Bicycle Commuting, new year, old bike?

Last year, I commuted on a lovely Raleigh Venture.  Yes, it is like riding a living room.  The squishy seat is a beauty to behold.  You are fully upright and fully content.  However, for commuting with passenger and gear, it turns out to not be the ideal idea.  It worked, no doubt.  But it did [...]

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I’m so tired of being sick! More on the common cold.

A cold, any time of year, is a miserable affair.  By early-March, most folks in the Northern Hemisphere have had at least one, if not a few.  I’ve written before about the tough choice to go to work or stay home. I do believe that when it is the sniffles, even with a mild cough, [...]

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You might enjoy: Let me Google that for you

For all those times when someone asks you to look it up and the answer is a simple Google query:
let me Google that for you
It gives you an easily emailed link to Google results for a particular search.  Slightly snarky, yes.  But so worth it.

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Nice guy?

I’ve been in Washington for an inauguration, so I know there is a ton of pomp and circumstance that comes with the day.  It’s very busy, there are tons of people to thank, there are tons of people who are well wishers, lots of moving and shuffling, it makes for a very busy day.  The [...]

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You might enjoy: FederalNewsRadio

I didn’t know I needed a federal news station, but I do.
NCMA started a weekly broadcast on contracting issues.  I went to the website and found not only that archived as a podcast (yea!) but other stories about which I care, like an explanation of who gets Inauguration Day as a holiday (very confusing), and [...]

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