I wasn’t going to go for a long ride so I didn’t eat lunch and only put a couple of granola bars in my pockets. Then I called Joel and said let’s go for a ride. He was good with the idea so we headed towards Black Smith Fork Canyon. This is one of my…
Month: April 2008
First Real Ride on the New Trek Madone 6.9
I wasn’t going to go for a long ride so I didn’t eat lunch and only put a couple of granola bars in my pockets. Then I called Joel and said let’s go for a ride. He was good with the idea so we headed towards Black Smith Fork Canyon. This is one of my…
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People for the Ethical Treatment of Yeast (PETY)
The next time you take a bite out of that yummy loaf of bread consider where it came from. Sure, cutting down all that nasty wheat is harmless enough. After all it’s just a stupid plant. It doesn’t have feelings. However, consider the condition of yeast. Here is how yeast is brought to market: How…
A Few More Thoughts On Morph Exchange
I am working on a quick Facebook application for a company called Flat World Knowledge. Basically I have 4 days to build the application – it has to be done by Tuesday. Because of the simplicity of deployment on Morph Exchange I decided to deploy the application on their platform. I don’t have time to…
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Winter Was Hard on us Both
I have had colds off and on over the past few months which gave me a great excuse to ignore my bike trainer and be lazy. I had no idea just how bad it had gotten. While sitting in my office chair writing code this morning I hear a loud CRACK… and fall backwards: I’ll…
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First ride on the new Madone
I brought my bike home from the shop and in spite of the fact that everyone was eating dinner by the time I got home I gave in and went for a ride. You can’t just bring it home and let it sit. Here’s the pictures.
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Weather in Logan Not Conducive to New Bike
My new bike shows up today so what happens? This is Logan, Utah so it snows of course.
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Visited My New Madone This Morning
I am sure the bike shop is sick of me, but I don’t care. I visit a lot. The new Madone showed up at the shop this morning so I paid it a visit. Here are the pictures: New Madone in Box New Madone in Box Too Bontrager XXX Lite Wheel Bontrager XXX Lite Wheel…
More on my new Madone 6.9
Sure I am a bit obsessed, but I have been tracking my bike’s movements from the Trek factory to the local shop. At 6:07pm it hit Salt Lake City. It should be here tomorrow. Maybe I should take the day off. In the mean time I have been satiating my bike lust with whatever I…
China Doesn’t Like WordPress.com
I was just following Windley on Twitter. He is in China and was unable to view Scoble’s blog. Scoble’s response – China blocks all of WordPress.com. Ouch.