Originally written Feb 4, 2008 In 1903 the Wright brothers flew for a few seconds in a heavier than air craft of their own design. They worked outside of typical aeronautics thought, reworking and recalculating established thought. The wooden propeller they developed, hand hewn from laminated wood, was 83% efficient. Modern Propellers, the most advanced [...]

_ (note: originally written 19 June 2007) So for the last week of her full-time work with the research hospital (she has started her new position with the Academy of Sciences now, and still consults with the hospital) Verča had a conference in Vienna, Austria to go to. It was a Wednesday – Sunday deal [...]

(eds. note: so it seems that this never got posted because I never got pics from from Wayne4 and Zac, and I just noticed it in drafts. so anyway here it is with my pics. it was written 16 March 2009.) Presidents Day week-end 2008 We flew out to AZ to escape the winter in [...]

ok, so I went for a short ride the other day to meet the misses after work, for a tool around on some city park paths. it turned pretty short, when on a steep little dirt climb my front wheel kicked up a piece or path debris (a stick or a rock, in the end [...]

ok, so where did our frequent posting go, yikes!! anyway here is a conundrum I am in these days, see if you can answer it: (I’m pretty sure it’s a recurring issue I know the solution for, which I’ll pipe in with later.) when I am pedaling along at a normal (~75rpm) cadence under a [...]

i was invited to chart a ‘rapha continental ride’, ie a bike ride in the continental style: dirt roads, mountain passes, grand vistas.  it will be part of a published series of rides documented in a classic style, ie from a van with medium format cameras, hanging out the window on 40 mph rutted descents.  [...]

I haven’t been blogging much, but neither have you! So here is some reverse chronology for you: __________ This past week-end (Jan31-Feb1) was the UCI Cyclocross World Championship races in some place I can’t spell or say in the Netherlands. We all know I love me some time spent in the nether regions, but Verča [...]

The week-end before, Verča was ill so I ventured out Saturday (Jan24) on my own again. I drove about 30 minutes outside of the city to the SW edge of the Brdy area where we often go biking. This SW edge borders the prospective US Radar site, and is quite picturesque. But I didn’t take [...]

The week before that we met up with some of our nutty friends to drink to celebrate a peripheral wedding. We went to a ‘concept’ bar with 3 metered taps in the middle of the table where it was a competition to see which table could out drink the others in the bar and via [...]

today i developed 4 rolls of film, and one has some OK stuff on it…  its always like christmas, you might open the film up, develop it and get that rad sweater or you might get tube socks. i went hunting today.  for antique cameras.  they were safe from purchase because i literally have 5 [...]