The Snail Shell

Every day: ride my sweet new shiny impractical single-speed bike to a train that I can put my bike on, thus making a long commute doable.*...

They do get names, though. My latest addition: Jeppe Laursen. Q&A: Q: What is it? A: An SE Draft Lite  single speed urban bike. ...

I feel a need to assert my identity. As if I need to start drawing lines, like "I'm a Mission guy, not one of those wacky SoMa ner...

Shiny, popular, fun, but your parents would still like it: I give you A.C. Newman. I needed a bike for my 3 months here, commuting ~5 mi...

I think this is mostly a post for my future self. I have a pretty good record of a lot of my life on my blog, but the last year or so has b...

Yes! I don't even know if I can remember all the parts that are on it, but at least I talked about a bunch of them in the last post...

I was going to just post when it's all done, but I better start posting or I'll forget some stuff. Here are some parts I have now, ...

http://www.psychologytomorrowmagazine.com/inscapes-enlightenment-and-science/ more from the same guy:  http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.co...

Is this really what we want, as a celebration of world peace and togetherness and what have you? Rabid competitions, where bumping your leg...

2013 hasn't been the easiest. The careful reader may note that I posted a lot less here in 2013 than most years. Work has been difficul...

I started playing FTL (warning: takes about an hour to get into but then is very addictive). I've gone through this cycle with other g...

This is my bad weather bike. Batavus Navajo, classic Dutch style. I found it in my basement when I moved in. Not sure who it used to belong...

Why donate anything? We who earn USD can make a lot of difference for people abroad We in tech (and non-tech folks too) sometimes have mo...

It's only a tinge of iconoclasm, and mostly that I just don't really want to listen to it a lot. Anyway, I'd sooner put MBDTF o...

Networking. All-nighter. If you're saying these words, you're probably doing something wrong. People have been meeting each oth...

From The Scotsman newspaper today: "This emerging group of middle-aged thrill-seekers is increasingly driven by the phenomenon of ...

if there's no "meaning of life" except what we create for ourselves, could you just decide "the meaning of life is to b...

In fall 2006, I was having a tough time. Junior year, taking the hardest classes I had yet, and not really knocking them out of the park. I...

Sometimes life expands, and you start a thousand new projects and buy some stuff and make new friends. Sometimes it contracts, and you tie ...

Well, that was quick. I spent a couple hours at Kraynick's today, and it's good to go! The last few parts (bottom bracket,...