The world's response to the Dark Ages, during which even the most basic information was withheld from the masses, was the Information Age, during which forced knowledge of even the most intimate details of community members was compulsory, inescapable. The world's response to the Information Age was the Age of Willful Ignorance, an attempt to ( Read more... )

I put a stem extension on my bicycle to see if that made riding it more tolerable, and it did! I rode it down to the store in the rain, and it was so comfortable that I was able to get to that point where you kinda' forget about the bicycle and take in everything around you...which is much safer. Before the extension I had to constantly change ( Read more... )

If this had a rack on the back for groceries, this would be one of my dream bikes. I'd definitely choose a cheaper, more "classic" looking Dahon.

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My dream is to ride in traffic with this kind of confidence. I'd like to take my folding bike on Mega Bus up to NYC for the day and pedal around.

Today I rode the Riverside Bike Trail from the Topside to the REI at the Southside Works, and I got to try out this sweet Dahon:


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I tried to take my bike out today for two missions: 1.) Mail something for Rach at the Post Office and 2.) Take in the fall scenery on the Riverside Trail System. It turns out the Post Office is closed for Columbus Day (the inventor of Columbus, Ohio) and the Riverside Trail was closed for unknown reasons (actually, I think it was just a part of ( Read more... )

I just deleted an e-mail informing me that my car was responsible for several V and T infractions in New York, and that I needed to send $75 to a weird P.O. Box to make it right. It was the first good piece of Spam that I've had in a long time. Nowadays my inboxes are so cluttered with unreadable/nonsensical letters selling sex pills that to ( Read more... )

I took my bike out for the first time in a month or so, and it was REALLY fun, but it's kind of alarming how much stamina you can lose in such a short time. Hopefully I'll be out and about more from October through November. Not too hot, not too cold, and really, really pretty. Even in the city. What I'd really like to do, though, is drive out to ( Read more... )

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It only took twenty-some of my twenty-some years, but I finally own a copy of Nirvana's "Bleach."

Like the other Nirvana albums, it's a good listen, but the REAL benefit is that it makes you want to play.

Also, it's a time machine.

Another rainy day in Pittsburgh.

Rainy day in Pittsburgh.

Day in Pittsburgh.

In Pittsburgh.

Pittsburgh.