I had a rant about how bad womens clothing sizing has gotten - but instead of sounding catty about small yet too-big, ill-fitting clothes, I'll quote Tim Gunn:

Petite women are very challenged by limited apparel offerings in their size, an issue that is exacerbated by the lying, deceptive shell-game of vanity sizing. With today’s “0” being the ( Read more... )

Just got back from the library where I checked out a couple books on sewing and vegan cooking.

I feel like such a stereotypical metro-d.i.y. twenty-something.

So I go to the Whole Foods next door to pick up a few simple things... only to find the store's been turned upside down in a re-model. So I walked in circles for awhile, squinted at high shelves, and finally found what I needed. Maybe I also found a seasonal IPA to ease my frustration. Anyway, there's a calendar at the front of the store with ( Read more... )

Electronic Dura-Ace.

Let's hack this up. Srsly!

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So for the rest of this month, I'll be working/sleeping/biking and very very little of anything else. I guess I'll squeeze eating in there. I'm kind of nervous because this week is supposed to be more hours on the road bike than I've ever done before - and it only ramps up for the following two (24+ hours over 6 or 7 days ( Read more... )

So there's this book that I've wanted since it came out back in 1995 and never actually went to get it. Now copies are selling for $175 and up online, holy crap!

PGP: Source Code and Internals by Philip R. Zimmerman

I was using Wikipedia to look up terms of a "historical" nature with regards to the Internet and stumbled upon an entry for RAINMAN which used to be AOL's proprietary content publishing language. Back before everything was web based, this is how all static content was maintained, through a odd series of libraries, resources, id's, and lots of ( Read more... )

First cross race of the season. First time on a cross bike (borrowed & about 2 sizes too big too boot). Almost wiped out a couple of times, had trouble re-mounting over obstacles, felt like my head was going to explode, but kept going ( Read more... )

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