Archive for July, 2004

LiveStrong

Friday, July 30th, 2004

By now you have seen everyone from Lance Armstrong to John Kerry to myself wearing the Lance Armstrong Foundation’s LiveStrong wristbands… It’s a very good cause and a very public way to show your support of something good.

Here’s a motivating story from Sally Jenkins column in the Washington Post this past Monday:

Ten minutes before [...]

Re-Entry

Wednesday, July 28th, 2004

Just got back from a good couple day streak of no cell phones, no computers, no newspapers and very very little tv up in northern Wisconsin…

Nice to hear the Barack Obama speech from the DNC just as we started picking up Chicago radio stations…

There’s not a black America and white America and Latino America and [...]

My Vespa Is For Sale

Wednesday, July 14th, 2004

Last year I bought a Vespa to restore and just haven’t had the time to get it up and working as well as it should. I have a ton of brand new parts ready for it (kickstart spring, cruciform, lighting assemblies and a bunch more) as well as a bunch of schematics and the [...]

Musical History Lessons at Starbucks

Friday, July 2nd, 2004

There’s nothing like having to work from a Starbucks using their wireless access when your home internet connection is down…

I have a ton of work to do, but after being here for a while I feel as I have become one of the team. I’ve gotten a special-recipe iced tea and have taught the [...]