Month: September 2010

Off road quad recumbent

The all terrain quad cycle from Lightfoot Cycles is an off-road recumbent four-wheeler, a pedal-powered ATV. It is designed to be a capable cross-country traveler, not a downhill racing cycle. It has built-in cargo capacity, and is available with optional sun/rain canopy, fenders, fairing or power assist.

From the owner’s brother, Tom Ferris:

[The quad has] Rohloff compound gearing and fat Sheba / Large Marge rims with Larry tires, and independent rear wheel drive, so no “posi-traction” slides.

I will of course be doing extensive sand, mud and snow testing for [my sister]. Just to make sure it is safe.



Curatious

Happy Monday.

Where I work, our network access passwords are aged out periodically — we’re required to change them every so often, and if we don’t change the password, the password is reset for us automatically and we’re locked out of the system. Last week, I gently mocked a colleague because he forgot to change his password. Ha ha ha.

Guess what I forgot to do over this last weekend? Yep. Ha ha ha.

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Where’s your helmet?

Aussie travelers Andrew Johnson and Simon Adams ask random bike riding Japanese why they don’t wear helmets. The Japanese mostly respond with puzzled bemusement.



For more cultural insults, wait for the end of the video. It’s somehow reassuring to know that Americans aren’t the only ones capable of the Ugly American syndrome. From Stippy.com, a website for gaijin expats in Japan.