Now that Google’s done mapping and photographing all the important streets in the world, they’re turning their attention to the auto-free zones. Now Google Maps is expanding to biking and hiking trails. A Google employee on a tricycle rides around to snap the same wide-area views. “Much of the world is inaccessible to the car,” [...]
My friend Eric reminded me of this commercial, which aired during the 2002 Winter Olympics. A beautiful score (by Jonathan Elias) and talented editing seamlessly link the various activities together as sport. The overall effect of the piece is that it really captures the variety and accessibility of sports, and I think this is one [...]
By request, here’s my presentation from WordCampRDU 2009. It takes more than a day to build a rock wall. You don’t want to finish each day’s work with a smooth edge, otherwise the final result will be a series of adjacent rock walls rather than one integrated wall. So at the end of each day, [...]
WordCamp RDU is tomorrow, Saturday, June 13th. See you there. And, I’ve already upgraded nicomachus.net (and all the other WordPress sites I manage) to WordPress 2.8. If you haven’t upgraded yours yet, take a look at what’s new.
In preparation for the 2009 Bull Moon Ride, Durham Habitat for Humanity is hosting a potluck dinner and a chance to view a classic cycling film. Roxanne Hall and Peter Anlyan send out this note to the Durham cycling community… Breaking Away (IMDB page at link) Oscar winner for Best writing, Best actress and Best [...]
No, not the penile Tour de France, the penal Tour de France. Nearly 200 inmates in French prisons will participate this year in the inaugural bicycle tour of the French countryside, designed and run only for prison inmates. The 194 inmates, escorted by 124 prison guards and sports instructors, will set off from Lille and [...]
The uncomfortable truth about the everyday meeting place for automobiles and bicycles is that we both share the same width of road, despite a significant discrepancy in power, weight, and protection from the environment. The very same feat of civil engineering that makes road biking so pleasant (smooth pavement) facilitates distracted drivers continuing the culturally [...]