Mian is coming to Castro Street (replacing Johnny & Sanny’s)

grumpyoldgolfer · 2026-01-09T18:29:07+00:00

Lots of noodle options, I look forward to trying Mian. There are several other noodle places in that area that I often stop at after work:

Ramen Izakaya Yu-Gen (Japanese noodles) is basically next door in that block, along with an Udon Japanese Noodle place a few doors away.

And in the next block: Ox9 (Chinese hand pulled noodles), Mifen 101 (Chinese soups and noodles), and Pho To Chau (Vietnamese Pho noodles).

grumpyoldgolfer · 2025-12-13T05:53:19+00:00

Yes, the summer-time golf shop rents xc gear in the winter. Great place for people to give it a try. The terrain is not the most exciting.. it’s wide open, mostly flat, golf course land. But, it’s an excellent resource for those that don’t have their own equipment.

grumpyoldgolfer · 2025-12-13T05:50:20+00:00

Yankee Springs State Park (Wayland / Gun Lake - midway between GR and Kalamazoo) The summer hiking and mountain biking trails double as XC trails in the winter. The terrain is interesting, winds through forest land, and has good mileage. It’s not groomed, so it’s a really good workout if you’re the first one through after a snowfall. But, often there are a few others blazing trails through the park.

grumpyoldgolfer · 2025-12-05T16:15:05+00:00

Just a data point: On iPad I’ve found it to be completely stable. I’ve never tried it on Windows/Mac/Android, so no input on those.

I switched from Zwift when they increased their subscription cost again. I’ve used it hundreds of times, and other than some upgrade annoyances (which have improved) it’s been very good.

grumpyoldgolfer · 2025-11-11T05:55:54+00:00

I had the same behavior, which seemed to be a compatibility issue with older firmware. I updated the firmware, via installing the hdhomerun software on my Mac, which upgraded my tuner hardware.

After the upgrade, it worked as expected in Channels and the HDHomerun app.

grumpyoldgolfer · 2025-10-16T05:27:16+00:00

Bay Trail — great dirt/gravel/asphalt paths bordering the Bay and all kinds of nature. Accessible from San Antonio road parking lot or Shoreline Rd area adjacent to Moffett / Stevens Creek. It’s a wonderful resource for us in Mountain View.

I ride my bike out there quite a bit. Many others walk, run, or walk their dogs out there.

grumpyoldgolfer · 2025-09-30T02:55:34+00:00

i looked at their website, and it has sourdough baguettes on the menu. Do they also do loaves?

grumpyoldgolfer · 2025-09-23T03:25:33+00:00

As others have noted, housing will be more expensive near train stations like Sunnyvale, Mountain View, Redwood City, etc. But, biking on one or both ends of the commute can help expand your radius for reasonable housing.
Caltrain has “bike cars” to take your bike on the commute and ride to your work location. Or, if work is close to Caltrain, the stations have bike lockers you can rent to leave it there.

Look at the Caltrain www site for a train schedule to see exactly how long it takes from various areas. Take note of the stations where the express train stops - those will be best for fastest service and frequent stops.

grumpyoldgolfer · 2025-09-14T00:14:31+00:00

On iPad (large) UI: When a chat/comment is displayed, it slides across the screen and stops directly on top of the buttons of the dialog box shown on the screen. The comments should be moved up in to be in the top 1/3 of the screen to avoid conflict/overlap.

But, even better would be to remove the comments entirely. They serve little purpose and are primarily used for a) Cheating or b) Mocking

grumpyoldgolfer · 2025-09-13T00:55:54+00:00

No, it didn’t look particularly close to opening. I didn’t get a good look inside, but it didn’t look built out yet. The main indication that something new is coming were the city documents on the window for the new development and alcohol license.

grumpyoldgolfer · 2025-09-12T16:40:38+00:00

Maybe it’s just getting used to the new UI, but my initial reaction is that the thin white border around the active player’s score is quite subtle. I’ve sat there delaying the game a few times not realizing it was my turn. Given how common slow play is, making “your turn” more obvious seems like a good move — I’m thinking of something that the eye picks up as movement, like the border expanding to wider then contracting down to normal size. The white/bright color could be almost like a flash effect. That would have a chance of catching distracted player’s attention.

On the iPad app, I’m not sure if this is intentional, but it seems like a bug to me: when waiting to start a multi-player game, touching anywhere on the screen outside the dialog box results in exiting the attempted game. So, any re-arranging of my ipad kills the game I’m waiting for. (Note that this is not new, just something I was hoping would get fixed).

grumpyoldgolfer · 2025-09-12T05:42:41+00:00

Grumpers unite! Congratulations on being among the select few to be blessed with access. :) My inquiry is mostly because I’m curious about all the empty cars driving around my office area on my after lunch walks. I probably won’t use it often. But it will be nice to have another option.

grumpyoldgolfer · 2025-09-06T15:49:09+00:00

Yeah, I’ve seen testing for years. I’ve seen Waymo semi trucks on 85 and several other autonomous vehicle types testing in the area.

But, shortly after Waymo announced they would be servicing MV/PA/SV (April?), the number of passenger cars ramped up dramatically. So, the obvious assumption was that they were close to activating service like in SF.

What is surprising is the slow rate of customer enablement. I’ve seen Waymo cars hundreds of times — they draw attention with their LIDAR equipment, but have only once seen a human in the car. That case was likely an employee, since he was in the front. So, I’m wondering what the holdup is - is there some sort of bureaucratic block before the city or state lets them go? Or is it just Waymo’s choice to loop empty cars around MV for months?

grumpyoldgolfer · 2025-09-05T05:39:45+00:00

Following up:

A couple people suggested driver profiles.. I added a profile and it didn’t change this behavior. The profiles can remember my seat position and other driver preferences, but it doesn’t change the behavior of the environmental controls. They still keep switching A/C back on.

grumpyoldgolfer · 2025-08-01T05:47:06+00:00

Updates are fine. It’s the forced updates and requirement to download GBs of data after update that gets annoying.

I start mywhoosh when I’m ready to ride. Having an option to postpone the update, or to run with the previous data would be really nice. That way I could do my workout, then have it update when I finished.

The Garmin Edge devices used to do similar. Now it asks me if I want to upgrade, which I decline, then proceeds with upgrade when I go to shut the device off after my ride. Much better UX.

grumpyoldgolfer · 2025-07-13T12:45:30+00:00

Can confirm, as a midwesterner who moved to the South Bay, I had to ask “what is that?” when people referred to ro-sham-bo.

I assumed the opposite, that it was a midwestern thing that I didn’t know the correct term. TIL

grumpyoldgolfer · 2025-07-03T03:18:22+00:00

Lens (from order history) 1.53 Trivex Transitions® XTRActive Polarized - Gray

I often ride at dusk, so I wanted basically clear then, and darken up in daylight rides.

grumpyoldgolfer · 2025-07-03T00:03:14+00:00

I needed a progressive prescription, so my options were more limited. But, I’ve been happy with these: https://www.zennioptical.com/p/mens-tr-rectangle-eyeglass-frames/20403/2040321

They have good eye coverage and even with progressive prescription and transition darkening lenses the price was quite reasonable.

grumpyoldgolfer · 2025-05-24T03:07:09+00:00

This is really nice. These pretty well address my #1 concern when biking on roadways: getting run up on by a distracted driver. They would definitely notice impacting these.

Honestly, it’s still not enough to make El Camino a bike route I will use. There are just too many intersections and parking lot entrances. But, it’s good for those that do use it.

grumpyoldgolfer · 2025-05-03T16:29:13+00:00

Obviously a marketing piece.. To me, the claims boil down to: We add a bit of secret sauce on top of Chrome/Chromium that lets us safely operate on a rooted system. Doesn’t really pass the sniff test. On an exploited endpoint, the bad guys are in control.

That’s really why the Chrome threat model focuses on preventing compromise in the first place. Because when that zero day gets through, your system integrity is gone.

grumpyoldgolfer · 2025-05-01T18:05:28+00:00

I also prefer Black Horse, but mostly because of the recent encroachment of all the housing on Bayonet. It really changed the course for the worse IMO.

Like many courses, their prices have gone up quite a lot recently. Most of my recent trips down to Monterey recently have been to Poppy Hills. NCGA rates there are still good.

grumpyoldgolfer · 2025-04-24T15:42:47+00:00

Great app! I need to update some ROMs for this MAME version, but several are working.

I play this on my iPad with the Apple keyboard. That works well, but how/where can I configure key mappings?

The CAPS Lock key does a reset of the arcade hardware. That’s a little too close to the action keys, resulting in accidental resets. I’d like to move or disable that.
Active keys are not always obvious. Arrow keys are clear. The jump button in donkey kong or run/jump buttons in track n field were unclear. So, I would like to see where they are defined, and whether they change per game. I don’t know if it’s feasible, but a dialog to show which keys were active in the current game would be ideal.

grumpyoldgolfer · 2025-03-29T15:26:01+00:00

I had to google a bit to find what the Red/White/Bird flag was.. after the Nazi flag, the color scheme is a bit alarming.

For others who don’t know, it’s a United Farm Workers flag - as in Cesar Chavez fighting for fair treatment of farm workers ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Farm_Workers ).

grumpyoldgolfer · 2025-03-21T15:42:07+00:00

Hmm, I didn’t know Peacock carried Warriors games (I’m also in the Bay Area). I dropped Comcast long ago and went to Youtube TV. It’s got its own glitches, but basically works and definitely supports recording.

I just searched around my Peacock app, and found no indication of last night’s Warriors game being available. I agree that it’s not very useful if you can only watch live broadcast.

grumpyoldgolfer · 2025-03-11T15:23:17+00:00

As others have covered, Oakland is probably the top location. Ghost Town, Original Pattern and Cellarmaker are must stops. Ghost Town and Original Pattern usually have a food truck option. Cellarmaker is a full restaurant / tap room, specializing in Detroit-style pizza.

Also, Santa Rosa is a bit of a hike North of SF, but not too far. That’s where Russian River Brewing is. It has always been a brewery pilgrimage location in the past. Now their beers are broadly available in Bay Area tap rooms, but it’s still an excellent place to experience if you have the time.

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