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Folks who follow this blog know that the look has changed over the past week.
Part of the reason why this happened is because I wanted to change things up. I upgraded to WordPress 2.5 - no probs there. And I looked for a different theme to mark the change.
So I looked [...]

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As I get ready to post a review of a cool, bike-oriented gadget, I point to this wonderful, does-it-all computer for the bike: the Cerevellum Bike Computer.
Sure, it costs as much as a laptop, but it has features: the usual speed, distance and time, as well as a GPS, elevation gain/loss, wattage produced, and rear-view [...]

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It’s cool to see tech that was developed when you were first in college enter into the world of bicycle design. Too cool.
(Hat tip to Adam.)
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Some things that have crossed my mind today:

WAMU’s decision to relegate their bluegrass programming to the HD range is flat-out stupid. The powers-that-be at WAMU continue to prove that they know how to implode a local radio station, creating more of the same (political talk radio and over-syndicated NPR content) rather than provide a [...]

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The latest part arrived for the new bike today: a Campagnolo Centaur rear derailleur, 2007 model.
Dig the carbon fiber outer plate - high bling factor there, plus a (somewhat trivial) weight saving over an all-metal unit.
And it should match well with the other parts in the works - especially the carbon fiber Chorus brake/shift levers.
If [...]

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As of tonight, I’m no longer on the executive board of DC for Democracy.
The elections came and went. There was only one contested race - for chair - and the vote went in a predictable direction. Many of those who felt left out of the organization after the big schism surrounding the 2005 [...]

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