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Saturday, May 12th, 2007
In which I destroy my credibility as a movie critic
Music and Lyrics is the worst dumb romantic comedy I have ever really really liked. It distinguishes itself by not introducing the Intractable Relationship Problem until late in the second act, long after a rather entertaining series of sequences between the romantic leads. Also, the creators of this movie got the tropes of 80s music […]
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Wednesday, May 9th, 2007
"Dear Mr. Dork…"
Best. Autographed baseball. Ever.
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Wednesday, May 9th, 2007
It made me laugh.
Random Reviewer reviews automatic light switches in Public Restrooms. As bad as you think. Maybe worse. A wonderful misuse of technology.
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Wednesday, May 9th, 2007
The black bike
More pictures on flickr, of course. Take one Nashbar “X” frame, add their fork, and then go to town on black parts. Thus the black bike, my purest cyclocross bicycle yet. I was able to recycle a fair number of parts besides the frame and fork, and Dave helped me with the rest, mostly issues […]
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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 […]