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Human vs. CATgpt
IntroductionMy daughter texted me, “Perhaps your next blog post can be about CatGPT lol, it’s a thing apparently.” I misread this as “ChatGPT” and though she was taking the piss, since I’ve blogged...
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Ode on an IPA
IntroductionSometimes when I’m feeling grateful for something, I am moved to write an ode to it. This is one of those times. Also, I’m planning to create a new category in the albertnet index, “Drink,”...
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Errata
IntroductionI read a New York Times article about some gross-sounding cookie and at the bottom was this note:A correction was made on April 17, 2023: An earlier version of this article misstated the...
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From the Archives - What Is It With TAs?
IntroductionThis being a slow news day, here’s one from my archives, from when I was an undergraduate at UC Santa Barbara. Back then I wrote little essays that were essentially blog posts, but since...
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Cycling Smackdown - Middle Ring Tale
IntroductionI am an assistant coach for the Albany High School mountain biking team. The age difference between the student-athletes and me keeps growing, and my bike isn’t getting any younger, either....
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More Tom Swifties
IntroductionThe other day at 5 a.m. I woke up abruptly and couldn’t fall back to sleep. My brain was restless but had nothing to do, so it just started cranking out Tom Swifties, one after another,...
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Biased Blow-By-Blow - 2023 Giro d’Italia Stage 20
IntroductionThis has been a super exciting Giro d’Italia, with most of the hard mountain stages crammed into the final week. With just today’s time trial remaining (and tomorrow’s silly flat course for...
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From the Archives - Bits & Bobs Volume VII
IntroductionThis is the seventh installment in the “From the Archives – Bits & Bobs” series. Volume I is here, Volume II is here, Volume III is here, Volume IV is here, Volume V is here and Volume...
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Biased Blow-By-Blow - 2023 Critérium du Dauphiné Stage 7
IntroductionI sometimes get up really early in the morning to give you live coverage of bicycle races in Europe. But it’s not really live coverage because you don’t read it until much later, if at all....
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Impromptu Commencement Address
IntroductionI attended my daughter's college graduation the other day. It was an absolute mob scene ... thousands in the audience and, by my (very rough) count, at least a thousand students. One of the...
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Ride Report - Gravel Riding in the Rockies
IntroductionMy friend Peter and I don’t race regularly anymore. This doesn’t mean we race oddly, or in a constipated way. I mean we might do a race but only once in a while, just to remind ourselves...
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Biased Blow-By-Blow - 2023 Tour de France Stage 9
IntroductionIt’s getting really hard, in this country, to find free coverage of pro bike races, with pay walls and subscriptions and somehow Outside magazine sticking its nose in, and even though I’m...
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Biased Blow-By-Blow - 2023 Tour de France Stage 20
IntroductionMaybe you don’t have time to watch the Tour de France, or maybe you don’t want to pony up all that money for Peacock Plus or GCN+, or maybe you just like the race “story” pre-masticated for...
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From the Archives - Bits & Bobs Volume VIII
IntroductionThis is the seventh installment in the “From the Archives – Bits & Bobs” series. Volume I is here, Volume II is here, Volume III is here, Volume IV is here, Volume V is here, Volume VI...
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If William Wordsworth Were Writing Today
IntroductionWhat if William Wordsworth (1770-1850) were writing today? And what if he had a corporate-type editor? Imagine the instant-messaging dialogue that might take place after the great poet...
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The Oxford Comma
IntroductionA friend of mine asked me recently, “Hey, did you blog about the Oxford comma?” This was basically entrapment. Having posted 690 times to albertnet, I feel like all the easy topics (e.g.,...
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Should E-Bikes Be Allowed on Nature Trails?
IntroductionA member emailed our bike club a photo of a trailhead sign banning e-bikes. This spawned a brief debate among our members about whether it’s reasonable to ban e-bikes, but not regular...
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From the Archives - Bits & Bobs Volume IX
IntroductionThis is the seventh installment in the “From the Archives – Bits & Bobs” series. Volume I is here, Volume II is here, Volume III is here, Volume IV is here, Volume V is here, Volume VI...
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2023 Vuelta - Jumbo Visma & the Kuss Conundrum
IntroductionIt’s been a hell of a Vuelta a España. Not since Vuelta del Taco Truck have I been so enthralled. Not that it’s a particularly close race lately—Team Jumbo Visma is dominating—but there’s...
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Epic France Trans Alps Cycling Trip - Part I
IntroductionI did a week-long fully-supported bike trip through the French Alps with three friends. We hopscotched from one fancy hotel to another, with a full staff in vans supporting us the whole...
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