Some days you can’t get a break, and then you do… I seem to be on a run of bad luck that won’t quit. I’ve finally gotten all the right gear, the right craft, and enough skill to surf big fall storm waves. But now I just can’t seem to get some good luck. I …
Monthly Archive: October 2007
Oct
28
Oct
22
Ubeercross Epic Cyclocross Ride
Cyclocross began in Europe as an informal hammer-fest among riders looking to do some off season training. The lads/lasses would gather at the local pub, have a pint and then hop on their bicycles to ride to the next village. To make it interesting, they would trespass onto farmer’s fields by hopping gates and fences, …
Oct
16
The Star Wars Help Desk
Sometimes everyone needs a little technical assistance from Storm Trooper tk1801.
Oct
12
Surfing Sucks, well Suction…
Surfing hydraulics are indeed the stuff of legends. Once the waves start to top out at 8 feet or so they can do some pretty impressive things. When the waves spill the forces within are quite strong. This is an understatement of Olympian proportions. The forecast was for 8-10 foot waves with wind at 30 …
Oct
10
Spook Country Review, second watered tea
Out of all of William Gibson’s Novels, “Spook Country”:http://www.amazon.com/Spook-Country-William-Gibson/dp/0399154302/ref=pd_sim_b_shvl_title_1/102-4362146-7999342 is the least evocative. A lot of Gibson’s now all too common critics read and loved Neuromancer for its impenetrable descriptions of the ephemeral and then unknowable internet, (or cyberspace), the vague chic of apathetic criminal characters, and the all too potent tincture of drugs, sex, …
Oct
09
Ubeercross Ride
ÃœbeerCross Ride This ride organized by Jason Roon and Gene (forgot his last name) should be an epic trail ride for beer. I’m thinking t-shirts should be made! Only inherent danger is missing the Bright Eyes and Andrew Bird Show at the State theater that night. Details in PDF or below. Saturday, October 20, 2007 …
Oct
09
Runner’s Isolation
There is no garland of ivy leaves for the average runner. Each mile is its own reward. If you make it to 26.2 someone *might* tell you “great job”. But you must want to make it the distance on your own. No one can do it for you. You might have training partners, you might …
Oct
03
Usability vs Creativity
Ok, my work life has been interfering with my enjoyment of web sites for some time. I may have to step onto the pulpit here to proclaim the importance of usability on the web. My daily work consists of working on corporate consumer sites, designing usable interfaces for the web. In this work I look …
Oct
03
Dirty Pleasures
For many years, despite my more haute couture tendencies, I have secretly harbored a dirty and sinful pleasure in reading trashy fantasy novels. It began when I was about eleven, and like smoking for some; I have never been able to give it up. I buy these books clandestinely, telling no one. Then I consume …
