After writing a friend a long letter on different ways of getting on and off the plateau, I thought I’d further document it in hopes of easing someone else’s having to figure this out by trial and error. (Otherwise, this is food for google.)
Biking to and from the Sammamish Plateau Read More »
I rode slower than normal on today’s 11-hill variant of the 7 Hills of Kirkland ride, but feel remarkably well for the experience. Rather than driving there, I started from home. I picked up the route at “Old Redmond Road” on the way to Rose Hill, normally the last of the “big seven.” The trek
7 Hills of Kirkland – The Mile High Club Read More »
Google finally issued a check for my last ten months’ participation in their AdSense program. Despite the $100 minimum, AdSense has produced much more in the ten months than Amazon’s Associates program has in the five-plus years I’ve participated. It’s certainly a lot less effort and, to some extent, more entertaining. We hit another record
Tredecillion talked about a horror of my current role: filling out compliance and regulatory forms. Requests for these come up about once a week, when my salespeople or I are working with a enormous company, government department, or research facility. The Bureau of Self-justification (BS for short), which has ensconced itself in the purchasing loop
Two Rows and Eighty-five Columns of Pure Terror. Read More »
I’m the self-appointed team captain for the Bike to Work Commuter Challenge (BtWCC). It’s an offshoot of Bike to Work Day, realizing that if people try biking more than once, they’re more likely to stick with it. During the company meeting, someone asked how we were doing. I pulled some quick numbers and sent out
Tuh-may-toe, toe-mah-toe Read More »
On the surface, Windows XP’s automatic updates seems to be a good idea: your system is regularly patched, the updates are downloaded during off-hours, installation is painless. A problem with this is the implementation of the nag-you-until-you-capitulate-and-reboot option. For example, consider the dialog above. After installing the (snicker) Windows Installer Update Patch, I’m asked to
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Yesterday started as one of those days that made me rue thoroughly backing myself into a corner by fielding a team for the Bike to Work Commuter Challenge. When I woke up it was raining. Again. My stomach was reeling from the ill-effects of Tuesday evening’s “Asian food” potluck. And on top of that, I
I was having a perfectly good bike ride home in the rain yesterday. While I was waiting for the left-turn light, the car behind me started revving his engine. Though my moron detector had been set off (it works a lot like Spider Sense), I ignored it until the light turned. When it did, I
Teenagers and SUVs Read More »