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I completed the 25.5 mile loop in 1 hour 37 minutes 27 seconds, with an average speed of 15.5 mph and a top speed of 41 mph.
I forgot how great going that fast can feel. One may think that at 41 mph the bike would get all squirrelly underneath you, but for some […]

I just drove a nice little 25 mile loop which I will ride after work today. It starts right at Crystal Springs down Skyline Blvd and then on Canada Rd all the way into Woodside. Then up a small little loop into Woodside and back again.
I’ll let you know how if I endure […]

This past Sunday I ventured over to Berkeley to take in a bike ride with a good friend of mine. Ben exclaimed it would be a relatively easy 25 mile loop. Well it may have been for him, but I hit the wall around the 22nd mile and was unable to climb the […]

I just got this message from John. It went out to a list of, ohh 70 people or so. Too funny!

Radiohead - My hero Chad West
Special People,
This past Sunday morning at 10:00am I was on my computer along with my roommates and other friends pressing refresh every 2 seconds on ticketmaster’s website, trying […]

Well I woke up this morning around 4am and couldn’t sleep. So what do I do? Get on my computer and start messing around with my linux configuration.
Around 6am I got a message from W.A.S.T.E, which is sort of a portal for all things Radiohead. The message stated that my […]

It’s bad either way you look at it!
Here are some questions I have been asking myself over and over again in the past couple of weeks:

Why do so many engineers refuse to write up bug reports?
How can an engineer develop software with out actually understanding the system?
How can someone be okay with a […]

I just got back from a killer show at Slims. If you are lucky enough to have Brokeback come though your town, you need to go! This group is headed by Douglas McCombs, who’s also the bassist for Tortoise and Pullman. This is typical for bands on the Thrill Jockey label, each […]

Just for kicks I tried to comment on an entry within my blog today and found out this feature has never worked… NICE!
Well after searching though MovableType’s Support Forum I found the problem was due to the implementation of scgiwrap. This didn’t take long to fix. But, I began to wondered what […]

Sweet! I just put in some new juice and everything’s cool. The motor drive is pretty fun, sort of makes you feel like you are on location for the Sports Illustrated “Swimsuit Edition” photo shoot!
“Yeah baby, that’s it. Give me a nice look!”
Anyway… I’m looking forward to shooting a roll […]

After playing around with the camera for a while, I still can’t seem to get the light meter to register. I decided it was time to read through the manual to make sure it wasn’t something I was doing. Well it’s not! I took out the batteries from my EM and it […]