I just spent the morning booking spots in some fun Springtime events: Pedal Power 2010, March 20, 2010: Pedal Power is an event that promotes moving to a more sustainable lifestyle and taking simple steps to reduce energy consumption coupled with an electricity-generating contest among 2-person teams of cyclists. There are demonstrators on site with [...]
I’ve been a fan of the “hey, here’s a nice scene” photos over at Eco Velo for some time now and this is my first meager attempt at one. I forget where I read it, but someone suggested that you should leave for your commute 20 minutes earlier than you think so if you see [...]
It’s everything you could ask for in a Valentine-themed screenprint of an octopus on an harpoon. Mine was delivered last night and it’s very nice in person. PXJ does nice work. You can get one here.
I finally finally caught some serious road bike time this weekend since it wasn’t raining here in RVA for the first weekend all year. It was tough going for a couple of reasons: 1) I haven’t been on the bike for any meaningful miles in well over a month and I am woefully out of [...]
These are great! I love that The Pigskin Doctors use Tecmo Bowl to rate current players. The categories are spot-on and are definitely worth a click-through. From left-to-right those are Ronnie Brown, Adrian Peterson, Chris Johnson, and Sebastian Janikowski.
I would love to take a 4- or 5-day tour along the length of the Great Allegheny Passage that runs from Washington DC to just outside of Pittsburgh, PA. It’s 300+ miles of old coal train route that’s been converted to bike trail. I’ve only been on a couple of multi-day rides but I have [...]
I love these little Mini Munny diy project vinyl toys. They’re cheap ($11) so you can just bang out any old job on them without the pressure of “ruining” a $30 full-sized Munny. I saw this guy and knew right away that he should be a small, bearded fellow who loves tacos and hates shirts. [...]