It looks like at least part of the Bill of Rights will survive the Bush administration. Yesterday the Supreme Court ruled that the Second Amendment is an individual right. Now we just need them to eliminate the KGB Act. (Officially known as the USA PATRIOT Act.)
One day, when I still drove to work, the front right brake on my car stopped working well. I couldn’t figure out what was going on. I suspected the ABS, but I talked to a mechanic and a brake engineer. They thought it was a problem with the brakes. I knew the pads and rotors [...]
I finally got around to watching Who Killed the Electric Car?. It is a very good documentary. I have been reading about electric vehicles the past few months, and the movie inspired me to start looking again.
This weekend I was able to go to a Bill Mallonee concert in Zionsville. This time it was Bill Mallonee with Muriah Rose on the keyboard. It was a good concert with some good new songs. Some were so new he needed lyric sheets. The coffee house crowd was quiet and the sound system was [...]
I have heard some crazy ideas, but this is still amazing. Muncie’s new mayor, Sharon McShurley, wants to privatize the Muncie fire department. This is a very bad idea, especially considering the high arson rate in Muncie.
Shimano just officially announced the new Dura-Ace group. Shimano is finally putting the shift cables under the handlebar tape. It looks like a huge improvement over the old Dura-Ace. I still think Dura-Ace is competing against SRAM Force and Campagnolo Chorus, not Red and Record, but it will be a lot closer now.