Fixie Tricks
All those kids doing wheelies & skids on fixed-gear bikes need to learn better tricks. Come on, “Quicksilver” was almost 25 years ago!
Flatland Jam Photos
My friend and all-around good guy Rick MacDonald organized a flatland jam in East Bridgewater this weekend. There was a good turnout of riders (more than I expected) and it was great seeing friends I haven’t seen in years, not to mention meet new people. Of course, I took photos of the riding — highlights …
Help Menu Search as Shortcut Button
Great shortcut tip via Daring Fireball for finding menu items on your Mac: use shift+command+/ to get the help menu, then just start typing the name of the menu item you want.
Sitting Will Kill You
So I’m sitting here — sitting! — reading kottke.org and he points to this: Phys Ed: The Men Who Stare at Screens “Men who spent more than 23 hours a week sitting had a 64 percent greater chance of dying from heart disease than those who sat for 11 hours a week or less. What was …
Congrats to Brian & Hilary!
I haven’t posted here in quite a while, so I’m late to publicly wish my brother and new sister-in-law congratulations on their recent marriage. We all had a lot of fun, I was honored to be part of it, and the kids even took part (hey Jeremy, where’s the box with the rings you’re supposed …
Underachieving AT-ATs
A little Star Wars nerdery via I Love Charts: an assortment of underachieving AT-ATs. (Love the Subaru BRAT-AT.) Update: these (and other cartoons) were actually done by Lunchbreath.
Ace is the place…
I just felt the need to give some positive feedback to Raynham Hardware. Our basement, like many people here in our area, took in water. In the past we’ve never even had so much as a puddle, so we didn’t own a water pump to take care of it, and everyone we knew who had …
“Werner Herzog” Reads…
I didn’t know who German filmmaker Werner Herzog was until I recently saw Grizzly Man. (Sidenote: that movie was not what I expected.) Now that I’m familiar with him, I find these readings of children’s books by “Herzog” hilarious: “Werner Herzog Reads Mike Mulligan And His Steam Shovel” “Werner Herzog Reads Curious George”
The First Step
I’m not naive enough to think the passing of the health care bill is the end of all our health care problems, but I do think it’s a step in the right direction. This bit in the Atlantic summarizes my feelings pretty well: Why This Moment Matters There are countless areas in which America does …
Food Issues
Cute joke, but it’s her laugh that really gets me every time.