elliot
March 22, 2021 Filed under Inspiration
It’s never too late to be who you might have been.
George Elliot
February 8, 2021 Filed under Advice, Amused, Inspiration
30 years ago I saw this advice in the computing magazine that was delivered to our house each month:
I was already familiar with the game, and I knew it was right: When you’re playing Moebius: The Orb of Celestial Harmony and you enter a fortress, the guards are easier to fight hand-to-hand.
I was intrigued by the counterintuitive feel of the advice. If you have a long sharp sword, and you’re good with it, wouldn’t that always be the best choice? Then I imagined trying to swing a sword in a narrow hallway. Perhaps something more intimate, and easier to control, was right after all.
For years after I read that silly, unremarkable sentence in that gaming magazine, it bubbled up randomly in different situations. I generalized the idea: When you enter a confined space, don’t waste effort trying to keep everything at arm’s length — especially people. Switch to something more intimate even if it’s less powerful. The trick is recognizing when you need to switch modes.
Recently I got ahold of a bunch of ancient issues of a defunct magazine called Family Computing, and fed them into a sheet-fed automatic scanner. Flicking through the pages, I found more pieces of worthy life advice. May they guide you on your journeys!
Very important to know when you’re a young person at a party, or when some jerk decides to pick on you!
January 22, 2021 Filed under Inspiration
It is up to us whether we subordinate ourselves to god, nature, or other persons.
A saying I made up, then printed out and taped over my desk, in high school
I don’t know why it’s so hard to get all this information in one chart, including the relative physical sizes of the trackers, but here it is:
Garmin 1030 Plus | Garmin 1030 | Garmin Explore | Garmin 830 | Garmin 530 | Garmin 130 Plus | Garmin 130 | |
Price | 599 | 499 | 249 | 399 | 299 | 199 | 169 |
Dimensions (mm) | 114x58x19 | 114x58x19 | 105x55x22 | 82x50x20 | 82x50x20 | 63x41x16 | 63x41x16 |
Weight (grams) | 124 | 123 | 116 | 79.1 | 75.8 | 33 | 33 |
Touchscreen | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N |
Screen Size (Diagonal, in.) | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 1.8 | 1.8 |
Resolution | 282×470 | 282×470 | 240 x 400 | 246 x 322 | 246 x 322 | 303×230 | 303×230 |
Color Display | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N |
Battery Life (Hours) | ~24 | ~20 | ~12 | ~20 | ~20 | ~12 | ~15 |
Can Import Maps | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N |
Has Base Maps | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N |
Storage | 32 GB | 16 GB + microSD | 16 GB + microSD | 16 GB | 16 GB | n/a | n/a |
Waypoints/favorites/locations | 200 | 200 | 200 | 200 | 200 | ? | 100 |
Routes | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 30 | 15 |
Activity History (Hours) | 200 | 200 | 200 | 200 | 200 | 100 | 100 |
GPS | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
GLONASS | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | Y |
GALILEO | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | Y |
Barometric Altimeter | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | Y |
Accelerometer | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N |
Wireless Connectability | ANT+, Bluetooth, Wi-fi | ANT+, Bluetooth, Wi-fi | ANT+, Bluetooth | ANT+, Bluetooth, BLE, Wi-fi | ANT+, Bluetooth, Wi-fi | ANT+, Bluetooth | ANT+, Bluetooth |
VIRB® Control | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | N | N |
Calories Burned Calculation | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | N |
Interval Training | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | N | N |
Advanced Training Sessions | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | N |
Estimation Of O2 Consumption | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | Y |
Aerobic Training | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | N | N |
Virtual Partner | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | Y (On a path) |
Virtual Racer™ | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | N |
Time/Distance Alerts | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ? | Y |
Garmin Cycle Map (turn-by-turn, directions) | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | N | N |
Works With Power Meters | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | Y |
Smart Trainer Control | Y | Y | n/a | Y | Y | Y | n/a |
My own choice among these remains the same as it was several years ago. I went from the Edge 500 over to the Edge 130 and have stayed there.
The only downside for me is that I can’t upload offline maps to it (though I can upload my own pre-made routes).
Here’s an overview of the complete route, made from stitched GPS recordings: