Welcome!

Yet Another Uncle Erik:

• Cyclist (Mountain/Cyclocross/Gravel/Road).
• Self-proclaimed Cool Uncle.
• Retrogamer and casual gamer.
• Fixer of things around the house.
• Star Trek fan (Classic and new).
• Adult Fan of LEGO (AFOL) and other brick brands.
• More on my About page.

Erik here. Welcome! This website is a repository of the many interests that I have. You will find bicycle-related reviews, guides, and maps. Creations using LEGO (and other brick brands). Video game projects I made over the years. A couple of IT-related guides thrown in as well. More things will be added/updated over time.

I hope that this website helps, entertains, and/or inspires you.

Please use the top menu to navigate the site and its (external) social media links.

If you wish to communicate with me, please do so using the social media links on the navigation bar.

Change Log

2025-12-23: Content update

• Moved "currently playing" section into its own section
• Archived obsolete gaming content into a new area called "Archive"
• More content (mostly under Cycling, Trails section)
• New (themed) 404 error page
• Corrected some dead links to 3-party websites

2023-12-xx: Translated entire website in French (click on the FR/EN square near the top-right of the page to toggle languages)

2022-11-06: Updated index.html

• Added a "currently playing" section
• Added hero banner image of different sizes using srcset

2022-10-05: More content in existing sections (all under Cycling Repairs)

2022-05-23: More content in existing sections (all under Cycling)

• Also introduced collapsible sections to some pages for easier reading

2022-05-05: Website architecture changes

• Now using AWS Certificate Manager and CloudFront
• Website will work with both yetanotheruncleerik.com and yetanotheruncleerik.ca domains
• Website will now redirect HTTP to HTTPS

2022-05-04: More content in existing sections (especially under Cycling Repairs)

• Also renamed "Work" section to "IT"

2022-01-26: More content in existing sections

• New section: Multitap

2021-12-29: Improved readability.

• Used new backgrounds from Freepik
• Changed some colors

2021-12-23: Redesign of website header.

• Fixed issue with navigation bar not working properly with recent touchscreens
• More testing will be needed
• Added noscript section to provide crude navigation should JavaScript be disabled
• Added social network links

2021-11-14: Time to publish more content I have been working on and off throughout a very busy year.

• Linked website to yetanotheruncleerik.com domain
• Website redesign via CSS theme modification
• Navigation bar redesign into one file loaded on each page via JavaScript
• Allows me to update only one file whenever I add a new page to this website
• Would prefer pure CSS; might have to revisit this navbar later
• New section: Cycling Trails
• New section: Cycling Repairs
• New section: Retrogaming
• New section: Bricks

2020-12-21: Learned Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) throughout the year.
Determined to create everything static and from scratch and not depend on solutions like WordPress which open up security issues.

• Website redesign; first use of CSS
• Navigation bar added
• New games added in Games page
• New section: About

2019-01-14: More time to play around with JavaScript.

• New games added in Games page

2018-07-04: Hello World!

• Games.html created. This website is a place to put games I developed in my spare time for my nephews (and anyone else) to play.