Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Comments Vampirism and the Segregation of Communities

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The last few days have been interesting experiments in the nature of social networking and social networking sites. I mostly write my mid-le...
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Review: Sex Sleep Eat Drink Dream - A Day in the Life of Your Body

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Sex Sleep Eat Drink Dream is Jennifer Ackerman's science book about your body over a 24 hour period. Amongst the many topics, it discus...
Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Hubs

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Recently, Pardo and I found a click-click-click noise in my 3.5 year Shimano DuraAce 7700 freehub . While it was well past the warranty peri...
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More Right Wing Stupidity

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Ben Stein suggests that providing healthcare is the province of charity and the states : I am bound to say I feel queasy even writing this, ...
Sunday, July 26, 2009

Review: ProBar High Performance Nutrition Bar

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Cynthia Wong recommended this bar to me, despite it being extremely expensive. Since she's almost as much of a cheap-skate as I am, I ...
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Politics

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I once dated a lady who told me that politics is for young people. "Older people," she said, "have no time for it." Yet ...
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Review: The Language of Power

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The Language of Power is the latest in Rosemary Kirstein's imaginary future Earth. As with the previous books, it advances the overall ...

Review: After the Software Wars

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After the Software Wars is Keith Curtis' book (with free download) about the future of software. In this case, you pretty much get what...
Friday, July 17, 2009

Review: Virtuality

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Virtuality was Ron Moore's post-Battlestar pilot. It provides an interesting view of space travel, and characteristically enough, uses ...
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Thursday, July 16, 2009

Review: The Lost Steersman

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The Lost Steersman is Rosemary Kirstein's third book about her fantasy universe which is really set far in the future, after an unknown...
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Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Doubts about Asset Allocation

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There's definitely been a recent bunch of articles about the so-called failure of asset allocation . I'm amused and horrified at the...
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Sunday, July 12, 2009

Bicycle Wheels: Loctite or Not

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One topic not covered by our lectures on the bicycle wheel is the loctite issue. Many wheelbuilders swear by loc-tite or spoke-prep when bu...

Review: Pushing Ice

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Pushing Ice is Alastair Reynold's novel of alien contact. Janus, the moon of Saturn, turns out to be an alien artifact that starts acce...
Monday, July 06, 2009

Paris 1998

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Paris 1998 This was a tough trip. First, my boss cut down my vacation from 3 weeks to 1, so I had to put off the cycling part till the fall...
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Crater Lake National Park and the Northern California Coast

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Crater Lake National Park and the Northern California Coast In the summer of 1999, my parents and I took a short trip to visit Crater Lake N...

Paragliding off Big Sur: A Photo Essay

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Paragliding in Big Sur Christmas 1999, my family and I decided to visit Big Sur. While driving and walking around, we saw a para-glider enjo...
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Sailing in the San Juans

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San Juan Sailing During the summer of 1998, Scarlet , Larry Hosken , Lea Widdice and I set off from Anacortes aboard the sailing vessel The...
Sunday, July 05, 2009

Cycling is not good for your bones

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It appears that there's been a spate of research showing that cycling is not good for your bones . When someone posted this to a cycling...
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Coast to Coast Pictures (Consolidated)

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Coast to Coast Consolidated After all these years of traveling, hiking and backpacking, I still think that the best long distance wal...
Saturday, July 04, 2009

Why the Buying Frenzy?

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After years of being bugged by my allergist to move some place with a hardwood floor, and outgrowing our small apartment, I've finally b...
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