The Spirit of Adventure Is Alive: Way, Way, Way Off-Road Vehicle
This flying car brings a whole new meaning to the “Tread Lightly” ethos. Props to World Hum.
See You in the Funny Papers: When Newspapers Are Gone What Will You Miss ?
I’ll miss the comics. It’s the first section I turn to when I look at the newspaper. The experience of reading comics online just isn’t the same as it is in the newspaper. Seth Godin poses the question When newspapers are gone, what will you miss? Godin’s answer is that he’ll miss “local news, investigative…
You and Your Junk Are One
“I know it sounds strange, but if you start by focusing on the clutter, you will never get organized. Getting truly organized is rarely about ‘the stuff.'” –Peter Walsh, It’s All Too Much Reading these words I had the feeling that Mr. Walsh knew me, knew my struggle, knew my despair. After all, I’ve been…
Big Picture on Dakar Rally
Boston Globe’s Big Picture has some great pics of the Dakar rally. BMW isn’t doing terribly well in the motorcycle division.
Stanza eReader for iPhone: “unable to parse NCX data from zip”
Clutter is what I do best, by the looks of things. This morning I spent some time doing a visualization exercise on my cluttered past and I came to the conclusion that I never got much guidance as a child in how to organize my belongings. OK, that was then. What am I going…
Font Agent Pro 4.0.3 Kills Font Activation in Classic
One of the cool things about Font Agent Pro is that you can manage fonts in BOTH Classic and OS X. That convenience ends with the FAP 4.0.3 update. (Actually we have a couple of users who are cool with 4.0.3. But the update took out five production machines, so I’m calling it a problem.)…
Habitat Works’ 2009 Calendar
I f you like to get outdoors, do some really cool stuff and meet some good people, you can’t go far wrong with Habitat Works. Their ’09 calendar is up.
In a Dress for Success
First came the Utilikilt, a contractor grade miniskirt for men. Next came the ManBra (to keep your Moobs from flouncing). Now it’s MantyHose, stockings for men! Don’t get me wrong–I don’t mind squeezing into a pair of stretchy pants now and then. Couldn’t survive without my Patagonia Capilene thermal underwear when snowshoeing or on a…
New Year, New Theme
Pardon me while I try out some new themes. This is tough business…I’m a writer not a designer. My WordPress theme has to be an extension of my personal brand–which I haven’t clearly defined. A friend once summed up my “brand image” this way–Crazy Man Who Sleeps Outside in the Rain. What I’m looking for…
If You Love Me
You’ll buy me one of these Garmin Zumo 660 thingies.
Talkin’ Out of School
I love being a parent. It’s the homework I can’t stand. If you’re struggling with your kid’s (or own) homework this post on Make Use Of might help: 10+ Web Tools to Save Your Butt in School includes the ultimate Hail Mary homework pass: File Destructor. Here’s the old “dog ate my homework” with a twist…it’s the…
Getting People Done
I’m not a Getting Things Done (GTD) power user. But I’ve got a functionally simple system using Remember The Milk, Evernote, two Macs and an iPhone. What I’m really bad at is maintaining social contacts. As an INTP I’m far more likely to spend my time chasing butterflies, moonbeams and zebras than initiating contacts with…
Cortech Scarab Glove Fail
Shouldn’t you get more than 2000 miles out of a pair of gloves? I like the way Cortech Scarabs fit. They have a wrist strap that virtually locks the gloves onto your hands and they have plenty of armor. Feels like they’d keep your hands together in a nasty get-off. Problem is that the Titanium/Carbon fabric came…
Blistering Pace of Dakar
Christian Califano’s tongue appears to be as dry as shoe leather at the end of the 3rd stage of the Dakar road rally. Via Andrew Sullivan’s Face of the Day. UPDATE: In the “watch your tongue” department…those are bite marks on Califano’s tongue.Â
How to Take A Hill
More from the VCARS dual sport ride on the Carrizo Plain. Here’s Laura showing the correct way to get your dual sport motorcycle up a sandy hill. And here’s me showing what NOT to do when trying to get a BMW R 1200 GS up the same hill. (More throttle would have helped.) And here’s…