After nearly two months of waiting, I finally got my Wahoo Kickr indoor bicycle trainer. It was expensive, but so far I am very happy with our choice. Sold my Giant TCX In April I sold my Giant TCX to my son and purchased a slightly smaller Trek Checkpoint that fit me much better than […]
2020 Sooner Adventure Ride
The 2020 Sooner Adventure Ride was held the Sunday before a major ice storm hit central Oklahoma. It began at the Seaba Station Motorcycle Museum, and took riders on 150+ miles of dirt roads and optional single-track trails through central Oklahoma.
Lopez Foods puts Intel NUC to work as both plant floor terminal and Kubernetes cluster
When the developers at Lopez Food needed more compute power to compile software in their agile development environment, the infrastructure team chose to use the computing power available in their Intel NUC plant floor workstations rather than purchase compute cycles in Microsoft Azure or Amazon Web services. Lopez Foods is a prepared meat processor based […]
My Whirlpool disaster – caused by poor IT systems
As the world becomes even more connected, the functions of back-end IT systems becomes even more critical to a company’s success. My recent experience with a new “smart oven” from Whirlpool is a testament to how poorly integrated IT systems can ruin the reputation of a nice product.
Maintenance for Adventure Riders
I hosted an adventure rider motorcycle maintenance evening at my shop recently in Edmond. Riders from the area came to talk about maintenance, hear from Bill Dragoo about tools to carry while on the trail, and ask questions about maintenance on their own bikes.