Adam Chandler's Micro Blog

I’m up. Going to go to a wildlife safari then ride a camel. I can’t keep staring at news sites. I’m going to lost my whole day.

#R1300GSA #Dubai

Very long day riding up in the mountains. #Dubai #R1250GS

At the #sharjahclassiccarsmuseum

Starting our second day of riding in #DUBAI

Great first day in UAE

Great first day in #UAE. Rode coast to coast for 8 hours.

200 miles coast to coast in UAE today.

Hello from #Dubai. Day one of our trip around the #Emirates #R1250GS #bmwmotorrad

Good morning.

And regarding the “stop the steal” narrative, the stealing has been going on for decades. Gerrymandering, electors, super-electors, lacked of ranked choice or popular vote and the placement of biased federal judges along with the filibuster makes government not work. I’m tired. 1. People should vote …

It’s weird being in the Middle East during this year’s general election. Heather has “escaped” to Vermont for 3 weeks and we’ve both mailed in our absentee ballots which were accepted. I hope when I’m back in country in 10 days, we’ll have a new president. When the losing party draws things out for …

Today, I was up at 5AM, rode 400 miles round trip to Myrtle beach to pickup some new luggage boxes for my bike. Home. Packed 120 pounds of gear and to the airport. Big day. I’m pretty tired.

Amex Lounge @ CLT - Boarding in 2 hours to ATL, will probably do a bit more drinking in that lounge then I'm hoping the 6 hour flight to AMS I can just sleep the entire time. Then 8+ hours to Dubai where I have some light reading and studying to do

Testing out some new panniers from @2wheelswelding. 2mm Aluminum, made in USA by a husband and wife team in a garage. They’re also made with some of my specifications. Video soon but they look fantastic And mount up to the #R1250GSA OEM Rack.

Come at me, Ray! #NoParking

I finally setup my Personal Voice in MacOS (a feature that arrived in Spring of 2023). I think about my voice and how powerful it would be, should I ever lose it, to still have text to speech conversations with family, not through an AI voice but through mine. It took 20 minutes to setup and will …

M4 Max is 60% faster than M1 Max for CPU and nearly 3X faster in GPU. That's amazing.

My MacBook Pro (M1 Max) versus M4 Max: CPU: https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/compare/8598378?baseline=8593555 Metal: https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/compute/compare/3038340?baseline=3039919

Muriel Farrington has left of us after nearly half a million miles on 2 wheels. She passed away monday at home. She was a mentor to many hundreds of people and the first rider i ever met after getting my motorcycle license. I’ll miss her.

Sweet. Drone approved for UAE!

OOOH hey, so here’s the map of all of the places I’ll be visiting in UAE. Total of 9 days with 7 As a tourist (in BMW’s marketing / press tour group) then 2 days in meetings as delegate for North American BMW Owners at the International Council of Clubs: …