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Mediterranean Cruise 2024

Nov

1

2024

The magic of Venice in autumn is something that never gets old. As our Mediterranean adventure began in mid October 2024, we treated ourselves to two days in this floating city before our 9-day cruise. The morning mist rolling off the canals, the echo of footsteps through ancient alleyways, and the aroma of fresh espresso ...

New Zealand and Australia: visiting down under

Dec

3

2023

From Windy Wellington to Sun-Kissed Sydney My recent trip was a whirlwind of antipodean (Of, or pertaining to, Australia or New Zealand ) delights, hopping between Wellington’s cool charm and Sydney’s sun-drenched shores. Let me take you on a whistle-stop tour of our adventures. Sydney Harbour Cruise A trip to the land down under begins with a few ...

Treasure Island Sprint Triathlon, Duathlon, Aquabike, & Kayak , Pleasant Triathlon 2023

Oct

8

2023

Here’s my Treasure Island Sprint Triathlon, Duathlon, Aquabike, & Kayak Triathlon 2023. video recap. This is a great beginner friendly event, that offers lots of options, one of the few triathlon’s in the country that offer a kayak leg in addition to the normal swim leg. The Race was cancelled last year as a hurricane ...

Turks and Caicos in July: A Hot and Humid Vacation

Jul

13

2023

Christine and I recently took a trip to Turks and Caicos in July. We usually travel to the. Caribbean in the Fall or Winter so it was our first time in the Summer and it turned out to be hot and humid, right from teh minute you landed… but we were still looking forward to ...

2023 Wyckoff/Franklin Lakes Triathlon – new course

Jun

22

2023

Here’s my Wyckoff/Franklin lakes Triathlon 2023. video recap. This was the 40th anniversary of this race, means this race started in 1983 and is still being held. This year’s course was changed form last year, since this race it re-started following a two year COVID hiatus, its now a sprint distance race, this year’s course ...

a week in beautiful O’ahu , Hawa’ii 2

Feb

22

2023

Waikiki Bay in Honolulu,, in front of the statue of the father of Hawaiian Surf culture, Olympian Duke Kahanamoku Aloha, readers! Christine and I recently (Back in earlier December 2022) had the opportunity to explore the beautiful island of Oahu in Hawaii, and we had an amazing time. This was our second trip to the ...

2022 HASHathon 6.2-Mile Trail Run

Nov

1

2022

This year I took part in the 41st annual 6-mile Trail Run Hashathon in the Cheesequake State Park Park in Matawan, NJ. This trail run is a fun and entertaining jaunt through the various trails of the Cheesequake State Park, the run is both challenging and fun, and can get rather slippery and muddy depending ...

Mid Journey , DALL·E 2 , Computer AI generated Artwork, possibilities and limitations

Sep

18

2022

In case you’re unaware , there’s a new crop of beta and public AI artwork generation technologies, that actually create some impressive looking artwork and imagery from relatively simple textual descriptions. Among the current crop of popular systems, these include: MidJourney, Dalle-E 2 , Stable Diffusion and many others… What these systems allow users of ...

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