If you are a person that gets carsick when they look at their phone, try out the iOS “Vehicle Motion Cues” feature in Accessibility > Motion. It puts these little dots on the screen when it detects that you’re in the car and it magically eliminates motion sickness. Seriously.
Kevin Magnussen yeeting rednecks into walls in NASCAR is 100% my jam. Put the man in a monster truck rally and a tractor pull next. Instant TV magic.
Been building out my website's feed reader in the background the last week or two, and I'm really happy with the progress. I now have a dedicated desktop view with a three-pane layout similar to NetNewsWire, with integrated IndieWeb quotes/repost/like/bookmark. Nice!
Yesterday was the hottest Broken Arrow Skyrace 23k of the four I have run. And the hardest. Sometimes you give it your all and your all is not quite enough. Made it much farther than last year, under worse (hotter, dryer, dustier) conditions.
It was already in the mid-70s Fahrenheit at the race start, spiked into the 80s and 85+ from mile 4 onward, hitting highs in the low 90s. I had somewhat prepared for the heat, with a hydration plan & practice, and a cooling outfit including an ice-bandana.
I made it up almost 4000 feet of elevation gain from the start to the picturesque “Stairway to Heaven” ladder (newly replaced this year!) up to Washeshu Peak (~2700m above sea level, 8868' according to my Garmin) and across the plateau at the top.
After the crux of the race I hiked / slow-ran down the steep descent, making it to about mile 7.8 (more than halfway!) at the Siberia aid station. Missed the cutoff by a few minutes and got pulled. From the start I pushed perhaps the hardest I have ever pushed at Broken Arrow, found new limits, and felt like I left it all on the mountain.
I have some ideas for what to improve, given similar conditions. Still reflecting on lessons learned. This was my fourth overall attempt, and 2nd DNF at Broken Arrow.
Broken Arrow Skyrace 23k results so far:
* 2026: DNF at ~7.8mi Siberia Aid
* 2025: DNF at ~4.6mi Snow King Aid
* 2024: 6:52 finish! https://tantek.com/2024/176/t1/finished-broken-arrow-skyrace-23k
* 2023: 5:22 finished adjusted 23k course (due to high winds): 2 loops of 11k https://tantek.com/2023/178/t1/june-trailrunner-ultrarunner
I will return for the 2027 Broken Arrow Skyrace.
#BrokenArrowSkyrace #skyRace #trailRace #mountainRunning
Before the race: https://tantek.com/2026/171/t1/once-more-brokenarrowskyrace-23k
It was already in the mid-70s Fahrenheit at the race start, spiked into the 80s and 85+ from mile 4 onward, hitting highs in the low 90s. I had somewhat prepared for the heat, with a hydration plan & practice, and a cooling outfit including an ice-bandana.
I made it up almost 4000 feet of elevation gain from the start to the picturesque “Stairway to Heaven” ladder (newly replaced this year!) up to Washeshu Peak (~2700m above sea level, 8868' according to my Garmin) and across the plateau at the top.
After the crux of the race I hiked / slow-ran down the steep descent, making it to about mile 7.8 (more than halfway!) at the Siberia aid station. Missed the cutoff by a few minutes and got pulled. From the start I pushed perhaps the hardest I have ever pushed at Broken Arrow, found new limits, and felt like I left it all on the mountain.
I have some ideas for what to improve, given similar conditions. Still reflecting on lessons learned. This was my fourth overall attempt, and 2nd DNF at Broken Arrow.
Broken Arrow Skyrace 23k results so far:
* 2026: DNF at ~7.8mi Siberia Aid
* 2025: DNF at ~4.6mi Snow King Aid
* 2024: 6:52 finish! https://tantek.com/2024/176/t1/finished-broken-arrow-skyrace-23k
* 2023: 5:22 finished adjusted 23k course (due to high winds): 2 loops of 11k https://tantek.com/2023/178/t1/june-trailrunner-ultrarunner
I will return for the 2027 Broken Arrow Skyrace.
#BrokenArrowSkyrace #skyRace #trailRace #mountainRunning
Before the race: https://tantek.com/2026/171/t1/once-more-brokenarrowskyrace-23k
The Spring issue of Etcetera: Journal of the Typewriter Collectors' Association arrived in the mail today! Just in time to celebrate National Typewriter Day tomorrow on June 23, 2026.
Tomorrow morning
once more into the woods
up the rocks, onto the ridges
@brokenarrowskyrace.com
Goal: finish 23k
Live stream: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeYQprW-4u4
#BrokenArrowSkyrace #skyRace #trailRace #mountainRunning
once more into the woods
up the rocks, onto the ridges
@brokenarrowskyrace.com
Goal: finish 23k
Live stream: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeYQprW-4u4
#BrokenArrowSkyrace #skyRace #trailRace #mountainRunning
Today’s project was making my Reachy Mini (https://huggingface.co/reachy-mini) a full-blown voice assistant connected to my OpenClaw instance. I’ve been trying to get it working off and on for a few months and finally cracked it. It’s genuinely cool to be able to talk to a robot 😎🤓
Just discovered herdr (https://herdr.dev) and I’m loving it. I can keep a remote session running in my lab and connect to it from anywhere. It’s like a supercharged tmux with agent integration. Moshi (https://getmoshi.app) has herdr support too, so I can use it from my phone.
I acquired this Woodstock Typewriter crate earlier this month to pair with my 1938 Woodstock No. 5 standard typewriter.
Usually it's only portable typewriters that come with cases. But often unseen and unsaved are the "cases" that came with the larger standard typewriters. These are usually unseen because they were heavy wooden crates that standard typewriters were originally shipped in, but which the dealer discarded or recycled once a customer bought their typewriter.
The crate has the company logo and some advertising as well as a typewriter stamped/embossed with ink into the larger front and back sides as well as some unpacking instructions and a handle with care admonishment on the top. The two short sides of the crate have "handles" carved into the wood to make it easier to carry. But "easy" is a tough word to use as unloaded, the crate itself weighs in at 15.9 pounds which is roughly what a portable typewriter might weigh by itself. If you add the 34.2 pounds of my Woodstock No. 5 typewriter to it, you're looking at an overall weight of just over 50 pounds.
Of interest, the top of the crate indicates that although it should be shipped "This side up", to remove the typewriter, one should flip the crate over and remove the 12 wood screws holding the bottom of the crate on. This allows access to four cross braces that are locked into the crate by the bottom. The braces have four large screws in them which would have held the typewriter physically bolted into the case upside down. Presumably, one would have removed the typewriter and the cross braces as a unit and then removed the four bolts to allow the typewriter to be either placed onto or bolted into a desk depending on the desk type.
I'm unsure of the age of the crate and don't have much in terms of provenance. The typewriter pictured on the case seems to be an early version of the Woodstock No. 5 between 1916 and 1931 when the typewriter had openings on the side of the machine. After 1931 these openings were supplied with covers and after 1936 they had removable hoods which covered the typebasket, a feature that isn't depicted on this crate.
My 1938 Woodstock only has two bolt holes on the bottom which presumably would have been used to bolt it into a desk (or in shipping). Looking at earlier models of Woodstock machines might help to narrow down the age range of this crate by finding machines which would have used all four bolts/screws in this crate to dovetail with the bottoms of those machines.
Usually it's only portable typewriters that come with cases. But often unseen and unsaved are the "cases" that came with the larger standard typewriters. These are usually unseen because they were heavy wooden crates that standard typewriters were originally shipped in, but which the dealer discarded or recycled once a customer bought their typewriter.
The crate has the company logo and some advertising as well as a typewriter stamped/embossed with ink into the larger front and back sides as well as some unpacking instructions and a handle with care admonishment on the top. The two short sides of the crate have "handles" carved into the wood to make it easier to carry. But "easy" is a tough word to use as unloaded, the crate itself weighs in at 15.9 pounds which is roughly what a portable typewriter might weigh by itself. If you add the 34.2 pounds of my Woodstock No. 5 typewriter to it, you're looking at an overall weight of just over 50 pounds.
Of interest, the top of the crate indicates that although it should be shipped "This side up", to remove the typewriter, one should flip the crate over and remove the 12 wood screws holding the bottom of the crate on. This allows access to four cross braces that are locked into the crate by the bottom. The braces have four large screws in them which would have held the typewriter physically bolted into the case upside down. Presumably, one would have removed the typewriter and the cross braces as a unit and then removed the four bolts to allow the typewriter to be either placed onto or bolted into a desk depending on the desk type.
I'm unsure of the age of the crate and don't have much in terms of provenance. The typewriter pictured on the case seems to be an early version of the Woodstock No. 5 between 1916 and 1931 when the typewriter had openings on the side of the machine. After 1931 these openings were supplied with covers and after 1936 they had removable hoods which covered the typebasket, a feature that isn't depicted on this crate.
My 1938 Woodstock only has two bolt holes on the bottom which presumably would have been used to bolt it into a desk (or in shipping). Looking at earlier models of Woodstock machines might help to narrow down the age range of this crate by finding machines which would have used all four bolts/screws in this crate to dovetail with the bottoms of those machines.
Condition
The crate isn't in bad shape given that it's likely an antique at this point. There is some obvious wear to the wood as well as patina, but the writing and images are fairly clear. The shipping label on the top is nearly worn off and only partially legible. The edges of some of the wood are worn and the top is missing most of its original nails, but this allows one to easily open up the crate and use a portion of the top as a "lid". Only four of the original wood screws are present to hold the bottom of the crate on and the cross-braces locked into place.Display in the collection
I'm not yet sure how I'll use or display this crate with the rest of my typewriter collection. It has been sitting on the floor next to one of my reading chairs and it's actually tall enough that it functions pretty well as a side table to hold a book, some notes, and the occasional glass of whisky. Once I've blown out the dirt and dust inside it and removed the four inconvenient packing screws, I might use the crate to store some books. It could probably also hold two or three 1970s era portable typewriters in their cases too... Do you have any crates in your collection? How do you display them? What alternate use cases do you employ them in?
It’s been a minute since I’ve listened to older Viva Voce, but I was reminded how great that first album is. Tracks: “Shining in My Shoes” and appropriately, “June.”
