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Tuesday, July 20th, 2010
Forty one years ago today, Neil Armstrong (no relationship to Lance Armstrong) and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin of the Apollo 11 mission landed on the moon. The above photo shows Buzz Aldrin. Neil Armstrong can be seen in the reflection on the face mask of the helmet. Astronaut Michael Collins, the third member of the crew, […]
The $1 Pregnancy Test
Tuesday, June 29th, 2010This post has nothing to do with cycling except that I made this discovery while cycling. This past weekend during a ride in extremely hot weather, we needed to stop for water. We passed a remote shopping center and the only store that was open was a dollar store. Many of these stores have recently added […]
Out Of Control - The Dow Jones and Toyota Prius
Friday, May 7th, 2010The Dow Jones dropped 1000 points during trading on Thursday before recovering most of the loss. It was the largest intra-day drop ever. Robert Riech on his blog speculated on the reasons for the drop including pointing to the computers that automate trades. He wrote that “Giant high-speed computers generate millions of trades based on […]
Psst - Do You Wanna Buy A Sprocket?
Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010
I saw this guy walking around at the North American Handmade Bicycle Show in Richmond this weekend. He had a bunch of old bicycle components taped on a backpack with a for sale sign.
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20,000 Miles And Counting
Wednesday, September 16th, 2009I reached an important cycling milestone this weekend. I have bicycled 20,000 miles in my lifetime. Although I bicycled as a child, these are miles that I have bicycled as an adult. I took up cycling several years after I graduated college and within 2 years, I began to ride at least 1000 miles per […]
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