Monthly Archives: June 2009

San Jose Music in the Park Parking

Downtown San Jose event parking tips Downtown San Jose Music In the Park every Thursday night is very popular. You can count on traffic around downtown San Jose to be absolutely jammed as visitors circle around looking for parking near Plaza de Cesar Chavez, the oval park by the Museum of Art and the Tech read more »

Civil disobedience at Colorado bicycle tour

Fritz asked if I could write on this topic. I’m happy to oblige. On July 25th, bicycle riders at Colorado’s Sunrise Century may encounter some protesters. An unsigned flier urges area motorists to engage in “civil disobedience” by blocking area roadways with their vehicles as a means of protesting the state’s new three feet passing read more »

Missy Giove caught with 400 lbs of weed

Former professional mountain biker Missy “The Missile” Giove was charged Tuesday with marijuana distribution after investigators found 400 pounds of marijuana. In a search of a cabin and Giove’s borrowed truck and trailer, investigators found “marijuana, a money counter, a heat sealer, plastic bags identical in size and color and the type used to hold read more »

Family Triplet: A bicycle built for five

The Dutch Fietsenmakerij Onderwater created this Family Triplet tandem bicycle for large families on the move.

Carbon footprint of spam email

Some of you might remember my ruminations on the carbon footprint of blogging. I never even thought, however, of the carbon footprint of spam — the unsolicited untargeted ads broadcast via email and social networks. It turns out that anti virus vendor McAfee commissioned a study to calculate the energy cost of sending and receiving read more »

World’s Best Bike Stickers

Leave a comment for a chance to win free stickers! Walt and Dwight run a small, independent print shop in Tuscon, Arizona where they create what they say are The World’s Best Bike Stickers. They like to promote bike riding through their stickers, shirts and other products. They even have reflective bike stickers, which seems read more »