Monthly Archives: September 2008

Meme’ing Along

You know, I was going to participate with this meme. The main reason was that whenever I would read someone’s post with their picture I was at my desktop which doesn’t have a webcam and well, I’m too lazy to boot the laptop for it.
And now that I am on my laptop I would [...]

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Bike Lock Fail Blog #2 - Handle Bars

Welcome to the second installment of:
BIKE LOCK FAIL BLOG
For those of you just tuning in, see the first intallment: Seat Post.
Example 2: locking up your bike via your…
HANDLE BARS
Picture:

The Problem:
Cable simply passes around the handlebars and then through the bike stand.
How To Free the Bike
This picture includes my tri-tool already inserted into the bolt that [...]

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Announcment: New Launchpad Team - Ubuntu Cyclists

In response to my previous blog post about cycling a commenter made the suggestion to somehow gather all of us cyclists in the Ubuntu Community and form a bond or relationship. I’m not sure what form this group will take or what resources it will want.
To make it slightly easier to do this I [...]

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Idiots and their bikes will soon be separated

No, I’m not talking about bikers/cyclists in general. In fact, I am a complete supporter and advocate of using pedal powered transportation. It is my own form of transportation.
What I am talking about are those people who don’t know how to lock up their bikes.
Short Background
I go to a large state university, the [...]

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Oh Noes, they’re taking your bits!

With the recent slashdot article decrying the Terms of Service which were touted as disrespectable (implied) just as the TOS for Chrome which were changed I wanted to talk about something I find important.
The Problem
While the idea of granting Google a license to use in whatever way they choose all the pictures you upload to [...]

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Tiny Tiny RSS

Thanks to Asheesh I am now a happy user of Tiny Tiny RSS. It has fully replaced my use of Google Reader. I feel a little bit cleaner/freer now. But don’t ask about my use of Google’s IMAP and Jabber servers. They are on the long term TODO list.
Anyways, what is [...]

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