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I'm living down here, Atlanta Ga. with my girlfriend for the month of July. It's not really a vacation, b/c both of use work regular hours but it's a little getaway nonetheless. So in the morning we go to this big park that's close by called Piedmont Park.
It's a kinda strange. The idea of keeping a heart and map record of my life doesn't seem all to bad in theory. But in practice it possesses certain je ne sais quoi. "Erie" is not the right word. I think patterns will come out with practice.

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Yury Gitman is a designer, inventor, and award-winning artist. He has
exhibited at the Biennale of Electronic Arts, Perth, Australia; Isle de
France, Paris; Ars Electronics, Austria; and Eyebeam, among others, New York
City. Gitman was one of the first people to use the Internet from inside the
New York subway. He did this by employing a network of his "Magicbikes"
("wireless bicycle hotspots"). He was awarded the Ars Electronica Golden
Nica for Net Vision in 2003. In 2005 he opened Banana Design Lab, a product
design company focusing on lifestyle designs to entertain the soul.

Gitman has worked with non-profits such as NYCWireless, the Lower Manhattan
Cultural Council, and the Downtown Alliance to promote open Internet policy
and New Media Art practice in New York. He teaches an Electronic Toy Design
class in the Design Technology MFA program at the Parsons School of Design.
He received a Masters degree from New York University's Interactive
Telecommunication Program and a Bachelor of Science in Science, Technology,
and Culture from the Georgia Institute of Technology. Gitman's work has
featured in local, national, and international media including BBC, The New
York Times, Newsweek, NPR, New York 1 TV, Tech TV, CNET, ID Magazine,
Readymade, Village Voice, Adbusters, and Utne Reader.

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My uncle invited me to dinner at his house along with my cousins.... He's a natural storyteller. The food was yummy and they made a lot of homemade pickled things like pickled garlic and pickles. We talked about the history of the Soviets (who every there hated) among other things like like NYC, 'the South," and the World Cup.

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I took a long contemplative bike ride home today after work. In one week I'll be off to Atlanta, Ga for a good part of the summer. The West Side Waterfront bike path is one of my favorite place to bike anywhere. The river, and across the river trees and condos. To call it New Jersey kills the effect somehow, but brings enormous calm, this ride. It's no the most direct way home but the extra 15-20 minutes are always worth it, essentially in the evening when the sun goes down in the west. The light is beautiful.

I'm basically zen navigating the entire way. When I feel I'm about straight cross-town from the Williamsburg bridge I just cut over and cross the island. There really isn't a route, it's random every-time. So it's really cool to see my little path from the map view.
As I biked across the Williamsburg bridge, which is like climbing a mountain, my heart-rate really when up. I rested on top, and so did my heart. And then for the coast down my heart was racing again. You can see it in the bike highs in my heart-rate image....

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