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#BMWR18Bagger hit 6,000 miles so doing service tonight in the garage. Air Filter & Final Drive are due at 12,000 but might as well do those too while I’m in there. Total savings of about $850 doing it myself. #BMWR18 #BMWMotorrad #BmwMotorcycle #Cruiser #bmwr18transcontinental #BMWR18 …

Working on some #AIArt #stablediffusion prompts for a book idea I have. I like this one.

@mathowie @macfixer Everyone who gives a crap about human rights and equality just has to continue fighting. I'm 36. We won't have true equality until after I'm dead but I'm not going to sit around and stick my head in the sand. We all have a role to play in all people created …

…..ITS HAPPENING

It’s been a pretty ride so far.

4 hour ride from Ashland VA back to Charlotte NC but I am using TomTom’s motorcycle app (currently in beta) and chose the “super thrilling” option. Now it’s an 8 hour ride…same mileage. Looks like an interesting ride. I’m 2 hours in and just stopped at Paulette’s Place south of South Boston, VA for …

In thr #Overland camping area with @muddancer44 who just arrived on the #R1250GSA. #BMWMOA

bmwusrideracademy #AuthorityTraining @BMWMOA #Nationalrally

In Richmond VA for the BMW MOA National Rally. 5,000 people from all over the country, 5 days of events. As secretary of the board, I’ll be busy pretty much every hour from 11-9PM every day until Sunday. Looking forward to seeing a lot of old friends.

@kolin I’m actually looking for a new sling / messenger that only fits iPad Pro 13 + Leica Q2 + a power adapter and AirPods Max. Most are too large and a lot are folio-esque and too small.

@mjtsai You would think there’d be a user story for this scenario somewhere and it’d be prioritized. Seems poorly executed.

Photos from Las Vegas are on my Blog (https://adamchandler.me/blog/2023/06/06/travel-las-vegas-babymoon-2023/) & Flickr (https://www.flickr.com/photos/adamjackson/albums/72177720308883009)

VERY excited. My 4th National BMW Motorcycle Rally starts tomorrow. It's also my last day as secretary on our board of directors as I'll be taking up a new role. 6 hour ride to Richmond, the closest MOA rally I've been to since joining the board in 2019. Looking forward to hanging out …

With DPReiew going away, I decided to subscribe to their competitor’s (PetaPixel) RSS feed. I think DP Review failed because they never played the game of competing with Insider/Sun/Interceptor/HuffPo/Forbes of having an article for EVERY trending event. PetaPixel does and there's more garbage …

@stammy AirPods Max will be overdue for a refresh next year. I expect design considerations for this. I use AirPods Max bout 4x more than my AirPods Pro. Airpods Pro now are to grab a quick phone call at the office. AirPods Max are for everything else. The sound quality is night and day.

I believe in my one day test of the Model Y that the majority of folks purchasing Model 3/Y vehicles are coming from Japanese or American brands and feel paying a $10K premium over a similar Honda/Toyota/Ford for the Tesla name + EV functions IS worth it and theyre happy overall but if your daily is …

Final issue with Model Y was the ADAS features it did have (not FSD just basic AutoPilot) were HUGE issues. On interstate to hoover damn, no cars around us, couldn't keep a lane, couldn't maintain speed and at one point the Model Y panic braked from 80 to 15 miles per hour as we went over a …

Toot-Fitting Tesla Model Y thoughts: 1. High road noise 2. Very shitty suspension 3. Not fast, the instant torque peters out pretty quickly. My golf R was MUCH faster 4. Cheap interior 5. High learning curve on simple stuff like locking, starting, stopping, changing AC temp, determining range 6. …