Back in December, I felt my back had finally healed up enough that I could resume one of my great passions, Cycling.

I started by riding my bike on the stationary trainer for a few weeks. Once I was confident that my back would not give me trouble, I got back out on the road. I am averaging around 200 miles/week and have reached 1500 miles so far this year. I have a goal to ride over 7000 miles this year. Here is a chart of my weekly mileage so far:

I have been taking advantage of the incredible winter weather we have been having here in LA. While I sometimes will do a quick “lunch hour” ride during the day, I have been doing most of my rides very early in the morning. I can get 30-45 miles in before 7:30am and I get to enjoy some gorgeous sunrises. Plus there is usually no wind that early and very few cars on the road. Even though it is very dark that early, I have plenty of light thanks to my NiteRider MiNewt 600. It is about the size of a small flashlight and is as bright as a motorcycle headlight.

I will keep updating this blog with my progress and I have embedded a widget to the right which catalogs all my rides. Below are some photos I have taken from the road:

Here is a presentation I give both at work and for MBA Information Technology classes. In this 38 minute presentation, I explain virtualization and cloud using analogies. The aim is to explain what they are in non-technical terms and go into the benefits and risks from a business perspective.

Cloud and Virtualization for “Non-Techies” from David Caren on Vimeo.

I have really taken an interest in photographing airplanes, especially given I live less than a mile from LAX. There is no shortage of interesting planes from all over the world.

Even Air Force One visits regularly:

Instead of just shooting photos of planes, I decided to work on a couple of projects. The first one was to shoot photos of planes as the tires smoked from touching down:

My next project will be to make a list of all the airlines that fly into LAX and make sure I have a photo of a plane from each airline. Eventually, I’d like to compile a coffee table book with photos of LAX.

We went to Dodger Stadium to pick out our seats today. We also got an impromptu tour of the stadium by the sales rep, so I got some great photos. The rep pointed out the sign for the umpire’s room is the only sign at the stadium with braille on it! We snagged an awesome box for 7 games (including opening day). We’ll see you all March 31!