Friday, December 11, 2020

Get your Web Browsing History in data friendly format

 Chrome has a history you can generally save.  Firefox does not.  I could care less what Edge or Safari do. But to pull your browsing history, with times, view counts, filters and more this tool is brilliant.  'BrowsingHistoryView' by Nir Sofer.  Find it at:

https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/browsing_history_view.html 

BrowsingHistoryView is a utility that reads the history data of different Web browsers (Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, Microsoft Edge, Opera) and displays the browsing history of all these Web browsers in one table. The browsing history table includes the following information: Visited URL, Title, Visit Time, Visit Count, Web browser and User Profile. BrowsingHistoryView allows you to watch the browsing history of all user profiles in a running system, as well as to get the browsing history from external hard drive.
You can also export the browsing history into csv/tab-delimited/html/xml file from the user interface, or from command-line, without displaying any user interface. 
Browsing History View - from 2016!

 

Me?  Over the past 4 years, excluding shopping, search, banking, I've visited about 450,000 pages across some 38,000 URLs.

 



Data is Fun!

Namaskar, Will England

Monday, December 07, 2020

What do you have on your motorcycle for touring?

 Question came up today as to what, where and how you carry your touring and long distance riding. So - my always packed setup.  Occasionally rotate out parts if I'm going backpacking, but the vast majority stays on the FJR year round. Med Kit gets restocked or replaced at least every 2 years.


My 2006 FJR Touring / LD bike

So, since around 2005 I started figuring out what to bring and where to put it.  Once it's in place, it stays there. Build patterns and habits so you can be efficient in riding, stopping and not losing anything.

Motorcycle Gear List - On Bike and On Gear:

 

Left saddlebag: Tools, spares in a ziptop canvas bag. Heated gear

  • Air pump, clips and plugs to attach to bike power. (stripped down walmart airpump. Also available from Aerostich.
  • Small socket set
  • Gloves
  • Anything I've used to work on the bike, either that tool or a duplicate goes in the toolbag.
  • Especially wheel removal wrenches. Those big bolts are not common sockets at the local hardware store.
  • Red rag or two.
  • Gummy worms, plug tools, fresh cement.

Right saddlebag: Overnight kit in a removable soft bag. 

 
Top case:
  • Hat, 
  • map(s), paper. 
  • Jacket,  windproof. 
  • Spare gloves, 
  • bike cover, 
  • 2-4 24oz water bottles. 
  • Pledge or Plexus and large soft cloth in a gallon zip lock 
 

Left fairing pocket  

  • phone changer and cable.
  • Spare phone charger. 
  • Spare phone cable. 
 

Handlebar:

Phone in RAM mount (unless raining, then inside 'stich. (Need to upgrade to Hondo Garage powered mount.)
 

Right fairing pocket 

 6' cable lock for the helmet, jacket / stich. 
 

Tank Bag: 

  •  4-in-1 screwdriver. 
  • Appropriate hex wrenches for body panels.
  • 10/11mm wrench. 
  • Earplugs, 
  • TAO, 
  • food (beef jerky), 
  • Spare visor. 
  • 24 oz water. 
  • Another hat, 
  • Carmex. 
  • 5x7 heavyweight notebook, binder clip, ziplock bag clipped to the notebook for receipts. 
  • G2 gel pen x2 (black and blue). 
  • Pencils. 
  • Sharpie. 
  • Visor cleaning (Plexus, microfiber) in ziplock. 
  • Heated gear controller. 
  • Leatherman Wave.
 

First Aid Kit

  • Adventure Medical Kits Ultralight/Watertight .3 or .5 Medical Kit + 50 ibuprofen, 12 decongestants (Pharmacy grade), 12 Benadryl. Replaced bi-annually. 
  • Prescription meds.
 

Camping gear in rear seat bag ifn' I ever bother camping.

  • REI quarter dome 1 tent, Klymit sleeping pad
  • Jetboil, with bowl, titanium long spoon. Usually a spare fuel cylinder.
  • 20 degree down bag in waterproof stuff sack OR 40 degree Sierra Designs (depending on the weather at destinations - usually just take the down bag.
  • REI camping chair
  • pack of Starbucks Via Packs, Pike Peak blend.
  • Alpinaire backpacking food if I'm aiming for camping more than an hour from a town.
 

Aerostich Roadcrafter:

  • Left pouch pocket: Nicotine vape, extra nicotine juice or chewing tobacco or cigarettes. Torch lighter.
  • Right pouch pocket: Spare earplugs. Change. Receipts if I'm not on a timed ride.
  • Right slash pocket: Bandanna / hanky.
  • Left chest pocket: Camera attached to 24" lanyard, attached to neck loop. Spare bike keys.
  • Right vertical pocket: 24oz Gatorade twist top bottle. Drink and refill at every gas stop. Replace daily with new Gatorade, drink at first gas stop, refill with filtered water.
  • Right arm pocket: current earplugs, spare ear plugs, bike keys. Emergency cash.Stich Inside pocket: Wallet.

Pants pocket:  

  • Gerber knife. 
  • Swiss army knife. 
  • Small rock blessed by the pastor 15 years ago.
Hasn't changed in 15 years. Patterns. 
 
TBD: Dash shelf with GoPro, Zumo GPS.
 
That's about it - 15 years of prep, long distance rides, 9 day tours, and so on.  Same stuff. same places. Same routines either on a flower sniffing tour or a 1500 mile in 24 hour extreme ride.
 
Hope it helps give you some ideas for setting up your bike for touring, LD riding, rallying or just flower sniffing.
 
Will England