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Tico taking charge of the remote control again. He was changing the channel to watch is favourite programme, the meows (news)!!
This is the cube that Dave usually sits in when visiting the Pasadena office. Plenty of space -- but an open fishbowl, traffic on two sides, and right outside his boss's office ...
Playing with off camera speed lights remote activated from the camera. Got the remotes for my birthday. Good first play
The wheel was a handy little invention and so was the flush toilet but remember those dark days of yesteryear when we actually had to get off our butts and go to the tv to change the channel? yech (I managed to get Flo, from Progressive Insurance in the shot-what are the chances? )
ODC1, inventions
SoulRider.222 / Eric Rider © 2022
2015 Kona Supreme Operator frame
2015 Fox 40 Performance Elite fork
2022 Marzocchi Bomber CR rear coil-over shock
Fox M8 x 38mm shock hardware mounting kit
Fox 400# coil spring
Jagwire Lex SL dropper post and shifting cable and housing
FSA Orbit C-40 (lower ABEC sealed cartridge bearing 36° x 45° with a 1.5 to 1.125 reducer crown race, upper ABEC sealed cartridge bearing 45° x 45° )
Wolf Tooth headset bling kit
Renthal FatBar 35mm handlebar
Cateye Enduro CC-ED400 computer
Renthal Integra II 35mm direct mount stem
ODI Rogue Lock-On grips
Hope Tech 3 E4 front and rear brakes
Hope F20 pedals
Kona seatpost collar
Wolf Tooth Dropper Remote
PNW Cascade external dropper post
SDG Radar seat
Roach top tube pad
Shimano Zee FC-M645 cranks
Burgtec Hollowtech II crank bolt
Wolf Tooth Drop-Stop chainring
Wolf Tooth chainring bolts
e. thirteen ISCG-05 chain guide (original 2006 E13 SRS mounting plate and lower guide pulley with an LG1+ upper chain guide plate)
KMC X9.99 chain (9 speed)
MicroSHIFT Advent derailleur (9 speed)
MicroSHIFT Advent Trail Trigger Pro shifter (9 speed)
MicroSHIFT Advent 11-42 tooth cassette (9 speed)
Shimano SM-RT75 203mm front rotor
Galfer Wave 180mm rear rotor
Shimano 180mm R/P180 caliper adaptor
Shimano XT M800 BB92 Hollowtech II press-fit bottom bracket
Renthal Padded Cell chainstay / swingarm protector
Rear wheel:
Custom made - hand-built by Universal Cycles
Industry Nine Hydra MTN HG (12x157mm) Super Boost hub
DT Swiss Competition 14/15/14 double butted stainless steel spokes
DT Swiss brass nipples
Spank Spoon 32 rim (32 hole, 26 inch, 32mm outer width, Schrader valve)
Maxxis High Roller II Kevlar bead tire (26 x 2.40)
Front wheel:
Custom made - hand-built by Universal Cycles
Hope Pro 4 (20x110mm) hub
DT Swiss Competition 14/15/14 double butted stainless steel spokes
DT Swiss brass nipples
Spank Spoon 32 rim (32 hole, 26 inch, 32mm outer width, Schrader valve)
Wilderness Trail Bicycles MotoRaptor (26 x 2.50)
"pretendes que la vida
se acabe doblando
sobre sí misma
cuando realmente
conoces el viaje
hacia ese lugar remoto"
"pretend that life
folding runs
on itself
when really
know the trip
to that remote location "
(Fotografía y prosa: Emili Bermúdez)
The remote Monastery of Hosios Loukas is part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site comprising a trio of ancient churches. These churches are masterpieces of Byzantine art. From Delphi, we drove to Arachova and then into the remote monastery of Hosios Loukas. Beautiful and tranquil...we really enjoyed visiting this monastery. It was founded in the early 10th century AD by the hermit, Venerable Luke of Steiris, whose relics are kept in the monastery to this day.
For me, Dunhuang was the main motivation for seeing Gansu province. It’s the “western frontier” city that served as entry into China proper for centuries of Silk Road travelers. (From Dunhuang, travelers would pass through the funnel of the Hexi Corridor created by the Qilianshan Mountains on the south and the Gobi Desert on the north.)
In short, Dunhuang is where China opens up. There aren’t many people living in the west – certainly not by China’s standards (or most people’s, for that matter). The skies out here are – believe it or not – blue, and it’s recommended that you even use sunscreen. I managed to actual get a slight tan out here.
Life feels much more relaxed out in western Gansu. Things are spread out (cities, or lack thereof) and you don’t feel the same sense of congestion and in-your-face neon that you get in the major cities in eastern China. I’m not sure of Dunhuang’s population, but can say that the downtown area just felt small…ten square blocks by ten square blocks, at most. (There is an “everyday” Dunhuang where most people live – and most tourists don’t see – that you find on regional bus excursions. That part of Dunhuang felt something like the Pudong area of Shanghai, away from downtown, where people actually lived, worked, ate.)
My Dunhuang part of the Gansu trip, however, started inconspicuously. I remember waking up from my sleeper around four or five in the morning, hoping to see a desert sunrise. There was absolutely no sunrise to be found, though, which dampened my mood considerably. However, I knew I would at least see desert landscape and the sun wouldn’t affect that at all, so I could tolerate the achromatic landscape.
The train rolled into the station on time, around 6:15 a.m., and I slowly walked out of the station, avoiding being fleeced by local taxi drivers as long as possible. (Never having been to Dunhuang, I wasn’t sure, exactly, how far the station was from “downtown” – about 10-15 minutes, it turned out – and though I knew I would be fleeced as a foreigner, I tend not to be excited about being taken for a ride (literally and figuratively) by folks in these various cities.) That being said, it wasn’t terribly expensive, and I expected it, so all was well. But, as I like to travel with doing as little planning/reservations as possible, I simply had the following plan: go to Charley Johng’s Cafe (which sounded interesting, per my trusty Lonely Planet guidebook, and the name of the place reminded me of the song “Good Time Charlie's Got the Blues”).
So, I came rolling up to the door of Charley Johng’s Cafe sometime around 7:15 in the morning…only to find out that they don’t open ‘til 8:30. Fortunately, I pack light, and this was no bother. I just walked to the nearest hotel – next door – booked myself a room for that night and the next (since I had a day to spare that I “stole” from leaving Langmusi out of the southern Gansu part of the trip) and grabbed a very quick catnap.
When I returned to the world in late morning, I went straight back to Charley’s cafe and had a very Chinese breakfast of pancakes and I can’t recall what else. (These pancakes, by the way, were more like blintzes…yet still tasty. Anyway, any American reading this should NOT think of big, fluffy flapjacks.)
Over breakfast, I had a nice conversation with the proprietor about who I was, what I was doing there, foreigners living in Dunhuang – not many, I think – and most importantly for me…things to do in the area.
The two biggest immediate attractions in Dunhuang are the “Singing Sands Mountain and Crescent Moon Lake” and Mogao Caves. Since the dunes were only 6 kilometers due south of town, they were easy to get to (and, really, my only real plan for the entirety of Wednesday). That left my extra day to plan and, in casually mentioning that to Charley (maybe she wasn’t Charley, but we’ll assume otherwise for fun), she recommended 15 hours on a tour bus going almost to the Xinjiang border. Price for that…160 RMB (less than $30) with stops at 7 different places. I had to pay admission prices at any of the places, which was fine. (I think the entire day was less than $80. More to follow…)
For Wednesday, though, it was all about camels and sand dunes. When a lot of people think of the desert, they think of big, sweeping dunes that make you feel the size of an ant, and that’s exactly what these were. This is an outdoor enthusiast’s playground. You can set up with local hotels to camp overnight in the desert, you can paraglide, ride camels (which I did), sandboard (the equivalent of snowboarding), among other things. All of these cost, but none was terribly expensive. Riding a camel for an hour, for instance, cost 100 RMB (less than $20). Entrance to the park, too, was quite cheap from what I recall. I think it was $20 or less.
The “public” part (12.79 sq. km.) of these dunes is a very limited area in comparison with the overall scope of things (212.86 sq. km., with a scenic area of 76.82 sq. km.), but there’s more than enough to do. Besides riding the camel and wandering the 1-2 km along the boardwalk (meandering through the dunes to the Crescent Moon Lake), was more than enough to keep me happy.
After a few hours in the park (and not wanting to sit around the sand for 3-4 hours waiting for sundown), I hopped on a bus and made my way back to downtown Dunhuang. Maybe the visitor center had some sort of informational movie or video or something where I could have passed a few hours (though I don’t recall seeing any such thing when I breezed through) and I could have stayed around for sunset, but I didn’t feel cheated either way.
I left Chengdu to find that half the restaurants in Dunhuang…claim to be Sichuanese. I found that slightly amusing. Though I loved Charley’s, I didn’t want to eat there two to three squares a day. So…I chose one of the local restaurants across the street. One of the things on the menu: camel’s hoof. (They say it is healthy or has a lot of protein. I say: It’s a hoof.) I ate something else. After that, I spent the rest of the day relaxing around town and called it a night at the hotel. Thursday morning at 8:00 on the bus at Charley’s would come soon enough.
As usual, I hope you enjoy the pictures. Please feel free to leave any comments, questions, or suggestions.
Remote controlled Rover, I challenged myself to make a remote controlled 6x6 with all wheel drive, as small as possible, front and rear steering, suspension and as many lights as I can cram into this model as possible. This model contains 1 buggy motor, 1 pf steering servo, 1 pf v2 IR receiver, 1 pf switch, 4 sets of pf LEDs, 2 pf extension cables and 2 old school lego LED lights (for the flashing lights)
Remote controlled Rover, I challenged myself to make a remote controlled 6x6 with all wheel drive, as small as possible, front and rear steering, suspension and as many lights as I can cram into this model as possible. This model contains 1 buggy motor, 1 pf steering servo, 1 pf v2 IR receiver, 1 pf switch, 4 sets of pf LEDs, 2 pf extension cables and 2 old school lego LED lights (for the flashing lights)
2/28/2008 Mike Orazzi-The Bristol Press
Lewis Mills’ #23 Samantha Pelletier and Griswold's #22 Caitlin Cholewa during the Class M Second Round February 28 at Lewis Mills Lewis Mills vs. Griswold.
Strobist: One AB800 clamped to the bleacher at 1/2 power set off with AB remotes.
Remote Nikon D-1X camera & hardware for backboard remote at SUNY Orange college for the Section 9 Class AA Boys & Girls Championship games in Middletown, NY on Saturday morning, March 1, 2008. Times Herald-Record/CHET GORDON
A remote controlled, 3D printed model of the Overwatch character "Bastion" (in its 'Tank' configuration).
It was modeled and created by 'relions mezza', first in Autodesk 3ds Max and later in Fusion 360.
The print took about 120 hours to complete, with the total invested time (at the time of this photograph) totaling up to 590 hours of work.
Next step will be to airbrush paint the tank. Be sure to follow his Twitch livestreams or his Instagram account if you're interested in updates or if you have any questions for him.
English
It is the county seat and a town of extraordinary importance in the history of Portugal. Located between Evora and Beja, has always played a role in the strategic defense of our territory. Its original name was curious and denounced the geographical neighborhood-Viana to par d'Alvito.
The population of this village is very remote. Archaeologist José Leite de Vasconcelos, who studied the site at the beginning of this century, discovered a series of archaeological remains, which may be attributed to the Roman times. Remains of pottery, some coins and even a Roman necropolis with their inscriptions in the vicinity of where you are today the shrine dedicated to Nossa Senhora d'Aires. Indeed, the very place of walls seems to suggest that there existed some kind of walls, probably from pre-Roman. Some authors are of the opinion that the Christian church came directly to a shrine of Hispano-Roman paganism.
Devastated by algariadas Moorish, the village was resettled in the thirteenth century by D. Gil Martins and his wife, D. Maria Anes. In 1269, we find a document on the town, where D. Martin, Bishop of Liverpool, acknowledged to have only a quarter of the tithes of the "church of Foch. On the death of D. Gil Martins and his wife, Viana do Alentejo passed into the possession of his son, D. Martim Gil de Sousa, Count of Barcelos.
It was in the reign of King Afonso III was granted the first charter as later renewed by D. Dinis (1321) with privileges equal to those of Santarem. It was also D Dinis laid the foundations for the construction of the castle, begun in 1313, and became a "village. It was part of his term Alvito, Vila Nova, Vila and Blondie Malcabron. Its residents received 1000 pounds to help raise the walls. The extension of the term of Viana during the reign of King Denis was very significant as it was going to Vila Alva, at the time Malcabron, which is currently
Português
É sede do concelho e uma vila de extraordinária importância na história de Portugal. Situada entre Évora e Beja, desempenhou sempre um papel de destaque na defesa estratégica do nosso território. O seu nome inicial era curioso e denunciava a vizinhança geográfica -Viana a par d’Alvito.
O povoamento desta freguesia é muito remoto. O arqueólogo José Leite de Vasconcelos, que estudou o local nos inícios deste século, descobriu uma série de vestígios arqueológicos, que poderão ser atribuídos à época romana. Restos de cerâmica, algumas moedas e mesmo uma necrópole romana com as respectivas inscrições nas cercanias do local onde se encontra hoje o santuário dedicado a N.ª Sr.ª d’Aires. Aliás, o próprio lugar de Paredes parece querer indicar que ali existiu algum tipo de muros, muito provavelmente castrejos. Alguns autores, são da opinião que este templo cristão sucedeu directamente a uma ermida do paganismo hispano-romano.
Devastada pelas algariadas mouriscas, a vila foi repovoada no século XIII por D. Gil Martins e sua mulher, D. Maria Anes. Em 1269, encontramos um documento sobre a vila, em que D. Martinho, Bispo de Évora, reconhecia ter direito apenas a um quarto dos dízimos da "igreja de Fochem". Por morte de D. Gil Martins e sua mulher, passou Viana do Alentejo para a posse do seu filho, D. Martim Gil de Sousa, Conde de Barcelos.
Foi no reinado de D. Afonso III que lhe foi concedida a primeira carta de foral, mais tarde renovada por D. Dinis (1321) com privilégios iguais aos de Santarém. Foi também D. Dinis que lançou as bases para a construção do seu castelo, iniciada em 1313, e a elevou à categoria de vila. Fazia parte do seu termo Alvito, Vila Nova, Vila Ruiva e Malcabron. Os seus moradores recebiam 1000 libras de ajuda para levantarem as muralhas. A extensão do termo de Viana durante o reinado de D. Dinis era muita significativa, já que ia até Vila Alva, na época Malcabron, que se encontra actualmente no concelho de Cuba.
Pinnacle Windows MCE remote sitting on the cofee table. Ready for action.
Shot with Canon 5D and KMZ Industar 50/3.5
St Peter, Billingford, Norfolk
The area between Fakenham and Dereham is a land of quiet lanes and working villages, and the churches have a sense of being at the heart of their communities. We are not far here from the main Norwich to Fakenham road, but the village of Billingford feels remote, as many do around here. I think this is because of the way the River Wensum threads and winds through the low hills, cutting off from each other villages which are otherwise quite close.
This Billingford is not to be confused with the other of the same name, with a church dedicated to St Leonard, across the county beyond Diss.
The setting of St Peter, on a bluff overlooking a valley, completes the drama. You approach the church from the east, and here the building presents itself intimately, the large east window abutting almost directly onto the road. It is a Victorian replacement, but is of more than passing interest, as we will see. The land falls away to the west, and by the time you reach the base of the tower you are several metres below the road.
The tower is one of Norfolk's half a dozen or so octagonal towers, and the church is pretty much all of a 14th century piece, with a couple of later windows. The interior is a wide, open space, cleared of clutter, the aisles empty. Tall Victorian benches fill the middle of the nave, the space around them accentuating their bulk. There is no central walkway, which gives the place a singular feeling - as does the slope eastwards. You could never mistake this interior for another.
Also singular is the curious and lovely font. A sloping octagonal bowl, its sides are carved with sets of double arches, a grand arcade of sixteen all the way around. I think it must predate the church slightly, and may have come from elsewhere, or was simply reused from an earlier building on this site.
Billingford has one of those wonderful early 16th century giant latten lecterns, an eagle standing on an orb. Norfolk has about ten of these, but this is the only one I know that isn't polished, and so it creates a quite different effect. As Mortlock is fond of observing here and elsewhere, they come from the same foundry as the one at St Mark in Venice.
The lightness in the nave is helped by the clear windows, and the east window is filled with a very good early 20th century representation of the Transfiguration, an unusual subject. But I mentioned earlier that the window itself is of interest, and this is because this church is generally accepted as the original source of the marvellous range of 15th century glass now in the church at North Tuddenham.
The window you see now replaces one that was much larger. You can see this clearly from the changes in the plasterwork, and it may have been done for structural reasons. The glass at North Tuddenham was bought from a builders yard in Dereham, and had probably been removed from the once larger window here as part of the restoration which fitted this one. If it had survived, medievalists and church explorers from all over the country would be beating a path to this church. A startling thought.