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Stephen Mejias
Sealed With A Union Jack
Stephen Mejias  |  Aug 01, 2006  |  1 comments
I haven't listened yet, but I'm already happy. I'm fighting the urge to just set the stuff up right here, right now, in my office.
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Wes Phillips
Oregon Judge Rules Fixed Gear Bicycles Illegal
Wes Phillips  |  Aug 01, 2006  |  3 comments
Fixed gear bikes, in case you don't know, have no freewheel, which means that if the rear wheel is turning, you're peddling. There's no coasting on a fixie—and braking is a matter of leg power.
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Wes Phillips
The Paping Soapbox Derby
Wes Phillips  |  Aug 01, 2006  |  2 comments
C'mon, 'fess up—don't you wish you lived in Brooklyn?
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Wes Phillips
"You Always Get a Subway Seat. . ."
Wes Phillips  |  Aug 01, 2006  |  0 comments
"When you're carrying a book with the big fat title Embalming." Lisa Takeuchi Cullen has written a gentle update to The American Way of Death. Putting aside her statement that "death is a big, huge bummer," it sounds interesting.
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Wes Phillips
What's a Meta For?
Wes Phillips  |  Aug 01, 2006  |  0 comments
Metaphors help us understand the universe, but what if they're really helping us get it wrong?
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Robert Baird
Water, water, everywhere
Robert Baird  |  Jul 31, 2006  |  0 comments
Rumor is that the suits at MTV are beginning to kvetch about the expense of having bottled water delivered to the NYC offices of the network. Man, when the bottled water bill gets up on the bean counter radar nothing good can come of it.
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Stephen Mejias
Things Come Together
Stephen Mejias  |  Jul 31, 2006  |  1 comments
Also, I made one other change when I removed the Ayre gear from my system: I switched from the Ayre–supplied and –spec'd Cardas cables to Furutech Evolutions. Incidentally, it was right around this same time that I read Jay Rein's essay on system synergy.
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Wes Phillips
The Great Bore
Wes Phillips  |  Jul 31, 2006  |  0 comments
Another subway pun, this time the title refers to the project that created the London Underground. Must be something in the air (hah, I slay myself) today.
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Wes Phillips
Underground History
Wes Phillips  |  Jul 31, 2006  |  0 comments
Not as in counterculture, but as in the London Underground, Cool tour of unused and abandoned stations. Gosh I love this stuff—the only thing better is actually sneaking in yourself.
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Wes Phillips
Medical Slang
Wes Phillips  |  Jul 31, 2006  |  0 comments
I'm a complete sucker for jargon. Specialized vocabulary identifies you a an insider and, whether you mean it to or not, it reveals a lot about your group.
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