In the twinkling of an eye

svn client middle age crissis

April 13, 2009 – 4:19 pm

Lately on different boxes I’ve been working on I’ve been getting the following message

serge@highfalls:~/Research/e/Econometrics/spatialEconometrics$ svn update
svn: This client is too old to work with working copy '.'.  You need
to get a newer Subversion client, or to downgrade this working copy.
See http://subversion.tigris.org/faq.html#working-copy-format-change
for details.
serge@highfalls:~/Research/e/Econometrics/spatialEconometrics$

This has been on both Leopard and Ubuntu machines. For Leopard the solution is to grab updated binaries from here.

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Ride Log

April 12, 2009 – 8:31 am

Gilbralter Road, Santa Barbara
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The view about 1/2 up Gilbalter road. The fire damage was pretty dramatic as there were a lot of foundation only properties along the way.

Very strange view as the weather was just stunningly beautiful, but the landscape was one of decimation.

Miles: 47 Climbing: 5000 Time: 4:20

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Evening ride

January 20, 2009 – 12:04 am

Evening ride
Originally uploaded by sergerey.

On the way home on an easy out an back looking off to the east on the 125 overpass by Grossmont College.

At the moment I was taking the photo I was listening to Democracy Now’s rebroadcast of MLK’s speech from the evening before we lost him. Very powerful stuff. Makes one ponder that tomorrow is built on the blood and tears of yesterday.

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Sign of the time

January 18, 2009 – 3:22 pm

For rent
Originally uploaded by sergerey.

On today’s ride I was coming through an industrial park in SD that I hadn’t been to for a few years. It was a bit startling to see that just about 3 out of every four properties had a for rent sign on it. The eeriness factor was heightened as I was listening to The Ascent of Money and what happens in times of credit crunches.

Oh well, it was a spectacular day for a ride and the brilliant sunshine was a enough antidote against the grim financial context - at least for the duration of the spin.

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Helmet wars

January 18, 2009 – 10:09 am

It has always seemed a bit ironic to me that the vitriol directed towards cagers by cyclists is of the same intensity as that directed by helmet proponents towards their bareheaded cycling brethren. For the record, being a social scientist, my own view is that the helmet crusade has done more harm than good in terms of the social cost reflected in reduced cycling, the misperception of the relative risk of cycling, and has not resulted in reduced rates of head injuries.

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Pic from the road

January 17, 2009 – 8:42 pm

Pic from the road
Originally uploaded by sergerey.

Wasn’t drunk when I took this, more like rushing to make it home before the sun went away after realizing I forgot my light.

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Training log rss

January 17, 2009 – 8:07 pm

Since I seem to be better at getting out on the bike than I am writing about it, I’m adding a rss feed for those of you who are in need of sleep inducing material: my training log - get it here.

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Ride Log

January 4, 2009 – 9:42 pm

View from the bike

The view east bound on Mission Gorge road. Just after the drop and to the left is the entrance to Mission Trails Regional Park, one of the largest urban parks in the US. But, I pass by the entrance (which also leads to some good mountain bike trails) to the nice road climb on Mission Gorge. One of my favorite routes.

Total distance: 20 miles

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VerySpatial Podcast Inteview

January 4, 2009 – 8:38 pm

Last month I gave a short course on exploratory spatial data analysis at the West Virginia University. While there I was interviewed by the good folk at the VerySpatial podcast.

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