A Geek Goes Flying

I’m a big proponent of checklists . Checklist Manifesto appeared on my reading list as least as far back as 2 years ago . As a pilot, I live by them in the cockpit, and constantly tweak mine . As an overtaxed professional with varied practice areas and interests, I’ve been developing them in that aspect of my life. As someone who always seemed to manage to forget something on a day trip, I’ve built reusable templates in Apple’s Reminders app . Including a bicycle pre-trip checklist:  Bicycle checklist in Reminders app Watching my morning commute in Cyclemeter  today with my Apple Watch kindly providing heart rate information, I kind of vaguely remembered that there’s a number I should be shooting for , but I just kind of forgot the details. Apple Watch heart rate display in Cyclemeter Need to add my max and average heart rate targets to my checklist, so I see them regularly. Because my brain is full.    

Back in 2015-2016 I had an office in Pasadena. Parking at the local Metro station was free, parking in Pasadena was expensive, I hate traffic, and I was yearning for my days of living in Brussels, so I took the trains. I knew those trains. When they hit, when they stopped running. Today heading to Anaheim, I did things the way I've always done. Expo (only now it's the E) line from the westside to 7th Street / Metro Center. Downstairs to pick up the red or purple (sorry, B or D line) to Union Station. And that worked. But, it was more stressful than it needed to be. If I'd checked the various apps, I would have seen that what used to be the Blue Line is now the A line, and it connects to the Gold Line tracks now: "The A Line's current Azusa–Long Beach service commenced in June 2023 with the completion of the project, incorporating the Union Station–Pasadena–Azusa portion of the L Line." ( Source ) Had I checked the "current SOP" I would have gotten ...