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Rob Relyea
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Advocate. Evolving https://multifol.io
Previously built https://covidsafe.fyi & @ Microsoft building IE, WPF, XAML, Kinect, NuGet
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40 miles in. Didn’t realize the Thames has a bunch of pillboxes built during WW2 to protect in event of invasion.
Picture of Thames River with a cement pillbox to protect troops and a tree on the other side. Also both are reflected in water.
October 17, 2025 at 8:34 AM
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12 miles in…
Signpost with signs on it: - pointing left: Thames Path public footpath. Source 12 miles. - pointing right: Thames Path public footpath. Thames Barrier 172 miles.
October 15, 2025 at 3:10 AM
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Sorry to see more Microsoft layoffs happening today. Microsoft filed a new announcement of 305 layoffs with the state of Washington…with a seperation date of 8/1/2025.

(A couple years ago I subscribed to Washington state WARN announcement emails. Email came at just before 1pm PT today.)
June 2, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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Making my favorite tofu bolognese from “fuss free vegan” cookbook. Yes, cookbook.
November 28, 2024 at 12:58 AM
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Walked north on EasTrail this morning, will bus back home after a nice lunch.
View of eastrail gravel path with fence on right side.
November 26, 2024 at 7:26 PM
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Recently travelled to Goa, India for a friend’s wedding - first time in India. Great trip.
Rob wearing brimmed hat and blue shirt on beach in Goa, India with palm trees in background.
November 20, 2024 at 4:30 AM
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This passage where they found Idaho and its people very welcoming to bikers (in 1978) surprised me. Still that way?
The first time one of Idaho's countless two-ton American-made pickups with a gun rack mounted in its rear window eased past, then pulled off the road in front of us, I was sure the man inside wearing a cowboy hat had decided to personally decrease the traveling California freak population by two, or at the very least blast a few holes through their panniers just for the hell of it. I died a thousand deaths before we came up to the truck, and its burly, tough-looking driver stepped out. "There's a steep climb comin' up," the rancher smiled when we slowed to a stop. "Need a lift?" "Thanks a lot," I smiled back, "but we ought to be able to make it all right." "Well, it's good to meet some tough, adventurous sorts. Have a good ride!" After a few more encounters with the Idaho rednecks, we realized our preconception was totally false. They didn't seem to care where we were from or that Larry's hair was a lot longer than theirs; they were more interested in what we were doing than what we looked like. Wherever we went in Idaho, people pulled us over to offer a ride or food.
November 9, 2024 at 8:20 AM
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Currently reading: “Miles from nowhere: A round the world bicycle adventure” by Barbara Savage - share.libbyapp.com/title/2543050

I’m gearing up for some bike packing trips over the next several months…but nothing as big as their 2 year around the world bike trip.
November 9, 2024 at 8:14 AM