Random 30 Jun 2008 8:27 pm
Since I’m one-quarter Slovenian, and have observed quite a few Slovenians up close, it doesn’t surprise me that they are capable of remarkable feats of pigheaded persistence.
You will recall how Martin Strel last year added the Amazon to the list of long rivers whose entire length he has swam.
Now we hear that Jure Robič has [...]
Random 30 Apr 2008 7:42 pm
With gas prices rising with no end in sight, people are looking for ways to increase their mileage. In an article on techniques drivers are using to get farther on a tank of fuel (termed “hypermiling”), we come upon this:
Hypermiling can even make fuel-sipping gas-electric hybrid cars more efficient. Chuck Thomas, 50, a computer programmer [...]
Agora 26 Nov 2007 11:29 pm
A few weeks ago I saw a Ford commercial on TV that really depressed me. I wasn’t sure I heard it correctly, so I went online to verify the bad news. It was true: e-mail will be infiltrating Ford automobiles. And not just e-mail—you’ll be ensconced in a 55-mph cellphone. Or is it a 70-mph [...]
Random 23 Oct 2007 5:50 pm
Peddling through Georgetown this morning, I saw this bumper sticker:
Don’t believe everything you think
A block or so later, this:
MILITANT AGNOSTIC
I don’t know & you don’t either
Skeptic to the right of me, skeptic to the left of me …
Discuss quietly within yourself.
Random 10 Jan 2007 12:23 pm
On December 31, I thought about resolving to be even lazier in 2007 than I was in 2006, but I never got around to it.
Random 11 Aug 2006 6:23 pm
Snippet of RealLife™ dialogue:
She: Those gloves really stink.
He: Yep. That’s my car repellant.
She: Greeeaaat.
Random 16 Jul 2006 1:03 pm
Pedicabs have come to DC:
Kevin Clark—The Washington Post
Currently the fare is $4.50 per 10 minutes of riding. No protection from the elements, but it’s a start.
Russia 17 May 2006 12:21 pm
Eleven velorickshaws* currently operate in Moscow, tooling around on Tverskoy Boulevard, Tverskaya Street, and in the area near the All-Union Exhibition Center (they haven’t renamed that yet?**). You can’t tell the driver where to take you—for now, at least, the velorickshaws travel along predetermined routes (sort of like the horse-and-buggies in Central Park). A ride costs 150 rubles.
How [...]
Random 13 Mar 2006 11:45 am
A friend at work gave me an old bicycle (a Giant—that’s the name, don’t blame me). After I added a few essentials for commuting safely (rear-view mirror, front and back lights, etc.), the bike was ready to serve as a backup to my old Trek hybrid (which badly needs a new middle chain ring—on order [...]
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