Having a lot of family members who are scientists (and no, I don’t count my B.S. in philosophy amongst them), I’m used to people hedging around propositions that seem pretty.. read more

First of all, Amanda Palmer is NOT one of those artists who doesn’t grok what the Creative Commons “non-commercial” license means.  CC, check out her definition; it might help if.. read more

Love this article from The Guardian – putting the risks of cycling (and activity in general) in perspective, given the “invisible risks” that accrue, day in, day out, when we.. read more

The Bullitt Center, under construction Moving to Seattle over a decade ago from the Bay Area, I was struck by the lack of urbanity up here. For all its big-city.. read more

I moved my hosting and somehow misplaced my old WordPress template.  I’m trying out some new ones.

Not much rain in Seattle this summer (we had a 6 week stretch with nary a drop) and it looks like sun for most of the rest of the month… read more

US Representatives Sue Myrick and Frank Wolf have written a letter calling on the law firm DLA Piper to not represent ZTE. In the letter, the estimable Congresspeople state that.. read more

You’ll notice a bit of a change moving forward on Single Speed Seattle – I’m expanding the focus of the blog to cover things I’ve been writing about elsewhere; namely.. read more

Just back from a trip to the town I grew up in – Bend, OR. If you’re unfamiliar with Bend, it’s located in the near-geographic center of Oregon, on the.. read more

It’s a poorly-kept secret of American manhood that things that need fixed around the house are really excuses to buy new tools. Being well into my second decade of homeownership,.. read more