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For the past few months, I’ve been keeping an eye out for a new commuter bicycle / winter training bike. As much as I dislike riding my bike in the crappy Seattle winter weather, I hate being fat and out of shape even more. And …
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Last night I attended the the Twitter Developers “Tea Time” conference in Seattle. It’s a forum for the Twitter platform team to engage with their developer community, and showcases some of the most interesting examples of new businesses being built on Twitter data. I had …
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I’m on the lookout for a new bicycle. The mission: find what bicycle racers in the Pacific Northwest call a “rain bike” – something to ride during the eternal gloomy wet months, a bike intentionally sacrificed to the rain gods. And I do mean sacrifice. …
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On my drive home from work Friday night, I realized I had finally reached a point of personal technology nirvana I had been chasing for over 10 years. I finally had in my possession a single gadget that addressed the vast majority of my …
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Most of the time when I travel, it’s for work – with little time for personal activities. Vacation travel happens also, I love leaving work behind and taking trips with my family. But every once in awhile I get the opportunity to go on a …
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This weekend was my first bicycle race of the 2011 season. As opposed to previous years, this time I’m skipping most of the earlier WSBA races – I’m planning to be on form later in the year, so I can fully enjoy racing in …
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Do you remember the first truly scary movie you ever saw? I sure do… For me, it was “The Shining” starring Jack Nicholson. 1980. I was 12 years old when it came out. I had never been allowed to go to a horror movie before …
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Lately I’ve been trying to get in a bit more riding on my vacations, or at least, to the extent I can do it without making things less enjoyable for others on the trip (like my family). One of our frequent escapes from the Seattle …