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clovis_t and I went out to the Tasmanian Folk federation's monthly dance. This month the band was Xenos, who are a delightful group--the dances are all traditional dances, generally done in a circle. While their web-page (and CD's) feature a variety of musicians, when they do the local dances here in Hobart it is just the two main musicians, and their two children. Their son plays a variety of drums for the dances, and their daughter sings beautiful harmonies and helps her mother teach the dances. As always, it was a very fun evening! (I've got a special fondness for Xenos--the first dance that clovis_t and I attended together was a Xenos dance nearly five years ago.)
Despite taking the time to go dancing, Uni work continues to progress--I was working right up until we went out the door, and as soon as we got home and did our daily yoga, I was right back on the computer finishing up the calculations upon which I'd been working before we left.
Today is one of those lovely early winter (late autumn? it is hard to tell when living some place that doesn't *really* get snow) days wherin there isn't a cloud in the sky, but the sun is neither hot nor overpowering, and it is a joy to go outside. Therefore I went out for a trike ride.
Back when I bought my trike, I intended it to be a commuter vehicle--at that time I didn't have a decent computer, so it was necessary to go in to Uni on a daily basis.clovis_t, being an undergraduate student, didn't want to be at uni as many hours as I needed to be there, and we have only the one car, so peddling in made sense. Living on a hill, the trip down in the morning took only 15 minutes from hopping on the trike here to wheeling it into my office there (this means it is faster than driving once you include taking time to find a place to park and then walk to the office!). I rather enjoyed the trip back up the hill at the end of each day. Sure, it took about an hour, but the view was nice, and with a trike, one can go as slow as one wants without fear of tipping over (one of the *many* ways trikes are far superior to two-wheeled bikes). My logic at the time was "if I do nothing else all day in the way of exercise, at least I'll have done that".
But then I bought my notebook computer--finally I had a tool which would permit me to undertake the complex calculations I needed to do for my project in the comfort of my own home! Strangely, I pretty much quite commuting after that. Sure, some days I still need to go down the hill--perhaps to look through the microscope at my samples. Perhaps to use the microprobe, or even to speak with my advisor in person instead of via e-mail. But I am much less likely to take the trike when I do--ever since I spoke to a friend to told me that she used to commute by bike with her notebook computer, and then wound up having to replace the computer after only one year due to damage caused from the vibrations, I have been reluctant to take mine with me on the trike. Particularly for that down-hill trip; despite riding my breaks much of the way, I still reach speeds into the mid-to high 40's (kilometres/hour) and I am able to notice the vibrations with my body, and would not wish to share them with the computer!
So now trike rides are an occasional luxury, when I have some time to spare, or need a break to enjoy a pretty day like today, and I tend to get most of my exercise going for walks with my friends. But I strongly suspect that I will be grateful I have the trike when I finish this degree and move... wherever it is that we wind up next... and we no longer have a car available for our use. (And with luck, whatever job I find will come with a computer so I won't need to bring mine in with me.)
clovis_t and I went out to the Tasmanian Folk federation's monthly dance. This month the band was Xenos, who are a delightful group--the dances are all traditional dances, generally done in a circle. While their web-page (and CD's) feature a variety of musicians, when they do the local dances here in Hobart it is just the two main musicians, and their two children. Their son plays a variety of drums for the dances, and their daughter sings beautiful harmonies and helps her mother teach the dances. As always, it was a very fun evening! (I've got a special fondness for Xenos--the first dance that clovis_t and I attended together was a Xenos dance nearly five years ago.) Despite taking the time to go dancing, Uni work continues to progress--I was working right up until we went out the door, and as soon as we got home and did our daily yoga, I was right back on the computer finishing up the calculations upon which I'd been working before we left.
Today is one of those lovely early winter (late autumn? it is hard to tell when living some place that doesn't *really* get snow) days wherin there isn't a cloud in the sky, but the sun is neither hot nor overpowering, and it is a joy to go outside. Therefore I went out for a trike ride.
Back when I bought my trike, I intended it to be a commuter vehicle--at that time I didn't have a decent computer, so it was necessary to go in to Uni on a daily basis.
clovis_t, being an undergraduate student, didn't want to be at uni as many hours as I needed to be there, and we have only the one car, so peddling in made sense. Living on a hill, the trip down in the morning took only 15 minutes from hopping on the trike here to wheeling it into my office there (this means it is faster than driving once you include taking time to find a place to park and then walk to the office!). I rather enjoyed the trip back up the hill at the end of each day. Sure, it took about an hour, but the view was nice, and with a trike, one can go as slow as one wants without fear of tipping over (one of the *many* ways trikes are far superior to two-wheeled bikes). My logic at the time was "if I do nothing else all day in the way of exercise, at least I'll have done that".But then I bought my notebook computer--finally I had a tool which would permit me to undertake the complex calculations I needed to do for my project in the comfort of my own home! Strangely, I pretty much quite commuting after that. Sure, some days I still need to go down the hill--perhaps to look through the microscope at my samples. Perhaps to use the microprobe, or even to speak with my advisor in person instead of via e-mail. But I am much less likely to take the trike when I do--ever since I spoke to a friend to told me that she used to commute by bike with her notebook computer, and then wound up having to replace the computer after only one year due to damage caused from the vibrations, I have been reluctant to take mine with me on the trike. Particularly for that down-hill trip; despite riding my breaks much of the way, I still reach speeds into the mid-to high 40's (kilometres/hour) and I am able to notice the vibrations with my body, and would not wish to share them with the computer!
So now trike rides are an occasional luxury, when I have some time to spare, or need a break to enjoy a pretty day like today, and I tend to get most of my exercise going for walks with my friends. But I strongly suspect that I will be grateful I have the trike when I finish this degree and move... wherever it is that we wind up next... and we no longer have a car available for our use. (And with luck, whatever job I find will come with a computer so I won't need to bring mine in with me.)
