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and i even like the birthday presents you get me.....
and we dance.......let's dance dance.
no men ever really dance like this.
the title of this photo was inspired by my best friend by hello saferide
Project 365.
Still not feeling great. I spent the day involuntarily sleeping in, making food for a couple of days and watching stupid but charming teenage movies with a friend. Very little inspiration for the 365 project at the moment. Hopefully it's related to the down period I'm experiencing right now, or I might concider giving it up.
♫ Hello Saferide - Arjeplog
Today's song which I hope you all appreciate is written and perfomed by Hello Saferide: Anna.
Stay safe kids. ;)
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staying warm and cozy inside (outside it's -26C) and listening to Belle & Sebastian, Rilo Kiley and Hello Saferide, daydreaming a little bit and planning accordingly :) it's been a really nice week, a good start for the new year.
I'm sorry it's been a while since I posted photos. I have some stressful weeks behind me. And I hate how the weather conspires against me on weekends when I plan to go outside on photo-safari!
So here is yet another photo from my summer-trip to lovely Sweden. I dream of having a cottage there!
And here is a great video from the Swedish band Hello Saferide which is partly about such a cottage. Enjoy and have a great weekend!
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Escaping reality with books.
"If I'm always on your mind, how come you've been so hard to find?
How come you've been so hard to find if I'm always on your mind?"
♫ Hello Saferide - RE: always on my mind
September 26th 2006.
Yay! I am happy to inform you all that I've helped my friend Hello Saferide making a music video to her latest hit "2006" -- you can see it here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8eUsmyu22BU
Che-che-check it out!
You look nice alright
and I like the way you nod after everything I say
like it actually means something
to you
And I like your record collection
Townes and Jens with a hint of Rickie Lee
And you’ve cleaned up the bathroom, made a really nice soup
but a bit too much sci-fi in your shelf with DVDs
But there’s some things you need to know about me:
I’m weak right now, real weak right now
I need proof before I dare to open this heart
so I prepared a quiz for you:
Would you freak out if I said I liked you?
Do you walk the line?
Is your IQ higher than your neighbour’s?
And is it very much higher than mine?
Can you sleep when I grind my teeth?
Do you look away if I slob when I eat?
Will you let me be myself?
Can you at all times wear socks?
because I’m still scared of feet
Do you talk in the middle of Seinfeld?
Do you read more than two books a month?
Do you get racist or sexist when you’ve had a few?
Is it fine if I make more money than you?
Have you slept with any people I work with?
Is there anyone you’d rather wish I’d be?
Do you still keep pictures of old girlfriends?
Are they prettier than me?
And if I’d fall, would you pick me up?
If I fall, will you pick me up?
(Hello Saferide, The Quiz)
Thanks to Accorgitene(TM) for the t-shirt (and the flies, too!) :)
And uh, for you stragers: "accorgitene" means something like "realize it" :)
(io: Eleonora Anzini)
Anko wanted light colors, and I think I managed to put something together that was pastel-ish and yet not too kind.
The headlight on my recumbent trike is a Philips SafeRide LED light. I bought this lamp because of its sensible beam pattern. As with motor vehicle headlights, it throws a beam that is more-or-less rectangular, much wider than tall.
A rectangular beam pattern puts most light where it is needed, and minimizes the light shining in the eyes of oncoming drivers, cyclists, and pedestrians. It is powered by four AA batteries, allowing for replacement on the road. It comes with rechargeable nickel metal hydride cells.
It has three design shortcomings. One, quite tolerable, is that the bottom part of the case, which mounts to a bar, is the door to the battery compartment. This might be intentional to keep the batteries dry, but it seems like a weak link in the mounting system. Another weakness regards the curved rubbery spacer supplied with it to allow it to be mounted on small-diameter bars. The spacer doesn't provide enough friction to prevent the lamp's rotating downward from road bumps. (maybe roughening its outer surface would make it better). My solution to the problem was to replace the spacer with wraps of one-inch-wide Gorilla Tape to build up the diameter of the mounting bar. The third problem is the fastener that secures the battery compartment cover: although strong enough, it is so small as to be difficult to work with. It takes an narrow Allen wrench.
It's not cheap: the price is about $180, though I got it when it was less costly. Even with its shortcomings I would buy it at its present cost because of its performance. Read about it on amazon: www.amazon.com/Philips-BF48L20BBLX1-SafeRide-Battery-Bike... .
This scene is on the Interurban Trail in Tukwila, Washington. It looks south. Just in back of me is the grade crossing of a railroad spur that serves nearby warehouses. This was near the start of a night ride that began behind the Embassy Suites hotel and went to the CenterPoint Corporate Park in Kent (east of the Boeing Space Center).
Hand-held iPhone photo shot while sitting on my trike.
More than 120 motorcyclists from across the 10th Mountain Division (LI) gathered May 27 for the annual Motorcycle Safety Day. Michael Gately, 2nd Brigade Combat Team tactical safety officer and James Farney, Fort Drum Safety Office organized the event, which began with a safety brief from John Kimball, 1st Brigade Combat Team tactical safety officer. Dozens of Soldiers left post for a safety ride through Cape Vincent and Sackets Harbor, while others conducted other safety activities. (Photo by Mike Strasser, Fort Drum Garrison Public Affairs)
Busch & Müller IQ-X dynamo light. Bright, not as large as a Luxos, and able to be mounted upside down in case I want to get a front rack. It seems pretty good, but I do like the beam pattern on my Philips Saferide more, and the flickering at walking speeds is a bit annoying. I was hoping the standlight feature would eliminate that once charged, but that's not the case. Guess you might need the cache battery for the Luxos U for that? I also like having a reflector just in case the light fails, so I installed the optional front reflector that came with the light.
White compressionless Jagwire brake cables, since the TRP Spyres recommend compressionless. I decided to go with a black and white theme instead of just black to lighten up the bike.
SRAM Apex 10 speed shifters. Double tap is interesting. Very clicky. Not sure if I prefer the positive response of shifting from double tap or the smoothness of Shimano more. I do prefer the larger hoods of Shimano.
Went with cable actuated brakes to support interruptor levers. I do like being able to brake from that position.
Stock black shift cables. Bike Ribbon Elganza bar tape. First time taping bars--the tape on my 2010 is pretty worn, but I've been too lazy to replace.
The Philips Saferide Lumiring has a clever lens which produces a nice uniform glowing ring around the perimeter of the light. This gives it brilliant visibility. Almost forward facing at 320 degrees. The ring is 110mm x 50mm and combined with the even illumination it makes the light very visible and easy to place. In that way it's more like a car light. Watch car tail lights and notice how the intensity is OK up close and intensity doesn't appear to change much as they get further away. This is because of the large even illumination. If you compare that to a high brightness LED light you notice quite a difference. The LED is usually overpowering up close and when turned in the distance very weak. I used to think bright flashy LEDs ruled, the brighter the better, but I've completely changed my mind. Now I say make like a car. I've never had a problem seeing a car with it's lights on....
Pam and I went shopping to buy a big roll of white background paper. It's huge. 2.7m x 11m. By the time I finished cleaning my bike my mojo had disappeared and so I took a few photos and retired. It's really hard to make enough space to get a bike on a big roll of paper and get far enough away from it.
This is my bike ready for a long ride. Not that I'm going on a long ride, I just put the second bottle on for the photo. The rest is how it would be for my ride to work or a long ride.
My rear light turned up today from Philips. The standlight function wasn't working so they arranged for a courier to pick it up and whisk it away to the Netherlands. Two weeks later and a brand new replacement turned up with a letter apologising for the failure. It's only been a couple of weeks but I've missed it. Being able to jump on your bike and not worry about charging lights is great. I wouldn't want to be without one now.
I'm not really that excited by this photo. It's not the sort of thing I wanted to take but I bought white paper so I suppose that was how it was going to turn out. It's a good snapshot of my bike in time though because you can see everything. Sort of. I might as well list everything then.
Frame: 52cm Dolan preffisio
Forks: Alpina Carbon 1"1/8 with mudguard eyes
Headset: Alpina
Stem: 3T ARX-PRO 80mm 6deg
Bars: 3T Rotundo 400mm
Shifter/Brake Levers: SRAM Apex
Brake calipers: SRAM Apex
Bottom Bracket: SRAM Apex GXP
Cranks: SRAM Apex GXP 50/34
Bottle Cages: Blackburn aluminium
Seat post: Apina aluminium
Saddle: Selle Italia Flite titanium 1990 re-issue
Rack: Tubus Vega
Mudguards: SKS Chromoplastic narrow
Front derailleur: SRAM Apex
Rear derailleur: SRAM Apex
Cassette: SRAM Apex PG 1050 11-32
Rear wheel: Hope Pro3 Mono 36h, Mavic Open Pro, DT Swiss 2/1.8/2 stainless spokes
Front wheel: Shimano XT 32h 3W Dynamo, Mavic Open Pro, DT Swiss 2/1.8/2 stainless spokes
Rear tyre: Continental Grand Prix 4 Season 25mm
Front tyre: Continental Grand Prix 4 Season 23mm
Front Light: Philip Saferide LED, dynamo with standlight
Rear Light: Philips Saferide Lumiring LED, dynamo with standlight
Luggage: Carradice Super C Rack Pack
Tipsy Taxi is a service of the Associated Students of the University of California, Davis, offering safe rides home. Provided by the local taxi company for many years, Unitrans began running the service in 1994, starting with a couple of well-used 1988 Dodge Ram vans. These vans were originally bought by the UC Davis Transportation and Parking Services Dept. (TAPS) for a free shuttle service between UC Davis and the UCD Medical Center (UCDMC) in Sacramento. By the time Tipsy Taxi got them, they all had close to 300,000 miles on them. Their commuter-oriented cloth covered and carpeted interiors turned out not to be ideal for transporting inebriated students.
Project 365.
The view from my window from today on, I love it. So many feelings today, mostly good ones of course. But I have to admit I feel quite small as well.
♫ Hello Saferide - Parenting never ends
For this week's assignment in Take a class with Dave & Dave: Text - The subject of the photo must be text (letters and/or numbers in any language). The text must be photographed, not added in post-processing.
The photo is an illustration of the song "Long Lost Pen Pal" with Hello Saferide and Firefox AK. Check the video!! www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZOiZ6bZ_KM
New generator headlight mount on my Milano commuter bike -- fork crown mounting frees up handlebar space.
A few other aftermarket tweaks:
56cm moustache handlebars instead of flat bars, with Deda synthetic leather handlebar tape. Brake levers are old Dia Compe non-aero road levers, shifter is a standard under-bar flat bar shifter with the clamp bored out a bit for the larger handlebars.
Red tires are the Action Messenger, also sold as a Kenda Kwest 26x1.50 Red 100 PSI.
Wheelbuilding note for dynamo hubs and internally-geared hubs: Lacing up the Sanyo dynamo hub I decided to go with 4x spokes rather than the 3x I've usually used -- with the spokes so close to tangent, for any given rim the spoke length comes out the same for the front dynamo hub, the rear Shimano 8-speed Nexus hub, or the Schmidt SON dynamo on my touring bike, despite differences in hub flange diameter. One less thing to worry about -- ever taken the time to lace in a spare spoke, only to discover it's 5mm too long?
I will be gone when you wake up
No awkward breakfasts, I swear
And don't you look for me, because I could be anywhere
Moved my headlight down to a fork-crown mount, and centered the speedometer over the stem, freeing up more handlebar space near the stem.
Makes the wide 56cm moustache handlebars feel even more spacious!
FRIDAY MAY 7TH
BANDS
PAVILION
6.30pm-7.45pm - BUILT TO SPILL
8.30pm-10.00pm - IGGY AND THE STOOGES
CENTRE STAGE
4.00pm-5.00pm - JAMES BLACKSHAW
5.30pm-6.30pm - BROADCAST
7.30pm-8.30pm - COLD CAVE
10.00pm-11.00pm - TOUMANI DIABATE
11.30pm-12.15am - SHONEN KNIFE
1.00am-2.00am - LIARS
REDS
10.30pm-11.30pm - JILL SOBULE
12.15am-1.00am - THE FRESH & ONLYS
DJS
CRAZY HORSE
10.30pm-12.30am - FUCK BUTTONS DJS
12.30am-2.30am - DECLAN ALLEN
2.30am-5.00am - SPYKIDELIC
IRISH BAR
12.00am-2.00am - DJ ALPHABEAST
REDS
1.00am-3.00am - PROFESSOR JUSTIN SPEAR
CINEMA
EVENING SHOWS
10pm - BROKEN FLOWERS
Midnight - IF....
2am - BUS 174
SATURDAY MAY 8TH
BANDS
PAVILION
3.00pm-3.45pm - DANIELSON
4.45pm-5.45pm - DEERHUNTER
6.45pm-7.45pm - SHE & HIM
8.45pm-10pm - AMADOU & MARIAM
CENTRE STAGE
1.45pm-3.00pm - BOREDOMS performing Boadrum
3.45pm-4.45pm - LIGHTNING DUST
5.45pm-6.45pm - KONONO No1
7.45pm-8.45pm - THE RESIDENTS
10.00pm-11.00pm - PONYTAIL
11.45pm-12.30am - THE XX
1.00am-2.15am - PANDA BEAR
REDS
1.00pm-1.45pm - HELLO SAFERIDE
9.45pm-10.30pm - THEE OH SEES
11.00pm-11.45pm - RUINS (SOLO)
12.30am-1.30am - JAMES CHANCE AND LES CONTORTIONS
DJS
CRAZY HORSE
10.30pm-12.30am - ROUGH TRADE DJS
12.30am-2.30am - PROFESSOR JUSTIN SPEAR
2.30am-5.00am - WHITE HEAT DJS
IRISH BAR
12.00am-2.00am - FUCK BUTTONS DJS
REDS
1.30am-3.00am - SPYKIDELIC
CINEMA
AFTERNOON SHOWS
10am - KES
Midday - RATCATCHER
2pm - REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE
EVENING SHOWS
10pm - CONTROL
Midnight - LET THE RIGHT ONE IN
2am - DRAG ME TO HELL
ALSO...
CRAZY HORSE
3pm - BINGO with LORD SINCLAIR
SUNDAY MAY 9TH
BANDS
PAVILION
6.00pm-7.00pm - DANIEL JOHNSTON
8.00pm-10.00pm - SPIRITUALIZED performing Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space
CENTRE STAGE
2.00pm-3.15pm - BOREDOMS performing Boadrum
3.45pm-4.45pm - THE TIGER LILLIES
5.15pm-6.00pm - JUANA MOLINA
7.00pm-8.00pm - HOPE SANDOVAL AND THE WARM INVENTIONS
10.00pm-11.00pm - JOANNA NEWSOM
11.45pm-12.30am - THE XX
1.00am-2.00am - COCOROSIE
REDS
3.15pm-4.00pm - VIV ALBERTINE
11.00pm-11.45pm - THE RAINCOATS
12.30am-1.15am - TRASH KIT
DJS
CRAZY HORSE
10.30pm-12.00am - SPYKIDELIC
12.00am-2.00am - DECLAN ALLEN
IRISH BAR
10.00pm-12.00am - MANISH AND SUMMERS
12.00am-2.00am - ROUGH TRADE DJS
CINEMA
AFTERNOON SHOW
10am - ALL THE REAL GIRLS
Midday - GEORGE WASHINGTON
2pm - FISH TANK
EVENING SHOWS
10pm - FARGO
Midnight - A SERIOUS MAN
2am - THE SADDEST MUSIC IN THE WORLD
SON XS100 neu dynamo hub for folding bikes, 20 straight pull aerolite spokes to a FLO30 aero rim
Phillips Saferide 60 headlight direct mounted to a 140mm Cinelli Alter stem
All Colormatched!
you hold my head when i throw up, i hold your hand when you weep.
**this photo is a bit confusing. julie and i are actually standing back to back. so, the feet on the left are julie's and the feet on the right are mine**
the title of this photo was inspired by my best friend by hello saferide
Project 365, attempt one.
Picture: last night's outfit.
Starting this year with a terrible cold. Soon everything I own is put in boxes in preparation for my move later this week. Today doesn't feel all that glamorous, or grand. But that's okay.
Happy new year everyone!
♫ Hello Saferide - 2006
of nastyness. Rim abrading nastyness. That's the third set of pads to go on both the front and the rear this year. I've also chewed through two chains, a cassette, and two tyres. Still works out cheaper than a car though :-)
Standing the bike next to a wall illustrates the crisp top cutoff of the Philips SafeRide LED Headlight.
At the lower edge of the beam, notice the lower intensity in the foreground -- that's intentional, too. If you throw the same intensity of light up close as at a distance, the bright foreground makes the distance seem dimmer.
The strange upward arc of light against the wall is from the edge of the Saferide's front lens -- it intentionally throws some of the light to the sides for cross-visibility. (Some jurisdictions mandate side visibility on bicycle headlights, such as the State of California. It's surprising how many bicycle headlights on the U.S. market aren't street-legal in our largest state....)
Photographed on the I-90 Trail in Seattle.
This is actually myself sitting in the park all alone thinking. I guess about the future, moving away and not going to the same school as I've attended for 10 years anymore..
The title is taken from the first line in a song by Hello Saferide called "Nothing Like You (When You're Gone)".