This bit of news of the weird has some ominous overtones for we human overlords. It seems that a robotic cannon let loose on its masters, killing nine and injuring several others. Doubtless these instances of robot on human violence will continue to escalate as the dawn of the coming robot apocalypse [...]

First there was the ‘Barack Obama is a radical muslim in disguise’ email.. now this gem of a ‘poem’ and accompanying incendiary text about how ‘refugees’ come to America to steal all of our welfare dollars, which they use to.. get this.. buy our overpriced housing with! HAHAHA!!
Seriously people, this is racist dis-information if ever [...]

I have one more word on the mortgage industry implosion. With the Fed lowering the effective primary credit rate to ease liquidity constriction in the banking industry and the world’s central banks pumping billions into the cash strapped markets, its starting to look like panic out there! Now the big news over last [...]

“The bottles stand as empty
as they were filled before
Time there was and plenty
but from that cup no more.
Though I could not caution all I yet may warn a few:
Don’t lend your hand to raise no flag
atop no ship of fools.”
Ship of Fools - Hunter/Garcia
I’m taking a break from following the imminent demise of the US [...]

Innovative bike design has been taken to another level over at BikeForest, with their wild tandem couch.  Check out all their wild designs, very fun site.
In other fun news, this weekend is the 12th annual Providence Bridge Pedal, expected to draw over 20,000 cyclists to bike Portland’s 10 bridges spanning the Willamette River. I’ll [...]

If you are lamenting the acquisition of the WSJ by sensationalist mogul Rupert Murdoch (that’s Fox Television, some 100 newspapers including The Times of London and The New York Post as well as MySpace and Twentieth Century Fox studio for you cave-dwellers!), then we have more bad news for you, folks. One of the [...]

A bit of Internet history is being made tonight, as digg.com is getting hammered by thousands upon thousands of angry users in response to the site’s deletion of recent posts including the DVD decryption key (DRM) for HD-DVD discs for Linux.
I noticed the first stirrings of this controversy Monday night when I saw a post [...]

This is pretty darn cool. The free application, Google Earth has added a feature that highlights global environmental issues, and the first to be featured is right here in the US. The new layers feature also includes World Wildlife Fund project sites.
The destruction caused by mountaintop removal for coal in the Appalachians doesn’t [...]

Arctic explorer Will Steger has just started a 3 month ski and dog sled voyage across Baffin Island to promote awareness of climate changes taking place above the arctic circle. You can follow his adventure through this website. Among his crew are several Inuit guides who will use their natural history knowledge of [...]

I just discovered the Arizona Brevet & Randonnée association after seeing one of their 400km routes posted on bikely. Unfortunately, the year’s shortest Brevet was the January ride. Maybe by next year I’ll be a good enough rider to try out the 200km ride.