New York Times | Personal Journeys: On Foot -- To Walk a Landscape Is to Know It
january 2008 by bkerr
Why can't you sit still? "For a million years we stalked elk, monkey, crab; we gathered nut, grub and leaf. We had to move to live. Then half a minute ago we stooped to sow seeds and the rest is history."
walking
holiday
pedestrian
cities
mobility
via:vielmetti
january 2008 by bkerr
Give Walker Tracker Pro as A Gift
december 2007 by bkerr
Ben launches Walker Tracker Pro gifts, check this out.
walkertracker
walking
pedometer
present
december 2007 by bkerr
and-or.ch | metro_wardive_nds
december 2007 by bkerr
"wardive is an adaptive game with locative levels. it converts wlan-waves into game objects."
portable
network
walking
games
nintendo
ds
december 2007 by bkerr
Freep | Walking the whole way up Woodward
august 2007 by bkerr
"The avenue from Detroit to Pontiac is paved with 26 miles of history -- and it's celebrating its 200th anniversary."
detroit
pontiac
woodward
michigan
walking
urban
ranger
walk-away-from-the-sea
via:vielmetti
august 2007 by bkerr
PEDSAFE: Pedestrian Safety Guide and Countermeasure Selection System (FHA sponsored)
july 2007 by bkerr
"...is intended to provide practitioners with the latest information available for improving the safety and mobility of those who walk."
pedestrian
walking
environment
design
safety
mobility
pedestrianism
walkertracker
july 2007 by bkerr
Neil Gaiman's Journal | A hundred thousand tumpty tumpties
july 2007 by bkerr
"You know, the best bit of having wound up with a dog, apart from the dog of course, is the walking. There are whole worlds out there I hadn't known about until I started walking them."
dog
walking
night
observation
walkertracker
july 2007 by bkerr
Walker Tracker -- Readers and Walkers group
june 2007 by bkerr
Join this group if you like to read and walk (but probably not at the same time). So far books mentioned are a pretty even split between literary apocalyptic "we're all gonna die" fiction and health/medical/bio "we require more water" junk.
walkertracker
group
walking
and
reading
june 2007 by bkerr
David Archer | 400 mpg, or so
june 2007 by bkerr
"A 155 lb human walking at 3 mph will burn 246 kcal/hour, or 82 kcal/mile. Feed that human one gallon of gas in potential energy -- 31,548 kcal -- and he'll have enough energy to walk for 128 hours." Ed suggests a mpg (miles per donut) metric.
walking
energy
efficiency
donuts
miles-per-donut
walkertracker
via:vielmetti
june 2007 by bkerr
Odd Ends | A Psychological Question
june 2007 by bkerr
From the Ann Arbor Democrat, March 20, 1879: "The walking mania is at feverish height in this country to-day, and a very pretty dissertation might be written about the effects of legs upon the brain." Search the blog for more walking-related clippings.
walking
pedestrian
psychology
past
pedestrianism
spectacular
spectator
annarbor
sport
walkertracker
party-like-it's-187x
via:logista
june 2007 by bkerr
Laudator Temporis Acti | Ecotherapy
june 2007 by bkerr
HD 'dirty transcendentalist' Thoreau sez: "See the sun rise or set if possible each day. Let that be your pill."
walking
eco
bio
daily
routine
thoreau
diachronic
advisement
sunrise
sunset
observation
experience
close-the-laptop
walkertracker
party-like-it's-185x
via:vaguery
june 2007 by bkerr
walking as knowing as making
april 2007 by bkerr
Spring 2005 symposium.
walking
walkertracker
urban
ranger
peripatetic
navelgazing
events
via:vielmetti
april 2007 by bkerr
walkinginfo.org: community problems and solutions | neighborhood guide
march 2007 by bkerr
"Are people not walking in your neighborhood? This guide will help you figure out why this may be the case."
pedestrian
advocacy
urban
micro
planning
neigborhood
iterative
walking
walkertracker
improvement
via:vielmetti
march 2007 by bkerr
Upcoming.org: Tags: grex
march 2007 by bkerr
Grex walks on upcoming. I should get to one of these.
annarbor
parks
walking
walkertracker
events
pedestrian
networks
march 2007 by bkerr
Everyday Systems podcast episode 6: Urban Ranger (MP3)
march 2007 by bkerr
"Remember Strider, in Lord of the Rings? They didn't call him Sneaker or Sprinter or Sworder, though he possessed these skills in abundance ... Not only could he could outpace his enemies, by his walking reconnaissance, he came to outknow them."
urban
ranger
pedestrian
ambition
cities
walking
walkertracker
mobile
exploration
unit
march 2007 by bkerr
Everyday Systems podcast episode 6: Urban Ranger (transcript)
march 2007 by bkerr
"You need to convince yourself that walking is not some last ditch compromise shadow exercise, but that it's profoundly ass kickingly exciting. That's where urban ranger comes in."
urban
ranger
pedestrian
ambition
cities
walking
walkertracker
mobile
exploration
unit
march 2007 by bkerr
Urban Ranger: build the habit of purposeful walking
march 2007 by bkerr
The original urban ranger essay/manifesto. "The question should be 'when shouldn't I walk?' Walking is the default activity. It's everything else that needs a justification."
urban
ranger
pedestrian
ambition
cities
walking
walkertracker
mobile
exploration
unit
march 2007 by bkerr
YouTube - Anybots walking robot
february 2007 by bkerr
Dynamically balancing bipedal robot.
walking
walkertracker
robot
urban
cybernetics
rhodomagnetic
apocalypse
first-we-take-manhattan
then-we-take-berlin
via:thedaniel
february 2007 by bkerr
'I will launch the beta of Neighbourhood Fix-It' - PledgeBank
february 2007 by bkerr
"Neighbourhood Fix-It is mySociety's next site. It is a simple service which allows people across the UK to report common local problems like graffiti, broken street lights, leaking pipes etc by sticking a pin in the map."
urban
ranger
walking
walkertracker
pedestrian
civic
maps
february 2007 by bkerr
networked_performance | CollecTic
september 2006 by bkerr
Wifi puzzle game? "In the game, the player has to move through the city to search for access points. The access points are visualized on the PSP as basic geometrical figures (triangle, circle, square) with a specific color and sound."
psp
wifi
portable
walking
walkertracker
games
cities
september 2006 by bkerr
Cnet | Apple Newton vs Samsung Q1 UMPC
july 2006 by bkerr
"Fans will tell you that the Apple Newton was years ahead of its time. Ten years on we're going to put that claim to the test. We're pitting a vintage Apple Newton against the brand-new Samsung Q1 ultra-mobile PC in a head-to-head battle."
pda
walking
walkertracker
computing
etc
apple
newton
via:thedaniel
july 2006 by bkerr
Pedometer pets
november 2005 by bkerr
Pedometer-based virtual pets or games, clever. I like the design of the Dragon Warrior Slime game on the second page.
portable
walking
walkertracker
games
via:vielmetti
november 2005 by bkerr
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