Archive for April, 2007
Thursday, April 26th, 2007
When I’m right, I’m right
I was digging through the archives of my own site for something else, when I came across this bit of fluff from three years ago: When wondering whether Bill Murray or Sean Penn should have won Best Actor this year, I point out one thing I feel pretty confident about: in five years, Lost In […]
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Tuesday, April 24th, 2007
What is Ryan doing?
Hm. Look at this: And what is that: That thing sure is black, whatever it is.
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Sunday, April 22nd, 2007
When packaging attacks
So I’m opening a new box of Glad® Cling Wrap and taking note of its interesting and comprehensive features as I do. The pull-away cardboard closure to initially open the box seems remarkably good as these things go. It comes away in one easy pull. I note with satisfaction the Stick Spot™ where the free […]
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Thursday, April 12th, 2007
I am inordinately proud of my role in this project
A teeny tiny cyclocross bike. My own, rather larger cyclocross bike will now need building. Aside from the process of finding a suitable rigid fork for the front of the bike (canti posts plus the right size of steer tube), converting this 20″ wheeled “mountain bike” to a road machine was not that hard. I […]
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Thursday, April 5th, 2007
More on Tandems
So, as we established about a month ago, I’ll buy anything. But after a month, I finally understand what it is I’ve bought! Thanks to a bit of research, a kindly James Thomson stepped forward and pointed me at this page, proving my tandem isn’t unique. But note the single-sided drivetrain (chains only on one […]
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Wednesday, April 4th, 2007
I hardly ever talk about my job
Because I don’t want to tell tales out of school, of the “co-worker X is such a jerk” variety, or whatnot. But this anecdote shall be told because the only person who looks like a jerk is me, and virtually all my co-workers heard it firsthand. At a meeting today, while discussing the relative merits […]