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Grabbed some new ASU gear before Friday’s Territorial Cup game. Go Devils!

We’re plotting out next week’s road trip around Georgia, Alabama, & Florida…and I realized we’ll likely pass close to Britton Hill—the “high point” of Florida.

Here’s a short video of my visit, part of my “High Points of Otherwise Flat States” quest [www.youtube.com/watch

South Korea - OTD during last year’s 100 Day Adventure.

It’s been a decade since I’ve had a desktop document scanner, and it’s time to remedy that. I’m looking at the ScanSnap iX2500. Anyone have one, or have a different one they like? I need duplex, single-pass scanning with an auto feeder, preferably one-click, via wifi or directly to a NAS.

Well, usually ChatGPT is, at best, a mixed bag. Far too often it’s simply full of shit.

But I have to admit that this chat REALLY helped me—by far the easiest diagnosis + fix I’ve ever had. For someone who is terrible at home repairs, it can be a very helpful tool, for sure. 🤷‍♂️

It was rainy yesterday, so we rode our old REI ebikes over to our local brewery for some pregame “tailgating” before watching last night’s ASU road game against Colorado. While those bikes were a bit more utilitarian than our new ones, whoa boy do I prefer the ride on the new Lectrics.

Thanks to micro.blog, I’ve been much more active posting on my own website. In fact, I just passed the 1000 post mark here on rsjon.es.

• On rscottjones.com: 248 posts since Jan 2007 (my current WP install)

• On rsjon.es: 1003 posts since I joined in Oct 2024.

That’s a staggering 6500% increase!

Do Future You a favor and spend 3 minutes to log some info when you buy a new kitchen appliance or electronics—snag the pdf of the manual, add your warranty expiration date, a copy of your receipt, and any other useful info (like where you’re storing any unused accessories or whatnot).

I just switched to annual billing on micro.blog—hadn’t realized that was an option until today. Also noticed gift memberships for micro.one; I’ve got some folks in mind.

I have a couple of friends who are beginning full-time nomadic life next month. One of their first destinations is southern New Mexico, so I spent some time writing up a long list of suggested stops. And that led me to sharing this old post on a place called Cabinetlandia. I love this stuff.

Breakfast in the ‘hood.

We’re at the hospital early this rainy morning for a colonoscopy—luckily, for my wife and not me 😜 (though I’m due for a repeat soon). There’s little doubt that we’ll be stopping for a hearty breakfast on the drive home.

Added a bonus 8th ride for #coffeeneuring2025 over to WhereUBean Coffee. We sat outside to enjoy the nice weather and avoid having to find a good spot to lock our bikes (we need to upgrade these kickstands, they sink into rocks/dirt too easily).

Not a fan of these morning kickoffs—there’s no fun in getting up in the dark to tailgate. But at least it’s gorgeous 72° weather.

Took a longer bike ride this morning up to Hillside Spot Cafe for breakfast and a coffee for ride 7 of #coffeeneuring2025.

This technically completes the coffeeneuring challenge (yay!!), though we’re planning on doing another ride or two anyway.

Rode my bike over to my favorite neighborhood creosote bush. Just look at this glorious thing—it’s HUGE!

With the shutdown coming to a close and my travel restrictions lifted for now, we’re finally back to road trip planning. We’re using some expiring flight credits to explore this area in Georgia next month.

Any suggestions on stuff I should include on the itinerary?

Is there anyone that might be thinking of flying Fly Dubai before 1/26/2026? If so, I have $120 in trip credits we may be able transfer to to you.