Wednesday, 15th of July...
Some things happening today on the L.O.S.T. - we did 40 something miles, we started early (at 06:10 a.m.) and the first 5-10 minutes got our full-breakfast with the mosquitoes.
But then as soon as daylight started creeping in the mosquitoes went away for a while... (if you want a HUGERESTEST sunrise picture - click here -
Ms. May tested out her iPod to see if it would last a 'half-lap' (about 2 hours) and it did. Apple's amazing battery technology never fails to amaze us - and this iPod is a couple of years old, too, (though it does have the 'color-video-screen' on it!)
Mr. Panda Bear has been a 'kept bear' for quite some time. As a 'kept bear' we've loved him and cared for him and done surgery on him when needed. However, when both we and he found there was a business for sale, AND that the business was 'right up his alley' - then we decided to help him buy this business... so that he could gain some independent status in his life! He is in HEAVEN - with all the new bamboo shoots. It turns out there are a LOT of Pandas around to help him make his business profitable and successful!
Friday, 10th of July...
Some days Mr. Bill 'works' for a living... - the scenery might be good here - but one might also be concerned with falling-off (I DO have a 'safety-harness' on!)
This location happens to be 'Bathtub Beach (reef)' a Martin-County park on the ocean, very near-by where we live. Yesterday (Thursday, 9th) I spent most of the morning at Sebastian Inlet (north side (Brevard County)) taking-apart a camera (video) processor-board, single-board-computer, hard drives, intefaces, power-supplies, etc. etc. etc. that had been "" toasted "" by what appeared to have been either a direct-hit lightning strike or very very near-by.
THAT set of printed-circuit boards will take a while to re-build but we'll be back in business in both places within a few days. This is VERY interesting work and it's astounding how the 'salt-air' affects things (and ruins them) to say nothing of the lightning, and other effects on these things from being out-doors 24 x 7 x 365...
When I 'go remote' (Sebastian was a couple hours drive away) I don't have a huggly-hunny-bunch to take pictures (or hand me tools, or whatever) so no pictures of the work at Sebastian Inlet... - but if you want a picture of the 'Unit' - it's here - the picture's view is back towards the west, though, so you don't get to see the ocean...???
Sunday, the fifth, and YES there was a FULL day of 'activities'
- 40 miles on the L.O.S.T. on our cycles - before 09:30 a.m. (see details of Ms. May's new bicycle, below) - the typical lake sunrise pictured above (yes - you can click for a larger version (and YES the iPhone still takes good images (even if it doesn't zoom?!)))
Then back home to meet friends from afar who wanted an education in all things kiteboarding wise - so we went there, and did that - and amazingly enough had terrific wind for the begining types... - Sorry - no pictures of the getting-wet activities...
AND - just in case you did not NOTICE THIS: the MOON is FULL this evening...
as Mr. Bill did an 'early nap' - and now he awaits the arrival of his funny-cat to come home, as people in the neighborhood use-up the last (we hope) of their 4th of July fireworks and make the cat REALLY NERVOUS...
Well, today is the "Fourth of July" - America's independence from Britain... - Amazing what 'n' years brings in terms of separating countries by a common language... - and yes - we started out the day with 16 miles on our cycles - an American tradition - cycling before breakfast... (and NO - the above picture is NOT this year's) - it's last-year's when we attended a 'Fourth Party' at a kite-boarding-friend's place - the view is south across the St. Lucie River, that's Stuart, Florida (the 'down-town' area) in the distance.
Our Cat, the lovely, wonderful, and sometimes talkative Ms._Siew_Mei - is NOT FOND, though, of fireworks and fireworks really only happen twice a year - New Year's and the Fouth, so today is one of those days when we must impart a lot of 'Cat Attention' to our furry little friend and tell her that things will be all-right and we can 'protect' her and make her feel 'special' and 'loved' and so-on and so-forth...
On Friday, 3rd of July; Mr._Bill did a 60 mile ride (on the NorthWest side of Lake Okeechobee)) with his (Catrike (recumbent tricycle)) friend, Mr._Tom_the_Triker from Okeechobee...,.
Sunrise before we rode, taken from 'Lock 7 park' - nearby to where US 441 intersects State Road 78. (the shoulder of this road (SR78) was most of our route, and though I 'thought' there would be a lot of big trucks and a lot of traffic there was not - and it was a very very pleasant ride with a lot of good scenery to watch (other than just the lake and it's dike).
These 'inspectors' are provided and the expense of the county (Okeechobee County) to do a full bicycle and apparel check before a long bicycle / tricycle ride.
This is a 'carry-over' from 30 June - so maybe it will keep you busy for a while:
Tuesday, 30 June, 2009: if you blink, you'll miss this...
We got Ms._May a new (used) carbon-frame (and other carbon (read this as LIGHT)) bicycle yesterday (yeah - I SHOULD have updated the web-last-night but by the time I would have gotten to it - it would have been Tuesday, 30th ANYWAY)...
anyway - here's a (BIG) picture of her new bike in the back of the mini-van
- some details: 4 years old, bought from a (Trek) dealer near Tampa (3 hour drive each way) , weighs less than 18 pounds (LESS THAN!) - Mr._Bill, even with gimpy shoulder can pick this thing up with ONE HAND... - I won't bore you with the LENGTHY process that it took with (collectively) 5 college degrees to re-set ALL the parameters in the "Shimano SC6502 Flight Deck Computer" - but will just say that neither of us alone, nor us together could really figure out the auto-magic-Japanese translation until about the fourth or fifth try... (and I thought auto-magic Cantonese translation was 'fun'! It also has superior technology rims, spokes, hubs, to say nothing of carbon-fiber crank, handlebars and seat-post... - OH did I say that I can pick it up with ONE HAND... and that we got a pretty fair deal on it, too!
AND YES - the VERY FIRST THING I was required to do (as the wrenching-hubby) when we got home was to remove the pink water-bottle-holders, and replace them with something less ostentatious...
We will see just how badly my huggly_wife can kick-my-butt this morning when we go for our first ride. I feel I'm in for a whole 'nother level' of bicycle-fitness now that she has a "REAL" bicycle...
(I might just have to get back on my (17 year old) (carbon) Trek 5200 in order to whup-up on her?)
and - for-to-finish-up this 'episode' - here's a picture of a very very strange cloud we saw, just west of Yee Haw Junction about 6-7 miles, on the drive home to Stuart, in what turned out to be not nearly as much rain as we witnessed on the way over towards Tampa, earlier in the afternoon...
Mr. Bill's best hang-gliding-flight (Ever) - see the FlightLog.Org web-page, here...
Some things happening today on the L.O.S.T. - we did 40 something miles, we started early (at 06:10 a.m.) and the first 5-10 minutes got our full-breakfast with the mosquitoes.
But then as soon as daylight started creeping in the mosquitoes went away for a while... (if you want a HUGERESTEST sunrise picture - click here -
Ms. May tested out her iPod to see if it would last a 'half-lap' (about 2 hours) and it did. Apple's amazing battery technology never fails to amaze us - and this iPod is a couple of years old, too, (though it does have the 'color-video-screen' on it!)
Mr. Panda Bear has been a 'kept bear' for quite some time. As a 'kept bear' we've loved him and cared for him and done surgery on him when needed. However, when both we and he found there was a business for sale, AND that the business was 'right up his alley' - then we decided to help him buy this business... so that he could gain some independent status in his life! He is in HEAVEN - with all the new bamboo shoots. It turns out there are a LOT of Pandas around to help him make his business profitable and successful!
Friday, 10th of July...
Some days Mr. Bill 'works' for a living... - the scenery might be good here - but one might also be concerned with falling-off (I DO have a 'safety-harness' on!)
This location happens to be 'Bathtub Beach (reef)' a Martin-County park on the ocean, very near-by where we live. Yesterday (Thursday, 9th) I spent most of the morning at Sebastian Inlet (north side (Brevard County)) taking-apart a camera (video) processor-board, single-board-computer, hard drives, intefaces, power-supplies, etc. etc. etc. that had been "" toasted "" by what appeared to have been either a direct-hit lightning strike or very very near-by.
THAT set of printed-circuit boards will take a while to re-build but we'll be back in business in both places within a few days. This is VERY interesting work and it's astounding how the 'salt-air' affects things (and ruins them) to say nothing of the lightning, and other effects on these things from being out-doors 24 x 7 x 365...
When I 'go remote' (Sebastian was a couple hours drive away) I don't have a huggly-hunny-bunch to take pictures (or hand me tools, or whatever) so no pictures of the work at Sebastian Inlet... - but if you want a picture of the 'Unit' - it's here - the picture's view is back towards the west, though, so you don't get to see the ocean...???
Sunday, the fifth, and YES there was a FULL day of 'activities'
- 40 miles on the L.O.S.T. on our cycles - before 09:30 a.m. (see details of Ms. May's new bicycle, below) - the typical lake sunrise pictured above (yes - you can click for a larger version (and YES the iPhone still takes good images (even if it doesn't zoom?!)))
Then back home to meet friends from afar who wanted an education in all things kiteboarding wise - so we went there, and did that - and amazingly enough had terrific wind for the begining types... - Sorry - no pictures of the getting-wet activities...
AND - just in case you did not NOTICE THIS: the MOON is FULL this evening...
as Mr. Bill did an 'early nap' - and now he awaits the arrival of his funny-cat to come home, as people in the neighborhood use-up the last (we hope) of their 4th of July fireworks and make the cat REALLY NERVOUS...
Well, today is the "Fourth of July" - America's independence from Britain... - Amazing what 'n' years brings in terms of separating countries by a common language... - and yes - we started out the day with 16 miles on our cycles - an American tradition - cycling before breakfast... (and NO - the above picture is NOT this year's) - it's last-year's when we attended a 'Fourth Party' at a kite-boarding-friend's place - the view is south across the St. Lucie River, that's Stuart, Florida (the 'down-town' area) in the distance.
Our Cat, the lovely, wonderful, and sometimes talkative Ms._Siew_Mei - is NOT FOND, though, of fireworks and fireworks really only happen twice a year - New Year's and the Fouth, so today is one of those days when we must impart a lot of 'Cat Attention' to our furry little friend and tell her that things will be all-right and we can 'protect' her and make her feel 'special' and 'loved' and so-on and so-forth...
On Friday, 3rd of July; Mr._Bill did a 60 mile ride (on the NorthWest side of Lake Okeechobee)) with his (Catrike (recumbent tricycle)) friend, Mr._Tom_the_Triker from Okeechobee...,.
Sunrise before we rode, taken from 'Lock 7 park' - nearby to where US 441 intersects State Road 78. (the shoulder of this road (SR78) was most of our route, and though I 'thought' there would be a lot of big trucks and a lot of traffic there was not - and it was a very very pleasant ride with a lot of good scenery to watch (other than just the lake and it's dike).
These 'inspectors' are provided and the expense of the county (Okeechobee County) to do a full bicycle and apparel check before a long bicycle / tricycle ride.
This is a 'carry-over' from 30 June - so maybe it will keep you busy for a while:
Tuesday, 30 June, 2009: if you blink, you'll miss this...
We got Ms._May a new (used) carbon-frame (and other carbon (read this as LIGHT)) bicycle yesterday (yeah - I SHOULD have updated the web-last-night but by the time I would have gotten to it - it would have been Tuesday, 30th ANYWAY)...
anyway - here's a (BIG) picture of her new bike in the back of the mini-van
- some details: 4 years old, bought from a (Trek) dealer near Tampa (3 hour drive each way) , weighs less than 18 pounds (LESS THAN!) - Mr._Bill, even with gimpy shoulder can pick this thing up with ONE HAND... - I won't bore you with the LENGTHY process that it took with (collectively) 5 college degrees to re-set ALL the parameters in the "Shimano SC6502 Flight Deck Computer" - but will just say that neither of us alone, nor us together could really figure out the auto-magic-Japanese translation until about the fourth or fifth try... (and I thought auto-magic Cantonese translation was 'fun'! It also has superior technology rims, spokes, hubs, to say nothing of carbon-fiber crank, handlebars and seat-post... - OH did I say that I can pick it up with ONE HAND... and that we got a pretty fair deal on it, too!
AND YES - the VERY FIRST THING I was required to do (as the wrenching-hubby) when we got home was to remove the pink water-bottle-holders, and replace them with something less ostentatious...
We will see just how badly my huggly_wife can kick-my-butt this morning when we go for our first ride. I feel I'm in for a whole 'nother level' of bicycle-fitness now that she has a "REAL" bicycle...
(I might just have to get back on my (17 year old) (carbon) Trek 5200 in order to whup-up on her?)
and - for-to-finish-up this 'episode' - here's a picture of a very very strange cloud we saw, just west of Yee Haw Junction about 6-7 miles, on the drive home to Stuart, in what turned out to be not nearly as much rain as we witnessed on the way over towards Tampa, earlier in the afternoon...
Mr. Bill's best hang-gliding-flight (Ever) - see the FlightLog.Org web-page, here...
and-or see the track-log over Google Earth Image(s), here... small_image larger_image (1 megabyte)
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Some people have asked, WHERE can I FIND, "X" - whatever the heck "X" is?; but in my case - these two things are being asked about...
The "Tire Changing Web-Page" and/or the VANC (VikingAsia (Networks and Computers) Consulting) web-page.
AND / OR if you 'WANT' (or desire or need or have an 'urge' for something you don't see, then you can e-mail me at: bill@vikingasia.org
Archived BeachWeb monthly site(s): Click here for a list of the archived months
Some people have asked, WHERE can I FIND, "X" - whatever the heck "X" is?; but in my case - these two things are being asked about...
The "Tire Changing Web-Page" and/or the VANC (VikingAsia (Networks and Computers) Consulting) web-page.
AND / OR if you 'WANT' (or desire or need or have an 'urge' for something you don't see, then you can e-mail me at: bill@vikingasia.org
updated: 12:45 p.m. on Wednesday, 15 July, 2009 - revID: 1h