• Trying to Wrangle my RSS Feeds

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    I follow a lot of RSS feeds. There are a bunch for WordPress, so that I can keep up on the industry news, and any decent tutorials. Then I’ve got Cycling related news and views. I’ve found that VeloNews covers the cycling world well enough that it’s the only site I really need for cycling.…

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  • The Hackers Manifesto

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    Many (probably most) of you may have read this already. It’s called the Hacker’s Manifesto and it’s a great read. I confess that I had never seen it before. I was 6 when it was written. I fit lots of the things in the list. I did decent in school when someone could keep me…

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  • Another Look at Keyboards

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    A while ago I wrote about my experience with the Kinesis Freestyle keyboard. I’m still using it day in, day out and I wouldn’t trade it for anything else. If you’re not looking for an ergonomic keyboard though there are a bunch of options. The Das Keyboard is one of the more popular options, but…

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  • A Managers Job Should be to Enable Subordinates

    A Managers Job Should be to Enable Subordinates

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    Recently a friend of mine on App.net (who wishes to remain unamed) was lamenting the fact that his manager wanted a list of the tasks he was to perform each day, and a second list of what tasks actually got accomplished. While I could talk about getting treated like an adult and being left alone…

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  • Are You Lying on Your Estimates?

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    As a self-employeed web developer, I also have to do all my own estimates on projects. This has taught me something crucial. I’ve been pretty bad at it. In the past I’d put down things like ’10 hours for featur XX’ without actually having a break down of what feature XX looked like. This is…

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  • Lack of Motivation

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    My wife wrote about lacking motivation for running. I’ve certainly been there for cycling. It’s rare that I have issues getting myself out on a planned bike ride, except for a few times a year. During those times I simply have no motivation at all. Most often this is during the winter when it’s raining…

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  • Really Unique Way to Show Blog Posts

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    Let’s face it, most blogs look pretty similar. Sure they have different colours, but layout…the same. I design and build websites for a living so finding unique ways to show content is awesome. Today I was looking for an article from Elliot Jay Stocks on syncing multiple Macs (here it is if you’re interested). Hitting…

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  • Location Aware Fatigue

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    One of the first things I did when I got my phone was install Foursquare and Gowalla, and myriad of other location based apps. Within a few weeks I had whittled down to Foursquare only, and now I’m deleting even that. Advertising mayorship is self flagellation There was a time with Foursquare that as soon…

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  • Teams should Bare more Responsibility when a Rider Dopes

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    After writing about Riis not riding the Tour of Bejing I got thinking more about the current doping landscape in cycling. From an outsider perspective, it seems that the one who pays most for doping is the rider. To be sure they are the ones that ‘put the needle in’ or at the very least…

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  • Riis and Saxo Bank – Tinkoff try to use Contador’s Star Status to Avoid Sanctions

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    Alberto Contador, Bjarne Riis, and Saxo Bank – Tinkoff have gone on record that Contador will not be attending the Tour of Bejing unless his World Tour points count toward his team. A Little Background Last year Contador was found guilty of having Clenbutenol in his system. This conviction for doping removed means he lost…

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