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@Nadine 208741 wrote:

STI also stands for sexually transmitted infection. That’s what it meant in MY former life. [emoji16] (I was an AIDS/Health educator 88-03.)

Nadine, I was going with a theme – not only did I walk through the whole word with three letter acronyms, but they all related to my simulation work in 90’s. Fortunately, I have no personal conection to your definition of STI.

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2/27/21 – the words “Black” and/or “White” (any language)

Uninspired today. Took the easy way out and just photographed one of the many BLM signs in the neighborhood.

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2/26/21 – Acronym or Initialism (3 letters or more)

DISTILLERS:

DIS: Distributed Interactive Simulation – A military simulation technology for connecting remote simulations together to form large exercises. We were in essence inventing Internet gaming – I even had some articles on how to synchronize multiple players over the Internet published in Game Developer Magazine back in the 90’s

IST: The Institute for Simulation and training. The Army funded a lot of the DIS work out of Orlando. The University of Central Florida set up IST, an academic research center to support simulation research.

STI: Stanford Telecommunications, Inc. A firm I worked with back in those early days.

TIL: Today I Learned that STI went out of business a long time ago.

ILL: Internet Leased Lines. Back in those days, plain vanilla Internet connections weren’t fast enough for realtime simulation, so we used leased T1 lines.

LLE: Low Level Emulation. One of the first simulations I wrote was in the Lisp language on the Symbolics computer. Later, it was possible to emulate a Symbolics on a Mac and we ported the simulation over to that platform. The original MacIvory was a hardware board that you added to the Mac, so only partial emulation.

LER: Learning Environments Research. IST did a lot of research in how to build synthetic environments that best support learning.

ERS: Economic Research Service. I’m pretty sure we pitched this organization that they should be using (our) simulation technology to improve their analyses. Never got a contract out of it.

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@SarahBee 208615 wrote:

Wow- totally uncalled for by the cyclist. I’ll admit that sometimes when I am huffing and puffing up the Custis hills in my granniest gear, I’ve been known to utter a few swear words quietly under my breath as someone on an e-bike cruises past me without a hint of breathing hard or drop of sweat. This, however, stems entirely from my envy. Civility on the trail should be mandatory.

SarahBee, I share your envy whenever I’m passed by eBikes … or eScooters, or OneWheels, or Hoverboards. But I’ve turned it around: While I used to feel like a weak cyclist because I’m continually passed by other riders on the trail, now I just tell myself they’re all eBikes, even if they don’t have any visible batteries or motors.

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2/25/21 – Duck (likeness of animal or the word)

On my way back from WTFCC this morning I kept my eyes open and sure enough, a few ducks were feeding at Sparrow Pond (the little wetlands around mile 2 of the W&OD). I figured that if I didn’t see any real ducks along the way I would head to Duck Donuts, but my sighting of these mallards meant no donuts for me.

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2/24/21 – “Charles and Diana” Subanagram Word

Ugh. That’ll teach me to check my photos before I ride off. When I went to pick up dinner earlier (from Thai Noy at Westover), I took a picture of my bike leaning against a HANDRAIL; however, it was dusk and my iPhone apparently was having trouble focusing in the half light, so all I got was a blur. I went back out just now and got a photo of this HANDRAIL, which was the closest one I could find to my house.

For some reason, my wife was totally freaked out that I had ridden my bike to pick up dinner from a restaurant that’s less than a mile away. Almost 32 years of marriage, and she’s still surprised when I do bikey things.

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2/23/21 – Mosaic (likeness or word)

Mosaic Park in the Ballston neighborhood of Arlington does not have any sign at present indicating its name, but it does have these mosaics. They are not figurative, but they do meet the definition drevil provided.

On my ride back home the westerlies were starting to blow. I was forced to take shelter at Westover Beer Garden, where I spotted some friends similarly sheltering from the wind.

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@bikesnick 208348 wrote:

“Peace” in Hebrew = Shalom
(Yes, I know shalom carries so much more meaning than just peace, but I couldn’t find a peace sign.)

It works in context: “Rodef Shalom” is a phrase meaning “pursuer of peace”. I’m embarrassed that I didn’t think of this one.

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2/21/21 – the round Peace symbol or the word “peace” (in any language)

This is one where I really didn’t have an idea of where I was going to find it. I thought my only hope was to find one of those “Coexist” bumper stickers that have all the symbols of all the major religions and the peace sign. Unfortunately, it was a case of reverse Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon – those darned things seem ubiquitous, but when I went out looking for one they were nowhere to be found. I remembered having spotted one on the ride where I was looking for stars, and even approximately where I had seen it, and so I headed in that direction. Just as I was approaching the area where I was going to start searching in earnest, I spotted this flag. Lo and behold – Both the word and the footprint of the American chicken!

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2/19/21 – Planet(s) – likeness or name of a specific planet or the word “planet”

After yesterday’s car kerfluffle I thought it would be fun to satisfy today’s challenge with a car, but alas the two planetary car brands, Saturn and Mercury, are long defunct and it’s hard to find examples of them in the wild anymore. On a nicer day I might have searched further, but instead I headed for Plan(et) B, this salon just off of Route 7 in Falls Church. I stopped and snapped the photo but did not avail myself of any beauty services.

Along the way I did spot not one but two Pontiacs. The Pontiac brand, which was my father’s favorite, has been defunct for about as long as Saturn and Mercury.

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@Catedrew 208161 wrote:

I finally found a full electric vehicle – a Chevy Volt.

@Nadine 208152 wrote:

But this is a Kia Niro EV!

drevil, I feel sorry for the headache you’ll have after scoring today’s hunt! For example, the Chevy Volt is a plug-in hybrid and the Niro is a hybrid. Neither are EVs.

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2/18/21 – Full Electric Car (Hybrids OK!)

OK, since the rules have changed to allow hybrids (smh), I retraced my steps from this morning’s ride and snagged this Kia Niro just up the block.

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@accordioneur 208137 wrote:

I could swear that when I first read today’s challenge it said no Teslas, and so I went out this morning hunting for the BMW i3 that used to live on my street (but wasn’t there – I think they’ve traded it in for a different car). Now I see lots of people posting Tesla pics, and the rules indeed allow Teslas. Huh. Maybe I was half asleep when I read it?

It appears Rumi had the same hallucination I did.

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I could swear that when I first read today’s challenge it said no Teslas, and so I went out this morning hunting for the BMW i3 that used to live on my street (but wasn’t there – I think they’ve traded it in for a different car). Now I see lots of people posting Tesla pics, and the rules indeed allow Teslas. Huh. Maybe I was half asleep when I read it?

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1/17/21 – Bird House or Bird Bath

I knew just where to find this – it’s on my conference call walking route.

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