my sometimes-skeptical social commentary

For the past year, I didn't live far enough from work to bother bicycling (I was walking to work), but I recently started a new job, so yesterday was my first bicycle ride to work and back. It felt great! It was also nice that the snow had melted so that there was room for me on the side of the road. But on my way home, an ignorant motorist shouted out […]

I've been waiting for this for a long time. At one point, I started working on a program that would use Google's map tools to create bicycle routes, but the programming was a little over my head. Google Maps Finally Adds Bike Routes (click here for complete article on Wired.com) At long last, Google Maps has routes specifically for bikes. read more […]

I'm going to write a note to these people to ask for a copy of the draft legislation mentioned in the article. I hope the legislation passes, because it will help keep bike taxis (AKA pedicabs) on the street in other cities. Who knows, it could even encourage people to PUT bike taxis on their streets. New Orleans pedicabs could get City Council OK By Br […]

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Many web sites are making the content of their sites available through a service called RSS, which stands for "really simple syndication", and this service allows readers of those sites an easy way to keep up with what's new.You can read about RSS in detail on wikipedia.org, but here is a quick summary in five easy steps: Web sites that make f […]

If you’re using an email address for your business that you got from your internet service provider (ISP), or an email address from one of the many free email services, such as Hotmail or Yahoo!, then your potential customers may not be getting the best impression of your business. Wouldn’t it be better if they wrote for information to an email address like […]

The first impression your business makes on a web site is important. This probably comes as no surprise to you, because it sounds like common sense. But some Canadian researchers have quantified the theory in a study published in January 2006. Web sites judged in a blink TORONTO, Ontario (Reuters) — Internet users can give Web sites a thumbs up or thumbs dow […]

Temperature: 70.3°F | Humidity: 98% | Pressure: 29.68in ( Falling) | Conditions: Mostly Cloudy | Wind Direction: SSE | Wind Speed: 0.0mph […]

Tonight - A chance of showers early...then becoming mainly clear. Increasing clouds again after midnight with lake effect rain showers developing late. Some rumbles of thunder possible late. Turning cooler with lows in the upper 50s. Southwest winds 10 to 20 mph. Chance of rain 80 percent. […]

Today - Mostly sunny this morning...then increasing clouds with showers likely this afternoon. Chance of a thunderstorm with gusty winds. Breezy with highs ranging from the lower 80s in Buffalo and near Lake Erie to the mid 80s well inland. South winds 10 to 20 mph becoming west 15 to 25 mph. Gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent. […]

Saturday - Lake effect showers with some rumbles of thunder possible. Windy and cool with highs in the mid 60s. Southwest winds 10 to 20 mph becoming west and increasing to 20 to 30 mph with gusts to 40 mph. Chance of rain 80 percent. […]