Month: September 2009
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Rest of You: Bike Forces
(note: I’m awaiting the HR sensor, this is mostly outward forces) I’m logging the acceleration forces at the handlebars of my bicycle while riding through New York City. The body has roughly three contact points with a bicycle, the hands at the handlebars, the “seat” at the saddle, and the feet at the pedals. The […]
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rattle…
This is just a teaser for a project I’ve recently begun, but I had an “a-ha” moment when the visualization program finally came together just now and wanted to share… This is geocoded accelerometer data from the handlebars of my bicycle on my commute from Greenpoint to ITP in the East Village. The sample at middle […]
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Site-Specific: Week 2, Comments
This is a rough collection of comments and notes on the assignment for week 2 of Site-Specific.
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Driving Forces
[assignment in the syllabus] A driving force is a trend or factor, operating in the world today, which will influence the way the future evolves over the next 5-15 years. We were asked to identify a driving force, and it’s associated predetermined elements and critical uncertainties. Driving Force: There is a desire for immediate knowledge of […]
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Goffman – Individual as Unit
In Erving Goffman’s “The Individual as Unit” (chapter one of his book “(Relations in Public)”) the person is examined as a discreet component in a larger sociological context. The role of individuals are described as a vehicular unit or as a participation unit. I found it interesting to classify an individual as a vehicle, and […]
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Golden Cheetah 1.2.0rc1
Golden Cheetah is about to release a new version. There have been extensive updates…some great, unique new features for analyzing cycling power training data. The full feature list will be announced with the official release. In brief: direct SRM download colorized power zones in plots altitude (from supported files) WKO file support (including bulk import) […]