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Using the mileposts in the Capitol Hill
LINK tunnel i mapped landmarks on the surface. (Mar 2020) |
During the pandemic i
walked
some interesting shapes and then i covered every block
in the seven neighborhoods of Capitol Hill, walking 4,500 blocks in a 6 km area,
many more than once. I walked 784 km (487 miles) not including errands.
(Apr 2020 through Apr 2021) |
I finally walked the Solar System ...at one million miles per step! (Aug 2020) |
I've been tracking the sunset behind
Olympic Peaks.
(Sep 2020) |
Despite the biggest voter turnout for a Presidential Election, in 120 years a third of the electorate still didn't vote!?! (Nov 2020) |
I accidently made a stunning graph of the date and time of
Solstice.
(Dec 2020) |
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My detailed chocolate website
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120 mostly timeless essays mostly about bicycling, blewap.org but also transit, Seattle Reign, Brexit & more. (2007 - 2016) |
carsstink.org (Oct 1994, updated 2004) |
The plug i made for an overnight radio show i did at WAMH, Amherst College Radio. Testing 1-2-3 (AUDIO!) (Mar 1985) |
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I maintain an NWSL statistical database. I frequently post infographics. (2013 - 2019) |
I created a bicycle law reference for the Bicycle Alliance. Bike Laws in Washington State Bike Laws in City of Seattle Pedestrian Laws in Washington State (Feb 2008) |
I created a basic guide for using the Yaseu VX5 handheld tri-band Ham Radio. (Aug 2004) |
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I build Data Structures in FilemakerPro (Sep 2019) |
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AKA I built & host a database to manage HAM radio volunteering. (2011-2019) login required. |
Canvintory I built & host a database to manage a private art collection. (2014-2020) login required. |
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Total Solar Eclipse! Slideshow of my magnificent week in the eastern Oregon desert. (Aug 2017) |
Travel Pages! A big collection of maps and lists and statistics of trips and states and nations visited as well as mileage on different modes. Also the much anticipated tipping point! |
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bicycling |
Hauling things: mattress, banana tree, pie, lumber, kayak, large mailing, framed art, another bike!, folding bike, really big grocery run (2007 - 2017) The project to buy a bicycle kayak trailer. (2004) Got one! (Jan 2005) |
I was actually featured in Bicycling Magazine. (Oct 2002) An Amazing Human Powered Vehicle The Spirit of Muckle Flugga! (Feb 1999, update 2005) |
For a full year (2011) i cycled with GPS tracking, these maps show all the streets i covered:
statewide,
citywide, central Seattle, my neighborhood. (Jan 2012) |
car bike deficit (2004, updated 2019) |
ridden in 12 months (2004, updated 2019) |
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45 years later! |
Interesting and pretty daily mileage bar graphs:
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annual miles bar graphs
(Jan 2002, updated Nov 2019) |
Lifetime trend train vs bicycle (updated Nov 2019) |
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Seattle Sunset times (Jun 1996, updated 2008) And Seattle Henge (Mar 2012) |
My Eclipses (2015) |
A few Ham Radio links Including licensing. (1998, updated 2019) |
People are often confused by radio
power radiation. I made this device chart to clarify. (1998, updated 2012) |
Radio alphabetic
phonetics by syllable (Sep 2018) |
(Dec 2007) |
When this bizarre merger was proposed i immediately sent them this missive. Does LAB belong in Bikes Belong? They cancelled the merger. I'm sure lots of people responded, but i like to think i made a difference. (2012) |
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Euro and Euro cent coins have imagery from the nation of minting on the reverse. My collection is almost complete, please help me finish it! Images or Cheat sheet. (2010, updated Sep 2015) |
After the fun, collectable State quarters, the US Mint started
a 10 year program of National Parks quarters, one for each state.
This graph shows the number minted for each state and (in purple) the ones i have. (updated Nov 2019) |
19% of national currencies are actually named for the country itself, 7% are named after animals and 70% are called gold, silver or just coin. I analyzed a list of over 1,000 (past & present) currency names for the meanings of the words. |
oil priced in gold scale is barrels of oil per ounce of gold, to remove currency fluctuations (2007, updated 2019) |
Euro vs Dollar:
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Seattle's Steepest Streets Slip Up The city removed the inaccurate page after the 3rd time i sent this. (2010, updated 2014) |
Comparisons of the size (area) of the city of Seattle. (Apr 1994) |
Washington State and Oregon
superimposed on New England with correct latitudes (2006) |
A few
Salish names of Washington places
(1999) |
Some brief observations on area & density of the western US. (Mar 2001) |
Some misc. useful Geography statistics downloadable
data tables. (Feb 1995) |
The European nation of Georgia is in the news, so i
compared the size to Washington State.
(2008) |
Area of German Länder vs US States:
superimposed and closest match. (Jun 2008) |
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An Earthquake is Coming!
...and it starts early (Aug 2011) Slow Quakes (2007, updated Oct 2019) |
What can we learn about current politics from a graph of
350 years of inflation?
(Aug 2006) |
A brief history of Sicily. (Jun 1995) |
Someone asked how many monkeys there are in the world. I decided to find out. (Sep 2010) |
Statistics That Shape Our Life (Dec 1986) |
Flying Sails is a wonderful piece of art.
It helped me to a greater understanding of perfectionism. (Jul 2012) |
I was trying to learn more about tide cycles, but mostly what i came up with is beautiful Tide Graph Art. (Feb 2010) |
Dead Car Artwork (1970 / 1994) |
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My bedtime database covers 42 years of every time in bed and out.
Monthly average time in bed
and Ave time slept (Apr 1978, updated 2019) |
Mark was an unpopular name until after WWII when an actor named his son Mark.
It grew in popularity into the top 10. I was named at the height of it's popularity. There were SEVEN of us in my 8th grade class. Now it has dropped into obscurity again. (Apr 2005) |
We're all related. The number of possible ancestors in each generation
doubles each step back in time. Shockingly you only have to go back to the 1200s before
your
ancestors in that generation alone exceed the number of humans who've ever lived.
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For 30 years i wore a meaningful T-shirt daily. In 2002 i switched to plain shirts,
but i wanted to do something interesting with my large collection that meant so much to me.
(2013) |
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Mitch Benn loves the BBC. So do i. (Dec 2010) |
Radio show SaysYou schedule (2006, updated 2012) |
Panelist Statistics
for the radio show Wait Wait Don't Tell Me.
(Mar 2005, updated 2010) |
17 Reasons to HATE CDs. (Feb 1988) |
Some of my favorite albums (Sep 2005 updated 2019) |
The
Church of Baseball (Mar 1994) |
Fluxx keeper values (2009) |
When i worked at Pacific Science Center in the mid 1990s
we invented an addictive game in the break room; we called it Speed Scrabble. (May 1999) |
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The Earth wobbles. We're tilted 23.5° and that tilt is the reason we have seasons.
And it's the reason the pole star changes, because the
axis precesses (Wikipedia)
like a top, slowly rotating over 24,000 years. And that turning creates the
The Great Year
which is real, but some people foolishly use it to predict your fortune.
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Periods with NO HUMANS in Space Portion of year with humans in space. (2012) |
Missions to Mars (2012) |
I just heard another news story on NPR that repeated the silly urban legend that
world population is going to naturally level off and stabilize at 9 billion by itself. Simple math suggests that is unlikely. The population would have to do this, which is hard to imagine, but the rate of growth would have to do this, which is impossible without a horrific catastrophe. |
I did extensive research on microfilm at the library to learn about Lake Washington
and the ill-fated Black River. (1996) |
I created some popular
info pages about car-free travel in Seattle and western Washington.
(1994 - 2007) |
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All Star Trek: The Next Generation
episodes, ranked.
(Feb 1994, updated 1996) |
All Red Dwarf
episodes, rated.
(Jun 1994) |
Thoughts on the much anticipated Red Dwarf Series Seven. (Dec 1998) |
Harry Potter book statistics (Apr 2007) |
Fascinating graphic
charts of the political landscape.
(Sep 2004) |
Meet the
new Pope, same as the old pope.
(Apr 2005) |
Why to backup
(1997) |
The correct order of
right of way on city streets
(Aug 1994) |
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underway: | Inventions | YP17 |
miles per decade (2010, updated 2019) |
milkshakes (1993) And why they are the ultimate cycling food! (Dec 2009) |
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