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Virtual Reality Killer App!
IntroductionFor many years we’ve been hearing about how Virtual Reality (VR) is going to be a game-changer across the human experience, and not just a whiz-bang enhancement to video gaming. This is an...
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From the Archives - Bits & Bobs Volume XIII
IntroductionThis is the thirteenth 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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The Power of Loafing
IntroductionI am not a lazy person and don’t consider myself an expert loafer. Nor do I advocate sloth in general. That said, I will argue that being judicious about when to take your foot off the gas...
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Easter FAQ - A Guide for Newcomers
IntroductionI work with people from around the world (generally via videoconference). Those who are overseas, or only recently moved here, are often unfamiliar with American traditions. For example,...
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Biased Blow-By-Blow - 2024 Paris-Roubaix
IntroductionSometimes the infamous “Hell of the North” classic cycling race Paris-Roubaix is held on Easter, which is tricky if I’m supposed to be entertaining guests and/or my children. This year the...
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From the Archives - So We Missed the Eclipse
IntroductionI initially drafted this post back when my older daughter, A—, was home for Thanksgiving the year she moved away for college (but before COVID-19 brought her temporarily home again). I took...
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Can We Unplug our Kids?
IntroductionA new book is out, The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness, by the N.Y.U. professor Jonathan Haidt. Both The New York Times and...
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Test Ride - Specialized Turbo Levo SL 2 Carbon E-Bike
IntroductionI almost called this post a “road test” like in “Car and Driver” magazine, as I did technically test the Specialized Turbo Levo SL 2 Comp Carbon on the road, or more precisely the street...
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My (Hypothetical) Post-Race Interview - NBS Criterium
IntroductionIf you’ve ever read my “biased blow-by-blow” reports of pro bike races, you’ll have noted that I like to put words in the racers’ mouths when covering their post-race interviews. This is...
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From the Archives - Guitar Man
IntroductionIn 1986, I took a high school creative writing class. The teacher, Mr. Kroop, wore Jams and played whale music and didn’t do a lot of lecturing; instead, he gave out gobs of assignments. We...
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Five Home Remodeling Mistakes to Avoid
IntroductionSpring is in the air. Out in their driveways, your neighbors are beating on old Turkish rugs with broomsticks, maybe more enthusiastically than is really necessary. Birds are building nests...
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Cycling Spotlight: “I Must Do This … Alone”
IntroductionThere are so many reasons why cycling is the coolest sport ever. You get to go fast, you cover vast swaths of terrain every ride, you get to eat whatever you want because you’re burning so...
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Biased Blow-By-Blow - 2024 Critérium du Dauphiné Stage 8
IntroductionBike races are becoming hard to watch, in every way. First, you have to subscribe to a different streaming service for practically every event. Second, so many races seem to be dominated by...
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From the Archives - Death Ride Photo Quagmire
IntroductionIn the year 2000, I did the Markleeville Death Ride with my friend J— and my brother B—. This lead, years later, to a dispute that stretched the bonds of our friendship almost to the limit....
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IntroductionWhat do I mean “old yarn”? Well, I thought about using “spun yarn” in the title but that phrase has been taken and I don’t want to confuse the search engines. What I mean is a story that...
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We Have A Winner! - Part II
Don't let the soccer ball motif on the medal fool you: you’re looking at the winner of the second non-annual albertnet Amateur Product Review contest! As you will surely recall from my blog post back...
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Tour de France FAQ - A Guide for Newbies
IntroductionThe 2024 Tour de France bike race is about half over, and presumably the most exciting stuff is still ahead. It’s been really good so far—at least, to me, a bicycle road racing afficionado....
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Biased Blow-By-Blow: 2024 Tour de France Stage 15
IntroductionAs you should know already from my last post, this year’s Tour de France has been pretty exciting. Two weeks in, the GC is still fairly tight. Today I provide my no-holds-barred, biased and...
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From the Archives - Our Fiesta
IntroductionWhen my wife and I bought our house, in Albany, California, we probably thought it was a starter home. Well, over 24 years later, we’re still here. Thus, what we assumed could well be the...
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What Are “Men Extenders”?
IntroductionHave you ever come across the term “men extenders”? Perhaps? But maybe you can’t recall where? Well, I don’t recommend googling it. For research purposes I had to do this, but at least I...
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