Monday, May 28, 2007

Review: Banjo Brothers Handlebar Bag

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Someone on the Rivendell mailing list recommended the Banjo Brothers handlebar bag to me. I found it at Calhoun Cycles for $20, and decided ...
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Sunday, May 27, 2007

Review: 1001 Nights of Snowfall and Other Fables

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After my last review of Bill Willingham's Fables , I found as many back issues as I could and read all of them, including the hardback, ...
Saturday, May 26, 2007

Review: Raising The Bar

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Most business books sound too self-congratulatory, especially if written (well, really, ghost-written) by a company founder. But Clif bar ha...
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Saturday, May 19, 2007

Review: The Ghost Brigades

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I reviewed John Scalzi 's latest novel, The Last Colony a while back and found it intriguing enough to place holds on his other books a...
Friday, May 18, 2007

Review: Fables In Exile, Vol 1-3

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It is rare that there are new ideas in fantasy series, but there it is, Fables In Exile, a series that deals with fairy tales. Everybody kno...
Monday, May 07, 2007

Review: The Last Colony

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I was impressed by how much I liked this book. I started reading on chapter one, and the book just sucked me in and I had to keep going unti...
Tuesday, May 01, 2007

Review: Plan B 2.0

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Apparently, Lester R. Brown is a big shot in the environmental movement, but when he came to Google for a talk I didn't know any better,...
Saturday, April 14, 2007

Review: Campagnolo Carbon Record Brake Levers

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These brake levers came on my Meridian Cascade tandem in 2002. At that time, they were an unspecified upgrade on the bike (I'd specified...
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Review: The No Asshole Rule

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When Robert Sutton came to Google to talk about his book, I thought that most of his points were fairly obvious: assholes are people who bea...

Charity Rides aren't necessarily good for cycling

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I recently rode Big Sur , along the beautiful section of coast left out by the AIDS Lifecycle ride. At first, I thought the AIDS Lifecycle ...
Wednesday, April 11, 2007

Review: Dinotte Taillight

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Dinotte setup a deal for employees of my company, so I took the opportunity to buy one of their tail-lights, since my next-to-last Vista-lit...
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Monday, April 09, 2007

Review: The Wall Street Self-Defense Manual

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For those so young they missed the internet bubble, Henry Blodget was the internet analyst who achieved instant fame in 1998 when he predic...
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Sunday, April 08, 2007

Big Sur Trip

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Big Sur Trip I was getting stale, doing the same old pigeon point loop every time I wanted a shakedown cruise. Well, this year, I opted for...
Wednesday, April 04, 2007

Co-Motion provides new details

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After yesterday's post, I got a public statement out of Co-Motion: This date range is not correct. Piaw Na's frame, which he purcha...
Tuesday, April 03, 2007

How not to manage product defects

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5 years ago, I owned a Co-Motion SkyCapp . It was my first tandem, and amongst other things it taught me what I liked or did not like about ...
Monday, March 26, 2007

Marathon Pictures!

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Finally I got my pictures from the folks who took them...it wasn't cheap, about 50 bucks, but I figured its worth it since I don't k...
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Sunday, March 25, 2007

Review: Shen Wei Dance Arts

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Last night, I saw one of the most impressive dance performances in my relatively short dance experience. The Shen Wei Dance Arts was up at ...
Tuesday, March 13, 2007

An explanation of the mortgage alphabet soup

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Calculated Risk is one of the best bloggers around on the housing bubble and its effect on the economy. His posts are incisive, and he also...
Friday, March 09, 2007

The high prices of plane tickets...

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This year seems to be exceedingly expensive for plane travel. 3 years ago when I bought plane tickets for Zurich, I found tickets for $650 e...
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Wednesday, March 07, 2007

Review: Rising Stars

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This is a review of J. M. Straczynski's series, Rising Stars. It's published in 3 parts: Rising Stars , Power (Rising Stars, Book ...