Archive for the ‘Personal’ Category

Commuting to Ann Arbor on a Bike - 2 Month Update

Saturday, July 29th, 2006

Another long delay in posting but again what can you expect from someone like me. Surely you can't imagine that I'd keep posting consistently. Even I don't expect that. I have stuck to biking to work. I usually average about 3-4 days depending on how I'm feeling. The weather ...

One of the most important films of the last 25 years - SPIN

Monday, July 10th, 2006

http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=-7344181953466797353

Commuting to work in Ann Arbor on a bike - Week 2

Wednesday, June 7th, 2006

It's official, I've biked over 100 miles in a week, the first week! The odometer read 102 miles before I left for work today and I'm sure it reads well over that now.  I feel like I just may have made it over whatever hump that existed. I purchased a rack and ...

Commuting to work in Ann Arbor on a bike - DAY 3

Saturday, June 3rd, 2006

Day 3 has come and pass and I've made it through. In retrospect it was a very smart choice to begin on a Wednesday.  This let me have 3 days to get into the groove followed by two days to heal. I'm getting into a groove now and had few problems on ...

Commuting to work in Ann Arbor on a bike - DAY 2

Thursday, June 1st, 2006

Another day, another commute to work and back on the new bike. Today the excitement and anticipation had worn off and the fact that I'm actually commuting on a bike to work set in.  It wasn't an overwhelming thought, but more of a happy one. It took me about a mile to ...