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i didn't really do anything exciting on 11/11/11. saw the remembrance service at Toronto city hall, ate a bacon sandwich at St Lawrence Markets, and went to work.
Decided it's time to dust off the bike(s) and get back into riding this summer. Figured I'd start by switching my ~6 mile commute to BART from car to bike. Thanks to a nearby bike trail cutting out around a dozen traffic lights, it only takes 5 mins longer than driving.. Add a little fitness and the time would probably be competitive.
The only other problem was securing my bike. Seeing a bunch of destroyed u-locks and cut cables near the bike racks had made me wary.. After calling and getting wait listed by BART for a bike locker, I noticed there are actually 2 kinds of lockers, these are the shared use bikelink smart card operated bike lockers (which BART neglects to mention exist when you call asking about a locker?!).
Picked up a card from Embarcadero station, and did a test run today, to time it and ensure my flat bar hybrid bike fits in the locker. Seems like a decent lock for 3c/hour. :) In theory i can leave my saddle bag, lights and helmet safely inside too.. We'll see if i live to regret that assumption..
There was some morning mist. However, this turned out to be a beautiful, sunny day, which I was able to admire through office windows :-)
Not bad from a moving bus, eh? When I took these, I had no idea how they would turn out. I was pretty darned happy when I pulled them up to look at them and edit them. There wasn't much to do - hooray for me!
Miles went to backup daycare in Cambridge today, so he commuted home with me. Unlike Miles, I do not generally have a dee-dee (blanket) or bag of bunny-shaped crackers on my commute.
A starting traffic jam at the end of highway 400. I usually took hwy 401 west, but sometimes it was jammed too, so I exited at Jane Street. / A 400-as autópálya végén gyakran volt dugó - én általában nyugatra mentem a 401-esen, de ha az is bedugult, néha lementem a Jane Street felé.
I took these shots a July morning during my daily commute - over the previous 2 years I got used to the 60 minutes drive every morning - I listened to the radio, and later audiobooks while driving. The pictures were meant as a memory, since by then we were preparing to move from Ontario.
Egy nyári reggelen készÃtettem ezeket a képeket, ahogy otthonról elindultam munkába, egész a munkahelyemre érkezésig. Ekkorra az egyórás vezetéshez volt már két évem hozzászokni - elÅ‘bb rádiót, majd audiobook-ot hallgattam. A megörökÃtés emléknek kellett - ekkor már készültünk a végül a vártnál késÅ‘bb fél év múlva bekövetkezett költözésünkre.
Where I End and You Begin- Radiohead
The traffic frees up, the great north road sweeps ahead and the clouds gather. This can be the worst part of the journey, a straight, flat road, no landmarks, nothing much to see or do. I don't quite know why but this is my favourite bridge of the journey. Most are square, functional things but this has a sweep to it, an unnecessary Nike swoosh at the end of a perfectly dull, featureless and straight 10 mile stretch. When you're in the middle of your 2001st commute you reach for the smallest inconsequential things to occupy your mind and this bridge does it for me.
Part of my current project of shooting my commuting views. This was taken through the windshield while sitting in traffic on the 55 freeway. Color then flipped to B/W in Lightroom and touched up in CS4.
This is one shot for my Commuting portfolio which grew out of my need to take pictures every day. Since I spend a few hours day behind the wheel, I decided to see what I could do with my D300/D60 and a 50mm lens (most of the time)
The only question here is do I keep the light pole or not? I'm inclined to remove it.