clock … watching time, the only true currency

Thanks to a recommendation from my friends at CNET Networks, I found out about BikeParking.com. Great selection of bicycle racks for offices, garages and other commercial spaces. No online ordering, and the price sheet is on a PDF, but clear pictures, descriptions, and suggestions for different situations. I’m grateful that Minor Ventures is making an [...]

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In past years, I’ve watched several days of the Tour de France in the early morning, or catching the repeat on OLN (now Versus) in the evenings. Some of my fonder moments a few years ago were getting up early with the boy and teaching him who Lance Armstrong was, as we ate breakfast in [...]

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Clearing out the inbox of various links, as part of a Saturday night cleanup. No promised connection beyond the simple fact these caught my eye and were “worth” more than a del.icio.us link. British history timeline, via Infosthetics. There are so many things I want to improve about this blog. First and foremost would be [...]

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Fifty minutes on the stationary bicycle, going up and down hills while going nowhere at all. But at least I finished The Atlantic and The Week. Lazy, lazy Saturday otherwise.

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One gentle hour on the stationery bike on a sunny, cold day in San Francisco, heart rate around 130, reading The Atlantic, and then 30 minutes of weights. I need to get a bit more running in, overall, but felt productive all the same.

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Magnetic Yellow Card is a semi-polite way to make the point that the road is for sharing. Still, despite the non-invasive, non-marking nature of this method of spreading the gospel of good manners, I’m quite sure that attaching these magnets to offending vehicles will not improve relations between drivers and bicyclists. Politeness only dulls the [...]

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The weather was perfect, and the race — especially after the swim — went well. Official time of 2:52:45, so faster than I hoped, putting me in 181st place among the 1,129 amateurs. 2009 update: the Accenture links are broken, sadly. Accenture was the title sponsor of Escape from Alcatraz for 2005. As a result, [...]

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