Omafiets

This is what the US could really use right now. Inexpensive reliable human-powered transportation. It has worked for the Dutch for more than a century. Omafiets means "Grandmother's bike." It is a comfortable well-built bike suitable for most urban transportation and uses no fossil fuel at all.

Happy Earth Day and Birthday

Our planet is deserving of the attention, more than just a single day actually. But more locally and less globally, it's Heidi's day too. Happy 7th, pup!

Pure Genius

Jon Stewart is a rare commodity in this country. He is someone willing and able to speak out against the preposterous propaganda spewing from the radical right-wing government and the complacent media.

A.N.T. Bicycles Frontaloadontome

A cool bike with a strange name, the idea behind it is to make carrying heavy loads a reasonable possibility. Mike Flanigan is the man behind the insect.

Bridgestone Bicycles

Recently, while pondering my bike collection and wasting time on Sheldon Brown's expansive online bicycle resource I stumbled upon his listing for Bridgestone bicycles, the now defunct arm of the Japanese tire giant. Being the fortunate owner of a 1990 Bridgestone MB-1, I tripped down memory lane. It's astonishing that even after more than a decade, Bridgestone bicycles routinely fetch high prices on eBay and are fondly thought of in a way usually reserved for hand-built, custom frames. Luckily the core concepts of Bridgestone bicycles remains intact and flourishes under Rivendell Bicycles, operated by Grant Peterson the heart of the late Bridgestone Bicycles USA. If everything plays out correctly, I'll someday be riding a Rivendell Atlantis.

ReadyMade

For those of you who enjoy building and creating items with your own hands, ReadyMade magazine has a lot of possibilities. Many of the projects are submitted by readers and vary widely in difficulty and application. It's such a cool idea, I wish I had thought of it.

Mile High Mayhem

If you're a scooterist within reach of the Denver area, Mile High Mayhem is a great scooter rally. Last yeaer I attended and had a great experience on the group ride among hundreds of other scooters.

Tshirthell.com

Offensive, but free speech loving shirts. View at your own risk.

Revolved

A terrific mashup version of the Beatles 1966 Revolver album available for download.

Feral Children

I find the idea that children could be raised by animals strangely fascinating. If you think about it, this is a very similar situation encountered by the offspring of domesticated animals as pets. They are removed from their natural social environment and placed into a human social environment. I consider my dog to be quite intelligent and marvel at her ability to understand and respond to language and to correctly behave in human social situations. However, I have also noticed that although she is generally friendly with and able to associate with other domesticated dogs that she encounters, she would probably have quite a difficult time if she were to attempt to exist within a canine-only society. It's something to think about.

Rusty Russian Flying Saucer

I stumbled across this article and began to ponder the possibilities of the existence of other such craft of which we are not yet aware.

Lists of People

I find wading through useless information such as is found here profoundly entertaining and satisfying. Now if I could only find a way to harness interest for productive use.

Einstuerzende Mommy

No matter what, Mommy is still a hipster.