(Via Heartiste.)
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Descent of the Chioula, and GoPro
Last year on my annual pilgrimage to cycling valhalla in the Pyrenees I took my GoPro camera for the first time. Below is my descent of the Col du Chioula, headed back toward Ax les Thermes (best viewed in HD).
This was probably my best descent of last year, the road surface and weather being just right. Everything fell into place. For those wondering, my top speed on this descent was 48.2 mph.
I took an insane amount of footage with my GoPro last year, and I am glad I did. But the problem is that when you bring back these hours and hours of video, there is nowhere for you to go with it. Options are buying an external hard drive and storing them there, or uploading them to one of many websites that do this sort of thing. I am about two thirds of the way done uploading my videos to YouTube, and it takes absolutely forever. A 15 minute video takes several hours to upload. I usually start one video a night and begin the uploading process before I go to bed.
Cross posted at LITGM.
RIP Bob 2
Bob Casale, guitarist for DEVO – aka Bob2, died this week. My wife found this awesome version of “Gut Feeling” on Youtube that I will post here in remembrance. DEVO is a very underrated band and I encourage you to take a deep dive past the “Whip It” stuff if you haven’t already (although I like “Whip It” too).
Cross posted at LITGM.
Video: Mike Lotus Discussing America 3.0 at the Heartland Institute
I spoke about America 3.0 at the Heartland Institute on December 12, 2013.
It was about 30 minutes of me talking, and 30 minutes of Q&A.
Thanks again to Jim Lakely at Heartland for inviting me to speak, and to Keely Drukala for putting this video together, and incorporating my slides.
Sonny Boy Williamson, 9 Below Zero
It is going to nine below zero at 3:00 a.m. tonight.
Stand by for some serious cold, Chicago.