This and that

[mdlbear]

Turns out it's almost exactly 5 miles to get home after dropping the chaoswolf off at work. The trip takes about 25 minutes; roughly twice what it takes to get there via an almost-empty I280. Going back on the freeway would take about the same 25 minutes as surface streets, but with more stress and the added risk of an accident or other blockage at one of the two major interchanges along the way.

Israeli filker moshez showed up last night; unfortunately after most of the regulars had left and the kids gone to bed. We swapped some songs anyway. He's in the area this week installing software at a customer site.

Finally got Makefile and HEADER.html files into my Tracks directory and its Tracks/net/ subdirectory. They're a little rough; eventually more information will get into include files and most of the process of preparing a track working directory for upload will be automated.

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5 miles, I'd consider a biking distance

[capplor.livejournal.com]

Doesn't sound like the time would be any different, either. Are there streets/trails to make that feasable?

Re: 5 miles, I'd consider a biking distance

[mdlbear]

Apart from the fact that the Wolfling doesn't bike, it's all city streets through the center of San Jose. Not fun.

Re: 5 miles, I'd consider a biking distance

[capplor.livejournal.com]

So does that make me a fogy or an Easterner? When/where I grew up it was totally unthinkable to not learn to ride a bike, despite being so hilly, you couldn't go more than five blocks without encountering something nearly impossible to go up, and only getting about 3 weeks a year worth of days (randomly distributed) when it wasn't too hot, cold or wet.

Re: 5 miles, I'd consider a biking distance

[mdlbear]

Neither -- this part of San Jose is urban, and biking is not particularly safe. And the Wolfling is not particularly adventurous, either.