I would be remiss if I didn’t give mention to this other great site for routing and searching for bicyclists: Check it out. It’s a similar service to Bikely, but a little slicker site, and it seems more heavily used. Thanks to Nils Talbot for suggesting this site to me…
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VentureOne, great idea…for a few people
There’s great design, and there’s good design.
Carver Engineering has developed technology for vehicles that will enable 100mpg with 100+mph, and a +350mile range…Sounds fantastic! (more…)
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Designers of the World Unite
Guess what folks the future is here and now. Not because someone has created a great new product, but because the future is being forced upon us at an alarming rate. We as designers have a monumental task laid before us. It is up to all of us to set the pace to innovate and radically change the world around us. (more…)
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Blog Spam
What is it with all the companies thinking that spamming blogs will get them traffic. Yeah, I’m an idiot and will host your comment with a link to your pharmaceutical, stock market gimmick or pyramid scheme because I don’t moderate my comments at all…
Have they not heard of the almighty delete key!
I just turned on Akismet, let’s see how that does.
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Consumers and Global Warming
The big push lately has been on reducing your carbon footprint, or being environmentally conscious. Hollywood superstars are zipping around in Toyota Prius, and former Vice Presidents are making movies about how the sky is falling. Don’t get me wrong, I’m all for low impact living, heck I’m an Eagle Scout with years of experience backpacking and leaving no trace of my passing through the woods. But here’s where I think the reality deviates from the fantasy of Earth friendly. Consumerism, waste, and excess. (more…)
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Is Print Dead?
I just finished watching a webcast discussing the evolution of printing in the digital age. The discussion really centered around the fact that people seem to be printing less in the age of Web 2.0. People read blogs, watch videos, communicate with each other, check prices, and order products online.
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Bikely.com
I just found this fantastic mash up site for cyclists called Bikely.com. You can map routes and share them with other riders.
This is a map of the route I ride to work.
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Push start a motorcycle
It’s funny how life presents you with obstacles that force you to overcome them. Here’s the curve ball thrown at me a few weeks ago. Through some engineering genious Suzuki decided to put one moe detent on the ignition switch on the SV650s, a park setting. Why whould you ever want to park your bike with the fork locked, and the parking lights on. Everyone knows that modern sportbikes have the absolute minimum sized battery to help trim weight off, leaving a battery with just enough juice to start the bike a few times from a cold engine. So as you might have guessed I accidently went into work with the bike in park mode, leaving my lights on all day. The work day ends, I go out…CRAP! I can see the dim glow of my tailights as I walk towards my SV. (more…)
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Why Vista Sucks
I could begin by sighting dozens of quotes from forums, but that would be too easy, and possibly miss the point. Instead I propose that the problem with Vista has less to do with the installation nightmares, lack of drivers, constant annoyances posing as security, and ridiculous hardware requirements just to run the base OS.
The problem with Vista is simple, why bother? (more…)
