Today's post is going to be a grab bag of random topics delivered to you from a rocky crag overlooking the ocean. I rode into camp in the van feeling really cranky and I figured out that it was because I hadn't ridden my bike for two days so I went out on a joyride of about 35 miles. I ended up riding next to a guy on the team who was recently a grad student in biochemistry and we talked about how screwed up academia and pure research are in this country. Which is a shame because it's so important.
As I spend more time outdoors I really am changing the way I look at my gear and equipment. A lot of the stuff I own works fine in the comfort of an office but fails out here on the road. Like my phone and case, which are now broken (again). Or this Apple Watch which is fine I guess but the battery is always dead and it just isn't that useful. Or my thermarest which has a leak. Stuff like that. All I want now is long battery life, easy repair, and for it to just f'ing work!
