at home in…, w| Gerald Zhang-Schmidt

As much as I write about various ways of getting and making oneself (more) at home in this world, it is definitely my Suunto reviews and similar posts that are garnering the most attention. New additions to what has now become the Ambit family have just recently been released, so it’s definitely time for new [...]

… or, Everyday Life Lessons with a Sharp Blade Talk is going around about the demise of guys; men have apparently gone missing – and the images by which advertising and TV shows portray manly men are at least as dumbfounding as the impossible women they present. In such everyday things as personal hygiene, things [...]

Finally – and yes, in keeping with the spirit of cycles to call home, this is a “finally” – it is that time of year again when the exploratory running becomes more challenging, and  circles often run become more unusual again, all thanks to winter’s lack of sunlight. (And strictly speaking, this is not even [...]

In my last post, I already pointed to videos showing how to create and use a route with Suunto’s Ambit GPS watch. For those interested in a bit more of the data, rather than the life-philosophy background provided there, some pointers: The route created “for illustration” can be found here; the “move” made during that time [...]

GPS is a technology, along with heart rate analysis, that fascinates me. As argued before, I think that what it offers us are great tools to use as symbols of our place(s) in this world and tools for their further exploration. Suunto’s Ambit (see earlier review here) has recently been updated to firmware 1.5, its navigation [...]