Archive for March, 2008
sr d writes: even though you are in a bit of a economic slump, you have continued to focus on buying a house, SOON. why is that? does owning your own home have some special significance? do you think that it is the best thing to protect your personal economy? thank you for your answer. [...]
Every so often, I’m going to post “Circling Back” entries where I revisit things I previously posted about. This is the first in those entries, revisiting things both “cycling” and “writing”… Earlier, I posted about Stephen King’s On Writing, which is a great piece. Over at Write to Done, they’ve got a great piece about [...]
I’m stealing an idea from John Scalzi, one of my favorite writers/bloggers out there. That idea is the “user dictated writing”… You, my (few) readers, get to spew forth ideas for me to write about. Seriously, it doesn’t have to be about writing, and it doesn’t have to be about cycling. Anything. Any topic. Challenge [...]
From the Onion, America’s only reliable news source, comes a report on an increase in violence that seems to track with the increasing popularity of Nintendo’s Wii. From the article: …a report to be released by PAW later this month indicates an alarming correlation between Wii’s growing popularity and a shocking 200-percent increase in wuss-on-wuss [...]
So for a long time, I’ve wanted to start building bicycle frames. It’s not just an issue of wanting to make cool bike frames (though that’s a part of it), but I’ve had this weird urge for years to make art bikes. But beyond that basic urge, I never really had any strong, overwhelming ideas. [...]
…is that they are often the funniest. And of course, it goes without saying that white people who ride bikes like to talk about how they are saving the earth. If you know a person who rides to work, you should take them aside and say “Hey, thanks. Sincerely, The Earth.” Then give a thumbs [...]
Bicycle parking in Davis, CA. Photo from askpang. Licensed under the Creative Commons. Chicago recently passed laws to institute fines against motorists who cause accidents with bicycles. As a cyclist, I think that this is a great thing. I’m fortunate to live in a city (Minneapolis) where we take cycling seriously — as both recreation [...]
So I’ve got a name for my novel: The Unforgettable Fire. I’m a big fan of U2, and you may even see some of that reflected in the novel. I’ve also spent part of the weekend plodding along with the character bios. I’m wary of making my main protagonist and antagonist too similar. So I’m [...]
One of the things I love about WordPress is that it’s relatively easy to upgrade. Download file. Unzip file. Upload resultant files to server while not touching the wp-content folder. Last night, I also embedded the Last.FM thing in the sidebar, and finally sat down and did a 404 page that blends quantum physics and [...]
