n_maher

I think that we're nearing the day of an integrated traditional watch with truly essential smart functions. I just need notifications on my wrist, I don't need or want to make calls or take the battery life hit that it brings. I get that there is a market for that, I'm just not it. I know I'm a broken record but until Apple gets me a week of run time without a charger I'm not a buyer. I charge my Garmin so infrequently I hardly think about it. I don't want another daily or every other day charging ritual. If we some how get a bonus this year it'll likely go into upgrading the Fenix as the HR function has started to get flaky and while wearing a chest strap works, it's inconvenient and i'm not doing it all day.

That's quite the bike computer you have there, Greg. Seriously though, watch out riding in temps that hot. I've almost cooked myself a few times and once definitely pushed it way too far and overheated pretty badly. Currently not a concern here in the spring will not show up get over it North East, it's 50 and rainy.

Please, please don't but anything that isn't a smart trainer. I hated riding on the trainer until I got my TACX Flow. Not too much more than you're looking to spend ($370) and just so much better an experience and something that I'll likely use it even during the good weather months when time simply doesn't permit riding outdoors. And I should have offered this stuff here I guess, but I've basically got all of the parts stripped off of the Calfee which includes a mostly complete (no chain, no cassette) Dura-Ace 7800 group, S-works carbon cockpit (stem, bars), and some other misc. bits. Pics Here https://pbase.com/n_maher/dura-ace

Using Tidal to visit old favorites is fun. Midnight Oil - Blue Sky Mining

I'll echo what @Aura said, you want to start selling some beans, Dan, I'm in.

Awoke to more bullshit this morning. Unbelievable.

Thanks Al!

Got a favorite chile crisp recipe that you want to share?

Thankfully we got a lot less than predicted. It changed over to rain before noon and there's no sign of it now. Still, we've gotten a ton of rain over the last 3 weeks which makes it hard for kids that are already feeling cooped up. The woods are a mess too, with areas that I've never seen wet full of puddles. Next week 4/5 days are predicted to have rain. The lawn is going gangbusters.

I took Dan up on his kind offer, having my second cup now, it's terrific.

Yup, snowing here today as well with expected totals in the 2-3" range. What a giant crock of crap.

Within Temptation - The Unforgiving

Happy Birthday, Jeffy!

Alcest - Les voyages de l'âme

Phoebe Bridgers - Stranger in the Alps

For the record, I like your way with words. Second, I like Glass Candy. There's something Goldfrappy about them which is not at all a bad thing.

Rolling with Tidal Hifi on the Macbook today fed thru the Ayre. Sounds pretty great. A stable setup will start being assembled today and hopefully get this party started right.

Happy Birthday!

Attempted a new kind of social distancing, rode the new-to-me Cannodale flat out (for me anyway to the coast and back. Very happy with the effort. Early season Zwifting has paid off.

Thanks for posting that, I'm all over $4 to get me thru July.

Thanks for the input Nums. I'm wading into this pool before diving in.

That's sort of a defining characteristic of the Isle of Man. But I'm with you, choose your where you spectate from carefully. The bikes top 200mph on the course and as you saw in that video, cars top 170. Just insane for public roads.

You have such a way with words, Stretch.

^^^ maybe their beans aren't half bad, but I can't drink the store brewed stuff anymore. I'd rather go without. And their donuts are dead to me at this point. @Aura- interesting that you enjoy the Burundi. I love lime everything, except evidently coffee that inspires tasting notes related to lime. I find the Burundi undrinkable. I've tried playing around a bit with grind size and brew times to extract more or less flavor and it just hits a bad note with me. If you want a 1/4lb of it let me know and I'll try to send it your way. Seems a shame to chuck it.

Thanks for the opinions, guys. I need to look at the respective lists of artists and start a trial or two. I'm with you Jeff, where I just want stuff to work and not be fiddly. I've got enough of that in my life.