Archive for the 'bike' Category
Not exactly breaking news, but I finished my bike. It’s now immortalized in the Great Shrine of the Fixed-Gear Bicycle, FGG (number 10,280). This thing makes getting around the city much, much more fun.
(Link: photo from flickr)
So I’m moving to DC soon, and in preparation I’ve been scoping out DC-oriented blogs. There are certainly plenty out there: the Washington Post of course, and DCist, as well as more Columbia Heights-specific things like Prince of Petworth and New Columbia Heights. But my favorite so far is ReadysetDC, which has a [...]
Freelance science and health journalist and mental_flosser Maggie Koerth-Baker is guest-blogging at boing boing. So far she’s got posts on how to colonize a nation, a proposed expedition to the center of the earth, and Scutigera coleoptrata, the house centipede (including such fun facts as
2) Scutigera Coleoptrata are Efficient: They’re actually capable of eating [...]
New photos up on flickr as promised, including my wheels and a couple shots of the GQ bowlstravaganza.
(Link: On the truing stand on flickr)
Two notable things happened today. The first is that I finally ordered an electric kettle on Amazon, so that very soon I will be able to make truly ridiculous quantities of coffee with my lovely 8-cup french press and burr grinder combo. Since my current water heating solution is a tiny, ancient microwave [...]
He lost his leg because he sacrificed it to save a kid from getting run down by a truck on the cruel, cruel streets of New York City. Was homeless for a while, and then someone gave him a bike. Now he is gainfully employed, and probably the chillest [...]
Well now you know </bill nye voice>
Link: Fixed Gear Gallery
You might be asking yourself, “why does this photo look like it was taken on two different pieces of film taped together?” to which I would respond, because it was. You might also be asking yourself “aero bars? srsly?” to which I would respond, “there is a place for everyone, even aero bars… just [...]
Yeah, I know it’s been a while, but I’m back. I think I’ve finally emerged from the existential black hole of the last couple of months (knock on wood), and despite a couple of start-of-the-semester road bumps in the last week, I’m feeling pretty good about my prospects for my last semester of college.
So I [...]
Since getting my bike I’ve become increasingly interested in figuring out how it works, mostly thanks to the Bloomington Community Bicycle Project, a well-equipped public bike workshop staffed by knowledgeable and friendly volunteers. The moral of the story is that a) bikes aren’t too complicated but b) are complicated enough to be sublimely interesting. [...]
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