Category: commuting
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biking + bottom line
Nice little post describes benefits his company receives from encouraging bike commuting. Love the idea of no-interest bike loan. http://www.startribune.com/opinion/otherviews/123276188.html
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Skype protocol cracked?
Saw this @torrentfreak tweet via @doctrow: http://torrentfreak.com/skype-reverse-engineered-and-dumped-on-pirate-bay-110603/
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Happy Bike to Work and School Day!
Grab your bike and don your lid for this mornings sunny ride! I’ll be volunteering at the Meridian Haggen activity station with Earls Bike Shop. I gotta get rollin!
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netbook adventure begins
I just invested in a used Acer Aspire One D250 (not the crashy one) and have just installed Lubuntu using unetbootin. The biggest surprise is how little effort and how few surprises there were.
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Viaduct Earthquake Simulation (The SunBreak)
Op-Ed: Shut Down the Viaduct Now | The SunBreak. I had thought that transforming the Viaduct into a city park would have been a good idea, but this reminds me of the destruction from the Loma Prieta earthquake.
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Bike Lanes on Northwest (Bellingham)
This was forwarded from Dan who organized the recent meeting at city hall: Good day, here’s a little update on what’s happening around getting bike lanes on Northwest Ave., Elm St. and Dupont St. and three simple things you can do to help make it happen. The short version of how you can help: Send…
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Women’s Domestic Freedom…from Cars
This article by Elly Blue describes a confused world full of sexism, angry drivers and confused cyclists. I often forget about the strong sports and athletic emphasis in the cycling world–mostly because I don’t really pay attention to the sports side of it. Women are still touted as sex objects in the cycling world. Sports seems to cloud…
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800 Million parking spaces have an environmental impact (ABC News)
Everyone takes parking spaces for granted. What if they were used for something…green? Productive? More shops with MUP trails to them? Article discusses interesting concept about impact of how many parking spaces per car there are. No Such Thing As Free Parking – ABC News.
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