The guy on the bike was Steve Jobs. When he was photographed by National Geographic in 1982 he didn’t want to pose standing with his arms cross in front of rows of computer terminals. Props for that, my opinion of him may have just gone up slightly. I tell you what though, the thing about those BMW motorcycles is they have horizontally opposed cylinders. Most American and Japanese motorcycles have two cylinder engines in what’s called a V-twin formation. The engines are pretty well oriented inside the frame. What you see next to Jobs left foot is a cylinder head sticking out farther than anything on the bike, which is just find unless you were to drop the bike and go for a slide. Since he wants to look cool for this picture he is not wearing a jacket, helmet or gloves so the damage done to that cylinder head is probably the least of his worries. The picture was probably taken at a very low shutter speed so he is probably not going as fast as the blurry background wire wheel spokes suggest. Hey kids, remember film? No, probably not. Replace shutter speed with frame rate for comparison.
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Apple Cider Donuts are a cake type of donut with a pretty soft texture. Oreo’s have a crunchy cookie on either side but it’s crazy how much these things taste like apple cider donuts. This was an impulse buy. Fall doesn’t last long, do something wacky.
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MLB Postseason – That’s Adam Duvall making his home run trot that put the Braves up 3-0 last night. The Atlanta Braves and St. Louis Cardinals are split one game each in their best of 5 National League Division Series. The Nationals and Dodgers are also evenly split in the other NLDS; meanwhile in the American League the Yankees took game one over the Twins and Astros beat the Rays. Continue reading
