The bike that Magnus showed is definitely a girl's bike, and I don't mean the step through frame. Check out the angle of that saddle.
Bikes and scooters, et al, are NOT allowed on our sidewalks.
Helmets are only required for under 18.
We have bike lanes in most of our larger streets. I can bike from my home to the ocean or inland to the mountains very nicely. Some of the routes are extremely scenic.. one along the Upper Newport Bay, the other requires some serious mountain bikes... but all in all it's a safe place to bike. And with our weather, we don't need studded tires or two wheel drive...
I actually know a number of fellow engineers who have electric bikes and take them to work.
In some localities, though, they've gone nuts... like the huge bicycle lanes they built on the I90 and SR520 that cross Lake Washington East of Seattle. I mean, they could have built a couple of extra car lanes and then hired a few shuttles to take the bikes across the lake... it would have been far cheaper and a better traffic solution... but noo... there you are, stuck in traffic ( the 520 is now a toll bridge! ) with a huge pair of bikes lanes that are... empty!
Thankfully, I don't go that way much anymore.
What I would like to see is some kind of regulation against earphones. Specially pedestrians.... I've had such cross the street right in front of me.. not looking at anything.. engrossed on their phones with earbuds on.
Some computer speakers (master and slave) were left for throwing out at work, I thought that I could have some fun with them.
I took them apart to see what was inside, a little 2822 chip amp. So I put it back together, took it home, took it apart, put a larger power supply cap on, and extended the speaker wires to the internal driver so I could used a separate stereo pair. put it back together, took it to work the next day and gave it a blast. Not much bass, so I took it back home shorted out the coupling caps (220uf) and used larger ones spliced into the speaker cable, took it back to work, still no bass, but I noticed even less with my head between the speakers, so I connected one out of phase and there was the bass. I opened it up an saw that one of the cables had been soldered at the time of manufacture the wrong way around, and low and behold, a bulging cap. So back home, re-jigged the wire, put anouther coupling cap on, back to work and now it's blasting surprisingly loud through some old Heybrooks (with the wrong drivers in). I wasn't expecting that much "fun" with them.
I took them apart to see what was inside, a little 2822 chip amp. So I put it back together, took it home, took it apart, put a larger power supply cap on, and extended the speaker wires to the internal driver so I could used a separate stereo pair. put it back together, took it to work the next day and gave it a blast. Not much bass, so I took it back home shorted out the coupling caps (220uf) and used larger ones spliced into the speaker cable, took it back to work, still no bass, but I noticed even less with my head between the speakers, so I connected one out of phase and there was the bass. I opened it up an saw that one of the cables had been soldered at the time of manufacture the wrong way around, and low and behold, a bulging cap. So back home, re-jigged the wire, put anouther coupling cap on, back to work and now it's blasting surprisingly loud through some old Heybrooks (with the wrong drivers in). I wasn't expecting that much "fun" with them.
My interest in diy tinkering was dampening down.
It was rekindled by a motivational speaker:
Well I thought that I'd try spotify in stead of DAB through the computer speakers now I'm listening to bass outlaws, and I'm having fun FEELING what a 2822 can do. The LED on the top keeps flickering, somehow I think a better power supply is needed; I've got a spare 47,000 uf cap somewhere...
there are three types of BASS, BOOOM BOOOOM BOOOOM
there are three types of BASS, BOOOM BOOOOM BOOOOM
I went on a date a few years ago.
After the date she sent me an email outlining 20 things I did wrong on the date !
After some consideration I emailed her back saying she just did one thing wrong on the date, she turned up.
After the date she sent me an email outlining 20 things I did wrong on the date !
After some consideration I emailed her back saying she just did one thing wrong on the date, she turned up.
Earth to females: If he doesn't wear a diaper, then you can't change him.
One of the sub-headings in this morning's Guardian on line reads: 'Elon Musk's brain implant company Neuralink approved for in human study'
I was expecting a humorous article explaining really weird behaviour......
I was expecting a humorous article explaining really weird behaviour......
Put one of those “bars” outside a bar and see how many drunks you have lying flat on the sidewalk. At least they won’t be driving for a while at least.
And speaking of drunk, I was singing this little song to myself on the way back home on my bike in a bad thunderstorm the other day. After listening to The Who earlrier, and thinking about how getting electrocuted and being drunk might have similar effects on you…
I woke up on the hardwood floor a paramedic knew my name
He said you can go sleep at home tonight if you can get up and walk away
I staggered back when I touched the ground and FLEW back over my chair
I remember seeing sparks all around and smoke coming from my hair
Well, who are youuuuuuu are you, who,who who,who?