2019-08-02

totient: (Default)
2019-08-02 03:37 pm

xkcd movie challenge

Today's XKCD is a challenge to name a movie that:
  • You genuinely like
  • Came out after 2000
  • Scores under 50% on Rotten Tomatoes
The challenge for me is the "After 2000" part. So many movies in the late 90s (or in 2000 itself) fit the rest of the bill. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas! Orgazmo! The Perfect Storm! Alien 3! Robin Hood Men In Tights! But I'm A Cheerleader! Tank Girl! I think that leaves K-Pax (2001), at 41%.
totient: (bike)
2019-08-02 11:13 pm

Faster than bike

I logged in to my Bluebikes account for the first time in a while and on the splash screen it told me some info about my last ride. But they've moved stations around since I last used them. The station I rode from is now at Clarendon Hill. The station I rode to is now (and maybe even was then) at Somerville City Hall. These are 2.4 miles apart. Apparently I took 4 minutes and 42 seconds to get between them, for an average speed of a little over 30 miles per hour. I wonder where that start station actually was back when I did that ride. Because I don't think I'd be so reckless as to bomb through Davis Square at well over the speed limit on something with brakes as bad as the ones on a Bluebike. :)