Overlooked

People, Places, Things and Ideas by C. Scott Willy

30 May 2006

‘The Show’ and you are a ‘Sports Racer’

Filed under: Fun, Funny — cswilly @ 21:42

The Show is a very funny video blog. Each episode is only 3 minutes or so.

Start with this episode about “massive sissies, hard chargers, Pelosi, NSA, T-Dog, Lott, Bush, this enemy, comments” and then the next four episode. I am sure you will be hooked (OK if you voted for George Bush maybe not).

The first show was on 17-Mar-2006. You will want to watch it (and all that follow) after you are hooked.
Let Zefrank think for you so you don’t have to.

28 May 2006

46km Bike Ride through Vence

Filed under: Alpes Maritimes (06), Bike, France, Outdoor — cswilly @ 11:39

A nice loop from RLP to Col-sur-Loup, Vence, Tourret-sur-Loup, Pont-sur-Loup, Bar-sur-Loup, Chateauneuf-Grasse, and back to RLP. Nothing to difficult, but the last bit into Vence is a bit up.

I used GPS Visualizer to create the live map from my GPS data–very cool.

The Distance vs Elevation profile below shows a two ups and three downs (click on it for full size image).

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25 May 2006

Google Maps mashups for France

Filed under: France — cswilly @ 12:54

From this article on Google Maps Mania.

Updated 25-May-06

21 May 2006

40km Bike Ride with Steven

Filed under: Alpes Maritimes (06), Bike, France, Outdoor — cswilly @ 13:21

We did a nice tour from Roquefort, Biot, Sophia, Valbonne and then back to Roquefort. The only tough up was entering Sophia from Biot.
This live map shows the route. The only hard bit was from Biot to Green Sides in Sophia. I used GPS Visualizer to create the live map from my GPS data–very cool.

The Distance vs Elevation profile below shows a one up and one down with many small ups/downs. (click on it for full size image).

bike-2006-05.21-Biot-Sophia-Valbonne.png

3 May 2006

Stand on Zanzibar by John Brunner

Filed under: Books, Science Fiction — cswilly @ 11:52

Stand on Zanzibar

:-{

Tried to re-read this book after reading it as a teenager. To slow and lots of the SF was no longer believable.

The Olive Farm by Carol Drinkwater

Filed under: Books, Memoir — cswilly @ 11:48

The Olive Farm

:-)

Only read because it is set in Cote Azur and is current day. Carol is way to breathless on how cool the Cote Azur is. It is just a normal place with a nice climate, sea and mountains nearby. and people living and working there.

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