Mount Jefferson and Mount Washington
Adit and I went hiking in the White Mountains. Starting from the Cog rail parking lot, we went up on Jewell trail that connects to Gulfside trail. First we took...
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Heat wave
After escaping it for so long, a heat wave has descended upon us here in coastal Connecticut with disgusting amount of humidity. Hope this is over soon.
Google finance
I use Google Finance to keep track of financial markets and stocks that I follow. Last week, Google revamped the webpage and now it has AI summary and a chatbot...
really!?
Am I supposed to trust everything/anything this technology tells me?
I can’t decide if I should laugh or...
I can’t decide if I should laugh or get upset at the pathetic spectacle of a car dealer putting on a show of shouting and insulting a world-renowned, esteemed scientist...
movie night
Last night, we wanted to go to a theater to watch “The Odyssey” but, didn’t seem like a brilliant idea for weeknight. So, stayed home and watched “Princess Bride” for...
NGC 6914
NGC 6914 is a reflection nebula in the region north of Sadr in the constellation Cygnus. The contrast of this blue reflection nebula on the background of large emission nebulosity...
Commute to work
Commuted on my bike this morning. Usually it takes me over one hour for this ride. But, today the traffic lights worked in my favor and I made it to...
Crescent and Soap Bubble
The Soap Bubble nebula (PN G75.5+1.7) is a planetary nebula near the Crescent nebula (NGC6888) in the constellation Cygnus. The soap bubble is in the bottom left quadrant of the...
TdF 2026 - Stages 11 & 12
Both stages 11 and 12 were flat and boring. Same thing happened on both days - breakaway went out but caught before the stages ended in bunch sprint. On both...
DST
Daylight savings time is stupid. It should be abolished - not made permanent.
Canadian wild fires
So much smoke from the Canadian wild fires. It has turned Sun orange. We can smell it and taste it.
TdF 2026 - stage 10
On stage 10 there were seven categorized climbs. Pedersen sneaked out another win at the intermediate sprint consolidating his lead in point competition. Richard Carapaz attacked on fifth climb and...
Comet Neowise 2020
I took this photo of Comet Neowise in the pre-sunrise early morning hours of July 14, 2020. This comet brought much joy during the deadly grip of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Sadr and nebulosity
There is a lot of beautiful nebulosity in the Cygnus section of the Milky Way. The bright star near the center is Sadr (gamma Cygni) which is about 180 times...
TdF 2026 - stages 8&9
Stages 8 and 9 of Tour de France were different but similar. 8 was flat and 9 was hilly through the Massif Central region in France but in both stages...
TdF 2026 - stage 7
It was a flat as a pancake stage 7 going into Bordeaux - guaranteed to be a bunch sprint finish. Alpecin squad did a great job leading out Jasper Philipsen...
TdF 2026 - stage 6
On this hard mountain stage, the riders went up on hard climbs like Col d’Aspin and Col du Tourmalet and in the end, (as expected) Tadej Pogacar emerged as the...
TdF 2026 - stage 5
This is a 100-mile long flat stage that is going to be mostly boring. Last 10 minutes will be fun to watch if it results in a bunch sprint. All...
TdF 2026 - stage 4.2
As expected the large break away stayed away all the way to the end of stage 4 in Foix. Mads Pedersen won the stage and Torstein Traeen takes the yellow...
TdF 2026 - stage 4
Jonas captured the yellow jersey in the new format team time trial on day 1 and kept it on 2nd day on the hilly stage ending on Montjuic in Barcelona....
America
““Kathy, I’m lost,” I said, though I knew she was sleeping I’m empty and aching, and I don’t know why Counting the cars on the New Jersey Turnpike They’ve all...
The city and its uncertain walls
Finished reading “The city and its uncertain walls”.
5K in San Sebastián
Went for a run in the morning. Great weather.