Today the Sri Lanka riding begins. It was a good ride today though the afternoon was just slightly too hot so I skipped the last 20km. Official start photo in front of the hotel. Yesterday we had both sectional meeting … Continue reading →
Happy Independence Day to Sri Lanka. On this day in 1948, the Dominion of Ceylon formally became a separate country as part of the British Commonwealth. In 1972 it more formally broke from Britain and became the Republic of Sri … Continue reading →
Getting connected into the tour. For the other cyclists, today is a travel day from Chennai to Negombo, tomorrow is a rest day and Thursday the trip begins. There is an interesting contrast with previous TDA rides I’ve done as … Continue reading →
The wall clock shows 45 hours between when I left home and when I arrived at my hotel, but that includes 11.5 hours of time change, so really a little over 30 hours of travels including layovers in New York … Continue reading →
In the Austin Bergstrom Airport, checked in and on my way to Sri Lanka. This is also a first test to make sure web posts show up on the page. My destination is Colombo, Sri Lanka to take part in … Continue reading →
I have been playing around with setting up my Strix Halo laptop so it can run LLMs locally. I found a guide here that was helpful to get a reliable connection (for now using Vulkan, though I’d like to see … Continue reading →
Will AI replace programmers? I don’t think there will be a wholesale replacement, but it is interesting to see the recent advancements of AI coding tools. I’ve used Github CoPilot for a little while and also played around with continue.dev … Continue reading →
Today a day to be a tourist. We packed our luggage and checked out of the hotel. We arranged with our driver for a visit to Lemur Park, ~23 km away. This was a sanctuary that also took in lemurs … Continue reading →
We made it to Antananarivo. My bike is boxed, so the total for the trip will be 619km. While it was sometimes busy, we made it to the middle of a city of one million plus without seeing a single … Continue reading →
I now know why some drivers and bus passengers were wearing masks. It wasn’t for spreading viruses. Instead it was dust, lots of dust on the road. Today looked easy on paper, 97km with not too much climbing. What I … Continue reading →
