Steven Roberts

@nomadness.bsky.social

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"First digital nomad" working on a book about 17,000 miles on a computerized recumbent in the '80s, digitizing ancient media, and building mobile lab for paleogeek swan song.

2.6 KW solar array on 24 ft cargo trailer
Memtest 86 passed on 48 gig RAM in TrueNAS on Terramaster f8 with crash problems, used as graphic in post about moving daily detailed updates here
Melibe leonina nudibranch
Port au Prince Haiti in 1940
Sign in texas, 1984, road construction next 5.051 mi.
Current photo of console from the Winnebiko 2 computerized recumbent bicycle, circa 1986
The beginning of a long day pedaling across Utah in 1984, 100 mi between services. Flying down the pass in the darkness, the wind chill was minus 18.
Winnebiko 2 computerized recumbent bicycle at a shore, parked in front of an END sign. Taking some time in 1987, about midway during the technomadic adventures.
Working on the structural bulkhead in a 30 ft folding trimaran, 1996
Vortex 2 fan retrofit in cargo trailer mobile laboratory bathroom vent fixture
Dirona pellucida bright orange nudibranch at the Port of Friday Harbor
Sony mirrorless camera on Kaiser copy stand with fixtures for slide and negative handling, against CRI99 backlight. This is in my media digitizing lab, with a dedicated Mac Mini for Lightroom.
Golden retriever in dramatic light on gravel between mobile labs
Vancouver skyline at night from boat
Steven Roberts aboard Winnebiko recumbent bicycle in Texas, 1984
Two vintage panel-mount leaf switches
Shure microphone on boom in YouTube studio
Gray cat climbing stern ladder on boat in marina to get to upper Deck
Steven Roberts showing bicycle travels on atlas in Palatka, Florida, 1984. Model 100 computer on the table in a cafe
Inside of Betacam SP tape deck in digitizing lab
Steven Roberts in 1991, wearing BEHEMOTH bicycle helmet called the brain interface unit. This has heads up display, ultrasonic sensors for cursor control, lighting and audio, and internal heat exchanger for body cooling. This is now in the Computer History Museum along with the bike itself
Ctenophore - Bolinopsis infundibulum, showing diffractive color on the propulsion cilia
Winnebiko recumbent bicycle -- signing on to CompuServe via model 100 at a payphone in 1984
Otari MX-5050 tape deck
Oral arms of Aequorea Victoria jellyfish
BEHEMOTH recumbent bicycle, circa 1992, with Steven K. Roberts