Webcor King of the Mountain Ride

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Registration is now open for the second annual Webcor King-of-the-Mountain Ride taking place Saturday, February 16, in San Jose. The Webcor San Jose King Of The Mountain Ride will feature a 26 mile ascent up San Jose’s Sierra Road. The best and the hardiest cyclists will compete for honor of being King of the Mountain. […]

Games during the bike commute

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Dorky Doug commutes to work on mountain bike sensibly equipped with fenders (clip-on, alas), lights, and street slicks. He wears a helmet, high vis yellow jacket and reflective pant straps. At one particular intersection, there are often three or four cyclists stopping at the red light. I queue up behind whoever stops ahead of me, […]

Steve Jobs keynote @ MacWorld

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Everybody is ooohing and ahhhing over the news mapping functionality for the iPhone. If I understand correctly, the iPhone can triangulate from the location of 23 million mapped WiFi hotspots as well as off of the cell phone network to determine the location of your iPhone. That’s cool. The other big news was the expected […]

Presidential candidates forum on transportation

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Presidential candidates from the Republican and Democratic parties have been invited to a Presidential Candidates’ Forum on Transportation and Infrastructure. This forum, scheduled for Thursday, January 31 2008 at the Kimmel Center in New York City, is hosted by the NYU Wagner Rudin Center for Transportation Policy and Management. Sponsors include the League of American […]