As I mentioned the other day, in his book “The Art of Travel”, Alain De Botton examines what happens to a person’s mind and soul when they travel. Almost every page has one of those passages that are so rare in most books: a perfect description of a feeling long felt, but until now one […]

I’m leaving for Japan on Saturday. Expect light posting over the next week or so. Also, expect pictures from my trip but I’m not sure when.

Brad quotes a great statement from SpeedGoat’s website (a bike company):
You might be thinking the world needs another hand-crafted titanium frame about as much as we need another Geraldo Rivera. But take a look at this bike. My own personal feeling is that we need bikes like this, and people like […]

I was tramping our local bookstore, and I noticed that Anthony Kiedis (of the Red Hot Chili Peppers) has released a biography.

I just flipped through the pictures - but it was cool to get a feeling for the type of person he is. He reminds me of a good buddy of mine from High […]

In yet another really smart move, Amazon has implemented an awards program for using their search engine, A9. Here is the text of the notice that I saw on their website:
Ray Grieselhuber, since you’ve been using A9.com recently, virtually everything at Amazon.com is automatically an additional Pi/2 (1.57) off for you. Collecting this discount is […]