A mildly threatening array of weights.
Status:
I noticed there was a chair-based exercise class for over 50s starting at the community centre up the road and since I’m over 50 and mostly incapable of doing normal exercise I thought I’d give it a go. I managed about 30 minutes of stretches before I had to bail, and on returning home slept through the afternoon. It was definitely a “red activity” in my CFS diary but on the plus side my muscles feel better for it. Whether my nervous system agrees (there are mild rumblings of prickly heat and tinnitus this evening) remains to be seen.
Overnight listening:
Music:
Reading:
- A reporter working on a story discovers his wife could be a world Tetris champion
- Living without America
- Where’s My Orbital Habitat? - I’ve long been interested in Gerry O’Neill’s space settlements, the 1977 concept paintings for NASA’s post-Apollo mission, and what they might mean. I hadn’t realised they were used as sacrificial lambs to make the shuttle seem the less outlandish project to fund. Fascinating stuff. Via Velcro City, with more musings on these most potent of design fictions. “When you design a thing, you imply the world in which it exists”
Watching:
- Primitive Technology: Convection turbine experiments (hot air windmill) 12:33
- A study of two squirrels in a wheel 2:33