Bob's stuff

Top of Kings Mtn

nobody@flickr.com (bob) — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 16:44:01 -0800

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Cherimoya!!!

nobody@flickr.com (bob) — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 09:13:18 -0800

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Now available at Mi Pueblo market in East Palo Alto

Scrubbing in

Sun, 07 Mar 2010 16:05:29 +0000

A friend, currently in her surgical residency program, describes what “scrubbing in” feels like: Once you’re scrubbed in, you can’t really do anything else until the procedure is over. If someone calls for you, all you have to say is “I’m scrubbed in”. You can’t touch your pager. You can’t touch anything. And you [...]

Free home delivery?!?!?

nobody@flickr.com (bob) — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 09:43:07 -0800

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Are you tired of booking a flight to our offices in Florida every time a new issue come out? Well now home delivery is INCLUDED with each magazine subscription!

Ambition and naivete

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 19:35:15 +0000

Ambition and naivete always seem to go together; it seems like a good idea to always be a novice at something, but to be aware of it.

Two more nice recumbents

Sun, 28 Feb 2010 03:08:06 +0000

Both the Kouign Amann LD and John Morciglio’s M1 are pretty cool looking.

Voting against your own interest

Sat, 27 Feb 2010 07:44:46 +0000

This is the best explanation I’ve seen for why people vote against their own interests, seen often in US elections: “If people vote against their own interests, it is not because they do not understand what is in their interest or have not yet had it properly explained to them. They do it because they resent [...]

Roadracer fenders

Sat, 27 Feb 2010 07:30:33 +0000

These fenders are my next set. Super-slim and clean, they also stabilize themselves using felt pads which clean your rims as you ride.

Unplugged

Sat, 27 Feb 2010 06:52:31 +0000

“In what was described as a ‘brief interview,’ the Dalai Lama told The Associated Press that he had never heard of [Tiger] Woods, who last week said he plans to explore anew the Buddhist teachings from his childhood.” – CNN.com.

Bob-o'clock

nobody@flickr.com (bob) — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 08:10:46 -0800

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My favorite time of the day.

Lock fuzz

nobody@flickr.com (bob) — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 11:44:03 -0800

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Gotta protect that paint!

Top of Montebello

nobody@flickr.com (bob) — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 11:42:30 -0800

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Tunitas

nobody@flickr.com (bob) — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 11:40:57 -0800

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Skies over Google

nobody@flickr.com (bob) — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 18:15:03 -0800

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Summerland beach

nobody@flickr.com (bob) — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 10:03:49 -0800

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Evening trails

nobody@flickr.com (bob) — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 17:15:08 -0800

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2010-01-07 17.07.45

nobody@flickr.com (bob) — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 17:10:20 -0800

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Bay sunset

nobody@flickr.com (bob) — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 16:41:59 -0800

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Buddha's hand cocktails

nobody@flickr.com (bob) — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 18:37:58 -0800

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It's a fruit, not a hand.

Taste it twice!

nobody@flickr.com (bob) — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 11:04:15 -0800

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I'll bet you will...

Just $4.95

nobody@flickr.com (bob) — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 14:55:26 -0800

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Santa Barbara sunset

nobody@flickr.com (bob) — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 18:42:03 -0800

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More power - round 2!

nobody@flickr.com (bob) — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 14:21:16 -0800

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Exactly one month after tearing my hub apart I noticed a wobbly pedal stroke at the bottom of Tunitas Creek. Found this crack and had to basically one-leg it all the way up the climb and home...oof.

More power - round 2!

nobody@flickr.com (bob) — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 14:21:04 -0800

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A side view shows the bend in the cracked crank; the right side should be horizontal but instead bends back toward the table.

Family history collage

nobody@flickr.com (bob) — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:55:39 -0800

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1995 dream bike

nobody@flickr.com (bob) — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 11:05:46 -0800

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Softride, Specialized trispokes, Scott Lemond bars...this would have been my dream bike in the mid-90s.

Highlights from Andy Kaufman's wrestling career - a truly epic...

Sat, 14 Mar 2009 11:03:57 -0800

Highlights from Andy Kaufman's wrestling career - a truly epic stunt.

YouTube - Amazing Indoor Skydiving - I tried this once...wasn't...

Tue, 10 Mar 2009 14:27:49 -0800

YouTube - Amazing Indoor Skydiving - I tried this once...wasn't quite this good.

Calligraphy in light - beautiful....

Mon, 09 Mar 2009 14:25:35 -0800

Calligraphy in light - beautiful.

The history of the Earth in 60 seconds - to...

Sun, 08 Mar 2009 18:32:16 -0800

The history of the Earth in 60 seconds - to scale, natch!

The Homer Simpson metric: "Homer is not going to use...

Sun, 08 Mar 2009 18:11:34 -0800

The Homer Simpson metric: "Homer is not going to use his body for anything. Thats the American value system in a nutshell. And thats what we who are trying to design alternative transportation are fighting against. We've got to make something that's clean, cheap and mechanically efficient without the individual feeling the physical consequences. Thats tough."

I'm late to view the Siftables demo, but it really...

Tue, 03 Mar 2009 12:15:52 -0800

I'm late to view the Siftables demo, but it really is inspiring.

First-person video of a bike race finish - can't believe...

Mon, 02 Mar 2009 10:55:29 -0800

First-person video of a bike race finish - can't believe I never thought to do this (the filming, not the near-crash).

Flow chart of where our emissions are really coming from...

Mon, 02 Mar 2009 10:41:07 -0800

Flow chart of where our emissions are really coming from - interesting that land use change (deforestation, etc) is as significant as transportation.

The Long Now Foundation - Store - Books - great...

Sun, 01 Mar 2009 14:48:54 -0800

The Long Now Foundation - Store - Books - great book recommendations from the Long Now Foundation. Love the <10-word reviews; I should try that.

"The gospel is not primarily a set of facts but...

Sun, 01 Mar 2009 14:32:37 -0800

"The gospel is not primarily a set of facts but a way of seeing and a way of being in the world because of God." - Richard Rohr

YouTube - Are Violent Video Games Preparing Kids For The...

Sun, 01 Mar 2009 13:51:03 -0800

YouTube - Are Violent Video Games Preparing Kids For The Apocalypse? - I'm pretty sure this was what Kenneth Boulding was talking about.

"The future will always surprise us, but we must not...

Fri, 27 Feb 2009 12:20:17 -0800

"The future will always surprise us, but we must not let it dumbfound us." - Kenneth Boulding

"The vice president began to tremble with rage. He shouted,...

Fri, 27 Feb 2009 10:41:32 -0800

"The vice president began to tremble with rage. He shouted, 'The telephone system was destroyed last night and you had better believe it. If you don't by noon, you'll be fired.'" - Idealized Design: How Bell Labs Imagined -- and Created -- the Telephone System of the Future. Great example of prototyping future experiences to inspire innovation.

Google finally solves the age-old question of the ideal crank...

Wed, 25 Feb 2009 12:09:35 -0800

Google finally solves the age-old question of the ideal crank length: 87 minutes

"In his first week in office, President Obama requested that...

Tue, 24 Feb 2009 15:16:25 -0800

"In his first week in office, President Obama requested that he see 10 letters a day 'representative of people's concerns, from people writing into the president,' recalls Gibbs, 'to help get him outside of the bubble, to get more than just the information you get as an elected official." - ABC News. Very cool way of tapping into real people's needs.

Coolest commute ever - kids in Colombia riding a zip...

Tue, 24 Feb 2009 12:24:32 -0800

Coolest commute ever - kids in Colombia riding a zip line over a 1200-foot valley to get to school.

"If called, I will certainly serve," he said. "But if...

Mon, 23 Feb 2009 14:41:29 -0800

"If called, I will certainly serve," he said. "But if not called, I will probably serve anyway." - Carl Malamud, who works to make government documents easily available. Love the attitude.

For all those times you've said "I wish I could...

Tue, 17 Feb 2009 22:49:50 -0800

For all those times you've said "I wish I could invest in that person": Swayam: Education Funding, people investing in people - "We offer ordinary people the opportunity to become angel investors in the education of talented students, in exchange for a share of their future income."

Informing Ourselves To Death - a good counterpoint to the...

Tue, 17 Feb 2009 9:34:09 -0800

Informing Ourselves To Death - a good counterpoint to the "inforevolution": "I believe you will have to concede that what ails us, what causes us the most misery and pain -- at both cultural and personal levels -- has nothing to do with the sort of information made accessible by computers. The computer and its information cannot answer any of the fundamental questions we need to address to make our lives more meaningful and humane."

Christopher Columbus @ All About Explorers - Librarians sabotage the...

Mon, 16 Feb 2009 9:32:55 -0800

Christopher Columbus @ All About Explorers - Librarians sabotage the internet to teach kids that you can't trust online information. Great.

Kevin Kelly reports on Amish technology adoption - "One Amish-man...

Tue, 10 Feb 2009 19:47:16 -0800

Kevin Kelly reports on Amish technology adoption - "One Amish-man told me that the problem with phones, pagers, and PDAs (yes he knew about them) was that 'you got messages rather than conversations.'"

Imagining the Internet - good list of books and resources...

Tue, 10 Feb 2009 18:46:20 -0800

Imagining the Internet - good list of books and resources for forecasting and concept design

Saul Griffith expands on his previous analysis of the energy...

Mon, 09 Feb 2009 21:40:31 -0800

Saul Griffith expands on his previous analysis of the energy we need and use as a planet. Really compelling stuff; who wants to start an energy company?

"It's not bad to own fine things that you like....

Fri, 06 Feb 2009 19:44:06 -0800

"It's not bad to own fine things that you like. What you need are things that you GENUINELY like. Things that you cherish, that enhance your existence in the world. The rest is dross." - Bruce Sterling