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Monday, January 23rd, 2006
Quotations from Chairman Steve
It occurred to me as I typed that title that there are two chairmans Steve, and in fact the one I wasn’t thinking of has more claim to that title, and he’s in the news right now too. The one I was thinking of was the one who is on the brink of getting a […]
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Sunday, January 22nd, 2006
Filler
Why am I so fascinated by enplaned, a gossipy blog of the airline industry? Why has digg taken over from Slashdot as my nerdfeed of choice? Why did I feel so beat up on the club ride yesterday? Why did the lower hinge bolts break on the Beetle’s driver-side door? That just doesn’t happen. Why […]
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Wednesday, January 18th, 2006
Maude is my Favourite
Macleans has assembled a pile of bloggers for their election coverage, including favourites of mine like Colby Cosh and Liberal bete noire Warren Kinsella. Of five bloggers, I count three who line up as decidedly right-of-centre, and two centrists. All are competent, but the real fun is in watching Maude Barlow, designated lefty, just utterly […]
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Friday, January 13th, 2006
Bruce Sterling on China. Andrew rightly smacked me around a bit in the comments the last time I posted on China, so it’s gratifying to see Bruce concerned about corruption in China, too. Here’s the sixty-four dollar question: is corruption in China worse than in Singapore? I understand that Singapore is crony-ridden but not bribe-crazy, […]
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Friday, January 13th, 2006
The Bad Thing
Good gravy. The door hinge on The Good Thing broke. The bolts on the lower hinge sheared off. That doesn’t normally happen to normal cars. So add that to the “bad” list.
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Sunday, January 8th, 2006
Motobecane 2.0 Beta
The annotated Cane Originally uploaded by rcousine. As promised, the Motobecane 2.0 (beta) is rolling, and now I have pictures of the build. I did some pretty fun things in building this bike up, including cutting the head tube, respacing and aligning the rear end, an unethical experiment with a Suntour front derailer and STI […]
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Saturday, January 7th, 2006
Metrobloggery
In a move that makes me seriously question their standards and judgment, the proprietors of Metroblogging Vancouver have invited me to post there. So I shall. The effect on Wired Cola, the World’s Only Cybermorphic™ Weblog, should be that this becomes every more a collection of things that are stupid, personal, international, bicyclic, or some […]
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Saturday, December 31st, 2005
Legal Rights of Photographers
I hardly ever do a straight-up link, but this post on the Legal Rights of Photographers includes a PDF that concisely and precisely explains the (presumably American) law on taking candid pictures. One thing I’ll have to do now is figure out if there are any significant divergences from what Mr. Kantor posted in Canadian […]
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Friday, December 30th, 2005
Ryan Like Fire!
Yes, It’s true. fire! I’ve had a ridiculous, long-simmering dream of building a turbine-powered small car, probably based on a space-frame surrounded by Mini body panels. If you look at the notorious MTT motorcycle you can see that the engine is just a bit too big for a reasonable wheelbase, but would fit in a […]
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Friday, December 30th, 2005
Photographic Filler
Lacking anything especially special to say, recent pictures will have to do. Silhouette Originally uploaded by rcousine. Since the days are long right now, I also seem to be taking a lot of pictures in the dark. And since it’s Christmas, and I like cute things, here’s a cute Christmasy thing, taken in the dark: