Hello world!
For my bike rides this week, I did something a little more interesting than my normal “go to”. I really like having a default ride but switching things up is a lot of fun, too.
🔖 My Favorite Stuff from the Internet This Week
- The Passage of a Few People Through a Rather Brief Moment in Time
- National Water Prediction Service - NOAA
- 🖼️ Immich
- I can’t wait to give this a go.
🌱 Gardening
I lost a bunch of seedlings to the storm I mentioned last time. It’s amazing the difference a week can make. I have made up for m losses. I have also taken steps to prevent birds from feasting on my seedlings. With May coming to an end, I am done planting seeds. I added unique identifiers to all flowers and pots with seeds.
🎵 Music
📊 Stats
I listened to 69 tracks this week.
🦄 Unique tracks: 55 | Unique albums: 10 | Unique artists: 9
I listened to far less music than usual this week.
Top Artists
- Limp Bizkit (22 plays)
- Ludwig Göransson (19 plays)
- LINKIN PARK (18 plays)
Top Albums
- Limp Bizkit - Significant Other (22 plays)
- Ludwig Göransson - Tenet (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [Deluxe Edition] (19 plays)
- LINKIN PARK - Hybrid Theory (Deluxe Edition) (18 plays)
Top Tracks
- One Step Closer (5 plays)
- Papercut (3 plays)
📘 Reading
Books In Progress:
- The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas (Progress: 65% of 1276 pages)
It’s so good now!
Social Reading
🙌 The list at brie.dev/books is up-to-date.
I keep track of my reading in various places across the Internet. I track every book I read as @bbrie on Hardcover and as brie on Rambling Readers. I also track each IRL Book Club pick.
🕹️ Gaming
🕵️ Ingress
I’ve been super motivated by all the events and activities that reward players with Orion tokens. I am excited that there are a bunch more events coming up.
🐾 Movement
| Metric | Total |
|---|---|
| Total distance | 36.9 mi (59.4 km) |
| Total on bike | 36.9 mi (59.4 km) |
| Active time | 3h 19m |
| Elevation gain | 281 m (921 ft) |
| Avg outdoor bike power | 127 W |
- Time Split: Foot 0%
░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░Bike 100% - Distance Split: Foot 0%
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I biked a bit this week:
- Wednesday: ☁️ Airport Connector Impromptu 🚲
- Saturday: ☀️ Two Rivers Ride 🚲
- Sunday: ☀️ PA 🎌 WV 🚲
Sunday’s ride was my first border crossing by bike of 2026.
✍️ Writing
🦄🌈 Brie Carranza’s Blog
I am always super excited about the posts I write for brie.dev and this week’s is no exception.
📯 Social
Most of my social media activity happens on Mastodon. I am brie.rocks on bsky but that’s mostly for the cool handle.
🐈⬛ brie biker-ranza 🚲
I shared the brie.dev blog post on Mastodon. I’m very happy with the reception.
Plop
Plop was quiet this week.
Thanks!
— Brie