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From the Archives - The CarbonTech Debate
IntroductionI just read a profile in The New Yorker about Grant Petersen, the founder of Rivendell Bicycle Works, a company which makes retro steel bike frames with touring-type geometry, which are...
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Can We Unplug Our Kids? - Part II: Mea Culpa
IntroductionI just read a very distressing New Yorker article, “Has Social Media Fuelled a Teen-Suicide Crisis?” which made me remember an essay I posted here a few months back. In “Can We Unplug Our...
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Old Yarn - Bike Crash on Golden Gate Bridge
IntroductionThis is the second “old yarn” installment on albertnet (inspired by my pioneering effort “The Cinelli Jumpsuit,” which has been fairly well received). This is the kind of story that would...
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Tech Review - Is This the Killer Digital Detox Flip Phone?
IntroductionI don’t suppose I need to describe at length what “digital detox” is … surely the national dialogue around this is as ubiquitous as, well, phone addiction. According to this Pew survey, “As...
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From the Archives - Bits & Bobs Volume XV
IntroductionThis is the fifteenth installment in the “From the Archives – Bits & Bobs” series. Volume I is here, Volume II is here, Volume III is here, Volume IV is here, Volume V is here, Volume...
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Election Result: It Will All Be OK
IntroductionThis post is not about politics. As I’ve explained before in these pages, I almost never discuss politics, with anybody. It’s pointless. Either you sit around agreeing with one another, in...
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Tech Check-In - How Good is the Latest A.I.? - Part I
IntroductionDuring the ‘90s, all a company had to do to get funding was throw around the word “Internet.” Then the dot-com bubble burst, and the venture capital tightened up, but during the aughts a...
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Tech Check-In - How Good Is the Latest A.I.? - Part II
IntroductionIn my last post, I described some recent improvements in artificial intelligence. I also covered some of the challenges A.I. faces from the New York Times and other publishers who see it as...
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Bell’s Seasoning II - The Spawning
IntroductionHaving been a drone for the better part of two days (as you shall soon learn), I am bound and determined to do something with my brain now. So why not blog? (Don’t answer—rhetorical...
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From the Archives - Bits & Bobs Volume XVI
IntroductionThis is the sixteenth installment in the “From the Archives – Bits & Bobs” series. Volume I is here, Volume II is here, Volume III is here, Volume IV is here, Volume V is here, Volume...
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2024 Online Holiday Gift Guide!
IntroductionI used to do most of my Christmas shopping at the Westfield San Francisco Centre, which Tripadvisor calls “iconic” and “a premier retail destination.” (In fact, it was at that very mall...
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A Mysterious Note
IntroductionIt’s hard to blog during the holidays, or so I tell myself. Too many distractions! On top of that, another distraction presented itself recently that has lodged itself so firmly in my...
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Overlooked Posts of 2024
IntroductionLast year, I enjoyed an article in the New York Timesabout overlooked stories—those their editors felt didn’t reach as many readers as they should have. Following the Times’ lead, I blogged...
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From the Archives - Bits & Bobs Volume XVII
IntroductionThis is the seventeenth installment in the “From the Archives – Bits & Bobs” series. Volume I is here, Volume II is here, Volume III is here, Volume IV is here, Volume V is here, Volume...
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A Scattershot Approach to New Year’s Resolutions
IntroductionWell, it’s that time of year again, when you start to wonder whether your neighbors are ever going to take down their holiday lights, your friends start cracking jokes about turning “dry...
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Old Yarn - The Enemy Coach
IntroductionThis is the third “old yarn” installment on albertnet (inspired by my pioneering effort “The Cinelli Jumpsuit” and the subsequent post “Bike Crash on Golden Gate Bridge”). This is the kind...
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Five Tips for Improving Your LinkedIn Profile
Introduction“There is no better way than LinkedIn to curate your personal brand,” says the blogger Dana Albert, “though I can’t tell you how tired I am of the word ‘curate’ and the phrase ‘personal...
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From the Archives - Bits & Bobs Volume XVIII
IntroductionThis is the eighteenth and final installment in the “From the Archives – Bits & Bobs” series. (No, it’s not really the final one, so far as I know. Just seeing if you’re awake.) Volume...
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Ask a Cycling Coach
Dear Cycling Coach,I seem to have developed tennis elbow—but from mountain biking! How is this possible? I’ve never even touched a racquet!Kaitlin C, Fairfax, CADear Kaitlin,I have encountered this...
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More Q&A With a Cycling Coach
Dear Cycling Coach,What is this “glycogen window” I keep hearing my dad talk about? Sounds like basically carte blanche to eat a bunch of sugary snacks just because he rode…Lydia L, Portland, ORDear...
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albertnet Privacy & Cookie Policy
IntroductionAs the sole proprietor of albertnet, I respect your privacy and am committed to protecting your personal information. This Privacy & Cookie Policy explains how I collect, use, and store...
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The Day I Unplugged
IntroductionLast Friday afternoon, I stumbled across a news article online about the Global Day of Unplugging, which you can read about here. In a nutshell, the idea (to quote from the organizer’s home...
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From the Archives - Bits & Bobs Volume XIX
IntroductionThis is the nineteenth installment in the “From the Archives – Bits & Bobs” series. Volume I of the series is here, Volume II is here, Volume III is here, Volume IV is here, Volume V is...
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What Is ChatGPT Great At (and Not)?
IntroductionIf you are reading this post long after its March 2025 publication date, you might become puzzled at its many failings until you realize, “Oh, wait, this was written back when Dana wrote...
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albertnet Privacy Policy - For Reals!
IntroductionThis post documents my privacy policy for this blog, albertnet.us. I will endeavor to always keep this policy up-to-date and accurate. It probably won’t change much over time but you never...
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