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What I did today 2013-05-24

Here’s what I remember doing today:

Road the stationary bike for a total of 120 minutes while reading, watching shows, writing, studying Japanese, or listening to music
Tied the two saddle bags together and placed on my bike loosely in a couple places to get ready to attach them
Worked through Pimsleur Japanese One lesson 12 (a few times each to get it down) while riding the bike and cleaning/sorting etc
Instilled Ubuntu Studio on an older machine & worked on adding some software to it to eventually give away to someone
Watched Terry Pratchett’s “Going Postal”
ORT (Other Random Things)

Enjoy these Discworld Postal workers, because… words have power:

What I did today 2013-05-23

Here’s what I remember doing today:

Road the stationary bike for a total of 180 minutes while reading, watching shows, writing, studying Japanese, or listening to music
Spent most of the day watching my nephew
Tied the two saddle bags together and placed on my bike loosely in a couple places to get ready to attach them
Worked through Pimsleur Japanese One lessons 11 and 12 (a few times each to get them down) while riding the bike and cleaning/sorting/driving etc
Worked on adding some software to the Lubuntu install on an old Desktop to give away to someone
ORT (Other Random Things)

Enjoy these anime girls in swimsuits, because… nuff said:

What I did today 2013-05-22

Here’s what I remember doing today:

Road the stationary bike for a total of 45 minutes while reading, watching shows, studying Japanese, or listening to music
Rolled a chicken coop across the yard, dismantled it, and delivered it and a cage to a friend & hung out for a while to chat
Continued the process of oiling the old leather saddle bags to add to my bike rig
Visited with some friends at 4th Coast Cafe
Worked through Pimsleur Japanese One lessons 10 and 11 (a few times each to get them down) while riding the bike and cleaning/sorting/driving etc
Worked on adding some software to the Lubuntu install on an old Desktop to give away to someone
ORT (Other Random Things)

Enjoy this dog and its teddy bears, because it’s cute:

What I did today 2013-05-21

Here’s what I did today:

Road the stationary bike for a total of 125 minutes while reading, watching shows, studying Japanese, or listening to music
Started the process of oiling the old leather saddle bags to add to my bike rig
Created a small desk for my stationary bike so I can workout while I work, write, play, etc.
Worked through Pimsleur Japanese One lesson 10 (a couple times to get it down) while riding the bike and cleaning/sorting etc
Watched an episode of the anime “Flowers Of Evil”
Worked on installing Lubuntu onto an old Desktop to give away to someone
Worked on the draft of the Season 01 Episode 05 script of “Crash Landing” while pedaling my stationary bike thanks to my new desk mod. :)
ORT (Other Random Things)

Enjoy this flower of evil, because Hooray!

Stationary bike desk version .01 has been made. I used a pine board, some hemp rope, and drilled the holes with a hand drill. May add a few more bits of rope to tighten up the rig though.

What I did today 2013-05-20

Here’s what I did today:

Road the stationary bike for a total of 65 minutes while reading, watching shows, studying Japanese, or listening to music
Went for two bicycle rides for a total of about 55 minutes of riding
Helped out a friend
Worked through Pimsleur Japanese One lesson 10 (a couple times to get it down) while riding the bike and cleaning/sorting etc
Watched an episode of each of the animes “HENNEKO The Hentai Prince And The Stony Cat” & “Oreimo” & “Photo Kano” & “My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU”
Posted one of my music tracks (Sad Moment) to my blog and shared via Twitter/Facebook/G+/etc
Backed up stuff from an old laptop in prep for test installs of Mint Linux, Puppy Linux, etc and trying out a MATE desktop install on an existing Studio Ubuntu install
Installed Linux Mint on an older machine to test it out
ORT (Other Random Things)

Enjoy this Kuroneko, because she’s cute:

I’ll be cleaning and oiling these saddle bags (I’ve already started cleaning them), then working out how to attach them to my bicycle in a way that allows me to easily remove them, but not lose them while pedaling.

If you don’t feel the need to mod some old saddle bags, you can get some ready made bicycle saddle bags from Amazon for a decent price.

Sad Moment is a free track of mine released under a creative commons license.

Something I made using my Q-Chord back in 2008. Creative commons attribution license as of May 12, 2012!

The Qchord is a fun instrument and you can pick one up on Amazon!

What I did today 2013-05-16

Here’s what I did today:

Road the stationary bike for a total of 65 minutes while reading, watching shows, studying Japanese, or listening to music
Made a water bottle cage for my bike with a wire coat hanger, duct tape, and velcro straps
Worked through Pimsleur Japanese One lesson 9 (a couple times to get it down) while riding the bike and cleaning/sorting
Posted one of my music tracks (Emo Brand Razor) to my blog and shared via Twitter/Facebook/G+/etc
Read some of “Songwriting For Dummies”
Went for two bike rides totaling about 56 minutes of riding
ORT (Other Random Things)

Enjoy this water bottle cage, because I’ll be making a video about how to make your own soon:

Emo Brand Razor is a free track of mine released under a creative commons license.

Emo brand razor with built in UV sterilization!