My wife looks up and says, “There’s a big bug over here.” To her credit, she says this very matter-of-factly. But there is the implicit, “… and you better deal with it ’cause that’s your job, boy.” Which I do of course, but not without pointing out that an ant hardly qualifies as a “big…

This morning Christene looks at me and says, “I had a dream last night where David Hasselhoff was chasing me through a praline factory.” I’m not quite sure what to make of this. She says it’s probably because we saw the trailer for “Click” which features Mssr. David, and she’s been hungry due to her…

I’m back in Oregon now, after having spent a week working at Google in Mountain View. I was car-less for the whole week, using the fixed-gear bike I wrote about last time to commute around. The bike rode wonderfully, although I have to confess it definitely took some getting used to. Fixed-gears require a different…

In case you ever wondered, here is what’s involved in converting an old beater 10-speed into a lean, mean, fixed-gear cycling machine: $55 – Used Sakae 2500 Bicycle. Probably late 80’s/early 90’s vintage. Condition: Not bad, if you ignore the patchy rust spots and worn bearings. Basically a mediocre bike when it was made, that…