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Vuelta Stage 16: revisiting the Lagos da Covadonga (1) -
Tonight I watched stage 16 of La Vuelta (the Tour of...
I rode this very climb myself, way back in 2007; I was...
Rereading my report on the day, I remember feeling a...
Watching pro cycling in Europe is the best - in...
Iditarod: Brent Sass in the lead, crazed attack on Jeff King and Aliy Zirkle (1) - Saturday, 03/12/16 09:05 AM
Wow, horrible news from the Iditarod overnight, some...
I'm speechless with anger and sadness that someone...
[at right, Jeff King's dog Nash, who was...
Meanwhile out on the trail, Brent Sass is stretching...
BTW tracker update: added run/rest times, #runs, and...
The tracker below shows him and Mitch Seavey both in...
Here are some more pictures from the trail, courtesy...
gray day (1) - Saturday, 01/16/16 10:49 AM
Had a nice day of coding and watching football. I'm...
* Southern California cold, not to be confused with...
Thanks you guys for the nice notes re welcoming me...
Can I just say how much I hate the new "dynamic" web...
While I was out, I missed the 20th anniversary of...
Fortune editor Adam Lashinsky: "Netscape is an odd...
Another thing I missed blogging, the formal...
Tour de Force, revisited (1) - Thursday, 07/30/15 11:32 AM
An oldie but goodie, from the New Yorker ten years...
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One of my favorite New Yorker covers ever, amid heavy...
I found this via my blogs Flight feature;...
Le Tour 2015 (3) - Monday, 07/27/15 06:35 PM
Okay cycling fans, here's what you've been waiting for...
This year I restrained myself from posting about the...
It ended up being the best Tour ever - certainly since...
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Sunday, July 5, 2015 10:27 AM (1) - Sunday, 07/05/15 10:27 AM
A fifth filter pass...
I just mentioned this year's Tour de France starts in...
Vox: 11 things about the Greek crisis you need to...
I do agree with the central premise, that a single...
Business Insider: Margaret Thatcher was freakishly...
From Nick Szabo*: The Greek financial mess and some...
* Nick has been rumored to *be* Satori...
taking the fifth (1) - Sunday, 07/05/15 10:09 AM
Good morning all ... and welcome to the fifth of July!...
We did ... celebrated by competing in the Westlake...
* sorry but no, I did not win this year, some early...
Onward to the Fifth!...
Among all the other cool things that are happening...
Right now I've decided NOT to follow my previous...
[Update: I did accumulate thoughts and pictures...
Sunday, January 25, 2015 08:47 PM (1) - Sunday, 01/25/15 08:47 PM
Matt Ridley: I am a climate lukewarmer. "When I first...
Related: 2014 was one of the 3% coldest years in the...
IBM prepares to lay off 111,800 employees. Wow. That...
The greatest (and stupidest) hacking scenes in movies....
It's a little early in the year for me to be a cycling...
Friday, January 16, 2015 10:29 PM (1) - Friday, 01/16/15 10:29 PM
I need one of these! The lying-in-bed desk. Perfect...
This is a perfect example; just when you think you've...
The other day I noted "close but no cigar", SpaceX's...
The ASO have revealed the list of teams invited to...
that syncing feeling (1) - Monday, 09/15/14 10:56 PM
Hi everyone! Thought I'd poke my head out of my...
Wine is sunlight held together by water......
I for one like U2, and am happy that Apple have...
File under no good deed goes...
One more comment: it's actually a good album. Says...
Interesting: PayPal open fire on Apple Pay. "Apple...
Related: Apple proves that moats are for dummies. A...
Wednesday, August 06, 2014 01:16 AM (1) - Wednesday, 08/06/14 01:16 AM
A little midnight blogging, after a wonderful night at...
Picture of the day: SpaceX Falcon 9 blasts off. ...
Don't you love the way iCloud stops syncing at random,...
With all the talk about mobile payments, guess who is...
They do have a plug-in for my Pebble Watch...
Meanwhile: Stripe CTO explains how Bitcoin could...
Apropos: Wikipedia now accepts donations in...
Le Tour 2014, stage 20: Martin wins TT as Nibali cruises to final yellow (1) - Saturday, 07/26/14 10:43 PM
The amazing 2014 Tour de France continued today as...
So ends a great Tour; tomorrow is the traditional...
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Le Tour 2014, rest day 2: movie + thoughts (1) - Monday, 07/21/14 10:56 PM
The Tour de France 2014 rests again today. Left are...
It seems like Vincenzo Nibali is a lock to win. But...
It already seems a long time ago but remember stage 5,...
Wow. And...
[ Le Tour 2014: all posts | index...
Le Tour 2014, stage 14: Majka triumphs, GC solidifies (1) - Saturday, 07/19/14 09:29 PM
Today's second Alpine stage of the 2014 Tour de France...
Meanwhile Joaquim Rodriguez recaptured the climber's...
Tomorrow is a long transition stage (aka, watch out...
[ Le Tour 2014: all posts | index...
Le Tour 2014, stage 3: sprint into downtown London, Kittel triumphs again (1) - Monday, 07/07/14 10:37 PM
Ho hum; today's Tour de France stage was parade from...
Tomorrow the field crosses the channel into France for...
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Le Tour, 2014 (6) - Saturday, 07/05/14 10:38 PM
Tour de France...
This post is a compendium of all my Tour de France...
The organizers of Le Tour have once again setup an...
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[ Le Tour 2014: all posts | index...
Le Tour 2014 is officially under way, after a most...
Jens Voight was part of the initial break and finally...
July the Fourth be with you (1) - Friday, 07/04/14 11:23 PM
Hey everyone happy...
I celebrated as I always do, by competing in the...
I did have a great time, as always, and reflected on...
My good friends Mark and Rhonda live right on the...
Tomorrow there will be fireworks of a different kind,...
road trip report (1) - Sunday, 06/29/14 10:05 PM
I'm baack after a great road trip, yay. I did ride...
This is an old barn I passed while riding the Emigrant...
And in the meantime, it's all...
Congratulations to Andrew Talansky for winning the...
Also warming up for the Tour: World Champion Rui Costa...
BTW here is a nice overview of Le Tour, by the...
Please click on the thumbnail at right to...
2013 in review (1) - Saturday, 01/18/14 03:04 PM
I must have a lot to do this year, because poof! here...
For a lot of the year I posted solely to Facebook, and...
2013...
Onward!
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wow, 2014 (1) - Sunday, 01/05/14 11:48 PM
Wow, 2014! The Holidays are officially over, and real...
So, what's the first App you open in the morning? ...
Don't say, you don't look at your phone first thing in...
The Microsoft Squeeze is happening: "Never any...
Watched Her last night. Kind of disappointing. A...
So, CES starts tomorrow, and Wearable technology set...
User experience: I returned my Glass after 30 days. ...
2012 revisited! (1) - Sunday, 01/06/13 07:14 PM
For the past ten years I've had the annual ritual of...
On 9/11 this year I posted my usual remembrance and on...
2012...
So what's next? Well, I'm still living on Westlake...
Please stay tuned and I'll keep you...
back? (1) - Tuesday, 09/11/12 08:55 AM
Hi blog public; I'm...
I haven't posted here in ... wow, five months (I have...
Maybe this will loosen my "posters block" and I'll get...
At right, my favorite picture from my just-completed...
Some stuff which has...
labor day pass (1) - Monday, 09/05/11 08:39 PM
A labor day blogging pass ... my weekend was pretty...
I've been re-playing Myst, on my iPad, it's been about...
BTW no, I don't remember all the puzzles ... actually...
Was it really only a month ago that we got back from...
An interesting interview with the CEO of Nestle, Peter...
A meta-observation: the acumen of our business leaders...
The other night we watched Those Magnificent Men in...
Wine and Fire (1) - Monday, 08/08/11 11:06 PM
Sometimes you find you are synchronized with the...
{ I noted on our recent vacation we happened to be in...
So ... on the spur of the moment we decided to spend...
So ... we not only get to do a little cycling (!), a...
back to normal (1) - Saturday, 08/06/11 05:21 PM
Back to normal here, or what passes for normal during...
I'm not going to comment on the S&P downgrade of...
on G+, from xkcd...
If you're suffering from cycling withdrawals from the...
Wow, pro cycling team HTC-Highroad has disbanded. ...
Why your Dad's 30-year-old stereo sounds better than...
Lucille Ball has turned 100. ...
syncing (1) - Thursday, 08/04/11 10:53 PM
So ... I'm back, I've wrapped up my Tour de France...
I must tell you it was most interesting to be in...
BTW as far as Europeans are concerned, the bloom is...
Being on vacation was kind of like a dream; weird to...
Cool: Enormous underwater volcanoes discovered near...
Huh, this could be interesting: Wolfram's...
Bertalan Mesko: Why do I like Google+ even in...
we're back! (5) - Wednesday, 08/03/11 08:00 AM
Well, sorry for the gap, but yes we were gone for two...
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But first things first, the trip... So we flew to...
We managed to schedule this trip to coincide with the...
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After finishing our week of touristing Paris, we took...
We also made a day trip to my hometown of Vlaardingen...
TDF 2011 / final thoughts (2) - Sunday, 07/31/11 09:25 PM
Well I'm a bit late with this, but for form's sake...
Some...
It was soo cool to be there. Wow. I might never go...
Finally, some comments on the commentators; what can...
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TDF stage 21 / parade - Cavendish wins! and takes green (and we are there!) (2) - Sunday, 07/24/11 09:34 PM
What can I say? To be on the Champs d'Elysee for the...
A few pictures for your viewing...
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TDF stage 20 / ITT - Martin powers to victory, Evans blasts by Schlecks to take yellow (and we are there!) (2) - Sunday, 07/24/11 09:35 AM
So yesterday was amazing; Shirley and I were in...
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TDF stage 19 / high mountains - Contador attacks, nearly wins, as Andy Schleck takes yellow (1) - Saturday, 07/23/11 12:33 PM
(on the train to Grenoble to watch the ITT today! - I...
And so yesterday we reached l'Alpe d'Huez, the...
So what happened? Well we had the usual early break,...
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I have to say, today I liked Alberto more than at any...
So going into today's ITT we have Andy in first, Frank...
[ Tour de France...
TDF stage 18 / high mountains - fireworks as Andy Schleck attacks, wins stage, nearly takes yellow (1) - Saturday, 07/23/11 11:57 AM
(written retrospectively on the train to Grenoble, to...
Wrong! Instead there was a huge break of 24 riders,...
At this point we have only l'Alpe d'Huez ahead (wow!)...
[ Tour de France...
TDF stage 17 / mountains - Boassen Hagen wins this time, GC mostly unchanged despite Contador attacks (1) - Saturday, 07/23/11 11:01 AM
(written retrospectively on the train to Grenoble, to...
So stage 16 was unexpectedly great, with everything,...
... which is going to be amazing... who could wait for...
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we're off! (2) - Tuesday, 07/19/11 09:28 PM
Final post before getting on a plane tomorrow and...
Sorry for posting so much about the Tour de France, I...
Want to see something sad? This isn't a Tour de...
Susannah Breslin: How not to be unemployed. I am...
Awesome counterpoint to country-level rights: this...
John Gruber, regarding the new Google+ app for the...
Doonesbury on teaching creationism. I love...
TDF stage 16 / mountains - great racing! Hushovd wins from break, Evans takes time on GC (3) - Tuesday, 07/19/11 09:11 PM
Today's Tour de France stage 16 was a pure pleasure,...
Alberto Contador roused himself to make some great...
By the way there were two Norweigens in the race,...
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TDF rest day #2 - pictures (1) - Monday, 07/18/11 09:56 PM
Today is the Tour's second rest day; tomorrow begins...
In the meantime here's some pictures from the first...
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TDF stage 15 / sprint - Cavendish wins another (yawn) as GC start rest day early (1) - Sunday, 07/17/11 11:45 PM
Today's stage 15 of the Tour was pretty predictable;...
By the way, in case you're wondering about...
Meanwhile tomorrow is a rest day - boo! - and then we...
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TDF stage 14 / mountains - Jesse Vanendert wins (!) while contenders play on final climb / Voeckler keeps yellow (1) - Saturday, 07/16/11 08:43 PM
Today's stage 14 was the consummate Pyrenean stage,...
[ Update: John Wilcockson is not impressed by the...
Some interesting subplots did emerge: Samuel Sanchez...
Tomorrow is a ho-hum sprint - well it could be...
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TDF stage 13 / mountains - Hushovd wins improbably in most excellent fashion, GC unchanged (1) - Friday, 07/15/11 06:05 PM
You could have made a lot of money betting on Thor...
On to tomorrow, perhaps the decisive stage of this...
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TDF stage 12 / mountains! - Sammy Sanchez wins as GC contenders take more time from Contador (2) - Friday, 07/15/11 02:23 PM
(sorry couldn't post last night; we were celebrating...
Wow, did you see yesterday's stage 12? Amazing! ...
I gotta say, I love Jens Voigt; not only did he...
Well that was great, so what's on for stage 13? Well...
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TDF stage 11 / sprint - Cavendish beats Greipel, takes green (1) - Wednesday, 07/13/11 11:06 PM
Today's stage 11 of the TDF was the most boring yet; a...
But tomorrow there will be fireworks, as the Tour...
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TDF stage 10 / sprint - Griepel takes one from Cavendish (1) - Tuesday, 07/12/11 07:23 PM
After a rest day, another flat day in the Tour,...
Tomorrow is another flag day which will probably...
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TDF rest day #1 - thoughts (2) - Monday, 07/11/11 07:43 PM
A few thoughts on the 2011 Tour de France, as of the...
My picks for overall: Cadel Evans to win, Phillippe...
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TDF stage 9 - Sanchez wins from break, Voeckler takes yellow; unbelievable crashes continue (1) - Sunday, 07/10/11 08:02 PM
Wow. Stage 9 of the Tour had a little of everything;...
Today's break was not five guys out to get TV time for...
With a rest day tomorrow that leaves the GC at...
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TDF stage 8 / rollers - Da Costa wins from break, Gilbert takes green (2) - Sunday, 07/10/11 07:56 PM
Rui Da Costa hung on from a break to take stage 8 of...
Stage 9 is rather interesting; with eight categorized...
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TDF stage 7 / sprint - Cavendish wins, crashes knock out contenders (1) - Sunday, 07/10/11 07:43 PM
A long, wet, windy stage 7 from Le Mans to...
[Update: Chris Horner is out :( could not start stage...
Stage 8 is rather interesting; with an uphill finish...
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TDF stage 6 / long rolling sprint - Boassen Hagen outkicks Gilbert and Hushovd, GC unchanged (1) - Thursday, 07/07/11 10:45 PM
Today promised to be a lot more interesting than it...
I think today the mid-race sprint point worked against...
Bad luck for Levi Leipheimer; he crashed just outside...
Tomorrow we have a pancake flat stage which probably...
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TDF stage 5 / windy sprint - Cav wins one ahead of Rojas and Gilbert after carnage on the road (1) - Wednesday, 07/06/11 10:11 PM
Whew, today was one of those days on the tour; what...
Tomorrow's stage is the longest in this year's tour...
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TDF stage 4 / uphill sprint - Evans holds off Contador as Thor stays golden (1) - Tuesday, 07/05/11 10:40 PM
Excellent TDF stage today; a long rolling punishing...
The GC was largely unchanged with only small time...
Tomorrow we have a field sprint - look for Farrar and...
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TDF stage 3 / sprint - Farrar first on forth, Hushovd golden in yellow (1) - Monday, 07/04/11 10:39 AM
Tyler Farrar blasted out from a bunch sprint to win...
I like the change to the rules wherein each days...
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TDF stage 2 / team time trial - Garmin-Cervelo win (!) a close battle; Saxo lose more time for Alberto (1) - Sunday, 07/03/11 08:34 PM
Don't you just love team time trials? I do. Great to...
The net leaves Thor Hushovd in yellow, with David...
Tomorrow is a dead flat sprint - look for an amazing...
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TDF stage 1 / uphill sprint - Gilbert wins as expected; crashes create gaps and Alberto loses big time (2) - Saturday, 07/02/11 11:57 AM
Greetings all! As I did last year (and the year...
This year the Tour doesn't have a prologue (!) - the...
Cadel Evans nearly caught him at the end with a...
Commentating on the commentating: I'd finally gotten...
Tomorrow we have the team time trial which should be...
Tour de France route maps (4) - Saturday, 07/02/11 10:10 AM
I have to call out the Tour de France race organizers...
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Tour de France 2011 (40) - Saturday, 07/02/11 09:59 AM
Tour de France...
Following are all my Tour de France 2011 posts, in...
I have to call out the Tour de France race organizers...
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Greetings all! As I did last year (and the year...
This year the Tour doesn't have a prologue (!) - the...
Cadel Evans nearly caught him at the end with a...
Friday, July 01, 2011 08:26 PM (1) - Friday, 07/01/11 08:26 PM
...and on the first day of July and the first day of...
Cannot *wait* for the Tour de France, which starts...
Nice preview: tour veteran John Wilcockson rates the...
How well do you see color? Test yourself. I scored a...
Chinese 26-mile bridge is the world's longest. Wow,...
Uh; this is embarrassing; the Dodgers file for...
I love this, from John Gruber; Steve Jobs taking a...
en vacance / op vakantie! (1) - Wednesday, 06/29/11 11:37 PM
Tonight I booked travel for our European vacation - 13...
Now that we're actually going there are a kazillion...
We are planning to stay in the "center" of both...
I must tell you this is so much easier now than it...
The bummer in all this is the exchange rate with the...
Tuesday, June 28, 2011 10:24 PM (1) - Tuesday, 06/28/11 10:24 PM
Making a filter...
Spent today exactly as it should be spent; this...
BTW that picture is me, in the same boat, racing in...
Awesome! - Big Tujunga Canyon. One of the great...
WSJ: Interesting interview with Reid Hoffman, friend,...
So Google have abandoned Google Health - no big...
As a contra position, here we have Google's strategy...
Monday, May 30, 2011 11:38 AM (1) - Monday, 05/30/11 11:38 AM
How about a little Memorial Day filter pass? ...
I think HP's Palm / webOS phones / tablets are...
Cloud computing gains ground in healthcare. ...
RIP Spirit: NASA announces death of rover on Mars. ...
ACOs will fail, say Senate Finance Committee members. ...
Dave Zabriske wins the 2011 USA cycling individual...
Alberto Contador wins the 2011 Giro d'Italia. A...
go DeeDee, episode IX (1) - Wednesday, 03/16/11 09:40 AM
Well the 2011 Iditarod is history, and our adopted...
Here are some pictures you might enjoy from the...
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The pictures above are all of DeeDee Jonrowe and her...
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go DeeDee, episode IV (1) - Friday, 03/11/11 04:17 PM
Many of you have asked so I thought I’d clarify the...
Right: Dee and her team take to the trail, with their...
All dogs are examined by vets at each checkpoint. The...
Currently DeeDee has 12 dogs left running, which means...
Left: The Northern lights highlight the...
All of the top teams have dropped at least one dog,...
Of course deciding how hard to run is important too. ...
Wednesday, February 16, 2011 11:24 PM (1) - Wednesday, 02/16/11 11:24 PM
Today began horribly, with gloomy rain and a kazillion...
OMG, my daughter Megan has started a blog: style ftw....
What I want this to be is something big, something...
Meg is...
I have an iPhone! Yes indeed, a spiffy new iPhone 4...
I have switched to Chrome! Yes indeed, Chrome is now...
Wow, Computer finishes off humans on Jeopardy! "The...
Saturday, November 13, 2010 11:44 AM (1) - Saturday, 11/13/10 11:44 AM
Okay, okay, I know; I've been a bad blogger. Not bad...
So why is this? (I know, I'm falling into the...
Let the beatings continue until the blogging...
9:39. My post about a perfect 11 on 11-11 inspired...
* Ancient history, virtually pre-historic. Hi...
Speaking of great blogging; check out what Steven Den...
Cool: downwind faster than the wind, Blackbird sets...
en vacance... (1) - Saturday, 07/31/10 08:33 AM
On vacation in Montecito - yay! - and man I have a lot...
It's kind of sad to look at my home page and realize I...
Meanwhile, let's make a filter...
A great article with a great point: Are you a social...
Google developing Facebook rival. So be it, and good...
Totally true: Clive Thompson on the death of the phone...
A Linux experiment gone horribly...perfect! It is...
reliving an amazingly great Tour de France! (4) - Monday, 07/26/10 11:17 PM
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Well it was a great tour, an *amazingly* great tour,...
Here are the highlights for...
As I said, a *great* tour, every day there was...
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sailing Sunday (1) - Sunday, 07/25/10 07:35 PM
A great Sunday; we watched the final stage of le Tour,...
Is anybody out there? The Times of India reports 140...
I found this rather amusing; for the past two weeks...
I *must* get one of those jerseys; instant...
Alexis and I have been exploring Mini Coopers! How...
(In answer to your next question: Charcoal with black...
And so ends another great weekend. ...
TDF stage 20 / parade + sprint / Cavendish unstoppable again, Contador crowned, Petacchi keeps green (3) - Sunday, 07/25/10 07:27 PM
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The final stage of the 2010 Tour de France was a...
The main excitement of the day occured before the...
The final podium featured Alberto Contador winning his...
It was a great Tour - the best really since I began...
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TDF stage 19 / time trial / Cancellara rips course, Contador survives Schleck, Menchov takes over third (1) - Saturday, 07/24/10 05:57 PM
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Today was the traditional "penultimate day time...
Later in the day the GC contenders fought it out;...
Tomorrow we'll have the usual parade to Paris and...
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TDF stage 18 / sprint / Cavendish wins another, Petacchi reclaims green (1) - Friday, 07/23/10 06:46 PM
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Check out that stage profile, yep, what we have here...
Tomorrow we have the most excellent time trial through...
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TDF stage 17 / climb! / battle royale on the Tourmalet ends in draw; Schleck wins but Contador keeps yellow (1) - Thursday, 07/22/10 10:11 PM
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After the usual break took off - doomed, as everyone...
Meanwhile Sammy Sanchez survived a nasty crash early...
A cool side note: after the break formed Carlos Sastre...
And so ... tomorrow we have a pure sprint stage, and...
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TDF stage 16 / climb / Lance attacks and almost wins! Fedrigo prevails; Hushovd back in green (2) - Tuesday, 07/20/10 09:50 PM
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Wow, Lance *almost* pulled it off, and I think...
Today we had the "queen stage", a huge climbing day...
But it was not to be. A nine-man break formed, with...
Tomorrow is a rest day - much needed, you can be sure...
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TDF stage 15 / climb! / Voeckler wins from break, Contador attacks, takes yellow after Schleck's mechanical (1) - Monday, 07/19/10 07:59 PM
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Oh what a day of racing we had today, and it will set...
As you can see from the profile, we had a long day in...
Meanwhile behind him the real fireworks were...
There will be a lot of controversy over whether...
[Update: I see where Alberto has posted a YouTube...
It all sets up a great battle in the queen stage...
TDF stage 14 / climb! / Riblon wins from break, Menchov and Sanchez 2nd and 3rd (1) - Sunday, 07/18/10 10:42 PM
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Wow, what a shootout! A *great* mountain stage today,...
Chapeau to Christophe Riblon who survived all the way...
Tomorrow we have more climbing including the HC Port...
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TDF stage 13 / rollers / Vinokourov denies sprinters by attacking to win, GC unchanged, Petacchi back in Green (1) - Saturday, 07/17/10 06:49 PM
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On a day which would seem to belong to the sprinters,...
Speaking of tomorrow; near the end we have the HC Port...
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TDF stage 12 / rollers with a kick / Rodriquez wins, Contador takes 2nd, 10s from Schleck; Vinokourov 3rd (1) - Friday, 07/16/10 06:05 PM
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Today's stage really lived up to its potential. A...
Predictably the break itself was attacked, with...
Oh, and another cool thing? Thor Hushovd made that...
And so tomorrow we have - more fireworks? We'll see. ...
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TDF stage 11 / sprint / Cavendish wins another in a wild and woolly sprint (1) - Thursday, 07/15/10 11:14 PM
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(Yawn) 185km of riding, an early break, swept up, and...
Tomorrow is a rather interesting stage; some Cat 2...
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TDF stage 10 / transitional / Paulinho wins from break! GC unchanged (1) - Wednesday, 07/14/10 10:51 PM
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Today's TDF stage was forecast to be good for a...
Tomorrow looks like a stock sprint stage - long flat...
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TDF stage 9 / mountains / Casar wins as Contador and Schleck pull time on GC (2) - Tuesday, 07/13/10 10:48 AM
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Today was an amazing stage in the Tour de France, on a...
Sandy Casar survived to win the stage and Schleck took...
Tomorrow seems to be one of those transitional stages...
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Monday, July 12, 2010 11:30 PM (1) - Monday, 07/12/10 11:30 PM
As noted,yesterday was *not* a good day... My weekend...
BTW, yeah, today is a rest day in the Tour de France,...
James Surowiecki pounds the nail through the wood on...
I love this: Jeff Bezos 2010 commencement speech at...
Powerline: The World is Full of Bad Jokes, "But the...
Scott "Dilbert" Adams commenting on the iPad: The...
So here's something interesting: Google have announced...
TDF stage 8 / mountains / Lance crashes and cracks, Schleck attacks for win (2) - Sunday, 07/11/10 07:07 PM
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Lance Armstrong has seen many great days in the Tour...
Meanwhile the first real mountains of the 2010 Tour...
And so tomorrow is a rest day - and a digestion day,...
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not a good day, as Lance and Holland lose... (2) - Sunday, 07/11/10 04:26 PM
Man, some days are not good, and this is one of...
So what...
Tour de France: Lance Armstrong blew up on the final...
World Cup: Holland played Spain to an ugly 0-0 draw...
So be it... But I don't have to be happy about it. ...
on the road again... returning from the Death Ride (1) - Saturday, 07/10/10 11:55 PM
I rode the Death Ride today, and survived (!), in fact...
... and again I am delighted with my remote viewing...
Looking back over my blog, I must tell you I can't...
Yesterday I wrote "Tomorrow is a big day in the Tour...
Paul Mirengoff of Powerline has a nice preview of...
I am hyper-aware of the need to stay away from my...
Liran Shapira makes a subtle point: Be Impressed. ...
TDF stage 7 / transitional climb / Chavanel wins, takes back yellow! GC unchanged... (1) - Saturday, 07/10/10 11:45 PM
...
(blogged from a Carl's Jr. in Bishop, driving home...
Just finished watching today's TDF stage while driving...
After that weird stage 2 where Chavanel won from the...
Tomorrow morning the Tour really starts; stage 8 is...
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on the road... driving to the Death Ride (1) - Friday, 07/09/10 10:50 PM
Just hanging out in a Marie Calendar's in Merced,...
Today's technology for being "on the road" is quite...
I am curiously unprepared mentally for the Death Ride...
Tomorrow is a big day in the Tour de France, and also...
Have you been following Paul the prognosticating...
Related: BoingBoing notes the end of science reporting...
Here's a helpful article: The best South African wines...
TDF stage 6 / sprint / Cavendish notches another, Cancellara, Hushovd keep jerseys (1) - Friday, 07/09/10 10:40 PM
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(blogged from a Marie Calendar's in Merced, driving to...
I watched today's TDF stage while driving (!!, Tivo to...
Speaking of tomorrow, I won't be able to watch as I...
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* BTW I must tell you, I have an HD Slingbox attached...
TDF stage 5 / sprint / Cavendish [finally] wins one! Jerseys unchanged... (1) - Thursday, 07/08/10 11:34 PM
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To everyone's relief, especially his, Mark Cavendish...
Is Mark back? Will the confidence from this win carry...
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TDF stage 4 / sprint / Petacchi wins another, reclaims green (2) - Wednesday, 07/07/10 09:27 PM
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A quiet day in the Tour de France; 200km of parade...
Tomorrow is another field sprint - it will be...
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TDF stage 3 / cobblestones! / Hushovd siezes the day, takes green, Cancellera back in yellow (1) - Tuesday, 07/06/10 11:03 PM
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Today was the big day - cobblestones! And while some...
The real battle among the GC contenders was pretty...
Tomorrow we all relax and have a "normal" field...
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Monday, July 05, 2010 10:45 PM (1) - Monday, 07/05/10 10:45 PM
And so it was back to work for me today (after a...
Couple of notes: Today I rode Rockstore for the first...
Random thought: what the heck happened to Hilary...
Have you seen this Panasonic camera ad? They're...
Snooth asks What Makes Wine so Expensive? They miss...
Razib considers Authenticity and the Fermi Paradox. ...
There really is such a thing as underwater basket...
TDF stage 2 / rollers / crashes on slippery descent cause peloton to stop racing; Chavanel escapes to victory (2) - Monday, 07/05/10 10:23 PM
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Well today was as weird a day in the Tour de France as...
Fabian Cancellara was in yellow and was driving the...
My own view is that while Cancellara did the right...
Tomorrow we have the infamous stage 3 over...
[Update: the various reactions from riders are...
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TDF stage 1 / flat / crashes mar finish as Petacchi wins sprint (1) - Sunday, 07/04/10 10:40 AM
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Today's stage 1 from Rotterdam to Brussels was 220km...
Fortunately nobody was seriously hurt - although...
Onward to stage 2 - a classic ride through the...
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independence weekend (1) - Saturday, 07/03/10 11:26 PM
Today was a good day; got up early to watch the Tour...
An amazing article in the Economist: Intelligence...
I'm sure the Economist and the study it quotes will...
Important news you can use: How to make ice cream in...
Science: stem cells from blood a huge milestone. ...
A great analysis from Ars Technica: KIN's tragic...
Yes! Will the real programmers please stand up? ...
TDF prologue / Dutch treat! - Cancellara wins, Lance beats Alberto (2) - Saturday, 07/03/10 12:06 PM
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Greetings all! As I did last year, I'm going to make...
The Tour got off to a great start today with a...
To nobody's surprise Fabian Cancellara blistered the...
Tomorrow is a stage for the sprinters - the GC guys...
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Tour de France 2010 (36) - Saturday, 07/03/10 11:53 AM
Tour de France...
Following are all my Tour de France 2010 posts, in...
...
Greetings all! As I did last year, I'm going to make...
The Tour got off to a great start today with a...
To nobody's surprise Fabian Cancellara blistered the...
Tomorrow is a stage for the sprinters - the GC guys...
sports fanatic (1) - Thursday, 07/01/10 10:23 PM
I am in a great mood tonight! After a good day in...
And then Saturday is the Prologue of the Tour de...
And Sunday I am sailing, participating in the Westlake...
Quick update on my addiction: today I ate *zero*...
The source of Vitamin T: great blooming Agave! Did...
So Tesla successfully went public, and released v2.5...
Wired explains how multitasking works on iPhone,...
Tuesday, June 29, 2010 10:11 PM (1) - Tuesday, 06/29/10 10:11 PM
A productive day in which I avoided the spin cycle...
How do you know you're in a cool restaurant? By their...
Congratulations Tesla! IPO shares pop, open at $18,...
Do you have cellphone reception problems? You could...
You have been warned: Vuvuzelas are now for sale on...
Are you ready? ARE YOU READY! This weekend starts...
Did you hear? Talking to yourself might be the...
Tuesday, June 22, 2010 11:40 PM (1) - Tuesday, 06/22/10 11:40 PM
Tired and sore and happy in Farmington (CT) after a...
Yikes: Jamie Zawinsky notes The oceans look delicious...
Inhabitat: What happens if BP never plugs the oil...
Drudge: BP CEO goes sailing, Obama goes golfing. ...
From Salon: the 10 best moments from Pat Benatar's...
CrunchGear reviews Toy Story 3. They love it, like...
Kottke: Athens' modern Olympic ruins. "Many of the...
week of 5/24, redux (1) - Sunday, 05/30/10 04:11 PM
Wow what a week. Amazing. It has to have been the...
...In the meantime I have fallen behind *again*, time...
Mark Steyn: we're too broke to be this stupid. ...
I read this in print but you can read it online, from...
BTW kudos to Wired for having "full page"...
Eric Raymond continues his series of rants on how...
Whoa: Apple surpasses Microsoft in market cap. Of...
Wednesday, May 19, 2010 11:45 PM (1) - Wednesday, 05/19/10 11:45 PM
A _l_o_n_g_ day yesterday, round trip to Vista capped...
Big news today as Google's I/O conference kicks off......
Dave Zabriske won yesterday's ATOC stage 3, as he,...
Meanwhile, at the Giro d'Italia, the entire race was...
And in some extremely sad cycling news, Floyd Landis...
Headline of the day: Algorithm spots sarcasm --...
A Ride with George Hincapie (1) - Monday, 05/10/10 09:56 PM
Tonight I had the privilege of attending A Ride with...
You might now know that in addition to having won all...
Turns out George is from a cycling background -...
This year George is riding with BMC, which is World...
One of the coolest things was discovering that George...
not often enough...
Monday, May 10, 2010 09:13 PM (1) - Monday, 05/10/10 09:13 PM
This is a wonderful Monday... why? Because I was home...
Also had a chance to attend a *great* event tonight, a...
And so now... filter...
In re: Arizona's immigration enforcement law; of 64...
Important work from Williams Cycling; their annual...
Who would have predicted this? Alexander Vinokourov...
The power of Why. Don't start with What, go to How,...
week of 2/15/10, redux (1) - Friday, 02/19/10 09:06 PM
Yet *another* max busy week, and another week in which...
... and we find that as usual, it's all happening...
And so this week began the Winter Olympics in...
The best restaurant in the world? That might be El...
Here we have the fantabulous AR.Drone, an iPhone...
Scott [Dilbert] Adams ponders replacing yourself. ...
The Adolph Hitler parody of all Adolph Hitler...
Monday, September 21, 2009 09:57 PM (1) - Monday, 09/21/09 09:57 PM
Well as promised I did spent the weekend coding, and...
The more time I spent in Visual Studio, the happier I...
And in the meantime, there is always Citydesk for...
Yikes: Obama open to newspaper bailout bill. [ via...
Smithsonian: magnificent photos from space probes. ...
The Tour of Spain was kind to Samuel Sanchez, who...
Here's some important research: The real reason women...
Saturday morning post (1) - Saturday, 09/05/09 10:30 AM
I am back in the blogitorium, and I am NOT riding in...
Ann Althouse considers the fact that the news anchors...
Maximum congratulations to l'Equipe l’Hydroptère,...
TechRadar: Nice shoes, where did you download them? ...
This is seriously cool: a hyperbolic graph tree...
Just finished Alex Wellen's Lovesick. Highly...
Shirley is reading My Life in France, about Julia...
weekend of August 29, redux (1) - Sunday, 08/30/09 06:39 PM
I kind of like posting at longer intervals than...
Yesterday I joined about forty colleagues from Aperio...
I'm in my office, not in the blogitorim, as I'm...
And so the Vuelta a España is under way! And...
Congratulations to Fabian Cancellara for winning stage...
Congratulations to Gerard Ciolek for winning stage 2,...
One thing that's rather weird about this year's "tour...
dot dot dash + week of August 24, redux (1) - Saturday, 08/29/09 11:33 AM
And so another busy week flew by... sorry for my...
*Something I call the "beach effect"; you are taking...
I sometimes joke about "Morse code from Mars", as a...
Ian Frazier Travels in Siberia, and writes about it. ...
Awesome! A new Maserati... having come out with the...
Megan McArdle is Thinking Thin. In which a reader...
The line diet. A perfect implementation of the Metric...
week of August 17, redux (1) - Saturday, 08/22/09 11:14 AM
I am back in my blogitorium, happy that another *busy*...
Can you believe it? Summer is over. The kids are...
Bumper sticker of the week, courtesy of my friend...
Interesting post: Innovation, the lessons of Bob. I...
Johan Bruyneel is taking a Million Dollar...
This is pretty funny: TechCrunch: What are these bars...
And the biggest plus of course is all the cool...
TDF redux (2) - Monday, 07/27/09 09:09 PM
...
One more Tour post (if you're sick of these, you can...
And so now it is wait 'till next...
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Tour de France 2009 (31) - Sunday, 07/26/09 09:36 PM
Tour de France...
Following are all Tour de France 2009 posts, in...
...
(I'm going to try something new this year: separate...
Today's stage 1 was a 15.5km ITT in Monaco. Fabian...
Watching the aerial views of Monaco and Monte Carlo, I...
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TDF stage 21 / parade + sprint - Cavendish blows field away! + Contador triumphs + wrapup (2) - Sunday, 07/26/09 05:19 PM
...
And so the 2009 Tour de France came down to the final...
As expected none of the jerseys changed hands, so...
[Update: reflecting on this Tour, and on Contador's...
Finally I have to note I really enjoyed the...
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TDF stage 20 / climb - Garate conquers Ventoux, Contador and Armstrong stay with the Schlecks (2) - Saturday, 07/25/09 01:42 PM
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Woo hoo, Mont Ventoux! Juan Manual Garate won after...
Among the GC men the expected fireworks took place on...
Other heroes on a heroic day included Franco...
In the end Mont Ventoux provided great entertainment...
[Update: came across this clip on YouTube of Lance...
And so ends a great Tour! And actually it isn't over...
TDF stage 19 / flatish - Cavendish wins sprint after Rabo chases down break; jerseys unchanged (3) - Friday, 07/24/09 11:09 AM
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Well today was kind of a weird day in the Tour de...
So what happened? The field came together for a bunch...
A side note: your may remember Lance ruffled feathers...
Tomorrow is of course the BIG day, the mountaintop...
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TDF stage 18 / ITT - Contador wins (wow!), Andy, Lance, Bradley, Andreas left for GC (1) - Thursday, 07/23/09 11:30 AM
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Okay, we're going to have to admit it now: Alberto...
I'm going to confess, I was pretty disappointed with...
... and so tomorrow's transitional stage is likely to...
In other cycling news, Lance announced he's forming a...
And finally this is GREAT news: UCI won't oppose...
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TDF stage 17 / climb - the Schlecks win, Contador and Hushovd solidify yellow and green (1) - Wednesday, 07/22/09 09:13 PM
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Wow, what a race! Today's TDF stage 17 from...
There were some great sub-plots; Thor Hushovd secured...
And Franco Pellizotti secured his polka dot jersey by...
Although Alberto ended up increasing his lead in...
Tomorrow is the final ITT - look for Armstrong,...
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TDF stage 16 / climb - Astarloza attacks to win / jerseys unchanged after battle (1) - Tuesday, 07/21/09 10:51 PM
...
(refraining from descriptive titles until a couple of...
And so after a rest day we had a day of fireworks in...
Tomorrow is a maniacal stage with five massive climbs...
On a sad note poor Jens Voigt pulled out in the early...
One more note: check out this video of Fabian...
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Monday, July 20, 2009 10:54 PM (1) - Monday, 07/20/09 10:54 PM
Whew, tired. Great day. Great, great day. Many good...
...and the Ole filter makes a...
Pre-report: I am pleased to report that I was able to...
While riding past Miramar I was treated to a ton of...
Betanews asks: Could Popfly's pop up be game over for...
Scoble: All the hype in the world (why PR isn't...
Slate: American drivers should learn to love the...
TDF stage 15 / climb! - Contador asserts himself, takes yellow (1) - Sunday, 07/19/09 02:55 PM
...
Today we had the second real selection in the Tour...
At this point you'd have to say the Tour is Alberto's...
Couple of things I want to note: as I thought about...
The other thing is that watching today play out, it...
[Update: At the Tour there are always great little...
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TDF stage 14 / flat - Ivanov attacks break to win, Hincapie narrowly misses yellow (1) - Saturday, 07/18/09 10:31 AM
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Weird doings on the road in France, as a day-long...
Anyway that's that for the sprint stages until the...
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TDF stage 13 / climb? - Haussler wins big, GC unchanged, Hushovd green, Pellizotti spotted (1) - Friday, 07/17/09 08:46 AM
...
Heinrich Haussler attacked from an early break and...
I am confused by the strategy of would-be GC...
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TDF stage 12 - Leipheimer out with broken wrist (1) - Friday, 07/17/09 06:53 AM
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Man, this sucks... Levi Leipheimer was involved in a...
It will make today's stage even more interesting......
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TDF stage 12 / flat - Sorenson wins in a solo break! / Jerseys unchanged... (1) - Thursday, 07/16/09 12:43 PM
...
And so guess what? Yeah, Mark Cavendish did not win. ...
The jerseys were unchanged, but I hope Rinaldo...
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TDF stage 11 / flat - (yawn) another Cavendish sprint win! etc. (1) - Wednesday, 07/15/09 11:30 AM
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Well so much for those who said Mark Cavendish...
Meanwhile I thought this was interesting: Bernard...
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TDF stage 10 / flat - another Cavendish sprint win, ho hum (1) - Tuesday, 07/14/09 10:49 AM
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And so after a rest day the Tour crosses relatively...
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TDF stage 9 / climb -Fedrigo takes the break, Tourmelet neutralized (1) - Sunday, 07/12/09 11:22 PM
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How to you turn a Pyranean stage with two huge climbs...
Tomorrow is a rest day (for me from this weekend, as...
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Sunday, July 12, 2009 08:22 PM (1) - Sunday, 07/12/09 08:22 PM
Getting caught up after a busy long weekend that...
JibJab: He's come to save the day. They have the...
I'm in between watching yesterday's and today's stages...
Hey, guess what? Yeah, it's the all-star break. ...
Elizabeth Kolbert asks Why are we so fat? A book...
Related: as nation gains, size 14 becomes size 10. ...
...
TDF stage 8 / climb - Sanchez survives to win, Nocentini holds yellow (1) - Sunday, 07/12/09 06:35 PM
...
Sorry I know I'm late with this post, I was otherwise...
There was some infighting among the contenders, with...
TDF stage 7 / climb - Contador attacks! But Feillu wins and Nocentini takes yellow... (1) - Friday, 07/10/09 11:08 AM
...
Quite the wild stage today, eh? As the tour climbed...
The big story will be "Alberto attacks Lance"; one...
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TDF stage 6 / flat - Hushovd cranks in the rain! / Cancellara keeps yellow (1) - Thursday, 07/09/09 09:43 AM
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A wild and wooly stage in the rain today; the uphill...
Others who suffered on the day included Denis Menchov,...
Well there is a l o n g way to go yet, and much...
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TDF stage 5 / flat - Voeckler wins as break stays away! / Cancellara keeps yellow (1) - Wednesday, 07/08/09 11:32 PM
...
Today we had the feel-good story of the Tour (so far...
The six-man break formed early, at 20K, and hung in...
Tomorrow's stage should be interesting; it takes place...
It is always great when a break succeeds; it is fun to...
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TDF stage 4 / TTT: Astana rolls! Cancellara keeps yellow over Lance (by 0:00) (1) - Tuesday, 07/07/09 09:08 AM
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Un-be-lievable. Did you watch today's TTT? Astana...
(How cool would it have been for Lance to be in...
It was quite a technical course, and the day was...
The next couple of days are relatively flat and likely...
What a tour, and this is only the first...
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TDF stage 3 / flat?: Cavendish! Columbia blows the field apart in echelons, Cancellara keeps yellow, Lance gains (1) - Monday, 07/06/09 11:12 PM
...
If you ever want to watch an exciting bike race, check...
So with about 45K left to ride, the Columbia team had...
This adds some extra spice to tomorrow's team time...
There is of course all kinds of speculation that this...
It is a long way to Paris and ultimately those 40s...
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TDF stage 2 / flat: Cavendish! a classic field sprint (1) - Sunday, 07/05/09 11:53 AM
...
To no one's surprise today's TDF stage 2 from Monaco...
The rest of the stage was pretty boring, if...
We're enjoying the HD pictures Versus are providing...
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TDF stage 1 / ITT: Cancellara dominates! Astana's big four stay close... (1) - Saturday, 07/04/09 10:39 PM
...
(I'm going to try something new this year: separate...
Today's stage 1 was a 15.5km ITT in Monaco. Fabian...
Watching the aerial views of Monaco and Monte Carlo, I...
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Happy Birthday, USA! (1) - Saturday, 07/04/09 07:40 AM
Good morning all and Happy Birthday to our country,...
I'm really fortunate; my biggest challenge today is...
After that we have a family BBQ on tap, with much...
I hope you have a fantastic day yourself, and...
Wednesday, July 01, 2009 10:47 PM (1) - Wednesday, 07/01/09 10:47 PM
A rather lazy day in which I accomplished little but...
The high point of the day was having dinner with all...
An important side note to watching baseball: Shirley...
Speaking of the TDF, stage one in Monaco is Saturday. ...
Interesting article in Fortune the other day about...
The amazing 100' racing yacht Alfa Romeo. Wow. N.B....
Excellent news: LogMeIn’s Strong IPO Keeps VC...
Bo knows baseball? (1) - Wednesday, 07/01/09 10:30 PM
I am delighted to report that tonight I successfully...
...
Little Bo seemed to enjoy the game, making chirps at...
Hi, Bo (1) - Tuesday, 06/30/09 10:08 PM
Today we adopted a new baby guinea pig, please say...
Man, there is nothing cuter than a baby guinea...
He is quite cuddly and [of course] a little scared in...
Monday, June 29, 2009 11:10 PM (1) - Monday, 06/29/09 11:10 PM
... and so I am somewhat back to normal, somewhat...
* yes of course behinder is a real...
... which is something my friend Robert Scoble is back...
Oh and I have to agree with this post about Facebook,...
This is a really good thing: The Supreme Court has...
Are you ready? Tivo checked out, schedules arranged? ...
The other day I mentioned Quantum Hoops, a great...
Thursday, June 25, 2009 09:27 PM (1) - Thursday, 06/25/09 09:27 PM
Hey everyone out there in blogoland... how's it...
I am aware of a disturbance in the force, somehow my...
[Update: I think I finally found and fixed the...
John Hinderaker concludes Obamacare is disastrous in...
With the Tour de France a week away (yay!), Velonews...
An interesting article pointed out by my colleague...
ZDNet: Blu-Ray buzzkill: the death spiral. "Will...
gone sailing! (1) - Thursday, 06/18/09 01:03 PM
I'm off! Or should I say "we're off"; just about to...
A few quick notes on the way...
Particularly apropos considering I'm sailing on a...
I had to switch from my Pre back to my Centro. The...
RAAM is under way! A 3,000 mile cycle race from...
Can you handle this ZooBorn? It is a Tawny Frogmouth...
Tuesday, June 02, 2009 09:07 PM (1) - Tuesday, 06/02/09 09:07 PM
Blogging from the Virgin skies, 35,000' above...
If you want to turn GM around, your first task is to...
PS my vote from the ugliest car of recent times goes...
In case you missed the new Tonight show, now with...
Pretty cool: Socotra Island: the “Galápagos of the...
Don't these plants look very Seuss-ian?...
Well, so now we know; Alberto Contador will be...
Sunday, May 31, 2009 08:32 PM (1) - Sunday, 05/31/09 08:32 PM
Last day of May... and off to New York tomorrow! Had...
...and now the Ole filter makes a...
Wow, SETI@home has turned 10. Amazing. I can...
Guess what? Turns out Pixar's 'Up' house could really...
Apparently Up is really flying at the box office. As...
Wow, congratulations to Denis Menchov, who won the...
Did you know Nobel-prize winning Physicist Richard...
Monday, May 25, 2009 10:05 PM (1) - Monday, 05/25/09 10:05 PM
I hope you had a great Memorial Day? I did... hung...
As a fan of New Yorker covers you knew I would note...
You can watch a reply of how it was made...
iPhones are all the rage, as is the Apple App Store,...
Pre-celebration? "Investors should not think the...
(Of course, precelebration is the root of all failure...
The power of crowds: mapping North Korea. "Here is...
Tuesday, May 05, 2009 10:57 PM (1) - Tuesday, 05/05/09 10:57 PM
The Ole filter makes a pass, Cinco de Mayo edition. I...
I've been ruminating on the value of unique names in...
Oh to be a fly on the wall: Jason Kottke blogs about...
Joel Spolsky hits a familiar nail on the head: why...
Horizontal scrolling and the evolution of medical...
Alternative reality: Steve Gillmor says Rest in peace,...
Huh, looks like the Tour of California is moving to...
Tuesday, April 07, 2009 11:57 PM (1) - Tuesday, 04/07/09 11:57 PM
What a mad day, still at HIMSS conference in Chicago,...
Tonight I dined at Graham Elliot. They say if you...
BW: The CEO Guide to Electronic Health Records. A...
Interesting, and related: CVS customers can now...
Bill Whittle has a message to the rich. Man, I must...
Astana have announced that Lance Armstrong is good to...
Juliet Lapidos asks Why is Gmail still in beta? Good...
Monday, March 16, 2009 09:01 PM (1) - Monday, 03/16/09 09:01 PM
Back to normal... or what passes for normal in my life...
Did you know? Our economy is sound after all. ...
Powerline says let's hear it for bankruptcy, with...
Mental floss: Eight brilliant scientific screw-ups. ...
NYTimes: Growing up on Facebook... the tone of this...
Darren Waters at BBC thinks social networks are the...
A quote I've heard often in different connections,...
getting ready for the Tour (1) - Friday, 02/13/09 09:42 AM
...
It has come to this: I am getting ready for the Tour...
Truly the Tour of California has risen to the top,...
Fortunately for us spectators, Versus are broadcasting...
Wednesday, January 28, 2009 11:51 PM (1) - Wednesday, 01/28/09 11:51 PM
I'm feeling a bit better about things - yeah, I've...
And meanwhile it's all...
I've written a bit about Floyd Landis lately; Cycling...
FanDome: The mystery of the yellow line. Who knew it...
Offline GMail launched. This I want to check out. ...
So Apple has threatened to enforce their multitouch...
Sunday, January 18, 2009 11:19 PM (1) - Sunday, 01/18/09 11:19 PM
Had a nice quiet day, my girls are all gone (shopping...
One of the important issues we discussed today while...
The rehabilitation of George Bush is well under way,...
Sully Sullenberger is [justifiably] a hero (he was the...
Incidentally, since deciding that this year I have to...
I saw a billboard yesterday with the caption "do you...
So I wired my blog posts into Twitter, and that was...
Wednesday, January 07, 2009 11:52 PM (1) - Wednesday, 01/07/09 11:52 PM
Whew, tired. L o n g day, capped by a long ride, and...
I have been doing more introspecting about what I do...
Global Cooling: Sea ice returns to 1979 levels. ...
News of the day: Michael Rasmussen eyes a comeback. ...
Sorry but I'm not gadget blogging CES. Please visit...
One cool thing: Win7 is now in a public beta! A newer...
TinEye image search looks cool. I'll have to play...
revisiting stage 17 (1) - Sunday, 12/21/08 04:42 PM
Today I received an email from Adam Winer, a friend...
In cycling this is now just called "stage 17". You...
Floyd ended up winning the 2006 tour, largely due to...
Here are some numbers from Floyd's amazing...
Rewatching that stage gives me goose bumps. I...
A note about the drug test: I still believe Floyd was...
What strikes me in retrospect reading articles about...
the white swan (1) - Thursday, 11/27/08 02:35 PM
When you're out in the ocean every once in a while you...
An outlier like this is sometimes referred to as a...
Sometimes such a rare event can be positive, maybe we...
Of course, not every white swan occurs to a...
There's a ride I like to do, from my house, down...
From the moment I started out, the ride felt good. It...
Who can say why I felt so strong today? Was it the...
Monday, November 24, 2008 07:14 PM (1) - Monday, 11/24/08 07:14 PM
This morning I had my annual physical, and you will be...
And meanwhile, the blogosphere continues to discuss,...
John Battelle linked an interesting speech by Eric...
BTW, When Eric talks he seems really smart. Like...
The Economist wonders: Can Barack Obama and Tom...
So, should Barack Obama go to church? Of all the...
Anatomy of a meltdown: John Cassidy on Ben Bernanke...
Wednesday, November 19, 2008 10:48 PM (1) - Wednesday, 11/19/08 10:48 PM
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Another long day... but better than yesterday. ...
Foreign Policy has Five physics lessons for Obama... ...
Mitt Romney thinks we should Let Detroit go bankrupt. ...
Tim O'Reilly: Daddy, where's your phone? "The tipping...
Fregata magnificens from Panda's...
Here we have the Infinity Bookcase. It's excellent,...
Wednesday, October 22, 2008 11:21 PM (1) - Wednesday, 10/22/08 11:21 PM
Today was windy, whew, and hot too. Weird weather,...
If you're a student of this Presidential election, you...
Regardless, the relentless media bias on display has...
Here's some bad political thinking by Matt Haughey,...
BTW did you know? "Socialist" is the new black. ...
The 2009 Tour de France route has been announced, and...
Not to mention, in addition to Lance Armstrong being...
Sunday, September 21, 2008 08:42 PM (1) - Sunday, 09/21/08 08:42 PM
Well, I am back to the land of the "normal", no longer...
In particular while I am really worried about the...
First and foremost, HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my wonderful...
Even as we almost had a female President and could...
The media bias on display in this election has been...
If, improbably, you're still undecided about who to...
So Levi Leipheimer won the final time trial in the...
Monday, August 04, 2008 06:29 PM (1) - Monday, 08/04/08 06:29 PM
I had a pretty rough return to reality today; after...
Among the difficult tasks I had to confront today was...
For those of you who recognized yesterday's reference...
In a small orgy of naval-gazing, I enhanced my...
While testing the new archive I was drawn to a few old...
So I see where TheScientist was voted Magazine of the...
Want to see some awesome pictures from the Tour de...
just got back (1) - Sunday, 08/03/08 11:08 PM
Just got back from Illinois, locked the front door, oh...
We had a wonderful time in Montecito, during which I...
Sadly, SpaceX launched their third rocket yesterday,...
SpaceX have posted a great webcam movie from the...
A sad side note, this rocket carried the ashes of...
Inhabitat posts about the Kielder Observatory, a...
Affymetrix has received FDA clearance for the first...
vive le Tour (1) - Saturday, 07/26/08 10:05 AM
Well a great Tour de France wrapped up this morning;...
It is remarkable how much motivation affects time...
Tomorrow we have the parade to Paris, with nothing at...
It has been a nice Tour, despite the absence of Team...
Friday, July 25, 2008 10:28 PM (1) - Friday, 07/25/08 10:28 PM
Yes, here it is, a rare Friday night post. What can I...
Powerline: McCain hits hard. "Fortunately, Senator...
In other news, McCain veers off script, talks about...
Of course Obama has been in Europe, but Jennifer Rubin...
Yesterday and today we had two rather boring stages in...
My prayers have been answered: the 2009 Tour of...
CNN reports on Dave Schweidenback's Pedals for...
Sastre rocks! (1) - Wednesday, 07/23/08 11:02 PM
Congratulations to Carlos Sastre, who won today's...
I've always liked Carlos but I must admit I didn't...
It was a great stage of a great Tour, dramatic and...
Next we have two sprint stages - watch for Robbie...
Monday, July 21, 2008 09:30 PM (1) - Monday, 07/21/08 09:30 PM
Okay, Whitney survived, mind cleared, and it is back...
Charles Krauthammer: The Audacity of Vanity. He nails...
A similar theme at the National Review: The Tautology...
And the Onion outdo themselves: 'Time' Publishes...
Michael Barone thinks McCain should revisit...
Think things are bad in our economy? Well you might...
I watched yesterday's Tour de France stage tonight...
Saturday, July 19, 2008 11:10 AM (1) - Saturday, 07/19/08 11:10 AM
A quiet weekend, no plans, maybe do a little cycling,...
We saw Wall-E last night, I guess about the last...
The Tour de France will be won this weekend, as the...
Just got the latest issue of Wired, the "how to"...
(I have to say, sadly, that yes Wired is slipping;...
Thursday, July 17, 2008 11:41 PM (1) - Thursday, 07/17/08 11:41 PM
Powerline notes the AP is beginning to notice: "You...
Of course, he is the first Presidential candidate...
John Derbyshire wonders How many members of the Obama...
His own words are mocking him too; check out this...
Michael Yon: Success in Iraq. "I would go so far as...
This sucks: Ricardo Ricco tests positive for EPO,...
Little noted in all the iPhone hoopla, Apple passes...
Monday, July 14, 2008 09:40 PM (1) - Monday, 07/14/08 09:40 PM
I had one of those days where you make a todo list,...
But in the meantime, let's make a filter pass, shall...
I see where I have officially won the California...
The Scientist notes Heart surgery pioneer dies:...
Congratulations to Cadel Evans, who after hovering...
CultOfMac reports Last.fm for iPhone Launches, Rocks. ...
Mary-Jo Foley asks, Again, why does Microsoft want...
Sunday, July 13, 2008 10:37 PM (1) - Sunday, 07/13/08 10:37 PM
Visiting the world after returning from an...
... and I've finally shed that weird / bad feeling I...
On the my breast cancer blog: I hate cancer. "Today,...
There's quite a stir caused by the latest New Yorker...
Did you see this? Boeing is making a blimp that can...
While I was out, Mark Cavendish won another sprint...
The newest Kuiper belt planetoid has been officially...
Thursday, July 10, 2008 11:17 PM (1) - Thursday, 07/10/08 11:17 PM
Isn't Vin Scully just the best? Watched a Dodger game...
Congratulations to Riccardo Riccol, who won today's...
Tomorrow is iPhone 3G day, and today the Apple iPhone...
Wow, now we have 1.5TB disk drives. Just a year ago...
Here's a list of 20 things gadget zone thinks should...
Saturday, July 05, 2008 01:46 PM (2) - Saturday, 07/05/08 01:46 PM
So, how about a mid-day Saturday post? I want to make...
Speaking of the Tour, Alejandro Valverde got off to a...
I have to say parenthetically, I am so glad I have a...
Also related; Google now lets you see the Tour de...
LGF reports on 1,200 soldiers who've reenlisted to...
Huh, apparently Intuition can be explained. It seems...
Here's a pretty awesome picture of the day: a thin...
happy July (1) - Tuesday, 07/01/08 11:04 PM
Happy July everyone, and welcome to summer and the...
Meanwhile I am turning 50, perhaps starting the second...
Interestingly, tonight I sort of revisited my youth: I...
Glenn Reynolds warns us to get ready for the Obama...
In considering this, and Obama's likely pivot,...
Jason Kottke revisits an Onion classic: Someone should...
Good news / bad news for Michael Rasmussen. You will...
Wednesday, June 18, 2008 11:52 PM (1) - Wednesday, 06/18/08 11:52 PM
Are you sitting down? Holding any sharp objects? The...
John McCain has called for building 45 new nuclear...
So Team High Road is now Team Columbia, and Team...
In Europe, high speed trains are killing airplanes. I...
So are you on Firefox 3 yet? (You do know it is now...
Forbes: Why Firefox matters....
Oh, and here's a Power User's guide to Firefox...
happy Fathers Day! (1) - Sunday, 06/15/08 10:13 PM
Happy Father's Day to y'all; and yes, I did have a...
TigerHawk on Iowa's Katrina. It seems to be...
AlterNet: How Breast Cancer Became Big Business. ...
My company Aperio has joined the fight against breast...
So Alejandro Valverde won the Dauphiné Libéré,...
Yay, Lakers! They won game 5 today at home, staving...
So I'm not a soccer fan - at all - but now that...
Sunday, June 01, 2008 08:59 PM (1) - Sunday, 06/01/08 08:59 PM
Friday I was talking with a friend and said I wasn't...
Well, not really nothing, because I spent the day...
In a weird way, having the TivoHD is a bit like my new...
But meanwhile, it was all happening! A busy...
I can't believe it, but the Democrats actually seem to...
Congratulations to Alberto Contador, who today won the...
Wow, I missed this; Mike Piazza has announced his...
Tuesday, April 08, 2008 09:50 PM (1) - Tuesday, 04/08/08 09:50 PM
Another good day, although perhaps not flawless like...
Obamanomics: (From Michelle, not Barack): "The truth...
Powerline notes on General Petraeus' testimony before...
Excellent story of the day, and winner, best picture:...
Sadly it appears this week's Tour of the Basque...
Well I am unsubscribing from Tom's Hardware. Bye...
Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:05 PM (1) - Thursday, 03/13/08 11:05 PM
A quiet day today, with a bit of coding and a nice...
Speaking of riding, I see where Rabobank's Robert...
Cancer survivor Lance Mackey won the Iditarod dog sled...
One of my favorite bloggers is John Gruber, not only...
BTW there is zero chance Sun will be allowed to create...
Tonight I did my mitzvah for the week; I networked...
Wednesday, March 05, 2008 06:52 AM (1) - Wednesday, 03/05/08 06:52 AM
A morning coffee post, as I prepare to return from...
So Hillary Clinton is still alive! Wow, good for her,...
Ann Althouse foresaw: "I don't see how this doesn't...
Megan McCardle on Obama: "Well, I certainly hope he's...
LGF reports Wilders film to air, Dutch government...
Picture of the day: The Earth and the Moon, as seen...
Badness: the historic Paris-Nice cycling race starts...
Friday, February 15, 2008 07:20 AM (1) - Friday, 02/15/08 07:20 AM
Yes, I did have a nice Valentine's Day, thanks for...
Meanwhile, it's all...
Henry Waxman swears off earmarks. "'We have a problem...
Cycling news has a nice preview of the Tour of...
There is ongoing fallout from ASO's decision not to...
The whole Second Life experiment in building a society...
Meanwhile in First Life (the real world), Rowan...
Wednesday, February 13, 2008 09:59 PM (1) - Wednesday, 02/13/08 09:59 PM
Gone again, back again. A good trip, but it's good to...
While I was out, the good folks frequenting the Money...
Oh, and there is a lot going on out there... let's...
This is incredible: Randall Parker reports UCLA group...
LGF on Obama's CheGuevara-gate: Outside the beltway...
Congratulations to Parpec Virbac, who have won the...
I can't actually believe this: ASO have banned Astana...
Tuesday, February 05, 2008 11:18 PM (1) - Tuesday, 02/05/08 11:18 PM
So, I'm back from a trip to Vista, and back to...
It was a tough trip, and a good trip; tough, because I...
It's Super Tuesday! Not to be confused with Super...
The also-rans are affecting each party differently;...
This is why the timing of primaries matters, and why...
Meanwhile the stock market continues to suck air. I...
Pro cycling team High Road has moved from Germany to...
Friday, February 01, 2008 10:20 PM (1) - Friday, 02/01/08 10:20 PM
...
And so making a pass on the internets, we...
Amazon is buying Audible, the leading publisher of...
Microsoft is buying Yahoo. This means that 1) Yahoo's...
Bill Burnham says it is a bad deal for Silicon Valley....
I have a personal interest in this deal; my mailbox...
Big news in Pro Cycling: invitations for the 2008 Giro...
Monday, January 21, 2008 07:30 PM (1) - Monday, 01/21/08 07:30 PM
Blogging I be... Yoda I be...
I saw where Ann Althouse had a similar (although more...
Kind of like what happened with James Watson, the...
BTW, if I ever had any thoughts about voting for...
Gary Kamiya thinks the Republicans are a Dead party...
Steven Dubner and Steven Levitt - of Freakonomics fame...
One more political note, I often enjoy James Taranto's...
Friday, January 04, 2008 11:36 PM (1) - Friday, 01/04/08 11:36 PM
So, the promised massive rainstorm did not...
BTW, on 11/9 Valencia Sailing posted Full details of...
Useful idiots? The macalope notes Yes, Virginia, any...
Those little Mars Rovers keep on tickin'. Wow, has it...
BTW, here's Popular Science's Guide to the Year in...
Saturday, May 12, 2007 10:19 PM (1) - Saturday, 05/12/07 10:19 PM
I made a few minor performance tweaks, hopefully...
Got a few links for you, right...
Sometimes the news just makes you scratch your head. ...
This is amazing: Floyd Landis says the US Anti-Doping...
Check this out - billed as "the world's most dangerous...
So you think you know what's going on in the Middle...
This I love - Ant Colony Algorithms - from Dr. Dobbs. ...
A perfectly incredible day: La Vuelta eTapa 17e (2) - Wednesday, 09/13/06 04:44 PM
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So, I’m in Granada, Spain, and I’m going to watch...
First thing today I walk the streets of Granada...
The trucks are clogging all the streets, getting...
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Saturday, August 13, 2005 08:33 PM (1) - Saturday, 08/13/05 08:33 PM
Hey, guess what? I'm becoming more popular! Yay! ...
Steve Verdon points out that we are experiencing...
Of course I have to point out as I always do, the...
Christopher Hitchens wonders if the left really wants...
I love Australian Prime Minister John Howard. He...
Talk about a setup line: California beach boast...
My recent positive experiences watching OLN's coverage...
Thursday, August 11, 2005 10:24 PM (1) - Thursday, 08/11/05 10:24 PM
Tuesday morning I was up early (0500), just leaving my...
I'm really glad they made it back. And I'll be even...
Slate: The White Stuff. How "vanilla" became...
Panda's Thumb considers the genetics of Harry Potter. ...
There is a serious point behind the humor; let's teach...
KMaps - Google maps on your Treo. My goodness! [ via...
Well we knew this was coming: Engadget reports on...
Watching the Tour (2) - Sunday, 07/31/05 10:33 AM
I was gone sailing for a week, and then gone on...
So last night I decided to catch up, and fired up...
Of all the things I'm somewhat good at, the gap...
I have to say OLN's coverage is pretty darn good. Too...
Tour de force (1) - Saturday, 07/30/05 09:10 AM
What can I say about Lance Armstrong that hasn't been...
While sailing I read a fascinating book called Lance...
And check out this New Yorker cover from July...
...
The title is "Tour de Force"; I love...
Monday, October 18, 2004 10:20 PM (1) - Monday, 10/18/04 10:20 PM
One of the biggest things that happened during my blog...
Did you watch the Tour? I upgraded my cable package...
It is baseball's second season, and watching the games...
Here's a story from 2009, published in 2002: How...
Remember my caravans idea? Well, it's slowly becoming...
Yesterday I noted Netscape's 10th anniversary, and I...
Ottmar rants: "But if a Texan has to take off his...
Sunday, July 27, 2003 10:51 AM (1) - Sunday, 07/27/03 10:51 AM
Happy Anniversary - to me! And to my wonderful wife...
Well, Lance has done it again. Five straight Tour de...
Remember we were talking about Mitochondrial Eve, and...
Here's an interesting post on what makes faces...
Also in GNXP: Genes, Medicine, and the New Race...
More on RFID; Salon says everything is watching you. ...
Recent reports from AOL and SBC seems to suggest DSL...
Tuesday, June 24, 2003 07:52 PM (1) - Tuesday, 06/24/03 07:52 PM
...
You want yet another example of how dumb patents are? ...
Tom Yager pokes holes in Apple's G5 SPEC benchmarks. ...
The Detroit News: Beyond Kazaa, a Grand Plan. "Nikki...
This is great - check out nationmaster.com, which...
Are you ready for some biking? The Tour de France is...
Mostly a note to myself so I can find it later: Don...
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