Archive for August, 2005
Wednesday, August 31st, 2005
Looking through the archives
I was testing out some template changes to The World’s Only Cybermorphic Weblog (new archive menu! Flickr photos!) when I found an old post that could use some follow-up. Here’s the updates: The Park Tool levers eventually bent as well, and though I still use them, I just bought some replacement levers, this time Zefals. […]
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Wednesday, August 31st, 2005
One Week
Sorry about the lack of blogging. I think my recent pictures adequately describe my week. Note that the Date and Time stamps on those photos are accurate.
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Wednesday, August 24th, 2005
The Auto-Mini and the Sachs Torpedo Duomatic
Having reassembled the Auto-Mini as a project for keith, I took it for a test ride today and was reminded of my one complaint about the machine: it managed to feel simultaneously overgeared and undergeared at various times. I assumed this was the miracle of being a heavy, clunky folding bike. But today, I was […]
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Tuesday, August 23rd, 2005
Updates and such
A pretty good week. My godfather, who I have not seen for about 16 years, came out for a visit, and we had a lot of fun catching up. His youngest son came, too. We spent the weekend doing the usual crazy stuff: aquarium, La Casa Gelato, night market (their first exposure to the weirdness […]
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Thursday, August 18th, 2005
This should be sick
My food and exercise journal. Let’s see how long I keep this up. It helps that I’m starting this public insanity when I’ve never been more fit. Friday is treat day, so watch those for the really wacky food consumption patterns.
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Thursday, August 18th, 2005
Powerpoint Can Kill You
Not recommended for mission-critical presentations. And people ask me why I always seem to be grumpy about Powerpoint.
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Wednesday, August 17th, 2005
Hoopty Rides
Okay, I am a darned fine blogger. Easily in the top ten, I know. But the best blog in the world? The very best? More weird than Eric? More eclectic than Colby? Funnier car obsessions than Coop? More timewasting than Gord? No contest. Mr. Jalopy’s Hoopty Rides. I am in perfect concord with his aesthetic. […]
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Tuesday, August 16th, 2005
Reducing friction
I sometimes find that very small obstacles to task completion still stop me from task completion. I call the process of getting rid of these obstacles “friction reduction.” Remember – overthinking is the enemy of blogging. Don’t think. Blog. Oh dear.
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Monday, August 15th, 2005
Fathers and Hobbies: a Flollow-up
Gord says the secret ingredient missing from this post was flow. He’s right. Flow is your friend. I’ll be reading Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi’s book shortly (the library where I work has it).
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Monday, August 15th, 2005
All about my Father
About a week ago, I had a neat phone conversation with my father. There was the usual detail-oriented banter (advice on replacing a car battery, mostly), and we drifted into a conversation about his teenage passion, control-line model airplanes. What followed (with diversions into some amusing stories of a recent old-timers flying meet) was one […]