Recent updates
A part of Digital Gardening is frequent maintenance, updating, and growth of pages over time. Showing rough drafts of early formative stages is encouraged, as well as transparency on updates, to show changes and growth in thinking. If nothing else, this log also shows where my attention and thinking have been lately, at least for what's relevant to this site. For the latter reason, I'm also going to prune this log to only show the 10 most recent updates. Older updates can be found in the Git commits.
- 16 Apr 2026
- Small additions to City cycling and urbanism
- Information on calculating gear inches for evaluating climbing gears, my current bike actually rates very poorly!
- Touring bike buying guide video
- Small additions to City cycling and urbanism
- 10 Apr 2026
- Simplified NHBA Birdathon 2026 to reflect commitment to the bicycle approach.
- Added acoustic touring bikes and rear rack options to City cycling and urbanism, and also a link to Rick Steeve's cycle touring website.
- Created Easy bikepacking trails with a few basic nearby options to consider starting with.
- Added A.S. Hamrah book to what I'm currently reading in Books and essays.
- Small trip reports added to Chiang Mai and Malay Peninsula.
- Changed this Recent updates log to only show the 10 most recent entries.
- 4 Apr 2026
- Created custom settings in OM System OM-1 Mark 1 for birds and insects respectively.
- 3 Apr 2026
- More links in City cycling and urbanism
- Link to my fundraising page in NHBA Birdathon 2026
- 28 Mar 2026
- Several additions to City cycling and urbanism.
- Added parts history on current Miyata bicycle, and link to old catalog
- Velo Orange links for inspiration and reference
- Book reference on bike repair
- Got another ace in Disc golf!
- Several additions to City cycling and urbanism.
- 14 Mar 2026
- Link to recommended bird field guides and other suggested reading in Birding tools.
- Mention option of hiring a private driver in Sichuan.
- 11 Mar 2026
- Added more easily-bike-reachable site options to NHBA Birdathon 2026.
- Added AF target mode notes to OM System OM-1 Mark 1, and links to additional resources.
- Added more details on car rental and temporary driving permits to Sichuan.
- Added additional trip report link to Southern Brazil.
- 8 Mar 2026
- Expanded on my camera usage in OM System OM-1 Mark 1 to provide context on chosen settings.
- Added some links to local news resources for Southern Ecuador that I had relied on during my previous visit.
- 7 Mar 2026
- Started planning for the NHBA Birdathon 2026
- Started tracking settings changes and instructional material for the OM System OM-1 Mark 1
- Added additional trip report link to The Netherlands
- 3 Mar 2026
- Jotted down some notes after attending a Q&A by the film critic A.S. Hamrah