Ride log: Ingenious contraption
October 4, 2009 — Today I went for the best ride I've had all season. It wasn't a long ride, only about an hour. What made it such a great ride was two things: I met someone...
The red tile
A colleague of mine recently returned from a long weekend holiday to Arizona. In their travels, she and her lover toured the winter home of Frank Lloyd Wright. I'm not an architecture nerd, so my knowledge of FLW is incomplete at best. I know very little about his actual work, other than how my my mother — who actually is an architecture nerd — will never forgive him for the popularity of the split level ranch house and how it has "single-handedly ruined the neighborhood curb appeal of most of America." In describing his Arizona winter home...
Under the weather
I've had an uncommon cold for the better part of a week now. Fever, aches and olympic levels of snot. It's been a little over two years since I've been this ill. This cold is passing, but two years...
Ride log: The start of autumn / new tires
September 26th, 2009 — I love autumn in Minnesota. I started riding scooters in November two years ago and this time of year re-energizes my love for riding. Perfectly on cue, the...
Los Vesparados photography featured
Special thanks to the folks over at Los Vesparados for featuring my Flickr set of their site.
NS Recommends: Jonathan Coulton
It's been a while since I did a recommendation. Not because I'm lacking in fabulous things that I'd like the world to embrace, but because I've been otherwise busy. However, about a month ago I was...
Technical difficulties
For the past few days I've been having a horde of trouble with my hosting company. They haven't been able to keep their database servers running and that's greatly effected this website. At...
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NPR to feature my tweets [UPDATED]
If I can get in, I'm going to attend the President's healthcare reform pep rally tomorrow at the Target Center in downtown Minneapolis. Minnesota Public Radio, our fantastic, local National Public...
The torture tunnel
Let me begin by saying that I'm fine. The only reason I got an MRI was to rule out things my doctor was already pretty sure I didn't have. My results came back completely clear. Aside from endlessly...
Ride Log: Then the dipstick fell off
August 23, 2009 — So this morning I had only one thing on my agenda: attend the Wheels of Italy car and bike show over at Lake Calhoun. This seemed a simple enough photo mission and...
Ride log: Tiny planes
August 22, 2009 — When I was a teenager, my dad and I did a lot radio controlled airplane building and flying. I haven't flown in a few years, but I recently discovered some of the...