Travel
I think that the Sea to Sky Highway is going to become known as one of the most amazing road-bike rides in the world. The Whistler Granfondo is going to be a blast. Great training ride day today. 16k warmup and then 3 16k sprints. Click the map to follow along!
Honda’s new one person Electric motorcycle. WANT. More info here.
(EDIT: I said Milton Friedman who is of course, no longer with us, may he rest in peace. We now return to our regularly scheduled programming.) Thomas L. Friedman wrote an excellent post over here at the NY Times pleading with the climate folks to go on offense with a simple 50 page grade six [...]
Strap-on tank converts a car into a true all-terrain vehicle from Gizmag Emerging Technology Magazine I wanted another Subaru until I saw THIS baby! Forget the Subaru. Maybe an old Yugo?
Okay, since I’m on the techno lust track today, here is the new Tesla S coupe that has been announced. Hmmm, toss up between this and the Range Rover. Is it just me or is there a significant overlap between “green” and “good design”?
Google launched Latitude – a features in Google Maps that lets you keep track of your friend’s locations. As with all technologies, this one will pose new challenges. I can’t wait for the first divorce stories to hit the press where spouses tracked their spouse’s activities and logged all of the locations they stopped. “Your [...]
My sister sent me this video and I just had to share it.
I read an awesome book recently that made me rethink many things about location, work, and business. It was Tim Ferriss’ book which I highly recommend. “ “The 4-Hour work Week: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich” (Timothy Ferris) I recently had reason to head to Paris for personal reasons. I thought [...]
Not sure what to say. Too many conflicting emotions as I sit in Heathrow waiting for my flight back to Vancouver. Maye I will later. I’ll be listening to this all the way home. I got it from a very dear friend who means a great deal to me. “Breathe Me” by Sia (the soundtrack [...]
I decided to get out for a run in the cold sunny weather today and ran around Ile Saint-Louis: It was a crisp beautiful autumn day. I was the only runner in shorts, and one of the only runners out at ALL. There don’t appear to be many runners in Paris. Maybe I’m looking in [...]
Today was my first weekday in the city. Unfortunately, there are no Crossfit gyms here in Paris. Seems like a business opportunity to me. There are about 30 gyms in downtown Paris, 22 of which are one chain. The first gym I found was actually a combination gay sauna, bar, and weight room. All in [...]
