As I was chatting at one end of the NAHBS floor, a show veteran walked by and struck up a conversation. As we got into it, he urged me to check out the booth on […]
Want might be strong. But design reveals intentions. Law made it that the new Tappan Zee Bridge would have a bike path across the span. While not everyone will see a three-mile long bridge with […]
After critiquing it from afar five years ago, I’m finally going to see it in person this Friday. The North American Handmade Bicycle Show is in Hartford, CT this year. February 16-18. Seems like a […]
Self-driving cars have trouble with cyclists. It isn’t just the infamous trackstand that flummoxed a Google car. It’s that the car designers haven’t been able to program the intelligence a human driver brings to interacting […]
WordPress is an award-winning web software, used by millions of webmasters worldwide for building their website or blog. SiteGround is proud to host this particular WordPress installation and provide users with multiple resources to facilitate […]
You know the story of Thanksgiving, right? Is it the one they teach in nursery school, grade school, high school, or a “revisionist” one you might have half-overheard on NPR? Likewise, you know […]
Mass-produced carbon-fiber frames are the polar opposite of the hand made steel bespoke world. With one you know everything about what goes into the finished product, with the other, you know nothing. The opacity […]
(this story originally appeared on Red Kite Prayer on September 27, 2011. As RKP appears to be shutting down, I’m re-posting the article in this space. For reasons unknown, this past Sunday, The New York […]
There’s an old joke, “the key to success is sincerity; once you can fake that, you’ve got it made.” We think about this whenever consuming non-fiction. Whether it’s Jay Leno’s couch, Terry Gross’s microphone, sitting […]
