Articles

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  Puffy

  
  December 3, 2009
  

  I saw this guy at Washington Dulles airport, and felt compelled to make a sketch…

  

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  Google imitates life

  
  November 17, 2009
  

  It’s interesting to note what Google’s AdWords serves up on Joe Papp’s blog post about what doping (or more precisely, getting caught) did to his cycling career and life:

  

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  Big Pants

  
  September 21, 2009
  

  Well, pretty much everyone in the Red States and quite a few of those in the Blue will loathe me for complaining about this, but: All my pants are now too big in the waist by at least an inch, and sometimes two. It’s not like I ever had much weight to lose, mind you – but all the riding this summer has melted off what little I had accumulated around the middle, leaving me (a) hungry, and (b) looking for belts. Time to clean out the closet, I suppose.

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  Bike design

  
  August 7, 2009
  

  According to the annals of cycling lore, a great bike should:

  1. “Disappear” beneath the rider
  2. Feel fast
  3. Not absorb the rider’s energy

  These are all highly subjective, qualitative descriptions… but anyone who has ridden a bike that can be described this way, remembers the experience. What are some of the contributing factors that make such a bike?

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  TGIMBOEJ

  
  July 27, 2009
  

  I received one of The Great Internet Migratory Boxes of Electronics Junk (TGIMBOEJ) not long ago. The concept behind TGIMBOEJ is simple: put a bunch of stuff, suitable for using in an electronics project, in a box. Mail said box off to an eager recipient. Recipient takes some stuff out, puts some stuff in, and sends the Box off to the next recipient. Hilarity ensues :-)

  

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