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MP3 for Sale
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The shift to digital music is well underway, but -- believe it or not -- the total digital music business is still only about 15% of total music sales. Physical recordings accounted for 82% of the $20 billion in total recorded music sales last year. Needless to say, the mix is shifting. Apple announced that it has now sold 5 billion tracks of music.
The good news for consumers is that competition is increasing and we are getting more and more choices. Single track downloads grew 53% last year and Apple is not the only contender. I have been buying music lately from Amazon. Their music is pure MP3 and has no digital rights management. The first time you visit you download a free music player. From then on it is really easy. Yesterday I found some excellent Doo Wop albums. I bought the music with one-click and it was automatically downloaded to iTunes. I then updated the iTunes Doo Wop smartlist. The list automatically updates to a random selection one gigabyte in size which I then copied to an SD card which I then put in the MP3 player on the Trike. The price is 89 cents per track with competitive album pricing. They also have a Special Deals Program.
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Media, Motorcycles, Music June 30, 2008 10:38 AM
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Saturday, January 26, 2008 |
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Music Sales
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Two years ago I was confident that it would happen -- more than $1 Billion in sales of digital music for 2005. This was triple the year before. For 2007, the number rose to $3B and represented 15% of total music sales up from less than 1% in 2003. People are willing to pay for music if it is offered to them in a contemporary way -- i.e. digital. Single track downloads, the most popular digital music format, grew by 53% to 1.7 billion. iTunes is the giant but there are more than 500 legitimate digital music services around the world offering more than 6 million selections. It goes without saying that sales of music CD's continues to fall sharply.
In spite of the rapid growth, digital music still represents just 15% of the total music business (compared to 7% for newspapers, 3% for films, and 2% for books). The shift to a predominantly digital music industry is inevitable but there are some impediments. There is a non-trivial amount of piracy through various peer-to-peer services. It will take time to change the habits and attitudes of those who do not respect the legitimate need of musicians to make a living and be compensated for their creations and performances.
The other issue is lack of interoperability between services and devices. Apple and Sony and others offer proprietary and incompatible formats. There are dozens of formats to compress music and make it more efficient to store and distribute over the Internet. MP3 is not the best but it has won the war. VHS wasn't the best format for movies on tape but it dominated. Once a certain critical mass is reached it is hard to reverse. Apple is an exception, so far, and has shown that it can impose a proprietary format and by implementing it in an elegant fashion (iTunes) with devices that are equally elegant (iPods) that it can capture dominant market share. Over time people will demand more compatibility. If we purchase music it is reasonable to assume that we should be able to play that music on any device in our house, in the car, or on a trike.
The industry group that reports the data on music sales and monitors (fights) piracy calls itself the "International Federation of the Phonographic Industry". Does that give us a clue that they are not keeping up with the times?
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Gadgets, Media, Motorcycles, Music January 26, 2008 05:45 PM
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Monday, January 23, 2006 |
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Music Blues
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I have to admit confidence that it would happen -- more than $1 Billion in sales of digital music in 2005. This was triple the year before. People are willing to pay for music if it is offered to them in a contemporary way -- i.e. digital. What were the results of digital music alternatives for the year? According to the Sydney Morning Herald, the chairman and chief executive of the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry, John Kennedy, said that global music retail revenue fell about 2 per cent last year. It was also reported that music piracy was flat. That tells me that if music overall was flat, piracy was flat, and digital music tripled, then "traditional" music is in decline. That should not be a surprise to anyone. If piracy is not the culprit (clearly there is still much of it going on, but not growing), then why are music sales flat? My theory is that the reason there is not enough digital music available is that it is not yet well "packaged" and promoted. Apple is doing a great job of marketing music as evidenced in part by the many Christmas stockings containing iTunes Music Store Cards this year. (I just used mine to buy 25 tracks of Concerti Virtuosi and also the Bruckner 8th Symphony). I continue to believe the core problem is attitude. The industry group calls itself the "International Federation of the Phonographic Industry". Does that give us a clue that they are not keeping up with the times?
P. S. My only problem with iTunes is inter-operability. See iTrike.
Media, Motorcycles, Music January 23, 2006 11:18 AM
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Saturday, January 7, 2006 |
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Miscellany - 01-06-06
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Just back from sunny Florida. When we left Palm Beach Gardens on Thursday it was 84 degrees and blue skies. It was a bit cooler when we got to Palm Coast and St. Augustine Beach. There was construction everywhere -- condos, homes, malls, highways, and infrastructure. Seems like a "bubble" is a legitimate concern.
The sky was blue in Connecticut today too but the temperature was only in the high twenties. The Widder electric gloves and vest kept me warm for a short twelve-mile motorcycle ride. The wind chill made it well below freezing.
There is a lot of conference activity coming up in the next few months. I am looking forward to all of it but have a lot of preparation to get ready for the three panels I will be moderating -- one at SIIA and two at Demo. Stay tuned for more about them.
Word (no pun intended) is that Massachusetts is hanging tough with their decision to require the OpenDocument Format. It is shaping up to be a battle of Microsoft versus the people. It is not about Office and it is not about open source. It is about the ownership of documents -- do they belong to the person who created the document or do they belong to the application which created the document? That is the issue.
Opera Software continues to innovate in Web browser technologies. This past week they announced a partnership with Industria, a leading broadband communication solutions provider and IPTV systems integrator in Iceland. This is the tip of the "iceberg" that will accelerate the move toward the use of open Web technology in Television -- the word is already starting to sound old-fashioned.
Many more things in the blog queue to write about. Stay tuned.
Blogging, Conferences, Internet Technology, Media, Motorcycles, Travels January 7, 2006 04:28 PM
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Thursday, July 7, 2005 |
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Interstates Redux
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Three years ago a motorcycling adventure made me appreciate the back roads, although the physical drain of the trip made me appreciate the efficiency of the Interstates (see Do We Need the Interstate Highway System in America?). This year was a re-confirmation. We left the lake house in Pennsylvania at 6:30 in the morning and by noon we had been in four states -- breakfast at a fast food restaurant near Wappingers Falls, NY, a gas stop in Massachusetts, and lunch in Bennington, VT where we rendezvoused with my brother who had ridden from upstate New York. From there it was a long ride across route 9 into New Hampshire and then a lot of back roads to our destination at Lake Winnipesaukee where we stayed a couple of nights with friends. The weather was threatening throughout the entire 376 mile trip but the scenery was beautiful -- lakes and streams, mountains and valleys, winding roads and covered bridges, quaint towns and villages. Elapsed time for the ride was 11+ hours.
The weather forecast for the day of our return trip was marginal once again and we decided to take a combination of interestates and state roads to shorten the trip. We started out on route 25 near Moultonborough, New Hampshire, picked up route 104 in Meredith and then used I-93 to get us to Concord where we rode route 9 again. Once in Bennington, VT, route 9 turns into route 7 and that took us to Troy, NY where we got on I-787 to Albany, then I-87 down to Newburgh, NY and then I-84 west back to Lake Wallenpaupack. Lake to lake was only 20 miles shorter in distance but two hours shorter in time.
Do we need the Interstate Highway System? As I reflected three years ago, it is clear we can not do without the interstates anymore than we can do without the train system or our airline system. Motorcycle adventures make me appreciate the back roads and small communities, but the long rides make me appreciate the efficiency of the alternative. It's a good thing the nation's commerce doesn't depend on back roads and motorcycles.
Other patrickWeb stories about motorcycling
Motorcycles, Travels July 7, 2005 11:30 AM
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Saturday, May 28, 2005 |
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A Ride In The Wind
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The motorcycle ride from Pennsylvania through New York to Connecticut on Interstate 84 was 119 miles. I did not see a single fellow motorcyclist during the entire trip. Perhaps it was the 47 degree temperature, the cloudy and drizzly sky, or the 35 mph wind gusts. Riding a motorcycle in 47 degree weather was very cold to start with but the wind chill made it feel as though it was 20 degrees. I have always been curious about exactly what wind chill means and how it is calculated, so I did a bit of research on it. If you are interested in this, see the prior story. The Widder electric vest and gloves provided adequate heat (see Motorcycling In The Winter for more about cold weather riding). It was the wind gusts that made the ride exciting. In fact, as recorded in the motorcycling log, this was the most challenging ride I have ever experienced. Crossing the Hudson River on the Newbugh Bridge required hanging on tightly to control the buffeting and also crabbing into the wind just like flying an airplane in a crosswind. In addition to focusing on remaining in control of the ride, I was thinking about the ThinkPad which was strapped on the back of the Sportster. Even though I knew it could survive a high speed drop onto the highway (it has happened before), I was glad that my computer and I got home safely.
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Motorcycles May 28, 2005 02:21 PM
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Saturday, February 5, 2005 |
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Trike Weather
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The winter has been a cold one but today was unusually mild. The temperature reached fifty degrees today and I could not resist heading out for a trike ride. If I had thought about the melting snow on the roads and the likely splashing of mud and salty water I would not have taken the trike out of the garage. It turned out to be a very nice forty mile ride and not much dirt to clean at the end. The heated gloves and vest kept me quite warm. If you like motorcycles and iTunes, you may enjoy the story called iTrike.
Motorcycles February 5, 2005 06:28 PM
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Wednesday, December 15, 2004 |
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iTrike Riding
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It was not exactly a sunny and warm day but, as long as the roads are dry, I like to go out for a motorcycle ride on Sunday afternoons. Winter riding is actually very nice and refreshing -- as long as you have the electric vest and gloves plugged in. They really did the job today when the wind chill was in was single digit territory. Today's ride was on the trike through lower Westchester County, New York and was especially enjoyable because I listened to some great music from the Harley-Davidson MP3 player. The music came from iTunes, hence the term "iTrike Riding". First I will review the motorcycling and digital technology involved and then discuss some of the issues and implications. (read more)
Gadgets, Mobile, Motorcycles, Music, Personal Computing December 15, 2004 10:06 AM
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Tuesday, September 21, 2004 |
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Rolling Thunder - 2
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This story isn't about WiFi, blogging, or The Future Of The Internet -- much more on that important set of topics to come. At times, it is fun to write about music, motorcycles, hiking, and other things. This story is a journal about a 666 mile two-day motorcycle trip -- not quite as long as the trip this time last year and with much better weather. The journey began at 6:15 am on Sunday with a 160 ride to Nuangola, Pennsylvania to meet up with 38 other riders and a dozen or so passengers to then ride on to York, Pennsylvania to take a tour of the Harley-Davidson factory.
After a gas stop and lunch at McDonalds, we rode to the Inner Harbor at Baltimore, Maryland to hang out for a few hours on a bright and sunny afternoon. We then rode to York, Pennsylvania for the night, including the traditional karaoke at San Carlos The Hop, and then to a tour of the Harley-Davidson factory in the morning. Harley-Davidson Vehicle Operations in York, Pa., is the company's largest manufacturing facility. It covers more than 230 acres and has more than 1.5 million square feet under roof with more than 3,000 employees. Working hand in hand with many robots, the manufacturing team was very busy punching, pressing, forming, machining, welding, polishing, chrome plating and painting millions of tons of steel, transforming it into shiny new bikes. There were many interesting processes including the painting of a fender which follows a five-mile-long path that takes nearly half a day. Every new bike is tested on a roller bed and inspected before being packed and shipped to dealers all over the world. (read more)
Motorcycles September 21, 2004 10:14 PM
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Friday, August 27, 2004 |
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Delaware River Ride
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The day was still young after geocaching at Shohola Creek and the weather was perfect for a motorcycle ride. We headed up Route 507 from Greentown to pick up Route 6 through Hawley and then toward Honesdale where we picked up Route 652 and over the bridge to Narrowsburg, New York where we intercepted Route 97. Route 97 goes south to Port Jervis, New York where we crossed back over the Delaware River to Milford, Pennsylvania and back to the lake. The view along Route 97 is really great. As usual, my poor photographic skills don't do justice to the scenery, but here are a few pictures.
There were many rafters floating down the river. The Upper Delaware River is part of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System. Over 35 million people live within a 150-mile radius of the Upper Delaware River, which includes 73 miles of the longest and one of the cleanest undammed rivers in the eastern United States. The river's watershed is a major source of drinking water for more than 10 percent of the United Sates population.
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Motorcycles August 27, 2004 08:56 PM
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Thursday, July 22, 2004 |
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Riding Through New England
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I am overdue to write an update about WiFi and I promise to do so soon. In the meantime, I can't resist sharing about a motorcycle trip through New England that I was fortunate to make this week. The weather forecast was marginal but my brother and I had planned for quite some time to visit some friends in New Hampshire. It was not raining at the outset -- the first drops of precipitation did not arrive until I had crossed the Connecticut - Massachusetts border. Then it poured. I stopped along the way and climbed into the rain gear and continued on to North Adams, Massachusetts where my brother, who was traveling from the Utica, New York area, and I had planned to meet. After lunch we persevered (we have both had a lot of experience at riding in the rain) through the bad weather continuing through Vermont and to our destination at Lake Winnipesaukee, near Meredith, New Hampshire. It was a long 300 miles.
The visit with friends was quite nice including a ride around the lake and a vigorous hike up Red Hill Summit. The trail was 1.75 miles long and reached an altitude of 2,029 feet. The fire tower on the top of the summit offered some spectacular views. See the photo gallery to see what I mean.
The 300 mile return trip was much drier and much hotter. Ninety degrees on a cruising motorcycle can be very uncomfortable -- but I will take it over rain any day. To call the back roads of New England scenic is an understatement. Majestic mountains, rivers, streams, covered bridges, and rustic towns against a backdrop of beautiful blue sky made it a memorable ride. The Garmin Street Pilot kept me aware of where I was and it makes it much more of an adventure than boring interstate highways. The most challenging part of the trip was after dark. There are no street lights or good road markings between Stockbridge, Massachusetts and Danbury, Connecticut. That last part of the journey home was a very long 75 miles.
Motorcycles July 22, 2004 06:18 PM
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Sunday, July 11, 2004 |
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Marcus Dairy Cycle Day
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Today was Marcus Dairy Cycle Sunday at the O’Neill Center, on the Western State Connecticut University’s Westside campus in Danbury, Connecticut. The scenic Westside campus, located off exit 2 of I-84, has a 32,000-square-foot arena for indoor vending and activities, multiple paved lots for outdoor vending and plenty of parking -- perfect for a motorcycle day and just minutes away from Marcus Dairy, which has been home to Cycle Days for quite a few years. It has been mentioned in a number of motorcycling books.
Dan Powers from IBM and Dan Smith from General Motors and I left from Newtown, Ct. and rode to the campus (and then afterwards rode around Candlewood Lake). The admission fee was $12 and the proceeds support local charities. Last year, Marcus Dairy distributed more than $75,000. The event lasted from 8:00am to 4:00pm and featured a bike show with cash prizes and trophies, leather fashion show, live music, dyno testing and vendors selling everything from custom bikes to leather to new and used parts and everything in-between. There was an incredibly interesting assortment of bikes and many very nice people. The weather was perfect. Afterwards, Dan Powers and I stopped by "Down the Hatch" for lunch.
On the day prior to Cycle Day, I rode the Fatboy from Pennsylvania to Connecticut. Here are a few pictures I took along the way. And, here are the pictures from Cycle Day.
Motorcycles July 11, 2004 11:01 PM
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Friday, July 2, 2004 |
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The Time Has Come
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I hate to do it, but the time has come to sell the Harley-Davidson Dyna Wide Glide. It is a terrific bike, but I have become really attached to the Fatboy for short rides and the Dresser for long trips. The 1999 Dyna has just 7,500 miles on it and not a scratch. The rubber-mounted engine makes the ride a very smooth one. Someone will soon acquire a bike that is a joy to ride. The auction is underway at eBay Motors and so far there are three bidders and four watchers. Next week I will know the outcome and hopefully get to meet a new biker friend.
Other
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Motorcycles July 2, 2004 02:14 PM
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Saturday, June 5, 2004 |
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Getting A Grip
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This month it was time for 12,500 mile service on the Dresser (nickname for "full dress" Harley-Davidson "Touring" motorcycles). The maintenance was routine but I did have a new set of handlebar grips installed. For long rides, the comfort of new grips makes a difference. What to do with the prior grips? Ebay, of course. As they say, what is one person's junk is another person's treasure.
Ebay is truly an amazing phenomenon. They have thought about every aspect of e-commerce completely -- from end to end. Not just providing click here to buy or sell, they have created a community of buyers and sellers. They address all the issues related to buying and selling -- payment, insurance, escrow, advertising, marketing, pricing, used car evaluations, local agents, and more. They also use IBM technology infrastructure so they can be an on demand business.
Motorcycles June 5, 2004 05:44 PM
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Wednesday, January 21, 2004 |
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Chilling Effects
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Geocaching in Florida last week was an exciting experience and it was chilling to come home and find the temperature more than 75 degrees colder. There is a lot I want to write about Linux, WiFi, blogging, digital identity and other aspects of Internet technology, but I know there are patrickWeb readers who are fellow motorcyclists and geocachers who may be interested in this update. The sky was blue, the roads were clear, and I could not resist a motorcycle ride. It was one of the shortest on record for me. An even chillier experience is what happened to my hard drive. (read more)
Motorcycles, Personal Computing January 21, 2004 08:23 PM
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Thursday, September 18, 2003 |
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Rolling Thunder
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This
story isn't about WiFi, blogging, or The Future Of The Internet. Although, these
are the things I like to write about because of the huge impact they are having
on both our business and personal lives, it is also fun to write about music,
motorcycles, hiking, and other things. This particular story is a journal about
a 700 mile four day motorcycle trip. The journey began at 6:45 am on Sunday
with a ride (mostly in the rain) to Pennsylvania to meet up with 26 other riders
to take a tour of the Harley-Davidson
factory in York, Pennsylvania (pictures
here). The second leg of the trip was to Lehigh University in Bethlehem,
Pennsylvania, and the final leg was a ride into Manhattan and then on to Connecticut.
(read
more)
Motorcycles September 18, 2003 10:08 PM
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Tuesday, September 16, 2003 |
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Interim Report
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This
has been an exciting week so far. It is too late to record it all tonight so
I'll be writing more about all this later in the week. The journey began at
6:45 am on Sunday with a motorcycle ride in the rain to Nuangola, Pennsylvania
to meet up with 26 other riders and head to Baltimore for the afternoon. We
then rode to York, Pennsylvania for the night and then to a tour of the Harley-Davidson
factory in the morning. The pictures are here.
Tuesday was an adventure I am not in a hurry to repeat -- riding in a torrential
rainstorm to Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Tomorrow morning
I will ride into Manhattan for a luncheon meeting, a board meeting and then
a ride to Darien, Connecticut to speak at BizMac. I have learned a great deal
on this trip and will be sharing the full story later.
Motorcycles September 16, 2003 11:53 PM
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Monday, August 18, 2003 |
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Riding In The Rain
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Riding
motorcycles is a constant education -- in addition to being a lot of fun. There
have been two prior stories here in the weblog about this: Motorcycling
In The Winter and Wind
Chill. The latest lesson was about riding in the rain. Lots of rain. Everybody
that does much bike riding has probably experienced some rain at least once.
Sometimes you see bikes and riders waiting under the overpass along interstate
highways. More than a year ago I wrote a story called "Do
We Need the Interstate Highway System in America?". As of yesterday
I now know the answer -- if it is raining really hard we definitely need them!
After a thunderstorm had passed, I checked the forecast for the entire route
from Pennsylvania to Connecticut. It called for scattered thunderstorms with
a 40% chance of rain. Seeded like a reasonable risk. The first 35 miles of the
ride was sunny with a blue sky.(more)
Motorcycles August 18, 2003 07:00 PM
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Wednesday, July 30, 2003 |
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Not As Easy As It Looks
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I have been looking for a long time to find a motorcycle
trailor that is really easy to use. On occasion it would be really nice to be
able to tow a motorcycle somewhere and then ride it back home or visa versa
or to tow it to a destination and then take a local motorcycle trip. I have
a flat trailor made by Haulin
which I bought at Home Depot. It was
inexpensive and seemed like just the right thing. I made sides for the trailor
from 2 x 6 planks with the idea that one of them would then serve as a ramp
to drive a motorcycle onto the trailor. I found a bracket somewhere on the Web
that mounted to the trailor bed which was designed to hold the front wheel of
the bike in place. The final step in preparing this home made bike trailor was
to have tie-down rings welded to the sides of the trailor. All set -- ready
to use. What a disaster! (read
more)
Motorcycles July 30, 2003 11:02 PM
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Tuesday, July 29, 2003 |
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Flying The Flag
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Shortly
after September 21st, 2001, more Americans
flags began to appear than ever --it was obviously a good idea. It always
feels good to ride through the small towns of America on a motorcycle and see
an American flag on every house and telephone pole. I decided to attach flags
to my motorcycles
and found some nice ones at a local hardware store. They lasted for quite a
while, but eventually the poor stitching and meager attachment to a wooden stick
were bound to fail. One day, I got off the bike and there was a flagpole, but
no flag.
(read
more)
Internet Technology, Motorcycles, WiFi July 29, 2003 10:47 PM
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Tuesday, July 15, 2003 |
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Extreme Blue
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I
got ready last night – set the Garmin
StreetPilot GPS to point to 1 Rogers Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts
and topped off
the Harley gas tank. The ride began at 6:30 AM and was met with heavy fog
along Route 7 and on Interstate 84, but as the morning unfolded, things cleared
up and it was a beautiful 168 mile ride. I stopped just inside the Massachusetts
border to get an Egg
McMuffin, a cup of coffee, and check my email using 1xRTT. WiFi was not
available -- I know it will be soon. But, this story is not about WiFi or motorcycles.
It is about students and technology – a la IBM’s
extreme Blue.
Blogging, IBM, Motorcycles July 15, 2003 11:04 PM
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Thursday, July 3, 2003 |
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Visiting Mom
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July 3, 2003
Mom was 84 on Monday and hopefully our visit made it special for her. It was a special day for my brother and me too because we took a 300 mile motorcycle trip to get there. It could have been a 185 mile trip but riding down the New Jersey turnpike is no fun. After last year's trek to Pennsville, I wrote a story about whether we need interstate highways. One of the points was that there are many interesting things to see while driving on "back roads". This year I decided to stop and take a look at some of them. My brother lives in New York State. He left home at 5 AM. I left home at 7 AM and we met at Skytop Lodge in Canadensis, Pennsylvania for breakfast and to plan the balance of the trip. (read more)
Motorcycles July 3, 2003 10:52 PM
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Sunday, April 6, 2003 |
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Motorcycle Log
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The sky is blue and I could not resist a motorcycle ride. It was twenty five degrees but sunny. I am ready for Spring -- without electric gloves and vest. The forecast for tomorrow calls for 6-12 inches of snow!
Motorcycles April 6, 2003 06:11 PM
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Sunday, January 12, 2003 |
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Kaua'i
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The Global Internet Project meeting begins on Monday in Honolulu. A good friend invited my wife and I to visit with her for a few days ahead of time at her house at Moana Kai Beach in Papa'a on the island of Kaua'i in Hawaii. The brisk two mile walk before breakfast the first morning was exhilarating. Seeing whales spray and jump from the water was a special treat and the majesty of their tails up in the air just as the sun was coming up was beautiful. After lunch I headed for Pacific Island Rentals so the afternoon could include a motorcycle ride around the island. (read more)
Motorcycles, Travels January 12, 2003 04:29 PM
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Sunday, December 15, 2002 |
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Winter Riding
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The temperature was just above 40 degrees and the sky was blue, so I couldn't resist taking a winter motorcycle ride. Riding in the winter is quite enjoyable but it requires extra special caution. A recent snowfall left a lot of sand on the roads. Four-wheeled "cages" -- otherwise known as cars -- can handle a slip and a slide here and there but for motorcycles it can be very dangerous. I watch carefully and keep my speed low on anything but major highways where I know the roads have been cleared.
The backlog of things to write about is a long one. Topics I hope to share a point of view on this coming week include e-business, WiFi, and blogging.
Motorcycles December 15, 2002 02:30 PM
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Saturday, November 23, 2002 |
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Cold Day On A Motorcycle
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The sky was so blue, I could not resist taking a motorcycle ride this afternoon. It was 38 degrees and windy but the Widder electrics kept me warm -- except for my toes. I should have worn the Widder electric socks too. It was a nice ride across route 35 through South Salem and Katonah and then up route 100 to IBM in Somers, New York. I dropped off an envelope for someone at my former office and then rode back to Ridgefield via route 116 -- with a short stop at Radio Shack to pick up a digital sound tester. More on that another time. I hope to have a story finished for posting tomorrow about Amazon.
Motorcycles November 23, 2002 04:13 PM
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Saturday, October 5, 2002 |
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Motorcycling Homepage and Photo Gallery
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Today has been a day of Dreamweaver and Gallery -- cleaning up some outdated web pages and transferring a large number of pictures from the old gallery to the new one. The focus today was on the motorcycle section of the site. There are nearly 75 albums yet to move in other areas but I got most of the Asian travels moved over. The web site is going to be keeping me very busy for a long time. I have quite a few speaking engagements this month so I won't get all of the site work done that I would like. I have quite a backlog of weblog posting to do also. Right now I have to go put the jetski away for the winter.
Motorcycles October 5, 2002 03:25 PM
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Sunday, September 22, 2002 |
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Conducting Mozart 25.1 - Part 1
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I am very fortunate to have many hobbies -- especially motorcycling and music. I wrote about the origins of my love of music back in December 2000 so I won't repeat it here -- suffice it to say that my interest in music has continued to increase. I find almost all kinds of music enjoyable and have recently organized more than four hundred CDs as mp3 tracks which I can select and play via a Lansonic digital audio system which is on the home local area network (more about that in a future posting). Of all the music and great composers of the world, my favorite for many years has been Mozart. The chance to conduct an orchestra playing a Mozart composition was not even in my dreams. (read more)
Motorcycles September 22, 2002 04:50 PM
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Wednesday, August 7, 2002 |
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What A Country!
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My brother Bob and I decided to meet for breakfast in Sidney, New York. The motorcycle trip was about 100 miles for me and a bit less for him. Departure time was 6:25 AM and it was COLD. Unlike the trip up, the return trip back to Pennsylvania was unplanned. I aimed the Garmin GPS at Greentown, PA and just followed the arrow. (read more)
Motorcycles August 7, 2002 09:52 AM
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Saturday, August 3, 2002 |
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A 56 Mile Errand
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Friends and family would soon be coming to visit so I had to go run some errands. The weather was nice so why would anyone take the car for the five mile trip when they could take the motorcycle and make it a 56 mile trip? Good thing I had the GPS along. (read more)
Motorcycles August 3, 2002 02:09 PM
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Sunday, July 28, 2002 |
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Riding to Woodstock
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Just got home from a 275 mile motorcycle ride and I have to admit I am completely exhausted -- tiring but woth it. The day started out early on a cloudy Saturday morning. The backroads of New York State lead me to Woodstock where I met with my brother who had ridden there from upstate New York. (read more) (photo gallery)
Motorcycles July 28, 2002 12:48 PM
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Sunday, July 14, 2002 |
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Ride Around the Lake
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It was a bit too cloudy for some things and I was getting weary of converting my CD collection so I decided to go for a motorcycle ride. I have been around Lake Wallenpaupack many times but this time I folllowed the lake shore as close as I could. The Garmin GPS III helped in spots where the direction to turn wasn't obvious. Thirty six miles and an hour later I was really glad I had the adventure. There were many roads, like Goose Pond Road, that I had never been on before.
Motorcycles July 14, 2002 06:04 PM
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Saturday, July 6, 2002 |
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Take A Number And Have A Seat
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Thursday, July 4, 2002 |
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Hazy, Hot and Humid: Nice Ride
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The forecast is for mid ninety degree temperatures with possible thunderstorms. This called for an early morning motorcycle ride. Down route 33, up route 7, and over route 102. Very pleasant and a great way to start off the 4th of July holiday. Looking forward to family celebration and hoping that goes well for U.S. military and security personnel throughout the weekend.
Motorcycles July 4, 2002 08:51 AM
