I donated to the Commander X16 project, trying to get the spiritual successor of the Commodore 8-bit line of computers off the ground. See their gofund-me page, or the 8-bit guy’s latest YT Video.

Contemplating what to do with athletes who want to compete recreational in marathons, triathlons and ultras, yet don’t get the support they pay their T&F club a fee for. I suppose they better look for a personal coach, since we’ve been without a coach for many years now 🏃‍♂️

Watching a 2 years old YT video interviewing Ebon Upton of Raspberry PI fame.

Yesterday our small scale running race (165 🏃‍♀️🏃, well-organized, 2x per year) around Nijkerk, the Netherlands, was accompanied by fanfare, courtesy of Concordia Nijkerkerveen. They were nice enough to walk us from the parking lot to the start, a few hundreds meters away.

I know when we had weeks old kittens around the house, we never watched television. Why would we; we had all the entertainment we needed!

Perhaps it’s good I haven’t much of the modern conveniences people have stuffed their homes with and now can’t afford the energy consumption.

I perhaps should mention that last Sunday I kinda ruined my half marathon race, yet got a boost in comfidence by outdoing myself with short bursts of speed during the race. With proper training I could see myself beating my PR set 20 years ago in my 40s, proving 60 isn’t old 🏃

Why does a heroic pose require a constipated look?

Moreover, moreover, it’s the first of October…

While both books and points of interest (aka check-ins) are interesting features of MB, what about daily quotes?

Silly idea in pixel art 🎨 for a Strava profile pic. I won’t be using it, though.
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Aside from the clear spelling error.

Well, the idea of unassuming art appeals to me. While big statements are often impressive, they are often not entirely true (spin) or downright lies. I prefer to make my own informed decissions, thank you very much, even if that means I’m less well-informed about the world.

Tomorrow I’ll be attempting to run 🏃 my long run not only on the usual empty stomach and only tap water, but also on slightly depleted glycogen stores, trying to “touch the wall on purpose”, deal with it while running. So today I’ll be fasting, doing the reverse of CH stacking.

And the struggle continues. Only 7 days left for Inktober Classic and only a poor observational skill to help me through 31 drawings from direct observation. It won’t be pretty, nor (even remotely) compete with established pen artists on Instagram, if I even knew who they were. 🎨

Most of you have probably looked at rainbows, only some of you might have seen a rainbow.

Walter Lewin in his lecture with physics students in 2002, explaining what rainbows 🌈 truly are, giving us more appreciation than the mere beauty of them.

Based on a fuzzy photo in the rain, this morning I used it as a reference for this pencil sketch. The result is what it is, but it’s a result despite the fear of failure. The latter is silly 🙃 since nothing is threatening me, nor has failing real consequences. 🎨

Work (currently) in Progress 🏃 First long run in my current marathon schedule, a 3+ hour run.

See my Strava activity.

Watching relay.fm’s live stream for St. Jude Children’s Hospital fundraiser. It starts in a few minutes!

I’ve noticed that in my timeline in many occasions I have no idea what people are writing about. I suppose the reverse is true as well. I wonder how I can find people to follow who at least I can somewhat understand. The Discover tab isn’t doing it for me, clearly, same reason.

Isn’t it customary for people who need their iPhone to work, to wait for at least a point update, like 16.1? 👨‍💻📱