Gunnar Wolf - Nice grey life - page 82

Finally, we arrived to Plaza Río de Janeiro, Colonia Roma, to have a final splash of fun

For the second time (First time was in 2008; I didn’t join in 2009 as I travelled to Nicaragua on that date), I took part of the World Naked Bike Ride. The WNBR is a global effort, where people in ~150 cities all over the world go cycling nude on the streets of our towns, with varied demands, including: Safe conditions for cyclists (mainly aimed at car drivers, at the society at large, but also requesting proper infrastructure measures from our respective governments)Raising the consciousness that every individual has a bit of power to free us all from oil-produced pollutionTolerance,...

On June 12 2010 I took part of my second World Naked Bike Ride (the fourth time it is organized in Mexico, IIRC). It was great fun, dare I say with a much better environment (subjectively, of course) than the 2008 edition. According to the policemen that escorted us along the way, we were around 500 people.

Grah. I got my current phone (a Nokia N95) back in January 2008. It was the first phone I ever paid for, and I don’t expect that to change - The feature set I need from a phone is extremely basic, but I wanted to have a GPS unit on me, without needing to plan for it beforehand. As I recently blogged, I just got over the 5000Km mark (5269 as of last Friday), with almost daily usage since I registered. A couple of days ago (although please note I don’t log in often to the web page, I just...

Left: British Petroleum’s logo. British Petroleum gained international notoriety last April because of the catastrophic oil spill it is still unable to contain in the North of the Gulf of Mexico; so far, the oil has reached the coasts of Louisiana and Mississippi, and keeps growing and spreading, as probably the worst-ever oil spill. So far, the sea surface covered by oil is larger than several countries in the world. Some sites have very interesting maps that might help understand the importance and size of the spill: BP Gulf Oil Spill Maps in The Daily Green, Deepwater Horizon Incident, Office...

Seen at Mexico City airport, 2010/05/16

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And just to round off my last post (and of course, following a completely non-technical thematic), what is the logical consequence of feeling introspective and blogging just before preparing dinne Of course — Dinner gets prepared with sharing it in mind. The dish ends up even looking as if meant to be served! So this was it: One of my simplest and still favorite dishes: Tostadas. But, yes, these are heterodox tostadas, as they share the basic tostadiness (a hard, roasted and cracky toasted corn tortilla with a soft leguminous layer to give it some consistency, and with… stuff on...

My day started late, although I didn’t scratch the plan: Enjoy 40Km cycling, as –as every last Sunday of the month– we have the delicious Ciclotón — 32Km, plus ~10km from and to my house. Approximately 12:00-14:20, including stopping at a service station to patch my rear tire. Yes, I was pressing my way up the last bridge (Circuito Interior over Coyoacán and Universidad) when the road was opened to motorized traffic. Two hours of cycling are enough to make me a happy person. However, I have been downish lately, and during the afternoon (which I spent doing some home...