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Archive for August, 2006

Real Bike Routes

Monday, August 14th, 2006

Yet another googlemap hijack for higher consciousness: There’s a new web site called bikely that lets you view the chosen bike routes of actual humans (as opposed to the computer generated bike route sites). And, of course, as an actual human, you can add your favorite routes. It’s easy! It’s fun!
I put in a route […]

Cyclist Attacked by Wolf, Saved by Trucker

Thursday, August 10th, 2006

Some dudes are riding long bikes from way north in Alaska to perhaps South America. They call it Riding the Spine. Eating out of the dumpster. They came across this sign warning of a wild wolf:

Then, what do you know, they actually got attacked! How cool is that! Alaska is one of the few places […]

Boycott Horizon Milk and the Watering Down

Wednesday, August 2nd, 2006

Organic certification of food gives consumers info that enables us to support things we like and avoid things we don’t. Theoretically. The theory breaks down when producers successfully cheat the certification process and don’t comply with the spirit of the system. Such is the case with “organic” dairy producers who keep their cows in feedlots […]