Justice Madison Out and About

by 53X11 on January 31, 2010

Well the best bikes built in Old Fort, TN – Justice Madison – have an write up in Mountain Bike Action this month. Go out and buy a copy and then go buy a Justice Madison steel frame and support hand made craftsmanship made by a local artisan.

Oh yeah Justice Madision still has the coolest logo art in the cycling biz no matter what Moots and Seven think.

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USB 3.0

by 53X11 on January 29, 2010

Engadget covered the release of a new laptop with USB 3.0 built in, though supporting devices are largely vaporware at this time. There are some out there now – a Buffalo external case, an Intel SSD are both mentioned, but more are coming soon. The Engadget piece also discusses competing standards, wondering if this could be a BluRay vs HD Dvd type issue. To me though that is a moot issue as USB 3.0 is backward compatible, where the other standards require new devices to work with them. Time will tell though.

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Ipad implications

January 29, 2010

ZD Net has a nice piece up about some of the wider implications of Apple’s new Ipad tablet computer that was announced eariler this week. This product will make other vendors expand and change their products and impact what future products in the Netbook, Ereader, and potentially Smartphones offer.
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The Buick Questor

January 24, 2010

I saw a ad for the Buick Questor in 1983 and have thought it was cool every sense. It had a voice activated telephone, navigation, lazer key’s, wireless gargage door control, and numerous other things that we think are cool today. The thing had 14 computers on it, heck that is more then how many [...]

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Classic Albums that ruined music

January 17, 2010

Spike has a piece up about the 10 top classic albums (compilations as albums don’t really exisist now) that accidental ruined music. I definately agree with #1. Full post here.

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Command and Control

January 17, 2010

Over the last few months God has really shown me just how in charge He is.
God really is in command of our lives (even if we think He is not, He will show us He is really in command of the Earth), and He does control the lives of us all. Too many [...]

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Hey all – Quick update

January 17, 2010

Well my return to “regular blogging” has not been as successful as I would have hoped. Over the last six weeks or so I have fought a terrible cold and exhaustion while working WAY too much. The good news is I believe God is opening a door for the work situation to [...]

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Amazing Video

January 8, 2010

This guy does this with a nail gun, I could not get CLOSE to this with a paint brush.

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Smack that dog up

December 23, 2009
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The eternal season

December 21, 2009

This is the time of year that so many people get excited about “the holidays”, but honestly even the “the holidays” is not a true statement, as this is really the CHRISTmas season. Unfortunately, the real reason for the season seems to be less and less part of “the season” each year. This season [...]

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Missing Brands in 2010

December 20, 2009

CNN Money has a nice piece discussing eight brands that disappeared in 2009 (or that their 2010 demise was announced in 2009) that they will miss. Though I will not miss Home Depot’s EXPO or Pontaic or Saturn or Max Factor, like them I will miss Circuit City retail stores, and the legacy of [...]

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WHAT A DAY!! WOW!!

December 19, 2009

[H/T to Pseudopolymath for this one]
Fat Cyclist (how is a amateur) just completed a series on the time he spent hanging out / riding with Team Radio Shack or “the shack” team. For the noncyclist out there that means hanging out with Lance Armstrong, Chris Horner, Johann Brunneel, Levi Lepiheimer and oh about 20 [...]

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The name says it all – SAAB

December 18, 2009

A friend of mine in the car parts business years ago told me never buy a car named after what you do once your buy it – i.e. SAAB. Today the news broke that GM’s deal to sell SAAB to Spyker feel through and the Swedish automaker will close. (Full story here).
Personally I [...]

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Hold tight, help is on the way

December 18, 2009

Recently, I personally have been going through ALOT in my professional life. For the first time in my life I really was not sure how I was going to make it much longer without quitting / losing my job. This was not a bad day, but bad weeks leading to bad months. [...]

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Really…only a “censured” vote

December 16, 2009

Well Mark Stanford, Republican governor of South Carolina, will keep his job. The South Carolina House Judicary committee voted to only censure Stanford and not move toward impeachment. The full South Carolina legislature will still have to vote on the censure but it seems that it will likely pass without a problem. [...]

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Tiger = Athlete of the decade, but not to me

December 16, 2009

Tiger Woods with all of his current problems / moral failings was still voted athlete of the decade today (BBC story here). Tiger got about a third of the votes (56 of 142), Lance Armstrong came in second. As a cyclist I think what Lance did (7 straight Tour De France wins and [...]

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Just say NO to Valet!!

December 16, 2009

Found this video on a Fox affiliate in St Louis (news story here) and was blown away by what valet’s were doing to peoples cars in the basement garage of the Hyatt in St Louis. Full video valet here.

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Small Things

December 3, 2009

First of all, yes I am alive and I due plan to blog regularly again.
Moving on, over the last few weeks my life has been VERY VERY heckit and tough due to work. I will not go into details except to say that lots of stress, drama, and TONS of work. The [...]

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Alamo sentenced

November 13, 2009

Evangelist Tony Alamo, who is 75 now, was sentenced to 175 years in prison for transmitting under aged girls across state lines for sexual intercourse. Alamo took numerous underages girls as his “brides” in the name of God and as his role as the ministry leader. Alamo even threatened the girls that they [...]

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Yes I am alive

November 13, 2009

Yeah yeah I know I said I was going to get back to regular blogging about a month ago, but work has been crazy. Hopefully next week it will happen. Over the weekend I plan to get a few posts in regardless.

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