Well this site is currently sparse. I am in the process of moving over to a new static web site generator. I plan on moving over old content over the next month. Thanks Michael
Love Them Both
One of a the better quotes that I come accross: "We must love them both, those whose opinions we share and those whose opinions we reject, for both have labored in the search for truth, and both have helped us in finding it."1 -- Thomas Aquinas This quote belongs with this post: Let us practice many acts of kindness and gentle clarity toward those we like the least. -- St. Frances de Sales ...
Garmin Intensity Minutes
I don’t now if it was a bug but while siting at my computer, my intensity minutes spiked. Yes my job can be stressful, but it should not create intensity. Was I fidgeting? The answer is really I do not know. Although I have sports goals for next year, my main goal is the exercise for longevity. What I have learned over the years, especially for my health, is that things not measured, no change happens. ...
Pre Read for Part 3 Racing Rules Webinar 2025
PRE-READ for Part 3 Racing Rules Webinar 2025 Notes: Where to get a copy of the rule book: World Sailing - Racing Rules of Sailing Rule 18.3 Tacking in the Zone If a boat passes head to wind from port to starboard tack in the zone of a mark to be left to port, rule 18.2 does not apply between her and another boat on starboard tack that is fetching the mark. If the other ...
Chart Test
Just a test of hugo chart chart.js.
Hugo Mermaid Test
Just a test of Hugo Mermaid Graphs. For someone who cannot make good diragrams with diagram makers, I appreciate it. An example from the Hugo Site: sequenceDiagram participant Alice participant Bob Alice->>John: Hello John, how are you? loop Healthcheck John->>John: Fight against hypochondria end Note right of John: Rational thoughts <br/>prevail! John-->>Alice: Great! John->>Bob: How about you? Bob-->>John: Jolly good! Something I did for work: mindmap root((Work Intake)) Tier 1 Information Collected? Issue correctly Identified? Own/Redirect/Close Tier 2 Requires Subject matter General skill Communicate to team Document Software Restart Call Vendor? Projects Ranked? Work on Functional User? Ownership Training Department Supported SAAS Redirect to Department Own/Redirect Last lastly, what the last chart would look like using Mermaid Ink ...
Goat Diagrams
This is just a test post of Goat Diagrams using Asciiflow! S t a r F t i S r e o s c f t o n p B d r o o x B c o e x s s
Pre Read for Part 2 Racing Rules Webinar 2025
PRE-READ for Part 2 Racing Rules Webinar 2025 Notes: Where to get a copy of the rule book: World Sailing - Racing Rules of Sailing Preamble to Section C (Preamble to) SECTION C AT MARKS AND OBSTRUCTIONS Section C rules do not apply between boats when the mark or obstruction referred to in those rules is a starting mark surrounded by navigable water or its anchor line, from the time the boats are approaching it to start until they have left it astern. Rule 17 – On the Same Tack; Proper Course ...
RRS Referesher 25 Rules at the Start Pre Read
Taking the Speed & Smarts Rules Refresher webinar. Part of the homework was to read about: Definition: Keep Clear Definition: Room Definition: Proper Course Rule 11 On the Same Tack, Overlapped Rule 15 Acquiring Right of Way Rule 16 Changing Course Preamble to Section C This my pre-work. I made bold the words: seamanlike way. I sail with a amature crew. Things happen. The irony, is that most sailors do not get, is that things happen part does not give you rights. As long as the boat with right away does not collide, you fouled the right of way boat. ...