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Cross another 1000 off #biketowork
As I was biking home, gazing at a nearly complete triple rainbow left in the wake of a passing thunder cloud that was hailing on us minutes before, my odometer crossed 1000 miles. This is the odometer I got in January and put on the gray mountain bike. (The blue mountain bike has about 1500…
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Glucose powered wetware?
Many episodes of Futures in Biotech have discussed the energy produced by cells. This slashdot story not only makes me think that we’re another step closer to personal cybernation but it might also have a sci-fi like role in medical monitoring equipment? In a way #diabetic #coppertop ? All do respect of course. It would…
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Bike Day Trike Race! #bham
Bring your wee trike and a wig! http://www.everybodybike.com/eventDetail.aspx?id=19
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Vendor Relationship Management, VRM…want ads?
After listening to episode 42 of TWiG with Doc Searls, I was thinking about the topic of VRM. I should read more about, because I it sounds quite interesting. Here’s the VRM project blog. However, what I’m wondering is–how is initiating a relationship with a vendor any different than placing a classified “want ad” (craigslist…
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Landslide Video: You’re not in Santa Barabra anymore
This is a fascinating view of how sediments act as a viscous liquid. I’ve seen TV coverage of landslides from the California coast and those little events are brief and occur at seaside, on clifs. I’ve never viewed a video of a major liquefaction(?) if that’s what this is. It doesn’t appear to stop, does…
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Letterboxing
Yesterday we went over to a neighbors house and learned about Lletterboxing–the ancestor of geocaching. Letterboxing started at the beginning of the twentieth century. One places a letterbox, consisting of a stamp, a stampbook, and a hiding place for another to find via a puzzle, riddle clue. Participants carry a stamp pad and thier own…
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Fixed my rear shifter cable on the school playground
This morning before I rolled downtown to the farmers market, I had a hard time adjusting the rear derailer. Closer inspection revealed that my barrel adjuster was turned all the way out and I wasnt going to get any more tension on it. The cable also appeared to be suffering some buildup of grime around…
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