Monte Bianco, 18-19 settembre 2010
Le previsioni meteo danno bel tempo per il sabato. Arrivo a Courmayeur alle 12, in netto ritardo sul mio piano originario che mi voleva pronto sulla bici alle nove del mattina. E, naturalmente, piove. Ma sono qui, due ore e mezza di auto, che faccio …
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I swear it was unintentional. Second post straight after [this one where I blurbed about my next camera](({filename}2010-08-19-my-next-camera.md), and here it is, the GF-1 in my hands.
So how did it happen: I spent last weekend in Livigno for some mountain biking. On Sunday afternoon, half …
more ...I’ve stopped using my old Nikon D70s after it gave up once again during my last vacation (random failures in recording the photos on the flash card). For now I’m stuck with another remain of the past (Canon Ixus 60, small point-n-shoot with a 6Mp sensor) and my …
more ...I am wondering about the next iPad. What is available now is certainly enticing and must be a joy for light computing / intense internet reading. I do have limited budget, however, and think that probably the iPhone 4 is a better way to spend my money. But I look at …
more ...Beatiful photos here: http://nsmb.com/3326-dorado-tested/.
They convey an intense idea of action with those blurred backgrounds and the rider not quite in focus above the panned trails; I also like the tight shots and the washed-out colour palette.
And speaking about the ‘look’ of these images, I couldn …
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Training with my fixie at the Idroscalo. In the foreground, my red San Marco Concor; back there, the mountains that you rarely see from this very polluted and hazy city — the Grigne. Training was: 15 series of friggin’ fast spins (around 100 rpm), 15” each, followed by 45” of slower …
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Sunday evening: I buy myself a return ticket to Finale Ligure.
Monday morning: I wake up at 5:30, pack kneepads gloves helmet and take the early morning train to the place where summer never ends.
To be honest, today finale was a bit cold but I still ended up …
more ...Golden, Colorado.
Ho arrangiato una cosa simile a questa, però stavolta non ho dovuto prendere voli extra; il meeting (di lavoro) era alla Colorado School of Mines che si trova proprio a Golden. Nessun volo extra per due giornate piene di mountain biking.
La geografia della zona:
Uno zoom sul …
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