I’m still following Usfan, the long-distance cyclist from Morocco. His YouTube channel is called “Let’s Go Cycling.” https://www.youtube.com/@letsgocycling-o6l Usfan’s journey began in Morocco and he started with a big trip through West Africa passing through Morocco, Mauritania, Senegal, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, and…
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Essay: Rescuing Ants Before My Morning Coffee
I had another conversation with ChatGPt this morning. I had an experience with some ants here in my hotel room. And that led to me thinking about ants. And that led to this conversation: I said: I’ve always been fascinated by ants. It’s hard not to notice them and watch…
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The $0 Bike Hack That Prevents Costly Damage: Make a Parking Brake
VIDEO DESCRIPTION: Stop your bike from rolling away or tipping over! In this video, I demonstrate the common (and annoying) problems with parking a bike on a kickstand, especially when it’s loaded with gear or on a slope. Then, I show you how to make a simple, effective, and completely…
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Tech Post: Do You Have Conversations with AI?
More and more, I find myself having long conversations with an AI. I chat with ChatGPT, with Grok, and with DeepSeek for the most part. The conversation could start with a simple question from me. Or it could begin with an observation about something I’ve noticed in the world. We…
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Gear Post: Ask and You Shall Receive
The other day, I was on the hunt for some Isopropyl Alcohol. I’d done some research on how to remove some sticky residue on the floor of my tent, and the Internet told me that Isopropyl Alcohol could do the trick. And I learned that only this type of alcohol…
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Gear Post: Why Carry Such Heavy Tools?
The tool in the picture is a chain breaker. It’s used to “break” a link in your bicycle chain so you can remove the chain and repair it or clean it or replace it and then put the chain back on the bicycle and reconnect the link. I was thinking…
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Nic Laporte Commented on My Post About His Video (a deep dive into YouTube audio)
The other day, I stumbled across a “how to” guide on YouTube for shooting video on a bicycle. The video is called “How I film my bike trips”, and it is on the YouTube channel by Nic Laporte: https://www.youtube.com/@nicthedoor/videos I noticed, as I often do, that audio wasn’t really talked…
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How This Card Saved Me in Malaysia | Touch ‘n Go Prepaid Visa
VIDEO DESCRIPTION: 🇲🇾 Stuck without cash? Tired of scanning QR codes? This card changed everything for me in Malaysia. In this video, I dive deep into the Touch ‘n Go Prepaid Visa Card—the third major product from Touch ‘n Go that links directly to your eWallet. As a foreigner living…
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Tech Post: More Advertising on YouTube – How much is enough?
I was watching a video from a new YouTube travel vlogger I’ve started following, and I noticed something interesting. I noticed that as she was setting up her Nature Hike tent, an advertisement for that exact tent showed up on a small bar across the bottom of the video. You…
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Port Dickson LIVE: GoPro Cycling, Kite Fest & Malaysia Tourism Tax Trouble!
VIDEO DESCRIPTION: Back on the bike and back on a live stream! In this spontaneous, unedited adventure, I dust off my GoPro and hit the streets of Port Dickson, Malaysia, for my first live stream in years. Join me for a real-time, raw cycling journey from my hotel to the…