So Slow

There was a surprisingly large group of about a dozen this morning for the Friday levee ride, and although there were a few brief surges, in general the "Friday Trust" prevailed and speeds stayed under 22 mph. I was glad to have a slow day to hang out at the back of the pack. The weather is warm and humid and even at 2 p.m. there's still some fog around. It's looking like the weekend will be cloudy, but if the predictions hold, the rain will be Saturday night. I'm hoping to do a long ride up on the Northshore on Sunday. Could be worse. It's 71ºF right now, but up in Iowa City it's all of 9ºF with a low tonight of -9ºF.

It's been really slow and quiet here at work today. There were many fires to put out earlier in the week, but everything seems to have died down today. Just as well. I'm feeling pretty tired and lazy myself.

So Mardi Gras parades begin in earnest this weekend, and I notice that this year, although there are fewer days when there are parades, on those days they've got up to five parades scheduled one after the other. You can probably see some of the uptown parades on the ParadeCam which is located near Fat Harry's on St. Charles Ave. Then again, there's always the BurboCam too. That one's on Bourbon at the Cat's Meow and they usually do a live webcam show on the really busy nights.

So the NOBC website has been down for most of the week and I still haven't heard anything back from the folks who host it for us (for free!). I guess either something broke or we filled up the hard drive, or both. The website has been running on a server at atwater consultants since we started it back around 1995. For what it's worth, there probably aren't many other cycling websites that have been around that long. All I know is, I'm dreading the day when I have to actually clean it up. There's probably a couple of gigs of photos on there and a whole lot of orphaned files too. I've been working a bit on the LAMBRA website when I've had the chance, but I haven't quite settled on the final look and content. It will be pretty simple and straightforward, though. If you want, though, you can get a sneak peek! It's actually a bit farther along than that, I just haven't uploaded the latest version yet. Maybe this weekend??