Year: 2009

Polar Bear Update – Oil Pressure and Exhaust

The attached image is a photoshop Nino did that includes a lot of the cosmetic changes I want to make to Polar Bear. The cargo box and solar panel were not in my plans, but Nino just happened to find that particular Sportsmobile Penthouse pop-top at the right angle to do the photoshop. Polar Bear… Read more »

The Virility Discussion: Control

Let’s start this blog post with a definition, the definition of virility. According to Wikipedia: Virility refers to any of a wide range of masculine characteristics viewed positively. It is not applicable to women or to negative characteristics. Those of us that are men, and that’s about half of us, have probably – at some point – thought… Read more »

First Backcountry Report

Last week, Nino, 3 skiers, and I headed up just northwest of Black Hawk city for what would be my first (and Nino’s) backcountry trip. I had some of the gear I needed, but still dropped nearly $700 for 2 beacons, another set of snowshoes, 2 shovels, and 2 probes. Nino and I also attended… Read more »

Introducing Polar Bear

On October 24th, I purchased a van from a fella in South Lake Tahoe. Nino and I named her “Polar Bear”. The idea is to turn this van into a camper. To be honest, I’m not 100% confident that this is the van I want to build from. I want to have a mechanic look… Read more »

Brilliant Resonse to Lily Allen from Dan Bull

If you haven’t followed the media noise over Lily Allen and filesharing lately… it’s a lot to catch up on. The highlight came, for me, when Lily started an anti-filesharing blog, reposted another author’s content without citing the source (irony much?), and then took the whole blog down when she was getting too much “abuse”…… Read more »

Unique Palm Pre Wallpapers

I created a handful of Wallpapers for my Palm Pre. I decided to post a handful of them on the Internet. I particularly like the Sayulita Flower and Keystone Snow. These were all snapped with a relatively inexpensive digital camera and edited in Gimp. Enjoy!

webOS: A New World Open

Welcome to the next big thing: webOS. Palm’s new smartphone, the Pre running their brand new operating system, webOS truly breaks new ground. webOS represents an evolutionary step that does to smartphones what Web 2.0 did to the Internet. Keep in mind, we’re talking about webOS, not the Pre. While the Pre is a solid… Read more »

Death and Taxes…

They say there are only two things that are for certain in life – death and taxes. Simple question. I live in the United States. For my most basic needs, I have to spend money. What if I don’t want to have a job, what if I don’t want to participate in “money”? There is… Read more »

Egalitarianism

I can’t remember when it started. I can remember male bashing when I was very young. Since then, there have been a long series of confusing and frustrating events. Most recently, I’ve had a number of feminists in my life. This spawned a lot of conversation which deeply frustrated me. I love women, and I… Read more »

Progression Of Awakening – The Loss of “I”

If evolution holds, we started as microorganisms. Well, perhaps you could say we started somewhere before that. Regardless, at some point in history, humans lacked a sense of awareness. Fast forward to current times, and there’s a lot of talk about being “conscious” and “awake.” Somewhere between microbes and now, the first human(s) realized what… Read more »