Switzerland

Playing With Migros SubitoGo

Yesterday I tried playing with Migros SubitoGo and the experience was good. You scan the QR code for the shop as you enter and then you scan the products that you want to buy. I kept them in my hands until I got to the checkout counters. Passabene With Passabene you shop, you scan your products, and then you go to the cash machine, scan the shopping list to the device, and it charges you.

A Walk at the Snow Line

The most striking thing about a winter with little to no snow is that there is no noise. Normally ski lifts clank, people talk and there is a lot of noise When there has been very little snow the ski lifts are turned off and the mountains are quiet. This is when you realise the impact of winter sports. In summer you hear cowbells.

Spring

25,000 steps in a day.

Garmin's Auto Goal

Garmin allows you to select the number of steps you want to take in a single day, or let it be set automatically. For a year or two I allowed the goal to set. The result is a step goal that fluctuated from 12,000 steps per day to 15,000 steps or more. This was fine, because I ignored it. A few days ago I decided to set it to a fixed ten thousand steps a day.

Spring Watch

Magnolias in Nyon

The Setting Sun Walk

I went for a walk and by the time it ended the sun had set. I walked with a flashlight in case but didn’t need it. Usually I would have gone for a walk earlier in the day.

Running In High Winds

Yesterday I tried running and walking in high winds. I have cycled and walked in high winds but I had not yet had the sensation of running in high wind and it is quite interesting. In cycling you feel that the wind pushes your bike to the side, and you counteract the wind. With running in high wind I found that if I ran with the wind then my body behaved as a sail and I could feel the wind pushing me faster than usual.

The Illusion That The Pandemic Is Over

Switzerland is living under the illusion that the pandemic is over. If you look at the data on the RTS website and other sources of information such as Cotrack - Grafana then the pandemic is over. The number of new cases has gone done so if you look at the metrics then it is over. There is a good chance that this is an illusion, demonstrated in three ways. The first of these is the number and saturation of hospitals now, with many of them overloaded and in a situation of crisis.